What do you cook in your microwave oven?

Barneysmom

My hot milk before bed, just drinking a milky coffee now, but that's about all it's used for.

happylion1

Making lasagne , pasta bakes, jacket spuds, quiche ( including pastry shell) veggie stews, soups. Just use regular oven for cake making and pasty making and toad in the hole.

Sunnyday

Olliebeak wrote: »

I love veggies cooked in the microwave - especially carrots and leeks. They just seem to retain their 'true' flavour as they cook so quickly and in less water - .....

Snap! i love veggies done in a tiny bit of water in a pyrex casserole dish with the lid on, i use it an awful lot for reheating plated meals that i leave in the fridge so that DH gets fed when i`m out at work and i also start off jackets spuds in there and just crisp them in the oven for a few minutes.

It`s great to have on hand when i forget to take things out of the freezer too.

SD

babyshoes

I cook almost all veg in mine, as well as rice, potatoes, occasional quick cake, hot drinks, custard, defrosting meat, oats porridge, warming up leftovers, erm lots more stuff. Wouldn't be without one!

kitschkitty

I cook carrots, peas and sweetcorn in it. I have in the past cooked fish in it.

I part cook jacket spuds in it, then spread a bit of butter or marge (or olive oil & salt) on them and whack them in the oven on gas mark 9 - makes the skins crispy and tasty.

My mum had a plastic microwave rice cooker, and it really did make perfect rice every time. I always just boil mine, but would definitely use one if it was as good as the one my mum had.

Other than that I just heat the usual beans, and soup etc. in it.

stilernin

As a singleton, many of the above, particularly baked spuds.... mines a combi so I get the crispy skin.

No one's mentioned warming up plates. Put a spoonful of water on each plate in the stack and zap for a minute, take out and dry. The same with serving dishes too.

When cooking large meals for lots of people, I cook all the veg ahead of time (take care not to overcook), drain and cool quickly before putting them in a serving dish. Just before serving everything, cover the veg dishes in cling film and zap in the microwave. The steam under the clingfilm, keeps veg hot while going to the table. This has always made Christmas much less stressful.

I also heat the teapot, while the kettle is boiling. A 1/4" inch of water in the pot, put the lid on and zap. This hot water then goes in my mug to warm up before putting the tea and boiling water in the pot.

angeltreats

I do the odd sponge pudding and it's good for cooking a bit of fish. I have a bag of frozen salmon fillets in the freezer for emergency dinners, they microwave in only a few minutes. Apart from that it's usually only for reheating things like soup. I could definitely live without it. I have a pressure cooker and if I want something cooked quickly I use that.

Gers

Mmmm - didn't have a microwave until 2 weeks ago (well, had one until about 5 years ago and gave it away and managed without) it's only used for reheating. We don't particularly like food cooked in it, apart from veggies, but for heating up a mugful of soup for instance it's useful.

Gone from a monster of a microwave to a very small functional one which is less intrusive. Sainsbury's had a half price offer which seemed churlish to refuse! It's not the most used kitchen gadget/appliance but has it's place.

elf06

I use mine for things which have been mentioned above! I do pots and veg in it as I got a micro steamer and the pots and veg just taste great when done like that. I also use it for BP, beans, milk for hot choc and for reheating HM freezer meals

natlie

I use mine for heating stuff up mostly. Milk for hot choc, beans. Did use it to cook basmati rice last night first time was very easy and rice was perfect.
Nat
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