Cooking Recipes – Healthy Cooking

It’s just two 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 substantially and you had to trim your list reasonably. So what’s for dinner? As the old saying goes, when times get tough, the tough get going. Here’s an idea for dinner that fulfills all your objectives. Mouth watering , filling, healthy and quick to mend. A single huge potato, bits of this and that and your microwave will supply a satisfying meal in just minutes.

The microwave baked potato provides the base for your dinner. Instead of wait 45 mins to an hour for an oven-baked potato, try the microwave baked potato. Some purists claim that a microwave baked potato doesn’t stand up to the cooker baked potato as the texture of the completed potato is a little different. Don’t believe it! A large potato takes just 8 to ten minutes in the microwave. Be certain it’s absolutely cooked – that’s the trick to simulating the stove 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. Much like a salad, you can pile remains and gourmet goodies to make this meal both a fully mouth watering and healthful dinner.

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

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

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

For more easy to make recipes, visit cooking101.org and also read about how to make baked potatoes.