[Janeymiddlewife]

DD is (hopefully) off to Uni soon, we are having a "cook-in" tomorrow where I have promised to teach her a few "signature" dishes. She isn't fond of very much cheese, is addicted to quorn (expensive!), I have a few ideas up my sleeve, but what would you teach her? I'm aiming for 4 main courses and 2 puds.
Thanks 

[arugula]

I've only ever used Quorn once, years ago for a veggie chilli not con carne, to cater for a veggie visitor. Nowadays I'd rather do something like a veggie chilli using green lentils or a mix of soy mince and mung beans as the 'meaty' bit.

A good old pasta with a tasty and possibly spicy tomato based sauce - red onion, garlic, chilli etc..... doesn't need cheese.

A Biryani. 

[Janeymiddlewife]

Oooh, hadn't thought of biryani, would that cook in a slow cooker as she has a small one?

[Mulberry1990]

I'm a veggie student =) The most frequent dishes I make are Spaghetti, Lasagna, Cottage pie, Stir fry and Quorn chicken curry.
For puddings the best things are ones that don't require many ingredients and little washing up, they're also really good if they use up things that are going to go off, like banana bread!
Also the best way to make new friends is to know how to make chocolate cake!

I tend to make double quantities of everything then freeze half so I don't have to bother cooking later.

(The basic rule for students is the quicker the better!)

[arugula]

Oooh, hadn't thought of biryani, would that cook in a slow cooker as she has a small one?

Probably, I don't see why not, but you'd have to do some research or get someone on here to say yes. 

[Ice]

Vegetarian sausage casserole/cassoulet.  There are endless variations on this depending on what is in the fridge and you can throw a tin of baked beans in as padding.  Cheap and tasty.

[Janeymiddlewife]

I'm a veggie student =)
Also the best way to make new friends is to know how to make chocolate cake!

EXACTLY - which is why I'm teaching her to make pizza, even though she doesn't like it!! 

[Mulberry1990]

Pitta bread pizzas are genius too!
Basically you get a pitta bread, but on tomato puree, sprinkle on your toppings put in the oven until it looks like pizza, and then you have a pizza in like 10 minutes!

Tins and frozen things will also become her best friend! Fresh things are always the first to be stolen or go mouldy! (Milk will be stolen as soon as it is put in the fridge! I bought a mini fridge for my room in halls to hide the precious things (Milk and bread!) away otherwise ten minutes after i'd put them in the kitchen they'd be gone again.

Soup is also good to make! And as long as she goes with a massive bag of pasta she'll be fine even when the money's running out or she doesn't have time to go to the supermarket. In my exam week I didn't have time to go out and all I had in was pasta and cans of soup, they were a life saver!

[hamstergbert]

I seem to remember that for most students all recipes fall at the first hurdle.

"Take a clean dish..." indeed!

[Janeymiddlewife]

I seem to remember that for most students all recipes fall at the first hurdle.

"Take a clean dish..." indeed!

 

Wish us luck, we're off to Lidl with a list and £30 cash, the idea is she'll cook all meals  for herself all week - I'll give it til Tuesday 

[arugula]

That long? 

[Janeymiddlewife]

The menu (she was over by £2.50 but I let her off as she had to buy everything including flour, sugar & oil from scratch)

Veggie Shepherd's pie
Mediterranean / Spicy pasties (depending what we have left)
Veggie lasagne - all from basic veggie mix - sort of ratatouille

sweet potato & spinach dhal

falafels
Pizza

Fish pie
Haddock & sweetcorn fishcakes
Chowder

Cheesey potato bake

Veg korma & potato & spinach pakoras

So far we've made the basic veggie mix, doing the pastry as I speak and about to put the dahl on, I'll update you later  :blink:

[Aunt Sally]

Fish pie
Haddock & sweetcorn fishcakes
Chowder

Fish was an animal last time I studied biology.  They die a nasty suffocating death too 

[Janeymiddlewife]

Guess she's a pesca whatjamacall it then. Unfortunately Relatives in the US introduced her to lobster, clams & crab - which I've told her she won't be getting here, unless she catches and cooks them

Lasagne, pasties & shepherd's pie going into oven now, dahl in slow cooker, off to the pub with her in a minute, will do the rest when we get back provided we're not too inebriated

[Aunt Sally]

Guess she's a pesca whatjamacall it then.

Why ?  Isn't it rather illogical to kill and eat fish if you won't kill and eat birds and mammals