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…
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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…
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 Vegetarian 