Baked Eggs

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   Put the zucchini in a strainer, work 1/2 teaspoon salt into it, then set it over a bowl to drain.

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   Look in your fridge and you may find you have some leftover leafy vegetables, such as spinach or Swiss chard, or some broccoli or its more elegant cousin broccolini, or a winter root vegetable you could mash upany of these would make a fine bed for our baked egg and could be put directly into the gratin dish and heated quickly in the microwave.

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   Speaking of the microwavean instrument of cooking I seldom useone day I had a yen for a baked egg over some leftover ratatouille.

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   After heating up the vegetables in the microwave, I thought Id try dropping the egg on top and microwaving for just 1 minute instead of baking.

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   And it was miraculously good.

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   That dish took less than 5 minutes to put on the table.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.