do you cook in your microwave? recipes?
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Topic: do you cook in your microwave? recipes?
Posted By: BriAndOlisMum
Subject: do you cook in your microwave? recipes?
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:12pm
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I was just heating up some left overs and it got me thinking does anyone use their microwaves to actually cook food in, not just heat it back up.
I remember when i brought my microwave i got a book with a few recipes like how to cook a whole chicken and make cakes and stuff. I know there are recipe books you can get for microwave cooking as well. Does anyone have any good recipes? -------------  http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:16pm
Ooooh is THAT what that square thing in the wall is for 
Oops, don't ask me. I don't even re-heat in it! |
Posted By: ?Lolly?
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:21pm
I have Alison Holt's vintage Microwave Cookery book that my MIL brought me from the Sally's (I  Alison she is my guru) I haven't tried any recipes yet though as I don't usually use it to cook anything other than 2 minute noodles and porridge. I am going to start though as some of the recipes look quite good. ------------- Captain Chaos (5) & the Trouble Monsters (2!) 
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:31pm
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I think the lazy lasagne recipe is an Alison Holst one I know that it's nice, but not as nice as a proper one made from scratch cooked in the oven
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:37pm
| Good question! When our microwave blew up a year ago we didn't even bother replacing it because we realised we never used it. We now have a stereo in it's place! |
Posted By: heaf3
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:40pm
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i use mine to reheat and defrost but i havent cooked in it, mainly because i dont have the right bowls/dishes to cook stuff in! i do have a couple of microwave recipe books though. also the big red alison holst book has a lot of microwave recipes too and they look YUM so i must get around to trying it sometime.
eta: lol HB!! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:50pm
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It came with the house... I thought it was part of the decorations
Then again, I'd probably avoid having a kitchen if it didn't come with the house
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:59pm
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I have a yummy brownie reciepe that you cook in the microwave :D ------------- |
Posted By: MrsH23
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 5:08pm
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I use mine all the time, mainly for reheating/defrosting though. I do have the Edmonds microwave cookbook that I use on occasion, many maggi mixes have the microwave instructions too.
Sheena, that brownie recipe sounds good! ------------- Lisa mummy to Ryan http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 5:10pm
how long does it take to defrost a slice of bread ? ------------- 
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Little_Red wrote:Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 5:20pm
We didn't have one for years but it quickly became a requirement when babies came. I mainly use it for reheating but 'baked' potatoes aren't too bad out of either 
Plus combined with the magic bullet the first few months of solids were hassle free 
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Posted By: BriAndOlisMum
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 6:49pm
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yum i love brownies. I might have to get that recipe off you sheena. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 7:55pm
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I cook rice in mine, its got a pre-set rice function.
Also fish can be cooked nicely in the microwave, I also use it a lot for cooking veges. My mum and I went along to cooking lessons, way back when we got our first microwave, did a yummie peas, garlic and bacon dish in it. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Joesie
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 8:00pm
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I use mine only for reheating. ------------- Clarisse and Chloe, our two little princesses |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 8:03pm
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Veges, pre-cooking meat, baby food, reheating/defrosting, chocolate pudding, the odd cake, pasta, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, umm.. lots! I have a chefs cooktop/oven so i like to do as much as I can on it, but sometimes the old nuke machine is easier :D Plus Thomas likes to watch the food go round and round :P ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 9:27pm
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We used to have that Alison Holst book but we gave it to friends of ours when their oven stopped working and they couldn't afford to fix it.
It had a great recipie for Caramel Dumplings. Mmmmm man I wish I had written that out before I gave it to them. -------------  
 
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 9:39pm
Depends on what station I put it on. The Rock takes about 10 seconds, Easy listening a LOT longer
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 10:51pm
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I barely use ours at all these days but back when I was at uni I had no oven, only a microwave and so I bought a second hand microwave cookbook .... I tried a few things but nothing stands out enough to remember it now!
My mum used to make a carrot cake in the microwave, it was really good. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 12:26pm
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I mostly use mine for heating and defrosting food but do baked potatoes and rice in it. I used to use it a lot for chicken dishes and chocolate cake but now I use my crockpot for casseroles. If Caleb is really tired I will do him an egg for dinner in the microwave though. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 12:29pm
I thought eggs were meant to explode if you put them in the microwave??? 
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Posted By: Turtle
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 1:24pm
Only whole eggs, and only if you don't pierce them.
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 2:11pm
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Scrambled eggs are awesome in the microwave.
Just make up the usual mixture (eggs, milk, bit of butter, salt) and chuck them in the microwave for four minutes, then stirt and cook again until they look like scrambled eggs. Good for people who absolutely destroy them in the frying pan (me) |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 2:19pm
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1 egg + 1 Tbsp water = 1 min in the microwave (With a stir halfway through)
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Posted By: BriAndOlisMum
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 2:39pm
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lol about the eggs. When i was a kid mum brought home a brand new microwave, set it up and then had to go out again. Dad, my brother and I read the book and it said you could cook and egg, it said put it in a cup of water and put it in microwave, (must have said peirce it or something but we didn't read that bit.). so we put a whole egg in the cup and chucked it in. we were standing there watching it go round (we hadn't had a microwave before so it was pretty exciting) when all of a sudden the egg exploded and even blew the door open on the brand new microwave. we quickly cleaned up all the egg before mum came home. luckily it still worked lol. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 3:26pm
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i cook & reheat in ours.
I cook eggs, pasta, steam veges, spaghetti, baked beans things like that. Here is a good one for poached egg in the microwave. DD loves this too. Using boiled water from jug 1/2 fill a mug/measuring cup with water. Crack the egg into it, microwave on high for 30-45seconds. Its great ive never had it burst either. It's especially great for dds lunch or to put in sammies. -------------  
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Posted By: NewPhoenix
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 7:00pm
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Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 8:24pm
I crack one into one of Caleb's feeding bowls, pierce the yolk, then cook for 30 minutes on high. If you don't pierce the yolk they will explode. What I like about this is there is only one small bowl and a teaspoon to wash afterwards. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 12:20am
Ohh I like the idea about doing poached eggs in the microwave, i always seem to destrou poached eggs lol  Im not such a good cook.------------- |
Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 8:00am
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Mine come out looking more like a fried egg but no fat. You can buy poachers and omelette makers for the microwave but the whole point for me is minimal dishes, oh and quick! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: SophieD
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 10:17am
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My Mum used to cook alot in our microwave.....favourites were the lazy lasagna and Meatloaf (think they both came from the Alison Host book). She also makes the yuumiest lemon carrots! only way I will eat cooked carrots!
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 10:24am
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I cook scrambled eggs, and that's about it. Sometimes I use it to pre-cook veges for a vege lasagne.
I use it heaps though. Defrosting meat, melting butter, heating leftovers, for things like that I couldn't be without it. -------------   
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