Social distancing stress baking is a problem when you live alone: a whole tray of brownies is way too much brownie for one person to eat. Here is my super basic recipe for when I needed something to cheer me up through a winter of lockdown. We’ve just made it through to the other side…
Author: Emma
I busy, easily distracted and always working on at least three projects too many. I am an environmental scientist by training and work for the government in energy policy. I'm passionate about food sustainability and health, which has driven me to come up with the recipes in my 7 minute vegetarian blog.
Perfect poached eggs in just 1 minute
One minute in the microwave is enough to make perfectly poached eggs, with oozy gooey yolks #yolkporn. That could pretty much be this entire blog post. A friend who works in a cafe told me that when they were rushed they used a shortcut to poach eggs. Some internet research tells me this is not a…
Seven-minute recipe: Gnocci with pesto and grilled cherry tomatoes
Grilling the cherry tomatoes is so delicious and takes just three to four minutes in the sandwich press depending on the size of the tomatoes. I saw this post by @fitness_bianca back in December last year and just had to have the combination of pesto gnocchi and cherry tomatoes. There many people in the world…
Seven minute recipe: Microwave potato gnocchi with miso and green peas
This recipe for potato gnocchi with miso and green peas is one of my emergency recipes, that is all the ingredients are things I keep in the freezer or pantry all the time. I can make this even if I haven’t been shopping for weeks and have no fresh ingredients in the house. Buttery carbs…
Brussel sprouts are sexy (with tahini and cranberries)
Many people have traumatic childhood memories of being forced to this vegetable. But Brussel sprouts can be so much tastier than those over cooked grey-green sulphuric lumps of my childhood. If you’re avoiding Brussel sprouts you should give them another go. Blanched in the microwave they should stay bright green and crunchy. Brussel sprouts are…
Seven minute recipe: vegetarian cabbage carbonara
Tonight all I ate was a big bowl of cabbage. And I loved it. Red cabbage carbonara where have you been all my life. There appear to be hundreds of cabbage carbonara recipes in the low-carb blogosphere. Here and here are the two recipes I used for inspiration. But there’s very little overlap between the low-carb (mostly meat-heavy) blogosphere…
Seven-minute recipe: carrot, lentil and mint salad
This yummy carrot, lentil and mint salad is easily made within my seven-minute time frame.
Instantly marinate tofu with this easy hack for the lazy cook
Instantly marinated tofu triangles Tofu is one of my staples. But often when I am trying to cook quickly I don’t have time to properly press and marinate the tofu and it can ends up being really tasteless. I’m rarely organised enough to prepare ahead of time or patient enough to wait an hour while my…
Perfect sautéed onions just 3 minutes in the microwave
The butter add richness and really makes these onions taste just like I spent 20 minutes sautéing them.
Seven minute recipe: Beetroot and feta salad
Roast beetroot salad is one of my favourites and I wanted a way to work the classic beetroot/feta combo into my life in a quick way.
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