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Sous Vide Egg Bites

Appetizers, Breakfast, Just Steam, Sides, Steam Oven Sous Vide, Vegetarian

These Starbucks inspired Sous Vide Egg Bites are a great make-ahead breakfast. A batch will keep all week in the fridge, ready to heat and eat or grab and go.

a small white bowl with a decorative spoon, filled with stewed diced fruit with a ramekin of rolled oats and a jar of yoghurt on the counter

How to stew fruit in a slow cooker or steam oven

Basics, Breakfast, Dessert, How To, Just Steam, Tips and tricks

Turning an abundance of seasonal fruit into stewed fruit is delicious, economical and easy. Here are my 2 favorite ways to stew fruit, ready to top your breakfast or mix into other recipes.

A zoomed out picture of a grey speckled plate with steamed fish, mixed vegetables with a bowl of miso dressing

Easy Fish Dinner with Miso Ginger Dressing

Easy Dinners, Just Steam, Mains, Seafood, Weeknight Dinners

This low-fuss dinner can be adapted to many types of fish. It’s a healthy and fast meal option which packs a delicious punch with an easy ginger miso dressing.

Mexican Poached Chicken Salad

Appetizers, Chicken, Just Steam, Mains, Meat, Salads, Steam Oven Sous Vide, Weeknight Dinners

This brilliant salad mixes poached chicken with avocado and sweetcorn, crunchy cabbage, almonds and tortilla chips, topped with zingy jalapeno-spiked lime dressing.

An ornate handled spoon in a bowl with a lentil herb and grain salad, on a folded green and white striped towel with a ramekin partially visible.

Festive Lentil, Grain and Herb Salad with Orange

Appetizers, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Just Steam, Mains, Rice and Pasta, Salads, Sides, Vegetarian, Weeknight Dinners

This bright, fresh salad full of grains, lentils, herbs and orange makes a brilliant side to roasted or grilled meats, and is substantial enough for a festive vegetarian main meal.

jars and dishes with lemon curd and a decorative spoon on a blue board with a halved lemon

Steamed Lemon Curd

Basics, Breakfast, Cakes and Baking, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Dessert, How To, Just Steam, Steam Oven Sous Vide, Tips and tricks

Forget the double boiler, this is the fastest and most reliable method I’ve ever used to make lemon curd. Steaming produces a curd that’s silky, tangy and unbelievably simple to make.

a pumpkin cheesecake with a piece removed and another piece cut on the plate to show the inside

Steam Oven Pumpkin Cheesecake

Cakes and Baking, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Dessert, Just Steam, Steam Oven Sous Vide

Pumpkin cheesecake is my pick for the best Thanksgiving dessert. Cooking it in a steam oven makes for the creamiest, silkiest cheesecake I’ve ever had, with no messy water bath in sight.

A white oval platter with a roasted turkey resting on a bed of rosemary sprigs

How to Roast Turkey in a Steam Oven (recipe and tips)

Christmas and Thanksgiving, Combination Steam, How To, Just Steam, Mains, Meat, Resources + Info, Roasting, Steam Oven Sous Vide

Steaming and then roasting a turkey using your combi steam oven is the best way to get perfect, juicy turkey with golden skin, and it cuts down the usual cooking time by about a third.

two individual steamed lemon puddings garnished with cream and lemon with dessert fork and a halved lemon on a dark surface

What Foods Can You Cook in a Combi Steam Oven? Part 1: Steam

How To, Just Steam, Resources + Info, Start Here, Tips and tricks

Confused about what you can cook in a combi steam oven? This three-part series will help you understand which types of foods suit the different settings in these ovens. We’re starting with part one today, straight steam.

A speckled blue bowl with a rice salad with cranberries, pistachios, feta and fresh herbs and a salad server

Steam Oven Christmas Rice Salad

Appetizers, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Just Steam, Mains, Rice and Pasta, Salads, Sides, Vegetarian

This very Christmassy steam oven salad recipe has been on high rotation at our place through December. Made with steamed brown rice and studded with pistachios, cranberries, herbs and feta cheese, it’s equally at home as a side dish to barbecued meats as it is a stand-alone lunch.