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Microwave Ovens With Inverter Technology
Love or loath them, you will find a microwave oven in almost every kitchen. I remember getting our first one when I was a kid over 30 years ago. It still works to this day!
Microwave ovens work by ‘jiggling’ molecules in the food thereby generating thermal energy aka heat. They have a large internal cavity with a rotating plate that you put your food on. The door generally has a mesh that doesn’t allow microwaves to escape.
The controls can be anything from a dial (my preference) to set the time to digital/touch screen displays.
Recently my own microwave broke mid meal. I bravely claimed that there was no rush to buy a new one. I lasted 24 hours. 🙂
I hadn’t realised how much I rely on them for everything from reheating leftovers to cooking eggs, rice and everything in between.
Here are a few microwave hacks:
When we went shopping, almost every brand was spruiking something called ‘Inverter Technology’.
What is inverter technology?
Apparently a standard microwave doesn’t reduce the cooking power when you lower the power setting. Instead it does bursts of full power then no power in order to average the power out.
Inverter microwaves however manage to reduce the cooking intensity in a steady stream just like your oven.
Enjoy,
PK
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FoodHacks: Microwave Mashed Potato
Here is another little trick you can use if your kitchen doesn’t have a hob or perhaps you need mashed potato in a hurry :).
Take a large potato, give it a scrub and poke a bunch of holes in it with a fork. Wrap it in a few pieces of paper towel so you have a tube shape.
Pop this in the microwave and give it about 3 minutes (adjust this time for your microwave). This will make the bottom half of the potato nice and soft. Flip the tube over and cook for another 3 minutes.
Take the paper towel off the potato (which will be very hot), pop the potato in a bowl and then cut into it with a knife.
A bit of butter, pepper and some mashing and you will have fluffy mashed potato.
Enjoy,
PK
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How To Make Mashed Potato In The Microwave
Here is another little trick you can use if your kitchen doesn’t have a hob or perhaps you need mashed potato in a hurry :).
Take a large potato, give it a scrub and poke a bunch of holes in it with a fork. Wrap it in a few pieces of paper towel so you have a tube shape.
Pop this in the microwave and give it about 3 minutes (adjust this time for your microwave). This will make the bottom half of the potato nice and soft. Flip the tube over and cook for another 3 minutes.
Take the paper towel off the potato (which will be very hot), pop the potato in a bowl and then cut into it with a knife.
A bit of butter, pepper and some mashing and you will have fluffy mashed potato.
Enjoy,
PK
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FoodHacks: Microwave Cheesy Eggs
Got a hankering for scrambled eggs but short on time or perhaps you only have a microwave and no hob?
Then this tip is for you :).
I think they come out just as good as the real deal. We will be microwaving a beaten egg in several short zaps, breaking up the curds each time. You have control over the result being well broken up or not and even how dry you like.
Steps:
Simply take an egg and whisk it in a bowl with a splash of milk. I then add a bit of shaved Parmesan, a sprinkle of ground black peppercorns and whisk again.
Now into the microwave. This step can be tricky to master and the timing is going to be particular to your microwave. In my microwave 30 seconds is right for the first zapping.
If you find that the egg has been over cooked then you need to reduce the zapping times.
This is what we want. A few curds that can be mixed around with a fork and not a solid mass of rubber nor the absence of curds. I then stir the curds and pop the bowl back into the microwave. Now I am using 20 seconds bursts between stirrings.
I will reduce the times if I think the egg is overcooking. This is how it looks over the next few cycles of zapping and stirring.
Perfect and ready for some toast 🙂
Enjoy,
PK
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