The first evening I made a selection of Salads, tabbouleth, roasted Mediterranean vegetables, Waldorf salad, with Smoked duck breast, sliced thinly with pink grapefruit plus an orange on the top. Just fresh fruit fir pudding, but with some good cheeses.
Two nights after that, I gave other friends Chicken Ceasar Salad ,with home made Ceasar salad dressing, a potato salad , cucumber and sugar snaps with a sesame dressing, and a tomato and red onion salad ,plus there was enough if the roasted vegetables from Thursday to have again.
We had an Avocado, Greek yoghurt and lemon cold soup to start with ,loosened with some chicken stock , and then I made an Apricot frangipani tart to finish.
The next day I had family to come and eat the leftovers!
The following day, Only one to supper. Can't even remember what we ate, so it must have been unmemorable.
2days after that, an almost vegetarian meal.
Starting with 2dips, a pea & Parmesan with garlic ,and a beetroot one with horseradish and orange zest,which was delicious. They looked so pretty together.
Then the meal... A quinoa Salad with courgettes, chopped preserved lemons ( home made, they're so easy) black olives, spring onions, mint , a red chilli,and roasted pistachios on the top. A salad of sliced fennel with barberries,dill, and Apple ,and a melon, cucumber and tomato salad,with a little cider vinegar.,and finally some Piedmontese peppers.
A few slices of both Parma and Serrano Hams, a Chorizo sausage that I bought in Cornwall ( very delicious) and made locally.
Cheeses, and fresh berries to end the meal.
The next day,another friend who came to help eat the leftovers ( again!)
Finally last night I had a fairly large slab of fresh Tuna, which I covered in a mix of crushed peppercorns, pink,green and black plus some sea salt flakes and a little Dukkah,the Middle Eastern spice and nut mix.
Flashed onto the griddle,and eaten with French beans , and courgettes that I had cooked in a sauce of red& green peppers, onion, and garlic, and spiked up with a little lemon juice as it tasted rather bland.
No potatoes, no bread. A bottle of Prosecco however!
Enough fish left over for me to have today ,with a salad of course!
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