I like to make the most of opportunities. When it occurred to me that hubby and I would be home by ourselves on Sunday evening, I decided to turn an ordinary evening into a special occasion and make it a Valentine's dinner. I will be in Western Australia on Valentine's Day this year and as I like to make it a special day, thought Sunday night was the perfect opportunity to do just that in advance.
I had been pondering what to make for dinner all day as I knew it would be just for two and came up with a simple but tasty meal.
I made salmon patties loosely based on the recipe I found here,
microwave potatoes in jackets, Waldorf salad, and grated carrot, coconut and currant salad. I served the potatoes with Greek yogurt and the salmon patties with Tartar sauce. It was a very simple meal but when you put accompaniments in little glass serving dishes, add some wine, it's all made that little more special.
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| Can you see hubby's fork on the right of the photo? Don't know how that happened. :) |
We don't often have dessert but I had stewed some white flesh nectarines in a little brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and ginger earlier in the day and decided to pop some in a glass bowl with vanilla ice cream, some white chocolate shards which you can't see in the photo and some wafer sails/triangles (whatever you think they might be) and called that dessert. Once again very simple but delicious.
A little effort on my part made our meal so much more enjoyable.
Anne xx
Nice idea. Dinner looks and sounds lovely.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I googled whole meal bread recipe and learned that whole meal is another name for whole wheat. We do have whole wheat flour here and I make that kind of bread all the time. Somehow though I don't think it is quite the same as what they eat in Europe. I see your loaf looks like it had seeds in it.
Have a safe journey.
Sounds like a nice thing to do.
ReplyDeleteA little bit of extra effort turns something everyday in the extra ordinary.....
ReplyDeleteIt all looks so yummy and the nectarines sound absolutely delish......
Claire x
That all looks so yummy and special - you are very sweet to your hubby! Crystal really does make things look fancy, eh?
ReplyDeleteI must make a Waldorf salad, it's not something I would usually make but I do like it and the carrot, coconut and currant salad sounds yummo too.
Cheers - Joolz
A lovely summer meal. We love stewed fruit in Summer with ice cream for a dessert. Can't go past it.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely, it's good to be able to share something special :) xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely dinner for your sweetie! It all looks so yummy. :) Definitely special and out of the ordinary. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely! Glad you got an opportunity for early V-day dinner!
ReplyDeleteThat looks lovely, its really important to spend quality time together and there is no better way to do that than over a beautifully cooked meal! :)
ReplyDeleteJerra xx