Aww, you poor thing! How about Delia's chocolate mousse (it's one of the BEST puds I've ever had - though I say so myself:
www.deliaonline.com/recipes/a-very-chocolatey-mousse,1401,RC.html
Basically it's eggs and chocolate. Use medium eggs and it's more of a velvety truffle texture (drool)
What about using onions, garlic, herbs, spices, beans and pulses in your cooking? These are all amazing ingredients, you can make quick and tasty dishes with them. E.g.:
Basic Italian tomato sauce:
- gently fry 3 cloves garlic (sliced or crushed) in lovely olive oil
- before they start to brown, add 2 cans tomatoes
- cook until tomatoes crumble into the sauce and it all thickens
There. That's your basis for lots of meals: You can add chilli and chopped red pepper for an Italian Salsa Arrabiatta ('angry' tomato sauce)
You can add chick peas - instant pasta sauce with veg
You can turn it into a delicious bean/ veg stew by adding chicken stock and beans and veggies.
You can use it as a pizza sauce, then add lightly fried sliced peppers, courgettes, red onions, olives.
You can crumble chorizo (not sure if it contains dairy, though) into it and add courgettes for a lovely sauce over rice or pasta.
You can slice potatoes into it and add some lovely fresh spring lamb (on the bone) plus rosemary, thyme, red wine and bay leaves, then leave it on the lowest possible heat to cook for 2 hours until the meat virtually drips off the bone. Adding parboiled aduki beans gives it texture and more flavour (they soak up the lovely meaty flavours).
Is this a good start?
You could make a FAB broccoli-based sauce for pasta: (for approx 3 people)
2 heads broccoli, cut all the way down stem
1 red onion
3 anchovies
3 cloves garlic
2 pkts soya cream
Slice + fry onion, Add garlic and fry for 2 mins more, add anchovies and crush against the sides of pan with a spoon until they've crumbled.
Add broccoli + cover for 5 mins, mixing occasionally
Add soya cream and simmer gently for 3 mins more
Take out half brocc, set aside
Liquidise all the rest into a lovely green/ white sauce
Add whole pieces of broccoli, reheat and serve.
The anchovy/ garlic combination is what gives this dish its flavour.
Good luck, girly!