I had a small dinner party last night and for the first time, I set up a dining table in our small back garden. It was a lovely night, not too hot or humid and there was a light breeze in the air.
Let's see - what did we have? Going backwards - here is a dessert of bananas cooked with rum and brown sugar, served with vanilla ice-cream.
A big juicy chicken, roasted with garlic, rosemary, thyme, parsley, salt, black pepper, soy sauce and olive oil. I did not even bother to debone as I usually do. The chicken was cut into large parts then simply garnished - the basil is from our garden.
I served the roast chicken with garlic pasta.
A simple salad of lettuce, baby corn, beans, brocolli, peppers and tomatoes.
With a dressing of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, dijon mustard, herbs and chopped shallots.
My prep for the garlic pasta. I used 2 cloves of garlic only.
And the chicken before it went into the oven at approx 5.30 pm.
Some starters - garlic dip and a salmon dip with pita.
Ha - bit of my maxi dress in the right corner - it looks alarmingly like pyjamas..... but super comfy for a casual dinner party with friends.
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