dinner for me is usually always going to be simple and light and low effort where possible. i prefer to eat my larger meals at the start of the day (breathing deeply to avoid talking about breakfast) and i'm a total morning person, so i tend to have a lot less energy by the evenings . if i were to cook evening meals throughout a week there would always be at least one pasta dish..i like to do pasta tray bakes rather a lot (roasting vegetables or prawns/tomatoes/feta and then stirring through freshly cooked pasta) or adding a bunch of fresh ingredients to pasta once it's cooked (crab, lemon, and chilli is a favourite!!) . OR I like a charcuterie....bread + olive oil + vinegar + olives + cured meat + sun-dried tomatoes + capers + pickled onions + cheese !! it's always about Simple for me . On account of I am so sleepy. i also loooove to cook up some kind of broth and eat it throughout the week. like a vat of red Thai curry broth made on Sunday to which i then add whatever fresh veggies, meat, rice, or noodles I have...or a chicken broth to which one might add ramen and spring onions and steamed chicken and ginger and garlic freshly seared in scallion oil.....

now do you all promise to come to my dinner party THIS IS THE MENU .

upon arrival you may have any drink of your choice but i will be doing a specialty cocktail and it will be probably a negroni. because Anthony Bourdain says so and I believe in him and they're sooo good.

starter is for me usually a soup or salad given that it's june we'll do a beautiful burrata with balsamic glaze, lots of quartered cherry tomatoes coated in salt and a drizzle of lemon olive oil..delicious !

fish course is optional and WILL depend on the guests but if you're coming and you'd like a fish course i would love to do seared scallops with chorizo and fresh focaccia....i just think it'd be neat...