I don't like cooking with microwave ovens. They take the crisp out of pizza, the crunch out of the mac 'n cheese breadcrumb topping, turn eggs into firecrackers, leave half of my leftover lasagna congealed and half oozing with super hot cheese, well, you get the picture.
There is one exception that I have to share with you. It's an incredibly simple, fast, and tasty way to cook vegetables. Sure, you can steam them or just eat them raw - and I do that, too. But, I just want to offer up this method (maybe some of you have been doing this for ages) because you will be surprised at how much you will want to cook vegetables every night.
Microwave Cooking Your Veggies In 5 Quick & Easy StepsStep 1: Get out your GLASS casserole dish
with lid (Clear pyrex is my favorite; PLEASE DO NOT USE PLASTIC)
Step 2: Fill the dish with desired amount of cleaned veggies
Step 3: Cover with water
Step 4: Add sea salt or kosher salt, fresh pepper, a couple glugs of extra virgin olive oil and sliced fresh garlic
Step 5: Cover dish and microwave on high for 5 to 6 minutes
It's seriously that easy. I have used this method to cook sugar snap peas, snow peas, green beans, asparagus - just try it! The vegetables come out crisp and juicy. As a bonus, the sliced garlic turns slightly sweet after it cooks with the vegetables.
Do you have a favorite way to cook your vegetables? Tell me in the comments!
Jennifer Sanders, HTFMA
Labels: asparagus, green beans, microwave, snow peas, sugar snap peas, vegetables
