Author's Note: Finally, here's the Outlaw Queen cooking one shot that I've been working on for the past week and a half 😂😂

onceuponafangirll I know you've been waiting for this for a while 😉

And OriginalBeliever wrote an OQ cooking one shot in her book 'Regina One Shots' if you need more Outlaw Queen cooking (I know I do 😂)

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"Regina, what are you--" Robin stopped talking when he entered the living room to see Regina intently watching an episode pf her new TV obsession; Chopped.

"Robin!" Regina smiled up at her fiancé and patted the empty space on the couch next to her, motioning for him to sit down. Robin sighed and sat down beside Regina.

"Why are you watching this again?"

"Inspiration."

Robin raised an eyebrow.

"I want to cook something, but I have no idea what," Regina elaborated. "I'm gonna try to recreate something from this episode."

Robin frowned and looked at the TV. The clock was nearing five minutes and none of the contestants looked even close to being finished. They were all rushing around their kitchen or getting ingredients or praying their food was fully cooked on time.

"So what are you making?" Robin questioned.

"See the lady with blonde ponytail?" Robin nodded and Regina continued, "I'm going  to copy what she's doing. After I finish watching this."

"What is she making?"

"A quesadilla with baby zucchinis and mojama, with a coconut almond sauce."

Robin had no idea what that meant, so he just nodded like it sounded good.

Once the judges had tasted each dish, Robin turned to Regina. "Is it time to cook now?"

"No! I have to see who gets eliminated!"

Robin sighed, but waited as Regina eagerly watched the contestants discuss their opinions on how the round went while the judges decided who to eliminate. Once Regina saw the dish that was on the "Chopping Block" Robin could tell she was disappointed even before she spoke.

"No! But I liked him!" The camera panned the show the chef that had been eliminated. It was a younger man, who had made a salad of some sort. "He was my favorite!" Regina complained.

"Well then why aren't you making his dish?"

"Because I wanted to make the other dish. But I liked him best! He had a good personality and he's hot."

Robin tried not to look offended, but failed miserably. Regina paused the TV and kissed Robin's cheek. "Don't look at me like that. It's not my fault being able to cook makes a guy hotter. You're hotter than he is anyways, don't worry."

Robin frowned. "But I can't coo--"

"Sure you can!" Regina took Robin's hand and drug him to the kitchen. She handed Robin a timer. "Set it for twenty minutes."

While Robin set the timer, Regina used her magic to create the four ingredients the chefs in Chopped had been given. Once they were all laid out on the counter, she turned to Robin.

"You ready?"

"Yes!"

Robin started the timer. "Go!"

Regina immediately started cutting up the baby zucchinis, while talking to Robin. "I need you to get the tortillas out of the fridge. And get me some cilantro while you're at it."

Robin set the timer down and opened the fridge. He wasn't sure what cilantro was, but he did know where the tortillas were. He handed them to Regina, and she handed him a knife. "I need you to cut the mojama into strips."

"The-- the what?" Robin looked at the counter trying to figure out what Regina was talking about.

Regina pointed it out to him, and Robin set to work. It was some sort of meat that reminded Robin of beef jerky, just made of fish instead of beef. Regina grabbed some green leaves the Robin assumed were cilantro. She placed them on the counter and brought over the blender. Robin got distracted watching her put almonds and cilantro into the blender.

"What are you doing?" Regina snapped, causing Robin to realize he had zoned out. "We only have--" Regina looked at the timer, "seventeen minutes left."

"Sorry," Robin mumbled before he went back to cutting the mojama. Regina began to cut up coconut macaroons and put them in the blender as well, to make the sauce that would go along with the quesadilla. Once she was done adding ingredients to the blender, and Robin had cut up all of the mojama, Regina quickly explained how the blender worked. Robin promised to follow her instructions carefully, and Regina began working on toasting the quesadillas.

As Regina carefully placed the zucchini slices and mojama strips on the tortillas, Robin poured the sauce into four small glass bowls. Regina sprinkled shredded cheese on top of the quesadillas and put another tortilla over all of it.

"Get the plates," Regina instructed when she saw Robin was done pouring the sauce. Robin did as he was told, and set four plates out, placing a bowl of sauce on each of them. Regina grabbed a plate and flipped the first quesadilla onto it. Robin exchanged an empty plate for Regina's full one. Once the final quesadilla was on a plate, the timer went off. Regina spun around, picked it up, and turned it off. "Perfect!" She smiled at Robin, "See, you can cook."

The front door opened and Roland and Henry entered, back from spending the day with the Charmings. The two entered the kitchen to see Regina ordering Robin around so they could get the kitchen cleaned up correctly. Henry had his headphones in his ears and Roland was holding a folded piece of paper.

When Regina caught sight of the two, she smiled and rushed over to them. She took off Roland's hat and took a headphone out of Henry's ear, to make sure he heard her, "Sit down, headphones out, I have food."

Henry's face lit up and his tugged the other earbud out of his ear. "Food!"

The two boys ran over to the table and sat down, anticipating the food that Regina had promised. Regina and Robin carried two plates over each. Regina set her plates down in front of Henry and Roland while Robin set his down at the seats where he and Regina would sit.

"What is it?" Henry asked.

"It's a mojama zucchini quesadilla with an almond coconut sauce." While Regina had rattled off what she and Robin made, Roland had already started eating his.

"It's good, Mama," he said with his mouth full.

"Thank you!" Regina placed a kiss on the top of Roland's head. "So would you eliminate Papa and I or would we move onto the next round and get to make more food?"

"More food!!" Roland cheered.

Henry nodded in agreement as he chewed his food. "I agree with Roland. More food!"

"Guess we had better finish watching that Chopped episode," Regina smirked at Robin.

"Can I finish eating the quesadilla you made?"

"The quesadilla we made," Regina corrected. "And yes, I suppose so. ...But, I need something in return."

"And what's that?" Robin asked. Regina leaned over and kissed him. When she leaned back, Robin smiled. "I think that was worth it."

"I'm trying to eat here," Henry complained.

"Sorry..." Regina gave her son an apologetic smile before picking up her own plate and taking a bite of the quesadilla she and Robin had made.