Dear Auntie BCF...

[Redoko]

I'll keep this brief. I do not know how to cook anything beyond a bacon and egg sandwich.

However, being the infallible boyfriend I am, I have decided I want to cook the missus a nice meal before she goes off to Uni for her first year and before I go for my second.

Easy, no.
Problems.

She's a vegetarian. (Not through morals, she just doesn't like the taste)
She doesn't like fish.
She already eats a sh!t load of pasta, she practically lives off the stuff.

I want to cook something different.
Ideas?



If all else fails I shall just take her out to dinner.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Stir fry ftw.
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[herulach]

Some kind of stuffed pepper bullshit with big giant mushrooms (steak for you)

Make an awesome pudding (creme brulee looks much harder than it is, but don't tell her that
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[Redoko]

Sh!t, forgot about desert...


Desert ideas welcome. She's pretty easy going when it comes to desert I guess. Like's chocolate, ice-cream etc.
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[herulach]

If you're really awful, eton mess (whipped cream, strawberrys, raspberries if you're fancy) mixed up with broken meringue is a piece of piss.

See if you can grab yourself a copy of 'how to cheat at cooking' by delia, tonnes of pretty easy recipes.
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[Smash]

I know you said she doesn't like the taste of meat in itself (cue a dirty joke) but does she like substitutes, such as Quorn etc? That could open up possibilities, and it does taste much different to meat anyway, though people try to claim it doesn't. You could then make her some good substitue, like a pie, or bolognese etc.

I find this site a boon for quick and easy desserts. Slap the headphones on and get cooking.

https://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/quick-dessert
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[Dilyan]

Is she watching you cook? If not, go to the local chinese, freeze a veggie stir fry, wack in the pan before she gets in, have it piping hot - done deal. Kitchen smells of cooking, stuff in the sink, the perfect crime.
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[Redoko]

Ok I think I'm going to go for this Stir Fry...

Yeah...




EDIT* I'm already put off.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/vegetarianstirfrynoo_92400

Definitely like the noodle option, we love chinese. Maybe some spice or sweet and sour.

I think I could bare the vegetables for one meal.
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[herulach]

Look up the recipe for goi cuon (summer rolls) vietnamese rice paper rolls with noodles & veg in for starters.

I've had excellent results from recipes here:

Tom Yam is ace, but a bit bland with just mushrooms. The tofu one is good.
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[angryjonny]

Risotto is a faily hearty meal that's difficult to get wrong and can be made vegetarian. It benefits from having a bit of bacon in it but you'll have to do without. Basically, rice, onion, white wine, vegetable stock, peas, garlic, herbs etc assembled in the correct way - add a bit of butter at the end to give it a sheen, or if it seems a bit watery some Philadelphia.

Plenty of recipes on t'internet but I can put one together if you need it.

[Blackwolf]

Did you just not think to come ask your bother who can cook a large varity of meals? Who also happens to work in the same shop as you and can point out all the ingredients..
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

^^^Where's the fun in that?

During those 1st few times when i've cooked a special meal for the lady i've resorted to asking family. Once when i was 17 i wanted to make an impression but had the kitchen skills of a maggot. I was told to make macaroni cheese and cauliflower.....the bastards.
Do you know what happens an hour after macaroni and cauliflower....I'll let your imagination finish off my evening.
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[fredsredhat]

what about a veggie stew? basically cut up as many vegetables as you can think of, throw it it a slow cooker with some water, add some veggie gravy, serve in a giant yorkshire pudding with plenty of hendersons relish.

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[J4mes]

I know you say she doesn't do fish, but what about other seafood?

prawns, mussels, crab, squid = paella?

[DrDonnyBrago]

Gradually sneak meat into her food until one day she has to cook for herself and can't quite get it right, she gets meat withdrawal symptoms and tries eating anything and everything until she finds what she is lacking. She stumbles upon the bacon, looks at it's pink and white luxuriousness and decides to give it a shot...

Pan is on the hob, bacon out of the packet, with a quick sizzle, two very thick slices of white bloomer and some HP sauce she is in food ecstasy. She proceeds to try every meat under the sun until eventually she becomes entirely carnivorous and can no longer function as a stable member of society. She roams the streets with a camping stove and a pitchfork mopping up any small animal she can find. First it's birds, squirrels and rats, then cats and dogs, finally it is small children and midgets until when she is finally brought to justice she no longer even resembles a human...









Of course none of this will matter because you would have dumped her when she got fat from the bacon.

[angryjonny]

[Biker]

Gnocci is really easy but tastes good. It's basically potato so good with a simple tomato sauce and cheese.

If you can get away with spicey, try https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7732/pumpkin-curry-with-chickpeas

Mango is nice for pud https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1377638/quick-mango-pudding

[pinkyfloyd]

Wild mushroom risotto. Piss easy.

PM me if you want recipe.
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