10 original ways of using the microwave

Microwave Oven can be used not only for heating food.It will help to quickly deal yet, at least ten different tasks.

1. Get more juice from citrus
Oranges and lemons, taken out of the refrigerator, do not give as much juice as fruit, pre lie down at room temperature or slightly warmed.So before you put citrus juicer, heat them in the microwave for 20 seconds.

2. Disinfect sponges for dishwashing
to wet them in water with vinegar or lemon juice and heat in the microwave for 1 minute.

3. Cooking dinner for 10 minutes
Of course, we do not have in mind a festive table with a large change of dishes.But in the meantime you can prepare braised salmon with green beans and mashed potatoes.Use a microwave to cook any recipe in which you want to boil, stew or steamed.This immediately shorten the cooking time by three-quarters.

4. Disinfect plastic board

first chopping board should be thoroughly washed, then rub half a lemon and then heated in the microwave for 1 minute.

5. Cook the potatoes


pinned all the potatoes with a fork and heat them for 2 minutes.Turn the potatoes and turn the microwave for another 2-3 minutes.

6. Melt the honey candied
To do this, put the container (plastic or glass) with honey in the microwave and heat on a medium temperature from 30 seconds to 1 minute.

7. «Stimulating" yeast dough
If the room temperature is suitable dough for about 1 hour in a microwave oven, this process takes about 15 minutes Place the dough in a large bowl and cover with a plastic lid.A small cup of water put behind bowls of dough, which is located in center of oven.Set a minimum heating temperature (10%).Turn on the microwave for 3 minutes, then take a 3-minute break (well worth the dough in the oven), including 6 minutes - and again a break, now 6-minute.During this time, the volume of the test will be doubled.

8. Heat the cosmetics

Hot hair oil, face mask, wax for depilation - all this can be heated in the microwave.This is much faster and more ergonomic than the use for this purpose "water bath".

9. Fry nuts and dry crackers

This procedure takes four times faster if you use a microwave oven.Spread nuts or crackers on a flat dish and heated to a maximum temperature for 2-3 minutes, do not forget to stir every minute.At the same time bear in mind that nuts will continue to roast for a minute after you turn down the microwave.

10. Cooking vegetables

Waiting until the water to boil, to throw it corn?In the microwave vegetables prepared without the addition of water.Dec vegetables in a single layer on a wide dish, cover them with a plastic lid and turn the microwave on high.The cooking different vegetables different.Spinach and mushrooms can check on the readiness within 30 seconds, carrots - 4 minutes.

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