Reddit mentions: The best microwave cooking books

If she just has those implaments and no others:

Never ever microwave an egg (in shell) in a microwave unless you want a fantastic demonstration of an explosion. That being said, it is quite easy and quick to make scrambled eggs in the microwave.

Simple grilled chicken with lemon or light seasoning is a fantastic, if bland meal. The George foreman will make this possible. Saving the fat to put on rice allows you to make a filling meal with the left overs of the George foreman.

Panini with the george forman. It should be possible.


http://www.amazon.com/Microwave-Gourmet-Barbara-Kafka/dp/0688157920


However, if you still have time or a birthday or other gift giving session coming up, and she has access to an oven and stove get her a hardy set of pots and pans.

College is where I learned to cook. The food there was so bad that, in all honesty, no matter what starter mistakes I made I could never equal the gut pain caused by chowing down in the food hall.

You can try out new recipes and really learn to just try anything cooking wise. The ironic part is i would make something up i thought was awesome, then later learn it has been around forever, and people love it, just not people from here. (i.e. vinegar on my rice... i thought I was being special, turns out I was just being Asian).

worst comes to worst you can always cover what you cooked in hot sauce and eat it buffalo chicken style.

if worse than Worst occurs, i.e. if you truly f'up a meal you always have the food hall as a fall back so you can be a lot more daring in your creations.

what are his resources like? if he's in a dorm room like setting, this book was really good to me for a long time

https://www.amazon.com/Moghul-Microwave-Cooking-Indian-Modern/dp/068808334X

a step above that, especially if he's a beginner is https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0688031188/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RHVN332F52RYNQ3K9TE0&dpPl=1&dpID=21J6CKX9M7L

if you're just starting out, you're gonna fuck up, and that's ok. But you shouldn't have to blow your budget just learning the basics. Learning to make use of simple ingredients with limited tools helps you out alot when you tackle bigger badder recipes later on. Get good at all the little steps and you can just string them together for more complicated recipes.

Just like any other skill, it really takes applied and attentive practice, and it will go faster with a good teacher. I recommend taking your 90$ and getting a couples class at a teaching kitchen or something local if you can.

> microwave cooking for one

If anyone can't find it at Goodwill, it's available on Amazon.

Other great microwave cooking books:

250 Best Meals in a Mug: Delicious Homemade Microwave Meals in Minutes

125 Best Microwave Oven Recipes

A Man, a Can, a Microwave: 50 Tasty Meals You Can Nuke in No Time

I wonder, if you have a microwave, could you somehow smuggle in a rice cooker or a crockpot? Those are rather small and would give you so many more options :/

If not, take a look at those maybe:

http://www.peta2.com/lifestyle/microwave-mug-recipes/

http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Microwave-Cookbook-Nancy-Berkoff/dp/0931411262

Also, buy regular rice in bulk and cook it in the microwave like this. It's much less expensive. Beans, lentils, corn chickpeas are all great. Do you have a freezer? If yes you can buy cheap frozen veggies and just toss them in there. Try different and interesting spices! With cheap puréed tomatoes you can make sauce, just add in anything you like. You can also microwave pasta: http://www.wikihow.com/Microwave-Pasta

To show my appreciation, I bought my microwave THIS

I hope she likes it...

http://www.amazon.com/Not-Your-Mothers-Microwave-Cookbook/dp/1558324186/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1318122201&sr=8-3

this is a link to a pretty decent 'microwave cookbook'. there's a lot more of these kinds of things! good luck...i've been in your shoes before!

I would have loved this in college - If she has a sweet tooth

I did love this in college - Not quite under $5 but so fun for a quick study break that still makes you think

From my wishlist: I'm trying to drink more water at work.

This book: https://www.amazon.com/Made-Office-Kettle-Toaster-Microwave/dp/0711238219/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535831019&sr=8-1&keywords=made+in+the+office+cookbook

The first time I made eggs Florentine in the office half of my colleagues commented on how it had never crossed their mind to make something like that. To be honest, it had never crossed mine either. Aside from the recipes in the book I've found that it's given me hundreds of other ideas for meals that wouldn't have crossed my mind before.

Get a set of Pyrex/glass (oven safe) mixing bowls, they can be microwaved, even better if they come with lids.

Barbara Kafka an editor from Gourmet magazine wrote a book way back on cooking in the Microwave and it tells you how to cook all sorts of basic foods. It's been published in a lot of editions, so it's available way cheap used on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Microwave-Gourmet-Barbara-Kafka/dp/068806843X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1450154389&sr=8-2&keywords=kafka+microwave Potatoes or yams in about 7 minutes!

You would be correct, sir. Apparently dozens of books exist for advanced microwaving techniques.

My mom used to cook all kinds of tasty stuff from the Tout Suite cookbooks when I was a kid. There’s a couple in the series with different cuisines represented. Should be easy to modify for Celiac.

Tout de Suite a la Microwave I : A gourmet's cookbook of French, Acadian and Creole recipes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0960536205/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2BH4CbQN91N6D

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017Y0Z3BE/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?qid=1463077741&sr=8-11&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=quick+and+easy+microwave

Obviously you've never experienced this:

http://www.amazon.com/Montgomery-Ward-Adventures-Microwave-Cooking/dp/0832606197

http://www.amazon.com/Microwave-Gourmet-Barbara-Kafka/dp/0688157920

Here's an old cookbook that appears made for you, and is available very cheap.

sorry it wasn't the link to the ebook which is here https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Easy-Microwave-Meals-breakfast-ebook/dp/B017Y0Z3BE

I still use these Tout de Suite a la Microwave I : A gourmet's cookbook of French, Acadian and Creole recipes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0960536205/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_jN4EAb9MKDMWT

Get this cookbook. It's legit I have had it my whole life, even though I don't actually use the microwave to make stuff

Tout de Suite a la Microwave I : A gourmet's cookbook of French, Acadian and Creole recipes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0960536205/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_b5OxDb87EXH0X

There are books on this very subject. I think you might be wrong.