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I just made amazing rice in the microwave. What other easy brilliant cooking things can I do?
(45 Posts) TweetAh, yes, lola, I make shortbread the melted way too. It's a tiny bit less good than the traditional method but a hell of a lot quicker and very easy to clean up!
Melt sugar into butter in pan over lowish heat. Add remaining dry ingredients, keep stirring. Mixture forms a convenient ball, comes away from sides of pan. Needs less baking as ingredients already part-cooked 
Just nuke your rice a bit longer.
If you want to make a crumble topping, MELT the butter and stir it into dry ingredients...works a treat and is faster and less messy than rubbing in the butter!!! 
MICROWAVE OMELETS
3 eggs
2 tbsp. water
1 tbsp. butter
Choice of filling (cheese, onions, green peppers, olives, bacon, ham or whatever)
Salt and pepper
Whisk 3 eggs and 2 tablespoons water together. Meanwhile, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a 9-inch glass pie dish in the microwave for 45 seconds. Pour eggs in dish, cover (another 9-inch pie dish works great), then microwave 1 1/2 minutes. Then turn over by flipping into the other pie plate. Place filling of your choice on half of omelet; fold and microwave for 1 1/2 minutes.
Lots of similar versions.
I scramble eggs: A dollop of oil, two dollops of water, 2 eggs, salt & pepper, mash in bowl with fork. Nuke 30 secs, mash again, nuke again.
If you whisk the eggs it forms a pleasing sort of eggy cake. If you whisk them properly and cover the bowl, it puffs right up
Happy first thread in food everybodysang
Merangues? Bloody fantastic
Woooah, have you all missed lakeflypie 's post?
Bechemal sauce in the microwave???
No constant stirring ??
Really?!
Popcorn! For best results you need a paper bag that stands up - lunch bags or prescription bags are good - but you can also do it in a glass or ceramic dish with a plate on top. Sprinkle a small handful of popping corn in the bottom. Fold the top of the bag over twice. Nuke until the pops slow to more than 2 seconds apart - takes one and a half minutes in my machine.
Do not be a smartarse and try adding sugar before cooking. I nearly melted the inside of my microwave 
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