Made lunch for Ma and Pa and was really pleased how it came out. Did marinated tuna steaks in fresh ginger, lime, salt, pepper and oil for me and Mum. The boys had rump steak marinated in lemon, chilli, salt and pepper, and oil. Nice and easy....Peel some new potato's boil them and in the mean time get your oven heated. Put a dish big enough for the potato's with oil and fresh herbs into the oven to heat up. Boil your spuds for 8 mins. When they are ready stick them in your heated dish, cover with foil and shake to cover in the oil and to make them a bit fluffy - it makes them yummy and crispy. Then lay over vine tomatoes. Chuck back in the oven to crisp up - approx. 15-20 mins. The steaks - either ones - only need 4 mins pan frying on each side so leave these til last.
You can then dish out rocket and baby leaf salad onto each plate. A gorgeous dressing is 6 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar plus a quick squeeze of runny honey. Mix it all up with salt and pepper to season. Leave this in your pot and ideally just put on the table so people can pour on as much or as little as they like.
Then take your 2 frying pans and get them really hot with some olive oil. Add your steaks and give them 4 mins each side, you can then take them out and let them rest whilst you dish your potatos onto the plates. They will carry on cooking a little bit and absorb all the juices.
Pudding - dead simple, strawberrie and blackberries piled high on a plate then melt dark menier cooking chocolate, add butter and nearly a whole pot of single pouring cream until you have a lovely milk chocolate sauce. Pour all over the fruit and serve immediately! Yum!
Of course flowers and a card are a must. I recommend finding pretty and unusual jugs or vases from charity shops and making your own flower display in them with flowers from tesco's which are very reasonable. It looks more expensive and makes a really pretty gift. I found a gorgeous pink pearl ceramic jug and a really cute golden glass goblet vase both from charity shops. They worked really well and the Mum's were really pleased! Fantabulous!
You can then dish out rocket and baby leaf salad onto each plate. A gorgeous dressing is 6 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar plus a quick squeeze of runny honey. Mix it all up with salt and pepper to season. Leave this in your pot and ideally just put on the table so people can pour on as much or as little as they like.
Then take your 2 frying pans and get them really hot with some olive oil. Add your steaks and give them 4 mins each side, you can then take them out and let them rest whilst you dish your potatos onto the plates. They will carry on cooking a little bit and absorb all the juices.
Pudding - dead simple, strawberrie and blackberries piled high on a plate then melt dark menier cooking chocolate, add butter and nearly a whole pot of single pouring cream until you have a lovely milk chocolate sauce. Pour all over the fruit and serve immediately! Yum!
Of course flowers and a card are a must. I recommend finding pretty and unusual jugs or vases from charity shops and making your own flower display in them with flowers from tesco's which are very reasonable. It looks more expensive and makes a really pretty gift. I found a gorgeous pink pearl ceramic jug and a really cute golden glass goblet vase both from charity shops. They worked really well and the Mum's were really pleased! Fantabulous!
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