Ina Garten is known for her delicious and elegant recipes that are surprisingly doable for the average home chef. When Garten isn't filming her show "The Barefoot Contessa," she's a fan of comforting recipes that are easy to make — and you may be surprised at just how simple her favorite breakfast is.

For breakfast, Garten loves to make oatmeal with a combo of quick-cooking oats, water, salt, milk, and butter, topped off with a little maple syrup, and for maximum convenience, she stays away from the stove. "I make my oatmeal in my microwave — it's so easy!" she says.

Garten gets plenty of use out of her microwave, as her easy method for perfectly tempered chocolate involves popping the bowl in the microwave. And while at-home popcorn machines have become all the rage, Garten loves microwave popcorn — specifically Newman's Own Movie Theater Butter.