Comments on: Microwave Safety – Health & Nutrition Rookie Tip of the Week #5

By: KitchenKop

KitchenKop — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:23:03 +0000

Robin, YES!! Someone JUST told me about these last week and I’m SO excited because I couldn’t find a toaster oven that goes over the stove, and like you mentioned, we don’t want that on the counter for the rest of our lives.

Apparently these combo ovens basically do everything my toaster oven does, except toast (and we’ve got a toaster for that anyway), plus the micro. I rarely use my microwave anymore, as I said in the post, but for the 4 times a year I do use it, it will be nice to still have it there.

Now I want to get our counter replaced so we can get that new oven!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:05:37 +0000

Sorry, I know this is an old post, but I was interested in how to go about reheating items without using the microwave, as I’m having a hard time giving it up for the “little things” (like heating up tea that has gone cold, etc.) and really do want to give it up entirely. So, thanks for all the ideas!

Just an idea, though, for anyone wondering what to do with the “over-the-range” space-we recently upgraded our old appliances and decided on a convection microwave. Since we’re planning on selling the house in a couple years (and also have an over-the-range microwave with the vent), we needed to put something there, and this seemed like a good compromise, as you can use it just like a convection oven without the microwave part at all. So for me, this replaces my toaster oven, freeing up that counter space, and essentially gives me a second oven which fits perfectly in that space.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:48:26 +0000

"Nuking" your food does not sound healthy to me either. Catherine’s last blog post..[The Unhealthy Vegetarian Diet] Signs Your Veggie Baby is Not Thriving

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:34:13 +0000

Hey, what a great idea, to STEAM leftovers to warm them, LOVE IT!
Thanks, Kelly

By: Bkbabe

Bkbabe — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:26:59 +0000

Funny, I’m coming from the opposite end of the m/w use. Growing up with my frugal grandma, she reheated food without incidence by steaming it! She would take a saucepan, fill with water, heat it on the stove and place the food on top the pan in a metal collander – cover. Try it – you’ll see it’s one of the best ways to reheat any food, and not loose moisture or recook it. Not to mention it’s great way to steam fish and veggies.
On the flipside, I do own a m/w and basically only use it for one thing: POPCORN – but NOT m/w popcorn! I use a “Microwave Popcorn popper” (amazon.com) to get air popped corn.

By: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Kelly the Kitchen Kop — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:40:00 +0000

Guess what happened just tonight? Our teen felt bad that he was leaning on the microwave or something and busted the handle. (Add it to the list of broken stuff around here.) I didn’t even care since you can’t see it and I don’t use it anyway! He was glad I wasn’t upset. One more excuse to yank the thing out of here!

Kelly

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:29:00 +0000

I too have a microwave/vent combo above my stove. It is the most expensive clock/kitchen timer in my house!

By: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Kelly the Kitchen Kop — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:54:00 +0000

Lara,

Good idea! If it’s inconvenient, no one will use it.

Don’t worry about the extra dishes, that’s what we had kids for, they looooove doing dishes!

Kelly

By: The Lazy Organizer

The Lazy Organizer — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:40:00 +0000

I would like to give up the microwave too. Maybe I will move it into the pantry so we all forget to use it. We will have a lot more dishes to wash and we have already given up the automatic dishwasher!!

By: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Kelly the Kitchen Kop — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:53:00 +0000

Great news, Beth! Can’t wait for the day mine is outa here! It just takes up space right now. Good for hiding things from the kids, though.