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Microwave Cooking for One Paperback – December 31, 1999
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Fast, easy, and economical, the recipes in Microwave Cooking for One are ideal for individuals, whether they live alone or share busy modern households. From breakfast through dinner, fresh, delicious meals can be prepared to satisfy personal tastes without wasted food, overheated kitchens, or messy clean-up.
- Print length276 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPelican Publishing
- Publication dateDecember 31, 1999
- Dimensions6.4 x 0.8 x 8.9 inches
- ISBN-101565546660
- ISBN-13978-1565546660
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All of the dishes in this cookbook can be completely prepared in the microwave oven, saving the cook time, money, hassle, mess, and waste so everything is prepared in the microwave in simple containers and without the oils and fats used in traditional sautéing, frying and broiling.
Inexperienced cooks will be delighted with these easy-to-follow recipes. Coquilles St. Jacques, Chicken Parmesan, Eggs Florentine, Asparagus Soup, Chocolate Custard, and Peach Soufflé are all easier to prepare in the microwave. With almost 300 recipes, "Microwave Cooking For One" offers plenty of possibilities for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. And when you begin with a recipe for one, it's easy to double or even triple a dish if you need more food to go around.
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"A range of recipes that experienced cooks will appreciate."
--Publishers Weekly
"Marie T. Smith [is] the veritable high priestess of microwave food preparation."
-Design*Sponge
"A spunky up-and-comer in the microwave cuisine arena."
-PWxyz
"No ordinary cookbook."
-Kyle Kruczek, Amazon.com reviewer
This uniquely practical cult favorite has been featured by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Washington Post, The Mindy Project, BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, About.com, Videogum, Dangerous Minds, Anorak, SF Weekly, Livestrong, Nutrition Know How, Serious Eats, and more. Thousands have learned that cooking for one doesn't have to mean opening a can of soup or living on frozen dinners. With just a microwave and this easy-to-follow guide, you can prepare a delicious, satisfying meal in minutes.
These portion-perfect meals can be prepared by inexperienced cooks and accomplished home chefs alike to satisfy personal preferences while fitting tight schedules. Three hundred recipes, including Chicken Parmesan, Eggs Florentine, Asparagus Soup, Chocolate Custard, and Peach Souffl�, are all intended to be prepared completely in the microwave, saving the time, money, mess, and excess of conventional cooking. For breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, these recipes are easy to double or triple when you need more to go around. A detailed list of utensils and a discussion of common ingredients are included.
Marie T. Smith (1933-1987) was an experienced microwave chef who wrote a microwave cooking column for the Plant City (FL) Post. She regularly attended microwave symposiums and was an expert in many areas of microwave cookery and technology. Smith frequently led cooking classes in her community of Lakeland, Florida.
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- Publisher : Pelican Publishing (December 31, 1999)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 276 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1565546660
- ISBN-13 : 978-1565546660
- Item Weight : 15.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.4 x 0.8 x 8.9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #60,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7 in Microwave Cooking
- #148 in Cooking for One or Two
- #1,304 in United States History (Books)
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I went on ebay to purchase many of the corning ware that is recomended. I absolutely love making hamburgers in the microwave. great for picky toddlers who won't eat what the rest of the family is having. I can whip up a hamburger in about 3 minutes. with very little mess. I also love the chicken and broc dish. the macaroni bake, both versions.
I wish it was easier to quadruple the recipes for when i want to feed the whole family. I just can never seem to get the timing right. but eggs, bacon, potatoes, spaghetti, roast,, stew, meatloaf, steak, porkchops, these are just to name a few. I have even gotten good about eyeballing ounces.. for instance I no longer need to weight out 4 oz of hamburger meat, after a few times, i can just guess and i'm always about right.
I think this is a great gift for some one tired of mcdonalds and other fast food eating. it's great for feeding kids, all the recipes are really good. Its great for any one who is hungry and doesn't need to cook a feast. Also the recipes are adaptable to what you may already use. this is great for travel trailers that have microwaves! RV's, hotels. dorms and more...
buy hamburger patties premade, buy instead of chicken breast, chicken tenderloin, each piece is about the right size. We asked our butcher for a 1 lb roast. Sometimes I buy a pack of chicken breast and divide it when i get home before freezing. Same with ground beef. But i have a large family. if it were just me I wouldn't do that as nearly as much. I freeze most of my veggies to make it easier, chop two onions freeze in baggies, same with peppers, broccoli, mushrooms, Alot of times you dont have to measure, onion, just sprinkle it on, paprika, just sprinkle it on, broccoli, just grab as much as you want to eat... etc.
This week I'm hoping to try out the popcorn recipe and I'm sure it'll turn out great!
I am now making delicious spare ribs and seafood muffins (see page 141) and having a banquet with my cats. The other day I made a wonderful Rhubarb Pudding Cake (see page 211) and had a birthday party for Mr. Pawly Shore. I don’t know when his birthday actually is so I just go by the date that I got him from the shelter. I’ve learned to double-up and even triple-up on the ingredients so that I can make extra servings for myself the next day. When you know you’re going to be eating alone tomorrow again…might as well make extra.
Smith is to the cooking industry as Shakespeare is to literature: an absolute visionary. Whether you’re a single person, or normal, your life will be forever changed by this great work. She is the Yogi that guides you on a spiritual journey that ends with you putting live crabs in the microwave.
May you rest easy Marie, society will forever live in debt to you.
If you've stopped cooking because it is too much trouble, take heart.
I also ended up replacing my old broken microwave with a 700-watter. I cooked all frozen food on 50% power anyway = 600 watts in the previous microwave so not much change. If you don't happen to be in the market for a new microwave, go to the website and download the converter chart that applies to your appliance. Easy peasy.
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Thus it is perfect for what it is.







