It’s only 2 days before payday and your cupboard is looking pretty slim. The last time you shopped for groceries, every single item on your list had gone up significantly and you had to trim your list in an appropriate way. So what’s for dinner? As the old saying goes, when times get tricky, the difficult get going. Here’s an idea for dinner that satisfies all your objectives. Tasty, filling, delicious and quick 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 provides the base for your dinner. Rather than wait 45 minutes to an hour for an oven-baked potato, try the microwave baked potato. Some purists claim that a microwave baked potato does not stand up to the oven baked potato as the texture of the completed potato is a little different. Don’t believe it! A giant potato takes just 8 to 10 mins in the microwave. Be sure it’s fully cooked – that’s the trick to simulating the cooker 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 fully mouth watering and healthy dinner.
A slice of bacon or ham contributes protein. Butter is a requirement. A touch of scraped cheese provides calcium. Do you have some parsley, chives or onions? Throw them into the mix. How about some chopped olives? Your microwave baked potato is coming into maturity now. Look through your remains, too frequently 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’s a spoonful of sour cream. More calcium, with the bonus of a tasty tasting topping.
Your frig probably holds lots of bits of food that can complement your microwave baked potato meal. herbs can make this meal more than satisfying. The neutral flavor of the potato makes it an ideal partner for just about anything you want to add.
So when you suspect there’s nothing to eat, get that potato out and build yourself a mouth watering meal. Your microwave makes it quick and your plausibly bare cupboard will fill in the blanks. Eat hearty!.
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