With Thomas away from home in Micronesia this past month, the temptation has been to forego cooking interesting meals and resort to marmite on toast; which though I love is not the cornerstone of a healthy and nutritious diet. Many meal times consisted of salads – which are super easy to put together and with a wide range of ingredients in the fridge never seemed to be dull.
The thought of salad for my Christmas dinner was somewhat unappealing and unimaginative so I set about planning my own very special “Dinner For One”. In Germany a British slapstick skit of the same name has been awarded cult status and is religiously shown across a variety of TV networks each New Year’s Eve, so much so that family members have likened me to the lead character but unlike the lovable Miss Sophie, I don’t have my own butler to serve me and act as numerous old friends! Nonetheless I felt a feast was in order, with plenty of accompanying beverages.
Taking an idea from Good Food magazine's 2013 Christmas special that I'd been wanting to try it out, I kick started the day with a smoked salmon, cream cheese, beetroot and rocket blini, with a glass of prosecco whilst watching “Love Actually” to get me in the Christmas spirit. You could serve this oversized blini as a dinner party starter but afterall this is Dinner for One so I ate it all myself – and enjoyed every last bit!
