What Goes with This?!?!? Making a Meal out of Random Recipes

   I LOVE my cookbooks. I LOVE for searching and collecting for recipes online.  However, one of the things I run into the most, is not knowing what to pair with what or what else to serve with a dish I've chosen.  One of the things I am personally working on is creating a meals that are new (to my family) recipes plus some ideas that I come across when I see the same recipe continually float up on my FB.
   I have in the past made an entire meal from one cookbook (see WWF Cookbook Meal) and it turned out pretty good.  I even did it two Christmases ago.  It was fun.  But I can't do that EVERY MEAL with the other stuff going on in my life.  So, I am going to start small and TRY to remember to share once a week with the meals we had this week so that I can possible help others who may get in a rut and not know what to serve with what.  Maybe in the process, I will research and see what some of the others in the food industry say about pair foods together at a meal.
   Changes to the recipes I have linked:
Honey-Lime Shrimp: I used 1lb of medium shrimp, 5 drops of Young Living Lime Essential Oil instead of fresh lime juice and sautéed them instead of grilling this time.  Fried rice is homemade and is still in the process of getting it where I want it.  It was good, but I want it better.
Chicken Penne Pasta:  I make it all on the stove top in a dutch oven.  I use a can of fire-roasted tomatoes and break them up, use veggie broth in place of chicken broth but the rest of the pasta part I do pretty much as written.  I don't even follow the recipe anymore.  I do the chicken on the side for those who like chicken.
Balsamic Glazed Chicken: I also make pork since I don't like chicken.  After it comes out of the oven, I reduce the glaze more on the stove top then pour it on the meat.
*Recipe links are under the menu but above the pictures*

Honey-Lime Shrimp
Chicken Penne Pasta
Balsamic Glazed Chicken