Meals with no oven or hob!

hotcookie101

esmf73 wrote: »

If you put the pasta in a pot and then tip on boiling water to cover and stir well, put the lid on the pot and then leave for 20 - 30 mins. Should be OK.

I have tried this before and it seemed a bit claggy iykwim? I tend to cook pasta in a lot of boiling water, so it doesn't stick, but might try this

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

If you can't why not just forget about eating pasta for a week? Or you could make and freeze some pasta bakes and reheat them in the microwave.

OH would be quite happy to forget about pasta but although I'm Irish born & bred, a girl cannot live on spuds alone will look at finding room for more stuff in freezer ....

adelight

Pasta has a tendency to boil over when done in the micro so keep an eye on it. Cover with plenty of boiling water, microwave until you see it almost bubbling over then stop and leave it for a few minutes, stir and repeat.

jpscloud

adelight wrote: »

Pasta has a tendency to boil over when done in the micro so keep an eye on it. Cover with plenty of boiling water, microwave until you see it almost bubbling over then stop and leave it for a few minutes, stir and repeat.

I find if I use a large enough container (it's never more than half full with both water and pasta, and it cooks two good portions) there is no chance of boiling over and no need to stop cooking.

sophistica

You can/used to be able to get a rice cooker from Amazon for around a tenner. It will probably also cook pasta.

zippychick

ive merged this with a similar thread as it should have loads of ideas

Zip

lazygirl12

Imagine that the only kitchen appliances you have available are a microwave, a kettle, and a freezer (and cutlery and a bowl). What kind of things would you cook/eat/drink?

JuC

lazygirl12 wrote: »

Imagine that the only kitchen appliances you have available are a microwave, a kettle, and a freezer (and cutlery and a bowl). What kind of things would you cook/eat/drink?

Is it a combi microwave? If so, its just like an oven and grill - this is all we had for nine years and managed no problem

[Deleted User]

Tough one I use mainly my microwave,Remoska and slow cooker in my kitchen.Only use the big oven when I am batch baking cakes/bicuits etc.I'd swap the kettle for the remoska anyday as you can always boil water in the M'waveThe slow cooker will cook virtually anything along with my 'moska.

Maitane

If you can get some of those microwave accessories, they can help. I've got a microwave steamer which has been really helpful. I can do steamed chicken, fish, vegetables, rice etc.
Plus plenty of microwavable jugs, you can make cakes and stuff still.

Austin_Allegro

Pretty much anything. I lived in a small flat for several years with only a microwave for cooking. You get a plastic microwave steamer bowl and this enables you to cook lots of things. There's also a gadget you can get for doing eggs. Eventually I did buy a dual ring from Argos (which I didn't use much) and a Tiny Top Hinari mini oven, which was quite good for cooking small joints of meat. The idea that you need a big kitchen full of gleaming appliances to eat well is a modern myth.