cookers exploded - meal ideas

[katzguk]

my cooker blew up yesterday and i need food ideas, i have a microwave and kettle.

for something nice and cold - insalate caprese - mozzarella, tomatoes and basil

pasta and sauce etc

microwave chips/pizza

hmmmmm. i'll keep on trying to think

how do you cook pasta in a microwave

Pot Noodles

like on the stove - pour boiling water on, heat up for 12 minutes - always worked at uni - oh dear is someone now going to tell me that it is terribly unhealthy and a bad idea!

katzguk you can get saches of rice or pasta souce and stuff like that in Sainsburys as well as micro chips and beefburgers and you can get steam cuisine stuff in M&S that can is made to be cooked in microwave - V healthy salmon and veg and stuff like that!!

hope this helps just a few recipes you can use..

We lived like this for 3 weeks last year - not fun. Do you know anyone who camps, and can lend you a camping stove? I don't think you are near me or you could have ours.

Mince (in microwave) and tinned potatoes

lots of buffet style xalads/cold meats etc

you could try to boil eggs in the kettle?

lydialemon beat me to it! I was going to say get a camping stove too. We lived like this for a week when the Aga flaked out a couple of years ago. Even just a cheapo, single burner will get you a long way.

You could also use it as an excuse to indulge in good microwaveable cook chilled meals - M&S, Waitrose etc.

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Rice pudding, cold and straight from the tin. This started out as an emergency measure when we had the builders in, but the kids consider it a particular delicacy.

Also frankfurters, you can just pour the boiling water over and leave them to stand for a few minutes. Couscous can be cooked in the same way. Lots of dips and carrot sticks.

Scrambled egg in the microwave comes out great. What about buying reading cooked chickens, our sainsburys does really nice was I think they are £3.49 for a large size one so thats not bad, you could do potatoes in the microwave then mash them, veg and then gravy granules. I suppose you could just go to iceland and buy frozen ready meals, not ideally healthy but Im sure it wouldnt hurt for a while. Have you got a BBQ, not ideal weather but could help. Have you got friends/family closeby that will invite you over for something homecooked and then perhaps a pub lunch............this is all assuming youve got plenty of cash isnt it!

When I was a student I lived for a year with only a microwave and a kettle. My speciality was onion cheese on toast - half a chopped onion and a handful of grated cheese heated til nicely melted, then spread on toast. It's clever, 'cos the hot cheese 'fries' the onion - frying is the one thing you can't do.

Quiche warms up well. Meat is always horrible. Pasta - only if you get 'part cooked' stuff. Vegetable curries (or related) are easy - veggies cook well in m/wave (obviously not onions though - think carrots etc.) then cut it with a tin/jar of something. Eg. ready made curry sauce, tin of tomatoes etc. Campbell's condensed soup makes v. tasty mushroom sauce - go with spuds.

If the situation is long term, Betterware do a lot of microwave gadgets.

Actually, if I were in your position i would invest in a steamer. You can stack up a whole meal in one of those, and feel virtuous.

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