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Welcome to Celtnet's Microwaving Recipes Page — The microwave has become an almost independent gadget in the modern kitchen. Typically, however, it's used for warming cold foods, boiling liquids and defrosting frozen foods prior to conventional cookery. Many people have bad experiences trying to cook in the microwave — the food either emerges raw or vastly over-done, or over-done in smome places and raw in others. This is because microwaves cook in a very different manner from conventional cooking techniques (that tend to heat the food evenly). Only when you understand how the microwave works can you get the best out of it — and then you can use it as a proper cooking tool. Indeed, you can prepare whole meals in the microwave, as long as you know what you are doing. As a result I have decided to collect together a range of microwave-based recipes on this page and to do a little experimenting on my own. This page will, over time, grow into a collection of foods and recipes that can be prepared in the microwave with excellent results.
As a general guide, here are some basic principles to be observed when cooking food in a microwave oven:
If you would like to know exactly how microwave ovens cook food, and how the main components of the microwave function, then see this article on how microwaves work. The Microwave Browning DishThis is a microwave cooking dish that few people have heard of. It was first produced in the 1980s as a dish that you placed in the microwave to become hot. It was then removed from the microwave and used to brown pre-cooked meats. Meat or other food could also be cooked on the browning dish in the microwave itself. Most manufacturers discontinued the product in the 1990s, stating that customers did not know how to use it. But some manufacturers have re-entered the market now and this indispensible microwave cooking product is now available through Amazon and other outlets (Amazon how have this available as:
Microwave Browning Dish from Amazon |
You can also browse recipes by the following cooking methods:
Alphabetical list of microwaved food recipes and foods cooked in a microwave follow (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 118 recipes in total:
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Two very popular juicers, the Breville BJE510XL and the Omega VRT330, are compared for speed, ease of use, consumer ratings, and range of produce they juice well.
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British cookery is often treated as 'poor relation' in terms of European cuisine. And whilst this may well have been true in the past, there has always been one area of cookery where Britain has always excelled... the production of desserts. Here you will find recipes for two classic British desserts.
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Beef is a very flavoursome meat, as long as it is well matured, but it does have the cachet of being expensive and to be used only as a treat. Partly this is due to the history of beef as a high-status ingredient. Partly it's due to the cost of the better cuts. But you have a whole animal to consider and this article takes you through the history of beef eating and gives you a recipe for both the best and one of the poorer cuts of meat.
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Different cultures have various methods used for tea preparation. Learn more about them.
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Ethiopia is one of the most ethnically, geographically and religiously divers countries in the World. Indeed, it's one of the world's oldest countries and the second country to have become officially Christianized. Ethiopian cuisine is also unique and wholly native and here you will find a taster of that cuisine, with a classic bread and stew combination.
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There are plenty of smoked salmon recipes that you can try. The smokey flavor and its flaky pink meat can be made toppings for cold salad or it can be a replacement for bacon bits for carbonara.
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Salmon is one of the most versatile fish in the world of cooking. Found in almost every market, fresh from the daily catch, it can be prepared in a number of ways, from extravagant and flavourful main dishes in classy restaurants, to a simple lunch in the nearest shack by the ocean shore.
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Coffee makers are used by millions of people. A Keurig coffee maker gets the job done fast.
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A smoothie is typically a blend of fruit, fruit juices and ice blended until smooth, often with the addition of a banana to give a thicker consistency. Modern smoothies, however, contain frozen yoghurt as a base constituent. Here you will find out about the history of smoothies as well as seeing two classic smoothie recipes.
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Spices are an ubiquitous component of our daily lives. Learn here why black pepper is such an important spice and why the age-old quest for spices is a search for a black pepper replacement.