How to steam veggies without a steamer?

[feeb]

As Kazbah said chop carrots up smallish as the they then will cook longer.

5 - 7 mins will be fine.

[Jaycee]

one more question - do the veggies need to be covered?

[Kazbah]

Yeps, else the water will escape and you'll just be nuking them, not steaming them. Next time you're at woolies, grab a microwave steamer - they are just a couple of $$ and they work really well, I do most of my veg in them.