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Jamie Oliver on microwaves – 30-Minute Meals


00:00:03microwaves okay you haven’t heard me

00:00:05talk about these before but 86% of

00:00:07people have got a microwave in the UK

00:00:09and it’s probably the same in most other

00:00:11countries as well I’ve never really used

00:00:14them because I always associated them

00:00:15with reheating junk or prepaid meals

00:00:17just like the freezer but no microwave

00:00:19and the freezer brilliant technology use

00:00:23it to your advantage so what I mean by

00:00:26that is let’s get this little baby and

00:00:29use it for doing wholesome lovely things

00:00:31so whether it’s a jacket potato about 11

00:00:34or 12 minutes sweet potato you can get

00:00:36cooked as well little Jersey Royals you

00:00:38can cook in like four or five minutes

00:00:40and then finish them in here under the

00:00:42grill olive oil rosemary so get them

00:00:44crispy but you can rush those things

00:00:46along for these quick meals that we’re

00:00:48after also they’re brilliant with sponge

00:00:51dessert sponge pudding sticky toffee

00:00:54pudding you know all sorts of different

00:00:57sort of desserts you can do in here rice

00:00:59puddings and also they are classic Mayo

00:01:02in a bit of butter and softening some

00:01:04butter ice cream really useful and even

00:01:07fish is good technology for cooking fish

00:01:08it’s almost like steaming it a gentle

00:01:11gentle kind of heat so whatever it

00:01:13you’re doing get in here give it a nice

00:01:15bit of time if it’s a jacket potato you

00:01:18know sort of 10 to 12 minutes ready done

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