Cooking Nice

It’s only 2 days before payday and your cupboard is looking pretty slim. The last time you shopped for groceries, each single item on your list had gone up significantly and you had to trim your list accordingly. So what’s for dinner? As the old saying goes, when times get tough, the tricky get going. Here’s an idea for dinner that fulfills all of your objectives. Mouth watering , filling, healthy and quick to fix. A single huge potato, bits of this and that and your microwave will provide a satisfying meal in just minutes.

The microwave baked potato supplies the base for your dinner. Instead of wait 45 minutes to an hour for an oven-baked potato, try the microwave baked potato. Some purists claim that a microwave baked potato does not stand up to the oven baked potato because the texture of the finished potato is a little different. Don’t believe it! A large potato takes just 8 to ten minutes in the microwave. Be sure it’s completely cooked – that is the trick to simulating the cooker baked potato texture.

The microwave baked potato must be punctured with a fork all around, top, bottom and sides. This permits the potato to steam and cook just as its oven-baked counterpart.

While your potato is cooking, assemble your dressings. Very similar to a salad, you can pile leftovers and gourmet goodies to make this meal both a completely tasty and nutritious dinner.

A slice of bacon or ham contributes protein. Butter is a prerequisite. A touch of rasped cheese provides calcium. Do you have some parsley, chives or onions? Throw them into the mix. What about some cut olives? Your microwave baked potato is coming into flower now. Look thru your leftovers, too often going to waste. What about that small bit of corn, begging to be used? Pile that on your burgeoning microwave baked potato meal. One mushroom, cut and sauteed adds a gourmet touch. Hmm. What else? Aha! There is a spoonful of sour cream. More calcium, with the bonus of a tasty tasting topping.

Your frig doubtless holds heaps of bits of food that can complement your microwave baked potato meal. Herbs and spices can make this meal more than gratifying. The neutral flavour of the potato makes it a perfect partner for virtually anything you wish to add.

So when you think there’s nothing to eat, get that potato out and build yourself a tasty meal. Your microwave makes it quick and your seemingly bare cupboard will fill in the blanks. Eat hearty!.

For more information about food and useful cooking tips, check out cooking101.org and also have a look at how to bake potatoes.

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