1.   Place about half an inch of water in a pot fitted with a steaming basket, and bring the water to a boil over high heat.

2.   Return the couscous to the steaming basket.

3.   Set up pot with water in the bottom, the steaming basket on top and the T-shirt wrapped around the basket to make an airtight seal.

4.   She set a steaming basket in a saucepan for the broccoli, grabbed a box grater and zealously reduced the jicama to shreds.

5.   Use a bamboo steamer over a pot of boiling water or a steaming basket and pot.

6.   Wipe the inside of the steaming basket with olive oil.