Valentine's Day (again)

Okay I lied when I said in my previous post about doing a lil post on V day. hehe because this is another one!

While most people, at least in office, were planning to have dinners outside with their hot dates, we both decided to have a simple dinner at home. Initially we thought of the Thai restaurant near my house along the Thames and they said they only do a set menu on 14 Feb, for GBP48 per person for a 3 course meal. What? Err, no thanks. When typically we spend less than GBP20 per person per meal there. What a rip off.

I volunteered to cook and had an idea- to have OUR own 3 course meal. And I had the exciting idea to make some smoked salmon blinis for our starter, aglio olio pasta for mains, and a dessert from M&S (don't be too hard on myself to make one from scratch lah. It was a work day afterall.).

Tada! Presenting my smoked salmon blinis.

I got the blinis (small base like a mini pancake but it's not sweet) from the supermarket - no I didn't make them from scratch. I added chopped chives in sour cream and topped each blini with a friendly dollop of it, and added pieces of smoked salmon. Finished it off with some fresh lemon juice, more chives and cracked black pepper. Super easy and looks good too!

Of course you need this being Valentine's Day ;)

Thank God, the smoked salmon blinis which are super easy to make, turned out the way I wanted them to. I know aglio olio pasta is super easy to make, but it being my first attempt, I think it turned out better than I expected! Hallelujah! :)

Chef Bel

The happy recipient of the homemade meal.

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