Step 1: Fill a ramekin with a half-cup of salted, room-temperature water. It must be enough to submerge the egg. You'll want enough water to submerge the egg but not spill over the top of the ramekin.

Not all cooking hacks are created equal. This one-minute microwave egg method is so fast and easy, I do it almost every day.

If your immediate reaction was "Eggs in the microwave? You must be joking," then you can join the clamoring masses of people who think this isn't just a bad idea ... it's downright wrong. Yet ...