Cooking something other than...

[Gaffer]

Now as some of you are aware, my cooking skillz are somewhat limited, I have burnt lettuce before now. My Pizza & toast are the stuff of legends

Whilst I was in Libya I lived, for 2 years, on cornflakes, cheese butties, crips, takeout and the occasional pasta dish.

Now I am in Dubai, I am still limited to what I can cook more due to the fact I don't have much equipment, stuff is seasonal (and expensive unless its crap) and I really CBA when I get in.

Oh and the other thing is I am a veggie - so chicken/meat/fish is OUT and hence my addiction to cheese but I get bored of food very easily.

So..anyone able to help me out..?

And one last thing, the temperature is due to get very hot and very humid very soon - so need something easy, cooling and won't take a lot of effort or heat to cook.

Ta
Claire

[Pothole]

Salad. We have to assume you're not so useless you can't chop stuff up...

[Gaffer]

I know salad but it gets boring.
And don't be too sure - I can bugger anything up.

Claire

[Chapppers]

Stop being a wuss and eat meat. HTH.

[Gaffer]

No it doesn't and no I won't

HTH

Claire

[Chapppers]

Oh go on, it's bloody lovely.

[Gaffer]

No it isn't. That's why I don't eat it and haven't for over 30 years..!

Now, please, does anyone have any veggie recipes..?

[jas xjr]

It will have to be curry, if you can eat it. You can reduce the amount of prep if you do it in bulk and freeze it. Should be easy to get the ingredients there too. Things like curried aubergine are fantastic and rarely available in restaurants and takeaways.

[Jammiedodger]

Without knowing what sort of ingredients you can get out there, how about something like a sweet potato and spinach curry or a red pepper and goats cheese risotto?

[Gaffer]

The curry idea sounds great for now when its only 70f - but when it hits the wrong side of 100F and has 90% humidity then not so much

I do like salads - I just get bored of lettuce / tomato / cucumber / onion

Claire

[jas xjr]

pasta is fairly easy too.and ready in minutes

re the curry , it does not have to be too hot chilli wise. after all india is fairly hot too

[Chapppers]

Gaffer said:

The curry idea sounds great for now when its only 70f - but when it hits the wrong side of 100F and has 90% humidity then not so much

I do like salads - I just get bored of lettuce / tomato / cucumber / onion

Claire

I think Chinese and Indian are the way to go if you want interesting meals, a lot of their cooking has developed around the lack of / cost of meat and with a lot of dishes it can simply be left out. The majority of India is completely vegetarian. Perhaps invest in a couple of cook books and see if you can get hold of any of the stuff in it. Also, helpfully, Chinese and Indian cooking just involves chucking things in a pan for a while, nothing massively complicated.

also this http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetarian-reci...


30 years? Maybe you've just forgotten how good it is?

[BoRED S2upid]

Buy a THai cook book Thai food doesn't often have much meat in it and is very nice, its not all blow your mind hot either we had a very nice Thai Chicken Chowder that wouldn't make a difference if you took the chicken out it was basically Thai Green paste, Coconut milk, sweetcorn, Spring Onions you could replace the chicken with any other veg really took 10 mins to cook very very easy.

[Vieste]

That link chappers posted up is very good and i aint no veggi

Edited by Vieste on Tuesday 17th January 16:57

[Caulkhead]

Try this:

http://foodgawker.com/?s=vegetarian

Though of course the reason you get bored is because you've written off half of the world's cuisine before you even start.

[CarTimeNow]

couscous made up with orange juice, pomegranete seeds, grated orange peel, cranberries, anything you like really
or
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1816/grilled-ha...

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/vegetar...

all adaptable to what you have of course,

and nomnomnomnom to the cheese addiction and i'd be veggie but for bacon *drools*

[Kudos]

White toast/brown toast, toasted sandwich with cheese, toasted sandwich without cheese. Beans on toast, beams on their own, beans on toast with cheese, or without cheese

See, it's easy

[Mobile Chicane]

Buy a juicer and absorb all nutrients in liquid form. Note - vodka counts as a 'nutrient'.

Some of my favourites:

Orange, ginger and chilli
Apple, kiwi and mint
Red/green pepper, celery, tomato and chilli
Pear, red grape and blueberry

[kiwifraser]

Claire, can you get those Linda McCartney sausages/ burgers shipped out to you? Perfect temperature over there for BBQ

[kiwifraser]

Sweet potato risotto, with marscapone and parmesan is easy to make and yummy too!