Do you actually use your Microwave??

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Hi Miss Piggy,

I don't use my microwave a lot but when I do use it, I find it really useful for reheating etc. These earlier threads may help you to decide wether or not to replace yours.

Do you actually use your Microwave??

our microwave has died

What do you cook in your microwave oven?

anyone NOT got a microwave? can you tell me how you manage pls? !

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the replies together.

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zippychick

Miss Piggy - just a thought, but you could look out for one on your local freegle

laurel7172

I don't usually eat what the children eat. A combination of voluntary (I'm vegi, they're not) and imposed (medical) restrictions.

So I don't know what I'd do without my microwave to defrost all those home made ready meals in the freezer...

Owain_Moneysaver

I find a microwave very useful for
- ready meals (shame on me, I know, but sometimes I just need a dinner that takes 4 mins to cook and doesn't need planning ahead) especially in summer when it's too hot to have the oven on
- refreshing mugs of tea that have got cold
- defrosting scones, crumpets, etc from the freezer (bought in bulk when 'whoopsied' - helps pay for all those ready meals)
- steamed puddings (whoopsied chocolate muffins)
- frozen veg

Definately one of the most useful £30 I;ve spent.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I wouldn't have anything to stack the medicines and chocolate on if I didn't have a microwave. Other than that, I think I used it at Christmas to heat up an individual pudding...

Peartree

When my microwave went bang I replaced it with a combi oven (Panasonic) and could not live without it. I'm cooking for 1/2 most of the time and find it invaluable - my 'big' oven now only goes on when I am entertaining or cooking for the freezer. I didn't use the microwave function that much (although if you don't have it you do end up missing it!) but having the wider range of options (some of which I haven't learnt yet) is great. It has a normal fan oven option, grill option plus a variety of combined options as well as various 'programmes' - it does a fantastic roast chicken. A combi is a bit more expensive but will save you money in the long run.

rubytuesday

I have never had a microwave and don't want one but someone on another thread said they have one in a spare room for warming up wheat bags. They are the only thing I've been annoyed I couldn't get because I didn't have a microwave.

sillyvixen

i have used my microwave about 3 times in the last 3 years - i only keep it because i have it! if it went wrong tomorrow i would get rid.. i only have it by default when i was house sharing my housemate had a microwave she used a lot and it gave up the ghost - we were trying to sell my late grandfather house at the time so i decluttered to microwave to our kitchen when - when we went our seperate ways it moved with me.

babyshoes

I use it for so many things, especially re-heating home made 'instant meals' and cooking veg and potatoes. I struggle to get the motivation to cook from scratch when I get home from work as it is, without the micro it would take too long, and I wouldn't manage. We would end up eating loads of frozen food that can be bunged into the oven like the kievs we sometimes get when they are on special...

Paulie'sGirl

I use mine like most people on here

warming soup and HM ready meals
wheatie bags
defrosting things - mostly bread
heating the Xmas pud
making emergency gravy, packet custard
scrambling eggs
hot toddies (to my Granda's recipe, if he doesn't have a cold - he has the shakes! :P )

but also:

cooking mange tout (heating an electric hob ring seems wasteful)
making microwave syrup sponge etc
sanitising face cloths (wet them, nuke for a minute max. No more fusty smell )
Making hot cloths for cleaning the hob (same as above really)
Starting off jackets to finish in the oven / BBQ

I wouldn't say I'd be lost without it, but it is very handy. It was secondhand from a colleague 6 years ago, a very simple model with a dial for power and a dial for time. My parents have a very complex model they don't get the use from. They use it for the same things as I do. Fancy models are a bit of a waste in my view, unless you really use the added features. Essentially, cut your cloth...

PGxx