Come Dine With Me - part one.

So, my boyfriend and I were having dinner with two other friends recently and Come Dine With Me was on the TV in the background, and I (half-jokingly) threw out the suggestion that the four of us should do our own Come Dine With Me, so here goes nothing..!  Adam, my boyfriend, had the unfortunate job of going first, and although I never got round to taking any photos of his meal on the night, I did take a photo of the preparation dinner we made the week before so he could try out his menu.

I bought Adam a new Levi Roots cookbook recently and this held the inspiration for his Caribbean themed dinner - he made these 'Wake-up fishcakes' for his starter, and then these sweet potato fries with jerk chicken and minted garlic and chilli mushy peas for his main.

These fishcakes are such a must to try, they are absolutely gorgeous and a new favourite in our flat: http://www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/12982/levi-roots-wakeup-fishcakes. The sweet potato shoestring fries are so easy to make and so satisfying; thinly sliced strips of sweet potato fried in olive oil infused with a clove of garlic and a scotch bonnet chilli, and the peas are just cooked as per normal before being slightly mashed with chopped chilli, garlic and mint.

One night down, three to go! Watch this space for more CDWM updates...

xoxo la dolce eater.