It’s just a couple of 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 troublesome, the tough get going. Here’s an idea for dinner that satisfies all of your objectives. Mouth watering , filling, delicious and fast to fix. A single large potato, bits of this and that and your microwave will provide a gratifying meal in just minutes.
The microwave baked potato supplies the base for your dinner. Rather than wait 45 mins to an hour for an oven-baked potato, try the microwave baked potato. Some purists claim a microwave baked potato does not stand up to the stove baked potato because the texture of the finished potato is a little different. Do not believe it! A giant potato takes just eight to 10 mins in the microwave. Be sure 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 allows 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 leftovers and gourmet goodies to make this meal both a totally mouth watering and nutritious dinner.
A piece of bacon or ham contributes protein. Butter is a necessity. A touch of scraped 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 its own now. Look thru your left-overs, too often going to waste. What about that tiny 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’s a spoonful of sour cream. More calcium, with the bonus of a delicious tasting topping.
Your frig doubtless holds heaps of bits of food that may complement your microwave baked potato meal. herbs can make this meal more than satisfying. 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 mouth watering meal. Your microwave makes it fast and your plausibly bare cupboard will fill in the blanks. Eat hearty!.
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