Forget ordering your favourite Indian takeaway and take some time to cook for your partner. So what is the perfect meal you can offer a loved one for a night in? There are a lot of options in terms of what to cook and what not to and it is difficult to find the right one. I have listed some ideas for anyone who is considering cooking something special for a loved one and is not sure how to cook it or what ingredients to buy.

My research started with the BBC website, I have browsed numerous dishes and selected a few in which I think would go down well at a meal. The first meal that I have selected is a vegetable and salmon bake. It will take just twenty minutes to prepare and roughly 10 or twenty minutes to cook. It is reletively easy to prepare and the ingredients are cheap.

Here is a step by step guide on how to cook this meal;

1. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7
2. Place the cream in a saucepan over a medium heat, and, when warm, add the potato and leeks and bring to a simmer for 3-4 minutes.
3. Remove the cream mixture from the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes. steadily add the egg and cheese and whisk vigorously until all the cheese has melted.
4. Finish it off with extra mature cheese and place back into the oven to bake for just ten minutes, or until sunny golden and cooked all the way through. Add extra cheese and place in the over for 10 minutes, once golden it’s ready.
5. Recommend serving with chives, this will really add that extra zing.

If you have followed these guides correctly you should be left with a delicious, healthy and wholesome meal for you are your partner. Other things to think about whilst preparing a meal like this are the dinnerware, cutlery and glassware . Each of these items contributes to that special meal and enhances the mood.

I hope this will help and good luck! Hope this recipe helps and happy cooking!