19 Recipes You Can Make In Just A Microwave (2024)

The great thing about this recipe (other than the fact that it's a 10-minute microwave meal) is that there are four different kinds you can choose to make — basic risotto, butternut squash + sage risotto, mushrooms + thyme risotto, or bacon + kale + mushrooms risotto. Hint: make all four and see which one you like best!

Recipe: 10-Minute Risotto Cups

A cinnamon roll in cake form. Rumor has it that this is the first thing you see when the gates of heaven open. Plus, you probably have most of the ingredients for this simple recipe already at home.

Recipe: Cinnamon Roll Mug Cake

Bad news: Two minutes isn't enough time to become a master chef. Good news: Two minutes is enough time to microwave the ingredients for this recipe.

Recipe: Microwave Egg Caprese Breakfast Cups

Sure, microwaveable mac and cheese is a thing you can buy at the store, but it'll be nowhere near as creamy or cheesy as this recipe. Mostly because this one uses, uh, REAL CHEESE!

Recipe: Instant Microwave Macaroni and Cheese

Just in case you're looking to take your mac and cheese game to a whole new level of creamy deliciousness.

Recipe: Avocado Macaroni and Cheese in a Mug

Other than the fact that you don't have to stick these nachos in the oven, the best part of this recipe is the way a little bit of each nacho topping sits perfectly inside each tortilla chip. No more picking up a dry chip that sat outcast at the edge of the plate just because it wasn't close enough to all the toppings.

Recipe: Perfect Microwave Nachos

Because when the craving for a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie hits, baking a whole batch in the oven simply won't cut it. You need a cookie right here, right now.

Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup

Until your usual takeout place cracks the code for delivering fried rice to your doorstep less than 10 minutes after you order it, this recipe will be your lifesaver.

Recipe: Egg Fried Rice in a Mug

Will you look at how fancy that looks? The perfect way to get your veggies in without feeling like you're eating veggies, or having to turn on the stove or oven.

Recipe: Parmesan Herb Microwave Spaghetti Squash

Pumpkin? It's delicious year-round. It's especially delicious when you realize it's part of an oatmeal bake that you don't have to actually "bake" in the oven.

Recipe: Pumpkin Oatmeal Mug Bake

Move over popcorn. There's a new microwaveable snack in town.

Recipe: Microwave Sweet Potato Chips

You mean to tell me that I've spent the first 25 years of my life on this earth not knowing I could make enchiladas using my microwave in just 10 minutes? My whole life is a lie.

Recipe: 10-Minute Gluten Free Enchiladas

You may never want to eat anything else for dinner ever again, and honestly, I don't blame you.

Recipe: Microwaved Sausage and Cheese Spaghetti Dinner

You only need five ingredients — bread, egg, butter, milk, and sugar. Plus, you can add whatever mix-ins you're craving! Fruit, chocolate, peanut butter — it's up to you!

Recipe: Five-Minute Bread Pudding in a Mug

This vegetarian lasagna recipe makes for the ultimate comfort food when you need something warm, cheesy, and most of all, delicious.

Recipe: Spinach Ricotta Lasagna In A Mug

There is never a bad time for cheesecake, especially not when the craving for something creamy and sweet hits late at night. This takes just 10 minutes to whip up.

Recipe: 10-Minute Microwave Cheesecake Mug Cake

This egg dish is perfect any time of day and is packed with nutrients and flavor!

Recipe: Single-Serve Microwave Shakshuka

The perfect combo of sweet, tart, and, wait — am I the only one who didn't know you could make lemon bars in a MICROWAVE?! Total game changer.

Recipe: Microwave Lemon Bars

Not only is this easy to make and so, so yummy, but it will help keep you full and power you through all the important things you have going on in the morning thanks to quinoa's high protein content.

Recipe: Microwave Cinnamon Maple Breakfast Quinoa