do you cook in your microwave? recipes?

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?

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.

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!

Edited by Little_Red

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

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!

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

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.

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

caitlynsmygirl wrote: Little_Red wrote: We now have a stereo in it's place! how long does it take to defrost a slice of bread ?

Depends on what station I put it on. The Rock takes about 10 seconds,   Easy listening a LOT longer

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.