Dinner for One (and a Goat Cheese Vinaigrette)

 

Last night it was dinner for one.  Rob was in a golf tourney and I worked a little late so the boys and I rushed home to walk our pooch and eat dinner.  With a pancake dinner on request I needed to devise a back-up plan when I discovered we were out of maple syrup.  Instead I fed the kids a dinner of "got-in-the-fridge-so-you're-gonna-eat-it" tuna and lettuce wraps served with green beans and apples. A little odd?  Perhaps, but it worked.  Not for me though as there wasn't enough of anything served to feed three hungry mouths.  

Instead I waited until the boys were showered, read to and tucked into bed.  Then I went back upstairs to apply endless amounts of calamine lotion to bug bitten feet. After that I made batter for Madeleines, a French cookie that Jackson decided he would offer to his classmates today during his social studies presentation on France. Finally, sometime around 9:30, I sat down to eat.  

A simple salad of romaine, strawberry and cucumber with a goat cheese vinaigrette.  Simple and yummy. There may or may not have been a few glasses of Rose to accompany the salad but there was definitely a bottle of water spiked with lemon, lime and orange slices.  All of it was a perfect meal for one.  

Not that it matters though, because I really do prefer dinner for four.

Goat Cheese Vinaigrette

• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 3 tbsp. white balsamic
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup goat cheese
• 1 tbsp. dried tarragon
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp fresh ground pepper

Combine all ingredients in a blender and whiz until smooth.  Store in a glass container in the fridge for 3-5 days.

Comments

[AnnMariee]

Could you be more specific than "goat cheese"? Goats milk cheese comes in as many varieties as cows I'll cheese. I get it from a local farmer and just from them have options like feta, chevre, monchego, ricotta salata, and at least two others whose names i can't recall. I'm guessing this one is feta, but I just saw a recipe yesterday for a goat cheese pizza that said to slice the cheese, so they didn't mean feta or chevre and I was left wondering what kind of goats cheese they intended.

Really enjoying your recipes!

[Jan Scott]

Hi AnneMariee....Sure.  What I used was a goats milk chevre.  Great point about the different types of cheese and I will be more specific in the future.