Alison Holst's Microwave Menus - Series One

By the late 1980s Alison Holst was a national treasure, with a range of sold-out recipe books and a backlog of popular cooking shows. She embraced technology; by the mid 1980s, microwaves had become affordable and fashionable in Kiwi kitchens. In Microwave Menus, Holst delivers six episodes worth of weekday meals, nutritious breakfasts and tasty treats, all cooked using the microwave. Each episode contains at least two meals, including lots of time-saving breakfast options (like bran muffins, homemade juices and bacon three ways) followed by a "family"-sized dinner. The ever calm Holst demonstrates tips to get the most out of your microwave while minimising the dishes. Check out the episode guide here. 

I'd do the corn next. If it's lovely, fresh corn on the cob I serve it before the rest of the meal, as a course all by itself. It's so delicious that it's worth getting a microwave oven just to cook perfect corn on the cob, I think.

– Alison Holst on how to prepare "perfect" corn on the cob, in the first episode

Key Cast & Crew

Alison Holst

Presenter, Original Author

Tony Wilson

Director

Gordon Ell

Producer

Mike Gits

Technical Producer

Peter Williams (producer)

Technical Producer

Gary Hansen

Designer