At Family And Friends we are forbidden to use any plastic in microwave ovens since plastic puts parts of itself into the food it cooks.
On Mon, 3 Aug 2020, Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 11:09:15 > From: Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: Deborah Armstrong <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Using the microwave > > If I can do it in the microwave, I will and I've experimented a lot. > > You can saut? onions in just a tiny bit of water in the microwave. Heat, > stir, heat a bit more, stir a bit more. You can steam vegies just with the > water that clings to them after rinsing. You can cook pasta if you stir it > and keep it covered. > > You need one of those crisper dishes if you want to brown something, but most > other cooking chores, I find easier to do in the microwave. Especially if I'm > preparing something for oven baking or the crockpot, it's quicker to just use > the microwave. > > It's healthier too -- less grease than frying. Our breakfast is often a > toasted English muffin with cheese and ham piled inside and microwaved for > about twenty seconds. > > Even if I'm making something on the stove I often preheat ingredients like > milk or butter in the microwave to save cooking time so I'm dumping only hot > ingredients in to the pot. > > You can also scramble an egg in a coffee cup -- my niece makes muffins in the > microwave in coffee cups and has promised to send me that recipe. > > --Debee > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > -- _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
