Mira Rajput Instagram – Mum’s Birthday Dinner 🍽 Sit-down dinners are charming and intimate, but hold a certain sense of formality and restraint which a good old buffet meal happily does away with. And I think it’s also the cheekiness of hovering beside the food for seconds and thirds, as well as pockets of conversation and banter that you can dip into with the same ease. On a sidebar, I love that I’m (deservingly 🤪) left to my meal without having to pause-to-pass. This time I skipped my favourite fresh flower table pieces and went for basil teapots resting on mix and match cake stands, that could easily be swapped for the three cakes that seduced an overeaten stomach for just a little more. The dinner menu was set solely based on what produce was freshly available, as the store is strictly organic and seasonal. (I do stock up on good quality cheese whenever I can and freeze pizza bases) 🥬🥕🫒🌶🍅 – Grilled Zucchini ribbons, Blanched spinach and pumpkin+watermelon seed salad, with walnuts, fresh pomegranate and a tahini dressing (I rarely have or serve raw salad) – Ottolenghi inspired Roasted Vegetables with a yoghurt sauce. We roasted Eggplant, Pumpkin (kashiphal), carrots & potatoes – A hearty Mac n Cheese with my favourite Amul Cheese folded with some smoked cheese- FOLD IN THE CHEESE – Roasted Tomato and Garlic Spaghetti (the sauce was bomb) with crumbled Feta and garden fresh basil – Garlic Buns. Butter, Garlic and Burger Buns. YUM – Rainbow Veg Pizza with house sauce on store bought whole wheat base. Pulled a fast one on this one. Have to tick a kiddie favourite with sneaky veg. Let me know what you think! #vegetarian #vegetarianfood #foodie #dinnerparty