A hot, steamy bath is a luxurious and sensuous way to clear the debris of the day, open intuition, soothe the psyche and indulge the self. Light some deliciously scented candles, fill the bath with bubbles, lie back and relax while drifting off to that tropical paradise far, far beyond reality.
Meanwhile, your man is in the kitchen preparing a meal to suit the mood. Could it be that delicious Vietnamese prawn salad for which he is justly famous? Possibly….
Guy’s Vietnamese Prawn Salad:
- 12 king prawns, cooked and shelled
- 1 small head iceberg lettuce, or butter lettuce
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 1 cucumber, finely sliced
- 1 large mango,
- 3 tablespoons chopped mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon shelled peanuts, chopped
- Sprig of mint for garnish
- 2 limes, finely sliced
Dressing:
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 red chilli, seeds removed and sliced
Combine all the ingredients for the dressing, stir vigorously with a fork and set aside. Separate the lettuce leaves, wash and pat dry. Then rinse the bean sprouts and trim off any straggly tails. Next, combine prawns, mango and herbs in a bowl with the dressing.
Arrange the lettuce leaves, bean sprouts and cucumber slices on a pretty serving dish and add the dressed prawns, mango and herbs. Fling over the peanuts and serve with sliced limes. Paradise on a plate!
Wrap yourself in a fluffy towelling dressing gown and join him on the veranda to watch the sun go down as you sup on the succulent salad and sip a dewy glass of that Spier Private Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2008 which you stowed in your suitcase on your last trip to Cape Town. Blissfulness…..
35 comments:
Yes, go ahead and make me hungry for food that I absolutely can't eat. Just give me the bottle of wine and I'll go sulk in the corner. I love prawns but they are too bulky for me to eat with my gastric band and I would soon be choking on them. But really, I do enjoy reading your recipes, but I like your other adventures better.
Hugs,
Irene
Tessa - that salad and wine sound divine! What time shall I arrive for dinner?
Oh Tessa, that salad sounds divine! Such a lucky lady you are. What time are you and Guy expecting us for dinner? :)
Spier winery... such fond memories there too!
Ciao, dear friend.
Lola xx
Love her contemplative posture, the bar of soap on the red washcloth. Simple pleasures combine perfectly here, in your offering of food for the mind, body and soul, Tessa!
Honest to God, the life you live. Sounds like a dream.
Love Renee xoxoxo
OOOH To bad it's father's day today cause I sure would have my husband sitting here getting all this wonderful and very, very, important information. hee he hee ! This is more than wonderful. I need this. It's such a welcomed post. We all need moments like this. I love the pictures and your painting is just breathe taking!!! I love it. What a beautiful moment captured. Thanks so much for the award. You have touched my heart today Tessa. You such a beautiful soul. It shows in your beautiful artwork and post and poems. You have a heart of gold of this I am sure. Thanks so very much. I am very honored. Sending you many, many hugs and well wishes. You are the best!!!
now this is the right sorta guy to have, you in the bath and him preparing the food....keep him. lovely art, and i will be posting your lovely award tomorrow. hugs, lots of them.
Tessa, this is so sensual and inviting, and so easy to achieve. Now, how do we get a man to cook for us?
Haha, that was going to be my question! you had me all dreamy until the man cooking for you part! my sweetie can do alot but cooking, oh dear, no!
I'm coming over with lola.
Oh romance! I vaguely remember what that is like! Sounds wonderful!
Naw! This stuff doesn't happen in real life, does it?
Does it?
I'm so there....Now if we could just push a button on our computer to turn this into reality!!
Dear Tessa,
This is heaven, absolute heaven. I read recipes as if they were novels...and this is a delicious one. Beautiful photographs, and words. Living life as art.
I thought I would try to see if I could access your blog, and here you are...I was not able to the other day. Drift away......
Catherine
Beautiful painting Tessa!!
^_^
Hi Tessa
the salad sounds great. We eat a lot of mango with fish or chicken salads over summer and dressed with chilli-lime- sauce...now to get the man of the house to prepare it...hmmm I'll have to work on that...
I love the red washer in the painting...
Happy Days
Bliss indeed!
Sounds wonderful.
wonderful in every way...even the meal is a work of art! xoxo
I am envious - and I don't even eat prawns. Just the idea of soaking in a bath while someone prepares a meal for you and then the wine and then watching the sun go down - did I say I am envious :)
glad you had a great time and love the painting.
Girl in the tub! EXCELLENT! my favorite therapy is tub therapy- as for man cooking something really delish- not going to happen here...Beautiful girl in the beautiful tub!
Continuing on the subject of Ifs, if I was you I would remove that line of 'bad poet' from your profile. This post was pure poetry from beginning to end. Salacious, picaresque and romantic. Many thanks. Wish your Guy a happy (and belated) Fathers' Day from me.
Greetings from London.
Tessa I saw on 'a thousand clapping hands' that she is unable to access your lovely blog.
Kisses to you my dearest Tessa xxxx
Love Renee xoxoxo
Oh, I love baths, even without candles and bubbles it's still great to immerse in the hot water at the end of the day...
I'm still looking for my guy to fix supper while I'm bathing but once I find him I'll definitely try this recipee. It looks and sounds delicious
You are a tease! I am so hungry and I thought I'd read your blog before I eat something and see what I find - oooh! I am craving argh! Oooh you eat well.
Sounds wonderful! And thanks for the recipe - can't wait to try it! enJOY your day!
Yum... but unfortunately I'm allergic to shellfish, but I do like a good soak in a lovely bath.
best wishes
Ribbon
Wow, what an amazing illustration! It reminds me of the Rueben's women! Then you add that amazing salad, and drive us to craziness with pictures and the recipe! Oh what a cruel person you are! Wonderful job!
these prawns look and sound just delicious....
am about to have lunch right now...alas nothing as fancy and refreshing!
:-)
Ooooh what a yummy evening. I'll order that right up.
Thank you for the clouds and now I am more uppity than downity.
That is horrible about the plastic in the nests.
When are people going to give a shit?
Love Renee xoxoxo
oh, this is a movie script and you coyly used it to convince your fandom this is your life. ha!
(just teasing of course)
tessa, how lovely. you make me like you more every time i learn something else about you. here--you notice and appreciate. between the food and the sensuality, i'm full and satisfied...
xoxo
Yum. And I love the top drawing -- did you do that? I haven't been here in a while, mainly because everytime I clicked on the bookmark for it, I'd get a very old post. I just thought that you hadn't been posting in a while. Silly me -- the bookmark was for that post only. I look forward to catching up!
Oh bliss indeed! Every little bit and moment of it!
Have you tried the Robertson wine, Life from Stone? Very yummy!
xx
Tessa, thanks so much for visiting my blog and then leading me back to yours! I just love it! Your illustration is amazing - I like the colors and the mood of it! And then the dinner...Vietnamese cuisine is one of my absolute favorites. I'll have to make this soon! Looks like you have a delicious life! :) Silke
---->blowing bubbles of delight! Thank you all SO much for visiting and for your super special comments. I'd just love to have every single one of you over to our house here in the wilds of Hampshire so together we can cook up a storm!!
Good morning dearest friend.
I was wondering if you have met a lady named Kendalee yet. She is so fantastic and incredible and I was telling her about you.
She too is from Africa and I think that you two would completly hit it off.
She made a comment on my blog today and so you could go check her out through there.
She really is just a wonderful person just like you.
Love Renee xoxoxo
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