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Fast & Easy Dinner: Chicken with Lemon Over Arugula

partysugar — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:45:27 -0700

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. After being zapped, it's surprisingly moist and tender.

When served on top of a bed of greens it makes the perfect light Summer meal. For the recipe, read more.

Chicken with Lemon and Wine over Arugula
From Everyday Food magazine

Ingredients

1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1/4 cup white wine
3 strips lemon zest (each about 1 by 3 inches), thinly sliced crosswise, plus 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 tablespoon butter
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (6 to 8 ounces each)
Coarse salt and ground pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 bunches arugula (about 3/4 pound total), stems removed
8 to 12 radishes, trimmed, cut into wedges

Directions

In a 3-quart microwave-safe dish with a lid, combine parsley, wine, zest, and butter.
Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper; add to parsley mixture, and toss.
Cover and microwave on high for 8 to 10 minutes, until chicken is opaque throughout, turning over once halfway through.
Lift chicken from dish; thinly slice lengthwise. Discard pan juices.
In a large bowl, whisk together lemon juice and oil; season with salt and pepper. Add arugula and radishes, and toss to combine.
Divide salad among four plates; top with chicken. Serve immediately.

Serves 4.

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How Often Do You Use Your Microwave?

partysugar — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:01:17 -0700

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Make Way for the Microwave Drawer

partysugar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:15:54 -0700

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. For even greater convenience, the new Easy Open Microwave Drawer Oven opens automatically with a gentle pull of the handle. Just push it gently and it closes automatically, even if your hands are full.

Sounds like the microwave of the future has arrived. I like it because the microwave has always been a bulky kitchen appliance, but with this sleek interpretation, you can have clutter free counter tops! How about you? What do you think?

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Yummy Link: Microwaved Orange Fig Jam

YumSugar — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:01:31 -0700

This totally knocks my socks off: Spicy Fig Orange Jam made in a microwave!!! - Simply Recipes

TV Dinners: South Park - Microwaved Peeps

YumSugar — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:51:42 -0700

Last night the bf was flipping through the channels and landed on a new episode of South Park. The episode itself poked fun at Easter in a Da Vinci Code style. The weirdest thing is I was actually writing a post about how we microwaved Peeps when, what? What is that? They are microwaving Peeps on South Park?!?

Sometimes the universe is wild like that.

So, for today's TV Dinner, I present microwaved Peeps. However, unlike the ones on South Park, ours did not expand to the point where they took over the building and burst out all the windows - but they did expand. We ran three tests and then tried a Peep joust (we didn't have toothpicks so we improvised). Unfortunately, the microwave in our office has a weird screen in front of the window, so we really couldn't see in. This meant no fun video for us (we tried, it looked terrible), so we'll have to show you what happened with still photographs instead.

We put the first Peep in for 15 seconds, it puffed up a tiny bit and deflated into a pile of sticky goo. I preferred the 15 second taste to the 0 second taste. It was warm and a tiny bit more flavorful. I was also surprised because it somehow still managed to look like a bird.

Our tests also ran at 30 seconds, 45 seconds and then a jousting event:

To see the rest of our microwaved Peep adventure (Peep jousting!), and a clip from South Park (while it lasts), read more

Next we tried upping the time to 30. It puffed up in the middle, got crispy on the sides, and then became golden in the back (note: our microwave's rotating tray thing, doesn't actually rotate). The taste reminded us a bit of roasted marshmallows, which surprised me since where was the roasting?

After seeing a slight burn and only a small puff (it was hard to see through the grate, but we tried our best), we upped the time to 45 seconds. At 45 seconds our Peep more than doubled in size (they deflate immediately after you open the door), became charred on the edges and made the office smell like burnt toast.

We were going to go for 1 minute, but decided that the last two Peeps would be better spent jousting. Unfortunately we didn't have any toothpicks in the office, so we broke off some tines off of a plastic fork and set them up that way. I was expecting one of the tines to pop the other (I think that's the point of Peep jousting), however instead of hating each other, they just merged into one big giant lovefest Peep. I guess our Peeps were lovers, not fighters...

Check out a larger image by clicking on one below, or scroll down for the South Park clip (the exploding Peeps are at the end - and I'm not sure how long til the clip gets yanked from YouTube).

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Make a Cake in Under 10 Minutes

YumSugar — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:14:14 -0800

For some reason I have pineapple on the brain. I absolutely love it and eat it all the time. So today I went hunting for a pineapple treat to try later. In my searching, I stumbled across this one claiming to make a perfect pineapple cake in less than 10 minutes. Granted, you'd have to use the microwave and would need a microwave safe bundt pan (silicone would work). Personally I think it sounds a little too good to be true, seems like you might as well put it in the oven for twice the time... Unfortunately, I can't actually test this one out because, believe it or not, I don't actually have a microwave (SF kitchen = tiny no counter space). However it seems like you would end up with a pretty standard pineapple upside down cake. So, if you've got a microwave, and need dessert in less than 10 minutes, why don't you give this 9 Minute Microwave Pineapple Cake a try? Then once you've tested it out, let us all know how the outcome was! For the recipe, read more

9 Minute Microwave Pineapple Cake
From astray

6 ounce sliced pineapple
1/2 cup brown sugar
5 tsp butter
6 maraschino cherries
1/2 box white cake mix
1 egg

Using a bundt microwave pan, spray with non stick vegetable spray. Melt butter and pour into bunt pan. Spread brown sugar in bottom of pan on butter. Place pineapple slices around on top of brown sugar. Save the juice. Slice the cherries and place in and around the pineapple slices. Mix pineapple juice and one egg in the half of boxed cake mix. Pour over pineapple slices, cherries and brown sugar. Bake in microwave on high for 9 minutes on turn table. If you don't have a turn table, turn 1/4 turn every 3 minutes.

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Microwaved Peeps Revisited

YumSugar — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:28:15 -0700

This time last year, I let you in on the microwaved Peeps secret. OK, it really wasn't much of a secret, but some of you were surprised by how much they expand. The microwave we tested them in didn't have a see-through screen, so the results weren't that easy to document. Luckily for everyone who's interested, I've found a group of folks who have a camera inside their microwave. If you want to see what happens when you put three little peeps in the microwave - it's tragic! - then watch the video, just read more.

iWave Personal Microwave: Love It or Hate It?

YumSugar — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:18:33 -0800

When I saw this iwavecube Personal Microwave ($129.95) last night, I immediately scoffed at how useless it was. Then I remembered that I don't personally own a microwave, it takes up too much space. I then also remembered that sometimes I really wish I did. Like when boiling up one cup of water, or melting down chocolate. So now I'm second guessing my ridicule and think it might be an interesting idea after all - if not rather expensive. How about you, what do you think of this personal microwave?

What Should You Do on a Cold Rainy Day?

OnSugar Blog — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:50:43 -0800

Here are highlights from the OnSugar blog Cakes Icecreams Tarts And.

That's right, you should bake brownies! 'Cause I'm sure you've already got all the ingredients at home, yeah? Chocolate chips, cocoa powder, plain flour, eggs, butter . . . Okay, now you're ready to go into the kitchen! Anyway, It has been raining since morning and, you know, one gets lazy when it rains. I decided to postpone my study plans till tonight, and to stop being envious of all the bakers who'd been baking recently when I had buried myself among my books, I BAKED!

To see her decadent brownie recipe, read more

Yummy Links: From Edible Centerpieces to 171 Starbucks in a Day

YumSugar — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:03:38 -0700

If you're looking for something a little different in your decorating scheme, try edible centerpieces. - Slashfood
Learn about one of my favorite desserts of all time called ice kacang (aka hong dou bing) - a shaved ice dish popular in Asia. - Serious Eats
Justin Timberlake's new restaurant is now open. I guess this time he's bringin' fried pickles back. - Chow
Be sure to check out this guide on how to store fresh herbs. - Kitchen Therapy
Did you know? Lentils help you lose weight. - FitSugar
Fox is really pushing the new Simpsons movie, they even have a Ben & Jerry's flavor called "Duff and D'oh-Nuts". - Will Work For Food

What's better than frosted animal cookies? How about giant pimped out frosted animal cookies. - Baking Bites
Do microwaves cause obesity? - Culinate
Learn more about the allium family of foods - such as garlic, chives, leeks, etc. - The Daily Tiffin
What happens when one man goes to 171 Starbucks in one day? - Via Tastespotting