Microwave Oven recipes
Posted by: Hilary
12th Jul 2012 03:03pm
Discussion: Microwave oven recipes.
Hi. I recently purchased a microwave. Does any one have any simple, cheap recipes they would like to share. I am particularly interested in meals for two people but even if the recipe is for a larger amount I'm still interested. Looking forward to your favourite microwave recipes.
Hi. I recently purchased a microwave. Does any one have any simple, cheap recipes they would like to share. I am particularly interested in meals for two people but even if the recipe is for a larger amount I'm still interested. Looking forward to your favourite microwave recipes.
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Anonymous
Hi again.
Peas with Bacon.----------------------------------------------------------------Serves 6.
375g bacon. Diced.
1/4 cup (65g) butter.
4 cups fresh peas.
3 small onions, quartered.
1 clove garlic minced.
2/3 cup (165ml) water.
1 teaspoon salt.
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated black pepper.
2 teaspoons sugar.
1./ Put bacon into a ceramic casserole dish. Cook in the microwave on the highest setting for about 3 minutes, stirring a couple of times during the cooking period.
2./ Add the butter, peas, onions, garlic,water, salt and pepper. Cover and cook for eight minutes,, stirring frequently.
3./ Add the sugar and cook for another 10 minutes or until the peas are tender.
4./ Drain and serve immediately.
Anonymous
Hi Hilary. Hope these help.
Stewed Lamb Shanks:---------------------------------------------------Serves 6..
1/4 cup (65ml) vegetable oil
6 Lamb shanks.
3 tablespoons plain flour.
2 cups (500ml) chicken stock.
2 tablespoons tomato paste.
2 small onions sliced.
500g tomatoes quartered.
2 cloves minced garlic.
250g carrots, sliced.
salt & pepper.
1./ Heat the oil in a large frypan on a conventional stove. Add the lamb shanks and brown on all sides Put the shanks in a glass or ceramic casserole dish.
2./ Stir the flour into the oil in the frypan stirring up any scrappings from the bottom of the pan. Add the chicken stock and tomato paste, stirring until smooth.
3./ Add the onions and tomatoes, garlic and carrots. Mix well then pour over the lamb shanks. Cover and cook in the microwave for about 45 minutes or until the lamb shanks are tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Captain Slog
Supplimentary,
A "Cheap" Meal for Two, aye? How's this? Do you like Spaghetti Bolognaise? Have you made it before? How about a simple Curry? I have my Spaghetti EVERY Friday, and its made from scratch. THe Curry I usually have on Mondays. Its either Chicken or Pork, depending what meat is On Special and IF I can afford it or not. Not lately, though. You can find my Curry Recipe in one of the other Submissions I did in the Food & Drink section. I even gave some useful Time Saving Hints like cooking the Rice first thing in the morning, and getting the Potatoes ready at the same time, but NOT cooking them.
I'm not sure if I put my Spaghetti recipe in here, but, for you, IF you're interested, here it is.
I usually make my Spaghetti Sauce after I've had my Breakfast. Its a great Time Saver.
My sauce is very easy to make and I refer to the MAIN Ingredients as the "Telescope." That is because they are ONE of a Twin Tub Pack of LEGGO's Tomato Paste, ONE 300g tin of WATTIE'S Tomato Sauce (If you're in Oz, ANY 300g Sauce will do), and ONE 420g Tin of LEGGO'S Tomato Puree.
Other ingredients are:
One Tablespoon Extra Virgin Oil
500g Beef Mince
One Medium Onion, Two or Three Cloves Garlic.
1/2 Teaspoon each Salt & Pepper.
(Optional - One Packet of "creSpo" Olives, or a Bay Leaf or both. A Teaspoon of Balsamic Vinegar or Dessertspoon of Red Wine)
PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS!! Thank You!
Add the Oil to your pan and turn heat to HIGH.
Open your pack of mince and as the heat is just starting to build up, break off bits of Mince and add to the pan, then move it around with your spoon. Press it down and mix it up until it is nicely browned. When finished, it should be nice and crumbly.
Turn the heat to HALF!!
Add the Onions and Garlic and mix in and let the heat make them translucent.
At this stage, Turn the heat to LOW.
You can then add the first of your Tomato Ingredients. These should be opened and ready for when you need them.
In any order, add one of them at a time and mix them in before adding the next one. when all of them are in, mix well and have a Taste. See if any Seasoning is needed. I usually add a few grinds of Black Pepper, and taste again. If required, I may add Salt. I may also add the packet of Olives. I quite like the Green Olives with Herbs, and these packets are Recipe Size. Just right!
Your taste may be different to mine, so these are just a Guide to making a great Sauce.
After a few minutes of cooking, I then just turn the heat OFF and forget about it. The heat will do the rest, and I don';t have to worry about it until Dinner Time in the arvo.
Before I dio anything else, I put my LARGE Pan on the stove and add 3 Litres of Cold Water and a Dessertspoonful of Salt and stir it in to desolve it. That's it! I don't have to worry about that until 4:30 pm when I turn the water on to LOW so that around 5:15pm it is almost ready to come to the Boil. While I'm waiting for the water to bet to temperature, I'm taking care of my Cat's tucker.
When I've seen to Charlie's Tucker, and his mates outside, I wash my hands, and then turn the water to HIGH and my Sauce to LOW.
From my Pasta Canister, I then shake out enough Spaghetti (Angel Hair, Vermacelli, Spaghetti, or Tubular Spaghetti. Depending on what Spaghetti I have at the time) to go through a One Inch Ring. That is just for ME! For TWO people, twice this amount will be needed, obviously. I lay it in my Pasta Plate/Bowl and keep an eye on the water.
The water SHOULD be at a Rolling Boil and at this stage you may now add your Pasta. It is advisable to add it slowly so you don't losse the heat in the water. The best way is to hold the Spaghetti like a Baton and stand it up in the middle of the pan. Now, place your other hand flattly on the top and gently press down, forcing the pasta to bow outwards like a "cage". Keep pressing down slowly until you are almost just above the water, about three inches. At this stage, take your hand away and the pasta will just flick around into a ring inside the pan. Give it a stir gently with a fork to separate it all and wait.
Don't forget your sauce!! Check on it and see if it is getting warm again. Turn the heat OFF! you don't want it to start sticking.
Oops! You didn't notice what time you put the Spaghetti on! DON'T PANIC! Stirring with your fork, you can see what its like by then just hooking a few strands and twisting them onto the fork.
If they are not tightly around the tines, whey will flick off and are therefore not ready yet. A few minutes later, try again. If they wrap around the fork, good! Have a try of them. Are they to your likeing? Aldente or Soft? They should be tightly wrapped around the fork like wet wool. JUST RIGHT!
Turn the heat OFF and just wait until the boiling has died down, or the element gone BLACK. AT this stage, remove the pan and put your Sauce on the element so it heats up with the residual heat.
Turn on the Cold Water before you drain the Spaghetti. This way, when you frain it, the steam won't hit you in the face with all the heat. Shake it to remove excess water and the place into your favourite Pasta Bowl. All thats left to do now is serve it up and add the Pasta Sauce. Put a little Grated Cheese (Parmi, Edam, Tasty or GALAXY Blue Vein - Crumbed. YUMMO!) and Viola! Enjoy!
I hope you like it. Oh! And everyone else who reads this, too.
The key to it all is ORGANISATION and Preparation. Think of ways to Save Time and things will fall into place nicely.
Have fun!
Captain Slog
Hello Hilary,
Welcome to CAFE CHAT!
I don't profess to be an expert in any way or form, but, I DO know I will NEVER, EVER prepare ANY of my Food in a Microwave!
In the early days of Microwaved meals, I knew nothing at all about them. They were very new and very quick. I had a meal at a Take Aways one day, and it was indescribable. Something about it just wasn't right, and I never had any of their meals again.
I remember reading somewhere that you must NEVER, EVER microwave a Baby's meal or drink. The reason being that all the Goodness that a Baby needs is destroyed in the microwaving process. And it also said that the same thing goes for ALL meals done in a microwave.
Even more shocking was the story about a patient in a hospital who died on the table because some clown had the bright idea to warm COLD BLOOD in a microwave before it was transferred to the patient. From the Pre-Transfusion Sample they found out why. EVERY Blood Cell and ALL its components were DESTROYED and therefore was NO LONGER BLOOD!! Hence, the patient's demise.
If THAT happens to Blood, imagine what it does to your Food!!
What I read further was, when Food is done in the microwave, it is TOTALLY DESTROYED at the Molecular level by the Microwaving process. This happens because the molecules in the Water are vibrating so fast that HEAT is created, and that is what does the "Cooking." The side effect is, EVERYTHING is destroyed. Vitamins, Enzymes, etc. that benefit us from our Food. It may still LOOK like Food, Smell like Food, Taste like Food, Feel like Food, but, it is just a useless mess. You would be starving if you ate like this every day.
I have a huge Commercial Microwave here, that my sister gave my parents, and al I use it for is to place clean Jars into to STERILISE them, whenever I make Jams, etc. Or, to reheat cold Tea. . . WITHOUT the added Milk, of course. After all, in this case it is only WATER in the cup. Right now, though, its just being used as a "Cupboard" to keep some jars of Olives in, and my Eggs.
I can only offer the only proof that this would be true would lie in finding out what would happen if you tried it out somehow by eating the SAME Meals for Two Months. For the first Month you have them Microwaved. For the Second Month, you fix the problem by eating them cooked the Normal way.
IF anything was happening to you during the first month, weight loss, etc., make notes of it. This should be proof enough that the nutrients you SHOULD be getting are being destroyed by the microwave cooking process. In the following month, you should return to Normal, because ALL the Essential Nutrients you require are intact and you will be once more benefitting from them.
The other very scary thing about mirowaves is, they are VERY DANGEROUS!!
You MUST be very careful when heating water in a microwave.
Someone put a cup of water in the microwave to heat for some tea, and after a minute, checked it to see if it was hot. They didn'tsee any steam, so they put it back for another minute, with the same result. They tried it again, and after another minute, they decided to get it out and boil it instead. But. . . instead of a cup of COLD water, it was SUPER HEATED STEAM!! THe moment they touched the cup and disturbed the water, it SUDDENLY EXPLODED into a cloud of Steam and cup pieces. The injuries were horrific!
THAT is why I don't trust microwaves, and I advise you to take extreme care when using your one. Prefeably JUST to sterilise Jars, etc.
Be very careful!!