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Getting creative in culinary endeavors
An array of cookbooks for the microwaving student
By Michelle Sauer
Within the residence halls, the majority of students are limited to a microwave for their endeavors.
Feeling adventurous in the kitchen can lead to some of the most interesting and even delectable dishes a person will ever make. Within the residence halls, however, the majority of students are limited to a microwave for their culinary pursuits. But that’s no reason to be bland and unoriginal.
Cookbooks for microwave cooking are all over the place, and many of them range from homemade dishes mom used to make to simple yet exciting cuisine that’s worth a try.
125 Best Microwave Oven Recipes
By Johanna Burkhard
This book was designed to really stretch the potential of a microwave oven. Chicken, fish, vegetables and all the rest can really come alive in your microwave. Just follow Burkard’s easy recipes to recreate both traditional and inventive dishes.
View at http://www.amazon.com/125-Best-Microwave-Oven-Recipes/dp/077880092X/ref=pdsimb_4.
A Man, a Can, a Microwave: 50 Tasty Meals You Can Nuke in No Time
By David Joachim
This book is a man’s best friend. Granted, no female can be counted out when it comes to this level of novice microwave cooking. Trouble-free ingredients create quick and easy meals through the most simplistic of directions, as easy as instructions on a can. Consider this the most basic of the basic microwave cookbooks.
View at http://www.amazon.com/Man-Can-Microwave-Tasty-Can/dp/157954892X/ref=pdlpok2dp_k2a3txt?pfrdp=304485601&pfrds=lpo-top-stripe-2&pfrdt=201&pfrdi=0394531515&pfrdm=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pfrd_r=076XRRZ1585XKDZP3FYM.
Cooking Healthy With a Microwave
By JoAnna M. Lund
For all the healthy cookers out there, have no fear. Lund takes charge of the heart-healthy world without letting flavor slip through the cracks. Over 240 recipes combine in this book, ranging from dinner to dessert, to provide an array of good eats for the active cooker.
View at http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Healthy-Microwave-Exchanges-Cookbook/dp/0399531556/ref=pdsimb_4.
Easy Livin’ Microwave Cooking
By Karen K. Dwyer
This cookbook puts an emphasis on speed, both of preparation and cooking times. It’s a great introductory handbook, with explanations and helpful pointers to keep you confident as you go. Fudge brownies and thick, creamy soups make this book a more hearty versus healthy cookbook.
View at http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Livin-Microwave-Cooking-instructor/dp/0312029101/ref=pdbxgybtextb/104-2187423-0580738.
Microwave Gourmet
By Barbara Kafka
Kafka explores the dos and don’ts of microwave cooking throughout her 600 recipes that range from full dinners to delicious desserts. She demonstrates techniques and flavor enhancements that are overlooked and unknown by many novice cookers.
View at http://www.amazon.com/Microwave-Gourmet-Barbara-Kafka/dp/0688157920.
The Classic 1000 Microwave Recipes
By Sonia Allison
This cookbook is for the very adventurous cooker with a bit more time to spare. The recipes contain more obscure ingredients and sometimes tedious cooking instructions, however create delicious dishes that no one would suspect came from a microwave. If you love a challenge, this book offers 1000 of them.
View at http://www.amazon.com/Classic-1000-Microwave-Recipes/dp/057203041X/ref=pdlpok2dp_k2a1txt?pfrdp=304485601&pfrds=lpo-top-stripe-2&pfrdt=201&pfrdi=0394531515&pfrdm=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pfrd_r=076XRRZ1585XKDZP3FYM.
The Well-Filled Microwave Cookbook
By Victoria Wise and Susanna Hoffman
Chefs combine their knowledge to help create gourmet recipes that take a normally tedious amount of time to cook and boil them down to reasonable cooking times with less clean up and great quality. A variety of options are presented with time slightly on the mind, but more so on the taste buds.
View at http://www.amazon.com/Well-Filled-Microwave-Cookbook-No/dp/156305177X/ref=pdsimb_3.
More cookbooks and recipes can be found online or at your local bookstore. Don’t be afraid to find adventure in the microwave.
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