What are the benefits of having a microwave?

Question

What are they?

Answer 1

Cooking food fast!! It's very convenient.

Answer 2

Using a microwave to cook your food has its nutritional benefits. More vitamins and minerals are retained with microwave cooking than with many other methods of cooking. This is because microwave cooking requires a shorter cooking time, covered cooking and little to no water. Too much water, surface exposure and overcooking can rob foods of nutrients.

Microwaves are ideal for defrosting frozen food items such as meats, poultry and vegetables. It takes just a few minutes, and is one of the safest methods of defrosting.

Another advantage of microwave cooking is that it enhances the natural flavours in food, which makes you less likely to add extra salt or sugar. The microwave cooks food in its own moisture; therefore, no added fats such as butter or oil is needed.

As little or no water or fat are used in the microwave and food cooks very quickly, microwave food is able to retain more vitamins, and fat content can be reduced or eliminated.

All the microwave energy is used for cooking and is not wasted on heating up containers or oven shelves making the microwave more energy efficient. If very large quantities of food are to be cooked or a conventional oven is full, then this method is likely to be more energy efficient.

Answer 3

Its not neccessarily about being lazy all the time. It's just economically a better idea to quickly heat up a corn dog or a frozen dinner in the microwave (using a minute for the corn dog, or like 4 minutes for the frozen dinner) then to heat up the huge oven to over 300 degrees, just to heat one tiny thing to feed one person.
Think of all that heat that you will release into your home using the oven. And in the summer, if you run the ac, that uses more electricity..

Answer 4

For me, it is speed and lace of residual heat. When I am suffering from the heat, I don't want to cook in the conventional manner, so I take a homemade TV dinner out of the freezer and heat it in the microwave. It is also good for doing snacks and popcorn without a lot of cleanup.

Answer 5

there are none. ITs only for people who dont like to cook and rather stick everything in the microwave,. Its not to reheat beacuse you can reheat things on the stove. They are waste of money and also electricity.
but you do need if you buy microwave food specific but then if you think about it thats some nasty food!

Answer 6

1) Quesadilla maker (excellent for that)

2) Boiling water quickly

3) Melting butter/chocolate

4) Reheating my morning coffee that I spaced out on, and let get cool

5) Best Nacho Chips maker

6) Dissolving bullion cubes in water for stocks/gravies

7) POPCORN!!!!!!

8) Reheating the "last two slices of pizza"

9) Melting Brie for dipping

10) Great for storage when not in use.........



Christopher

Answer 7

so you can be lazy like any man should the microwave was created for men just like paper plates and TV dinners

Answer 8

The only benefit is the ability to thaw meats faster.

Answer 9

QUICKNESS especillay with potato prick and 8 minutes done ------if you want prick it 4 minutes then take out and fry cuts the time ----- quick recipes or great to warm up food all ready done just needs heating up

Answer 10

Leftover heating up, fast snack maker, and sponge sanitizer.

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