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Showing posts with label Microwave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microwave. Show all posts
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Microwave: Small Bowl Cake
Microwave: Small Bowl Cake Recipe
(Excerpt from: Recipes from the Kitchen of a Frugal Non-Cook)
Searching for simple recipes or ones for one or two persons is like a treasure hunt. So, finding a recipe for Mug Cake on Fun Foods on a Budget was a find. But, I did not have chocolate chips. This is how my disasters usually start; I am missing one ingredient. But, I forged ahead with confidence because the recipe said the chips were optional.
Instead of chocolate chips I used 2 tablespoons of a dry chocolate milk mix. Mixing was the hard part. When done, it was like a brownie but it tasted good. Oh, my egg had two yolks; wonder if that made a difference?
This seemed like a simple recipe, so I tried again with one change. I did not use the dry chocolate milk mix, but it still came out like a brownie.
Now, I was determined to figure out how to get a more cake-like outcome. I made more revisions. I used 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder, 5 tablespoons of milk, and cocoa milk mix instead of cocoa. Through the microwave window, I watched wide-eyed as the mixture bubbled and spilled out over the mug. But, it worked! The result tasted like a wonderful piece of chocolate cake.
Then, I made another revision. Due to spillage, I used a small bowl instead of a mug, and surprise, I made a beautiful, small, chocolate cake.
Next, I will revise the recipe again, to get that cake back into a mug. Then, I may venture to make microwave “bread.”
As you can see, this recipe has many possibilities.
(Author’s Note: it was after I made these experiments I found a microwave cake recipe on Fun Foods on a Budget, mine is different.)
Microwave Small Bowl Cake
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons chocolate milk mix or cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
5 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons olive oil
dash of vanilla flavoring
Process:
Add flour, sugar, chocolate milk mix, and baking powder into bowl. Stir well.
Add egg and stir. Add milk and oil. Stir well. Add vanilla, then stir.
Microwave: 3 minutes on high.
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Microwave: Buried Baked Potato
My sister is on Weight Watchers. This has stimulated me to reexamine my eating habits and recipes. I try to follow MyPlate.gov and the American Heart Association guidelines but I think I am missing the mark considerably.
American Heart Association Guidelines (Abbreviated)
Eat an overall healthy dietary pattern that emphasizes:
When I look at my recipes and then at My Plate, I see I am falling short on vegetables, fruits and grains.
Now, the recipe below was devised based on what I had on hand but with the idea to bump up the vegetables and proteins.
Microwave: Buried Baked Potato
Ingredients:
1 medium to large white potato
American Heart Association Guidelines (Abbreviated)
Eat an overall healthy dietary pattern that emphasizes:
- a variety of fruits and vegetables,
- whole grains,
- low-fat dairy products,
- skinless poultry and fish
- nuts and legumes
- non-tropical vegetable oils
When I look at my recipes and then at My Plate, I see I am falling short on vegetables, fruits and grains.
Now, the recipe below was devised based on what I had on hand but with the idea to bump up the vegetables and proteins.
Microwave: Buried Baked Potato
Ingredients:
1 medium to large white potato
1 dab of butter
1 tspn red beans, canned, drained
1 tspn Salsa
3 bits & pieces mozarella cheese
2 green olives w/pimento, sliced
2 sprinkles of imitation bacon bits
2 dashes red pepper sauce
1 fried egg
S/p to taste
Process:
Process:
Wash potato, pierce with a fork.
Place in microwaveable bowl.
Microwave on high for 5-6 minutes. Check, if you can push a fork through, it's done.
Remove.
Slice potato in half.
Mash insides with a fork.
Add butter, beans, salsa, cheese, olives, and bacon bits.
Sprinkle hot sauce about the whole potato.
Top with fried egg.
See why I called it Buried Baked Potato :-)
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