Category: Side Dishes & Vegetables

You don’t need fancy kitchenware to cook food – this takeaway box cooking method is used quite often in my house if I am cooking small quantities, for

I made this microwave vegetable biryani from a Schwartz Biryani mix that has been lurking in the cupboard for some months, so I needed to use it up.

Did you know you can cook carrots in a mug?  If you’re cooking small quantities, or simply don’t have enough saucepans or hob rings, then this is a

Fresh broccoli is an easy vegetable to cook in the microwave oven – taking just 2 minutes to cook if you’re making a small portion. As with all

I’ve loved simple mashed potatoes and root vegetables ever since school dinners  – so much so that I’ll sometimes have a trio of mash as a meal, covered

Using a microwave steamer to steam vegetables is a quick and easy way of cooking – I use my small microwave steamer to cook all my vegetables.  It’s

Sweetheart cabbages are the pointy cabbages you see in the shops – and they are better than regular white cabbage in my opinion because it’s easier to use,

“Margarine for dumplings? Can I use that?” It’s dumpling weather – and the usual questions come up in conversations with people who know me, because they know I

If you just want to cook half a swede in a microwave, or a quarter of a swede, then there’s no need to peel it first. If you

This carrot and swede mash recipe is made entirely in the microwave and takes about 15 minutes from start to finish.  I’d bought a swede, which weighed 1Kg

I’ve always been a fan of potato salad – in many flavours!  I’ll usually make a basic potato salad in the summer months, kept in the fridge in

I’ve bought some Jersey Royal potatoes – we always had these potatoes when I was growing up as my dad was a Jerseyman, so they were compulsory in