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…
Tag: mealsforone
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…
Seven-minute recipe: carrot, lentil and mint salad
This yummy carrot, lentil and mint salad is easily made within my seven-minute time frame.
Ten minute snack: egg in a hole grilled cheese
I was talking with a friend recently about this blog and she wasn’t sure that there were healthy meals that would be faster to make than her go to lazy meal: grilled cheese. Grilled cheese sounds so easy while something like a Mediterranean zucchini ribbon salad sounds complicated and like it would take a while to make. I…
Seven minute recipe: Mashed butter beans with asparagus and tomato salad
Butter-bean mash is one of my go-to sources of protein and because it can be made without the butter or milk you would add to mashed potatoes, this meal is vegan friendly.
Seven minute recipe: Fennel and sweet potato salad with lemon
As a kid the aniseed-y taste of fennel really put me off, but I have since learned that taste can be great if its not too overpowering, grilled and with lemon fennel tastes delicious.
Seven minute recipe: tomato couscous salad with chia seeds
Today I am sharing a super quick tomato salad I pulled together while I was unpacking. I added chia seeds for extra protein and because I like the crunch with couscous.
Seven minute recipe: Cucumber salad with tahini dressing
This is one of the fastest meals I know how to cook, as well as being both tasty and healthy. I have trialled making a video, which was super awkward. As you will see, if you watch the video, when I say it’s a seven minute recipe that includes time for forgetting where I put…
Seven minute recipe: Broccoli with blue cheese sauce
Make this indulgent blue cheese sauce for your veggies in less time that it takes to re-heat a microwave dinner.
Seven minute recipe: grilled carrot salad with sweet potato and kale
This recipe is another meal which features cooking in a sandwich press, which I love because it’s so much quicker and easier to clean than a grill. The carrots in this recipe are unpeeled because I like the taste and of course it’s quicker. You could of course peel the carrots, but you miss out…
Seven Minute Vegetarian 