Romance for One
Hi everyone! Happy Friday :)
I'm planning for my valentines day weekend next week;
and I was hoping you smartie-pants' could send some suggestions for solitary love?
Here's my criteria:
• fish of any kind
• no dairy
• won't clash with Tommasi Pinot Grigio Le Rosse 2007, Verona, Veneto, Italy
• includes a whole grain
My OH is ditching me for v-day (surprise, surprise.) and I want to cook myself a fantastic meal, watch a chick-flick, and drink some wine--all with half the cost!
If you have the time I wouldn't mind some movie suggestions for my evening alone with my kitties.
Tanx! Christel :D
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21 Comments:
I have a fantastic picture of a dinner I made a while ago that fits your bill - not fancy or anything, but goood: grilled rare ahi tuna, tabouleh, grilled/roasted asparagus. Should go well enough with a white wine.
joyyy at 3:27PM on 02/06/09
Another option is: grilled, roasted or even sauteed prawns with quinoa & a roasted veg (like @joyyy's asparagus or Brussels sprouts or cauliflower) or quinoa salad.
brooke29 at 3:42PM on 02/06/09
I nice lite white fish of some sort, (talapia, halibut, swordfish, ect.) with a lime, herbs, sauce or add wine and poach it. Maybe a pasta or udon with zucchini/and yellow squash, maybe some mushroom risotto, er mushroom with any kind of rice. What are you planning for dessert? I can't think of a chick flick except old ones, like Working Girl. What about the movie out now Sex and the City, have you seen that?
pjracz10 at 4:17PM on 02/06/09
Good flicks on DVD - from a smart and single chick:
Love Actually (old favourite)
Match Point (other old favourite)
Gosford Park
Topsy Turvy
Vicky Christina Barcelona
I can't help you with the food... No fish for me.
Sounds great! But I'll be working Valentine's day....
PeanutButter at 5:04PM on 02/06/09
Mmmm...I do love a nice and rare darne of tuna anyday. But part of me wants to switch it up with something different. Poaching sounds great and versatile with ingredients; I was thinking in parchment in the oven maybe? (Oh boy I think my local grocer sells halibut steaks right now.)
Of course Brooke! This is the perfect opportunity for me to play with quinoa; I think I'll attempt that recipe you supplied a while ago.
pjrac, Sex and the City is perfect. I hadn't thought of dessert (surprisingly); I don't like chocolate *I hear gasps!* but I LOVE fresh fruit, tofu, and cinnamon; but I really suck @baking :(
Thanks guys; feel free to tack on some more idas!
hungrychristel at 5:16PM on 02/06/09
If I am home alone, and have a lovely bottle of wine in my possession, I will always treat myself to a lobster dinner. Always.
izatryt at 5:54PM on 02/06/09
I'm partial to baked orange roughy. Dotted with butter, s&p. But I know you said no dairy. With it I love a ton of garlicky sauteed spinach. Don't know how that'd fare with the wine.
MaresyDotes at 6:38PM on 02/06/09
My idea of a chick flick is a James Bond movie...
Macadamia nut crusted walleye or mahi-mahi
asparagus w/ a light raspberry dressing
wild pecan rice
fresh loaf of bread with sprinkled white/black sesame and fennel
Cassaendra at 6:54PM on 02/06/09
Put on your sexiest ensemble and fix your hair nice and go out someplace and meet some people. Get out of the house. Go out among the population and cavort.
JerzeeTomato at 10:01PM on 02/06/09
As much as I love asparagus, I've got to ask -- is it asparagus that's supposed to be really a bad idea with wine, or is it artichokes? I'm pretty sure it's one of those two, but I'm not sure which (or both?)
Not that it makes you sick or anything, but it makes the wine taste off somehow.
I'm sure someone who actually knows will chime in.
dbcurrie at 10:17PM on 02/06/09
@dbcurrie, it's artichokes. they make everything taste sweeter right after you eat them. the asparagus is a bad idea for another reason, later on in the evening.
cybercita at 10:36PM on 02/06/09
and am i the only person here who doesn't associate food with solitary love?
cybercita at 10:37PM on 02/06/09
Although not fish, I would go for simple sauted diver scallops (splurge!) in a simple wine, butter reduction. Quick story: I saw someone mention mahi-mahi, which I love. I first had it while on vacation years ago on St. Kitts. I fell in love with daulphin. When I came home, I scoured the fish markets looking for daulphin. I saw a lot of mahi-mahi, but no daulphin. I asked the fish monger for daulphin, and he said, "In the US, people won't eat daulphin (think it is dolphin like Flipper) so we call it mahi-mahi!"
GolfGirl at 11:21PM on 02/06/09
For a fun movie, try 'Shirley Valentine.' It came out in the mid-80's, and it's funny, fun and romantic. Plus, hello. The word Valentine is right there in the title.
TheCheapChick at 11:34AM on 02/08/09
@dbcurrie & cybercita -- I thought it was asparagus. Seems to clash with every wine, red or white, you try to pair it with. (Plus, you do get that 'thing' later in the evening...)
I'd try another veggie -- zucchini, maybe?
suthungirl at 5:31PM on 02/08/09
i think valentine's day is a great excuse to treat yourself to caviar. there's something very decadent about eating it at home with no pomp and circumstance. you can order some good-quality american caviar that wouldn't cost too much if you do it now.
mycherrypie at 6:28PM on 02/08/09
This is a vegan white lasagna... I make it with a non-dairy bechamel-type sauce. The non-dairy version tastes just as good as the regular kind. I make it with rice pasta, but you could make it with whole-wheat or brown rice pasta.
Nice side dishes would be baked plantains and a nice arugula salad.
For dessert - a coconut tembleque, which is great any time of the year, even though we eat it mostly for xmas in Puerto Rico...
Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking
MadelynRodriguez at 6:48PM on 02/08/09
@iz - lobster ALWAYS!? I'm just sweating bullets of jealousy
@cass - I was sort-of thinking along the lines of that kind-of movie too. One with muscles LOL
@jerzee - FO SHO! Best idea yet (of course)
@dbcurrie & cybercita, suthungirl - I had no idea! Thanks! (P.s. cybercita - I hadn't realized how suggestive the "solitary love" was LOL)
@cherrypie - I believe I have a full jar of caviar stashed somewhere in the pantry: I could have some amuse bouche's while I'm cooking...sure hope my OH won't miss it too much.
@Madelyn - Thank you for the plantain recipe! Looks devine! I want to cook these soon anyway even if not for v-day--I have a hard time finding them here in Canada sometimes I can find them specialty
hungrychristel at 3:27PM on 02/09/09
You could do a theme night-watch Mamma Mia and make some yummy Greek food, including fish. If you like to sing turn on the sing-along words and rock out!! Happy V-Day!
psychsarah at 5:54PM on 02/09/09
I see lobster has already been suggested but... One of the most memorable meals in my life was completely solo. My 18th b-day I lived in Kackson Hole Wyoming and decided to celebrate by purchasing my first ever lobster. (I already knew how to cook it!) Believe me in Wyoming in February (my bday) live lobster is not cheap and I had very little money so indulge even in these economic times... Anyway, with it I decided to make a sort of SE Asian coconut risotto and steamed veggies. (I had a bottle of amazing Sake from my rommates). It was heavenly and I'll never forget. Enjoy!
oregonpinot at 1:38AM on 02/10/09
Sorry I forgot- but obviously the rosotto has no dairy because you use light coconut milk with a bevy of Thai herbs... (I can't do dairy at all so I try to get creative)
oregonpinot at 1:40AM on 02/10/09