Any tips. I'm the original microwave girl. I've promised eponymousarchon and kyte I will cook for them (eek soon). I think it'll be something exciting like pasta bolognese (ie spaghetti bolognese with pasta instead of spaghetti!). P.S can I friend you- you sound kinds cool.

Thanks :-) You're entirely welcome to friend me if you like. (I think most people don't bother asking me, and I'd have been fine with that too.)

Currently all my best recipes seem to be on a basically risotto-ish theme. I probably ought to deliberately expand into something different at some point...