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Microwave recipes

Microwave ovens needn’t be just for heating up baked beans or coffee. These recipes can be made from scratch in the microwave at a fraction of the time and energy.
Cherry and chocolate mug cake
by Lesley Waters

When you absolutely need a cake within minutes, you need a microwave mug cake. Lesley Waters adds cheeky cherries to her chocolate mug cake for a taste of the Black Forest, but orange zest would also work well.

Cakes and baking

Microwave soy salmon noodles

by Sophie Whitbread
Main course

Spicy Mexican bean soup

by Let's Get Cooking
Light meals & snacks

Microwave butternut squash risotto

Main course

Microwave spaghetti bolognese

by Let's Get Cooking
Main course

Cheese and herb muffin in a mug

by Let's Get Cooking
Cakes and baking

Syrup sponge in the microwave

by James Martin
Cakes and baking

Courgetti spaghetti

by Rachel Phipps
Main course

Microwave jacket potatoes with various toppings

by Let's Get Cooking
Main course

Treacle pudding

by Angela Hartnett
Desserts

Poached salmon with lemon sauce

by Let's Get Cooking
Main course

Intense chocolate pots

by Hattie Ellis
Desserts

Bean and rice burrito

by Rachel Allen
Light meals & snacks

Bacon eggy bread

by Emily Angle
Brunch

Microwave chilli con carne with rice

by Let's Get Cooking
Main course

Microwave chicken with tomato sauce

by Let's Get Cooking
Main course

Microwave lemon drizzle cake

Cakes and baking

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