No, it's ok
Not much equipment is needed for the cooking I describe. The main things are a microwave oven, microwave-safe dishes, and silverware.
1. Microwaved mixed vegetables (same instructions for most other kinds of frozen vegetables). I usually get a mix of corn, peas, carrots, and greenbeans, but it's a matter of personal preference.
Get a one or two pound bag of mixed frozen vegetables.
Open the bag and pour about a quarter to a third of a pound into a microwave-safe dish.
Add about a tablespoon or two of water to the dish (I usually just eyeball it).
Put a rubber band around the bag of vegetables to keep it closed in the freezer.
Microwave the dish on high for about 6.5-8 minutes, until they're as crunchy or soft as you like them. Maybe add a butter or little olive oil.
2. Microwaved Potato.
Get a microwave potato cooker bag. I'm not sure what the official name is. One brand is called "potato express". It's just a quilted bag with a flap on it that works great for cooking potatoes in the microwave. There are probably other brands that work just as well.
Buy a bag of potatoes. You can usually get a 5 pound or bigger bag for cheap. I usually take the potatoes out of the plastic bag to give them some air, they usually last longer that way.
Wash the potato and remove any eyes or anything else you don't like from the potato.
Put the potato in the bag and microwave on high for about 4.5 minutes. Then flip the bag over and cook again for another 1-4 minutes, depending on the size of the potato.
Maybe add some butter or olive oil if you'd like.
3. Microwaved beans.
Ok this one is so simple it's kind of ridiculous to give directions, but...
Get a can of beans (black beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, etc)
Open the can and wash off the beans in a sieve, or rinse them right in the can using the lid to strain them (rinsing is important for canned beans, because they often are packed with a lot of salt, or a chemical preservative).
Put the beans in a dish and warm them in the microwave for maybe a minute.
Sometimes I'll get chick peas and heat them up for 1.5 minutes in the microwave, then add some spaghetti sauce.
You can get silicone dish covers to put over the dish so the beans don't explode everywhere, or a glass cover.
Same instructions for other canned foods, though others may not require rinsing. Canned food is not ideal, but a little is not so bad.
4. Microwaved oatmeal.
Get a container of rolled oats.
Pour about a cup into a m-safe dish. There should be enough capacity in the dish to hold more the amount that you add, because oatmeal will tend to boil up when it's cooked.
Add enough water to cover the oatmeal.
Microwave for about 1.5 minutes on high.
Microwave it again for about 3 minutes on 50% power. You may have to make adjustments based on the size of the bowl or dish you use and the strength of the microwave to prevent it from overflowing.
You could also just follow the instructions on the container of oatmeal. My cooking directions may help to prevent the oatmeal from overflowing.
5. Microwaved turkey burger.
Get some ground turkey burger. The lower-fat kind is usually more expensive, but probably better for you. There's kind of a trade off between price and low-fat. I've found that 99% is too pricey, but 96% is ok. Your results may vary.
Scoop some out with a fork and make a flat patty in a m-safe dish.
I usually poke a doughnut whole in the middle, because that part tends to cook more slowly othewise.
Cook on high for about 2 to 2.5 minutes.
Pour off the fat, or maybe pat the burger with paper towel.
Turkey burger has gone way up in price in my area, so I've been buying pork and slicing it into small chunks and then microwaving it on 50% power.
6. Tuna salad.
Open and drain a can of tuna. "Chunk light" tuna is best, because it has less mercury in it.
Mix the tuna with about 3-4 spoon fulls of mayonnaise.
You can heat the tuna, eat it as is, or put it on a slice of bread to make an open-faced sandwich.
7. If you like rice, you might want to try getting a rice cooker. I don't like rice because if I eat quite a bit, I'll usually feel ill afterward. There's a complicated Chinese medicine explanation for this, but suffice it say that if you don't feel bad then next day after eating a lot of rice, it's probably ok.
