Microwave ovens: Tips and tricks for the conscious consumer
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Tips, tricks, and anything else you might need to know about a microwave oven .. wheee
Did Your Know?
Did you know? A microwave oven uses half the power of a conventional oven, and cooking your food in the serving dish will give you one less dish to wash.SO..Use a microwave oven for heating or cooking, and use the serving dish and you will save energy and water!
Best Microwave Tips and Tricks ever!
Vote on the best tricks to use with your microwave oven!
Getting more juice out of a Lemon!
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How to soften margarine
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Soften your cream cheese
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Get the lumps out of your brown sugar
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Heat a washclosh with a microwave instead of Hot water!
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Rain soaked newspaper ruined? Think again!
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Remove a stamp without damaging it!
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De-crystallize honey
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Love Onions but dont like to cry when you Cut-em?
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Melt chocolate with no mess!
Chocolate chips are easy to melt in the microwave, more...0 points
Freshen stale crackers
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Make tomatos super easy to peel
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Make your microwave smell fresh
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General Microwave cooking advice
Heres a list of things to keep in mind when cooking with a microwave
Microwave Cooking TipsThis is a fast, easy cooking method that requires no added fat. You do not have to add fat to keep the food from sticking to the pan because foods do not tend to stick in the moist heat of microwaving. In fact, you can drain food of fat as it cooks by placing it in the microwave between two paper towels.
If you want to adapt a recipe for microwaving, try cutting the cooking time to one fourth to one third of the conventional time. If the food needs more cooking, increase it a little at a time. You might also look for a microwave recipe similar to the one you are trying to adapt. Keep the following hints in mind when microwave cooking:
* Choose foods that cook well in moist heat: chicken, fish, ground meat, vegetables, sauces and soups.
* Pieces that are about equal in size and shape will cook more uniformly.
* You can reduce the liquid used in cooking beverages, soups, vegetables, fruits, and main dishes by about one third because less evaporates in microwave cooking.
* Choose a microwave-safe container slightly larger than the dish required for cooking the recipe in a conventional oven.
* Use a high setting -100 percent power for soups, beverages, fruits, vegetables, fish, ground meat and poultry.
Use a medium-high setting -70 percent power for simmering stews.
Use a medium setting - 50 percent power for baking breads, cakes and muffins, and cooking less tender cuts of meats.
* To create a crusty look on baked items, grease pans with an acceptable vegetable oil and add ground nuts or crumbs.
* Add lowfat cheese and other toppings near the end of cooking to keep the top from becoming tough or soggy.
* Stay away from coating meat with flour if you will be adding liquid for cooking. The coatings become soggy.
* Use quick-cooking instead of long-grain rice.
Where to browse Microwaves
Now that you know all the cool things you can do with microwaves, Here are some manufacturer websites that have tons of info on features and new models.
- Bosch appliances and microwave
- Bosch appliances makes mid to high end microwaves. Built in and stand alone.
- Thermador appliances homepage
- Thermador manufactures all varieties of microwaves
- Gaggenau's microwave section
- Gaggenau is a leading innovator in microwaves. Their super-efficient technologies are very popular in Europe. Check out some of their latest models
- Microwaves on shipping.com
- This is a good place to find cheaper models that have been purchased online.
- Yahoo shopping Microwave ovens
- Yahoo shopping offers some decent reviews of products.
- Siemens Home appliances - Microwave Ovens
- Siemens produces some of the highest quality microwaves. Their energy efficiency is especially popular in Europe.
What are your favorite microwave tips?!
what have you blown up in the microwave?
leave your tips and tricks here or add them to the list above!
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