What would you cook for yourself for dinner on a rare evening alone?

[DinosaurRenaissance]

I've got a rare evening alone (well, just the baby and I) this week as DH is working away and I need to choose something really good for dinner. I want to make the most of it. I might have a dessert too

I can't decide!

What would you have? Inspire me please!

I wouldn't cook, I'd get a big fat takeaway!

Takeaway agreed!

If not - lasagne (homemade or treat yourself to a really nice ready-made one) with a giant garlic ciabatta and red wine

Tofu and salad Buddha bowl. All the spicey veggies they wouldn't normally eat.

I'd go for anything shellfish like a prawn linguine.

Huge prawns, fried in butter and garlic. Crusty bread to mop the juices.
And something sparkling and alcoholic.

Mmm, I'm thinking sweet and sour chicken. The chicken fried and then covered in the sauce and sesame seeds.

I eat like a greedy toddler when I'm left to my own devices, so it would be something like Weetabix and lots of Wotsits.

Beans on toast...

ok, you have a baby, maybe that's your normal. But a basic night off being a slob is my default mode when given a night off.

When my lot are out, I crumble some St Agur into a giant mushroom and grill it, maybe with a drizzle of Balsamic on top, and then I’d serve it with some tasty deli items from M&S or Waitrose like stuffed vine leaves, houmous and what sort of thing. None of my family eat blue cheese or mushrooms so that’s always my choice of dinner if I’m eating alone.

Yes, definitely a nice takeaway! Spoil yourself! If it's completely out the question then I would go to M&S and get some lovely things from their party/picnic sort of ranges. Not so much cooking but you can have all the things you like without thinking of anyone else's tastes!

My favourite is a baked camembert with crusty bread and chutney, wine, and some pate and crackers

Something with loads of capers or anything else that DH doesn't like!

Takeaway, definitely.

Crab and crayfish linguini.

macaroni cheese

DH doesn’t like fish so I always have either salmon roasted in soy, ginger and garlic with noodles and broccoli or pan fried seabass, rice and roasted tomatoes.
I always have a twin pack of fish to make the most.

I wouldn't be able to justify a takeaway, but I would stretch to a tesco finest ready meal- probs macaroni cheese, or maybe fish pie. And maybe a gu pot....

I always say the same thing on these threads!

My DH and I love food and neither of us has any strong dislikes (except we both hate tofu!) so we regularly eat all our mutual favourites.

On an evening at home by myself I would have a half crispy duck and pancakes. A bottle of wine to go with it. If it’s from a restaurant/takeaway maybe another dish or two to myself as well!

Forgot to add DH loves it too

Oh posted too soon...

...so we do have crispy duck and pancakes together sometimes. But there’s just something about having all that duck to myself! I just love the idea of it.

A big juicy steak, chips, onion rings and peppercorn sauce. Doesn't take too long to prepare so you've got more of an evening. A gu pot for afters

I would go to the chippy. Fish, chips and mushy peas and I would sit there and make an absolute pig of myself

(If you don’t want to pay takeaway prices, you can get the duck and pancakes from the supermarket - that’s what we do)

Not cook, but I'd get myself some lovely crusty bread, real butter, cheeses, charcuterie, pickled & posh crisps. Bottle of chilled white wine, good book, good music, cuddling the cats.

I had a post on this a few weeks ago and got some great replies..I'm not sure how to find it for you?
In the end I got a posh fish cake, fancy pre prepared veg, some wine and it was all lovely but with zero effort!

Fillet steak, jacket spud and a salad.
Cream and blue cheese to make the sauce.
30 minute meal, and with a posh cheesecake dessert, luscious 😁