I'm doing something today that I haven't done in a long time - I'm cooking lunch for a friend.

It's very standard, easy fare:
Entre - Rockmelon & prosciutto
Main - Fettucini with chilli prawns served with italian garlic bread
Dessert - Lemon Sorbet (close as I could buy to granita) with mango puree

I was surprised to find myself quite enjoying the preparations, checking off in my head what I needed and buying the required ingredients.

I'm a lazy cook; the only thing of the above I'm making from scratch is the chilli sauce. The mangoes on the tree aren't ripe so the puree is coming from a bottle.

We used to do lunch at my place quite frequently, but circumstances changed and it was no longer possible.

The friend broke some terrible news to me over the phone yesterday, so I'm not sure how the lunch conversation will go, but we'll eat well!