When you're in a pinch and need to make a meal quickly, turn to this simple recipe. It's a delicious and healthy chicken dish that's cooked in the microwave. The seasoned chicken is coated with a light parsley white wine sauce.
The recent news about the possible health risks of using polycarbonate bottles (like ones made by
Nalgene) has made me a little uneasy. Now I'm wondering about about the relationship between microwaves and plastic, like the reusable food containers I heat up almost daily.
Are the high temperatures leaching chemicals into my food?
Look, I will be the first to admit that I've done a bit of microwave bashing in my day. However, a
new study has come along and managed to make me eat my words . .
No matter how tidy you may be, I would bet big dollars that you have encountered a filthy microwave at least once. And you may have even heated up a meal in said microwave, despite the funky food cooked onto the ceiling. There's no reason to put up with this gross-osity; making your microwave
so fresh and so clean is a breeze.
When I heard about the new
microwave drawer recently introduced by
Sharp, I couldn't help but think: How come someone hasn't come up with this idea before?
The microwave drawer works like a normal microwave, except that it's built like an oven. According to the Sharp website, Now microwave cooking is easier for every cook in the family, with no need to remove the dish from the oven to check, stir, or turn the food.
This totally knocks my socks off:
Spicy Fig Orange Jam made in a microwave!!! - Simply Recipes
Have you heard that it is bad for your health to stand too close to a microwave while it reheats your leftover Pad Thai from last night? Although microwaves have been around for quite a while, cancer and radiation fears linger around this convenient kitchen appliance.
The
New York Times, curious about these safety concerns, did a little investigation.
New
research from a scientist in the UK has found a correlation between the rise in obesity and the rise in microwave ownership. Obesity started becoming a problem between 1984 and 1987. In 1984, ironically, there was a rapid spread of microwave ownership.
Popcorn is delicious, satisfying, crunchy, and fun to eat. It's nature's snack food.
There are so many different ways to make and flavor popcorn, but unfortunately, some of those tasty methods turn this healthy snack into one loaded with sugar and sodium.
