Microwavable foods...

[Blazin Bones]

What are some of your favorite microwavable foods? Why do you like them so much?

 

[Nostalgic Dawn]

At my college we weren't allowed to have microwaves because of how many watts of electricity they use. Everyone ended up buying something called a hot pot, which is an electronic kettle you plug into the wall. We could make a lot of things in there; ramen, soup, spaghettios, hot chocolate, whatever. I even successfully made macaroni and cheese in it before. The bad thing is, however, they were hard to clean out after cooking food like that.

 

[CatholicXian]

1) Popcorn ... yum! (esp. Kettlecorn)
2) Ramen... quick, easy, and CHEAP! (and comes in many flavors!)
3) Easy-Mac (when I had the money)

 

[Tofuy]

best microwave friendly food i've made so far in college is elbow macaroni. get a deep dish microwave safe container, add the elbow macaroni, add the water, add the olive oil and pepper. microwave. after a few times you can measure the water and the noodles by eye and get them perfect without any excess water in the container. elbow macaroni, if you buy the good durham wheat stuff, will fill you up WAY more than ramen and it's signifigantly healthier. also, it's cheaper if you buy in bulk. i would buy a 5 .lbs bag of elbo noodles at costco for 2.39 which was much more filling than the multipack of ramen they sold at higher cost.

ideas for sauces in your microwave:

• peanut butter stirred in water, soy sauce/tamari, hot sauce, sesame oil, splash of maple syrup or something sweet(or just use crappy peanut butter that already has a ton of sugar in it). stir everything, microwave and pour onto the noodles.[/*:m:416b7]
• spaghetti sauce, garlic salt, blag pepper, hot sauce, oilve oil, earth balance(it's like butter but without the transfats). i'd microwave it on top of the noodle for a bit, stir, and microwave some more. [/*:m:416b7]
• olive oil, earth balance, egg replacer, nutritional yeast, soy creamer, garlic salt. stir everything together and microwave 'till thick and warm. pour on the noodles. this is kind of like an alfredo sauce but without perishable ingredients.[/*:m:416b7]

i noticed one nice thing about keeping dairy alternative foods in my fridge was they never went bad. not once did i ever throw something out for smelling or tasting funky but anytime i walked by the garbage i could tell if someone had been lazy with their fridge recently.

also, a tip for when you're cooking rice. cook the rice first most of the way, THEN add whatever might be going in and don't give it more than 3 or 4 minutes. otherwise you'll end up with rice and other-stuff soup, even if it's without the broth. infact, if you're patient enough, just cook the rice seperatly.