Do you own a microwave oven? What do you cook most in it?

i basically use my microwave oven to heat my leftover food or defrost the meat... sometimes i use it to cook rice as well... i think i am quite attached to it and will miss it if i don't have one as it has been very useful to me...

I don't know what I would do without my microwave oven LOL Well I do know but things would take much more time, which I don't have. I usually don't have much time and I like to make all my meals from scratch so the microwave helps me a lot there. I use it to defrost food, to warm up leftovers, to cook somethings to add to the food I"m cooking in the stove etc. I don't usually cook a complete meal in the microwave but rather use it to help me put everything together. Sometimes when things are busier I cook several meals and freeze them so when we're in a hurry we can just take them from the freezer, microwave and it's ready.

I have a microwave but I dont really use it all that much, just for thawing out or heating up a weight watchers type dinner, I still have some doubts on the health issues of microwaves to be using them a lot.

The only thing I really cook in my microwave, ctry, is stuff like pasta dishes. I don't think I would ever cook meat in one either. Basically, I use mine for the same purpose as you-tea and coffee, and the occasional microwave dinner. I would probably miss the convenience of having mine, but I've never really trusted them because I have heard a lot of negative things about them. I think mine has gotten too old, so I'll either throw it out or buy a new one.

Usually we just use it for heat the foods. And my mom can use it to make a roasted chicken and it really tastes nice. I use my oven to make pizza and cake. And basically I use the microwave oven to make the potatoes and so on.

I have had the same microwave for about 10 years and it still works great. It is a small one but really that is all I need. I usually heat up my coffee or tea in it mainly. But I also use it to heat up veggies and unthaw things. I also do popcorn in it but that is only because I find it hard to find regular popcorn for the pan anymore. Most are microwavable. I have heatened up soup in it too. Melted chocolate and more. What I like about it is that it doesn't heat up the house or add too much moisture in the air like my stove. In a small house like mine without a/c and the windows face the opposite direction then the wind, it gets real hot here and the stove just bakes the house. I am probably complaining cause it has been 30 C in the shade for the last 5 days and I am not used to so much heat. I am trying to use the stove as little as possible and I don't have a BBQ. LOL Vicki

I cook a lot of things - starting from rice to kebabs in microwave oven. but mostly, i do the heating job with my microwave. like whenever i am in ahurry and otherwise even i heat food in it. it comes vey handy in those times. i have never tried defrosing though, will try it and ;et you know. yes, i will miss it but then life gets adjusted even with minimum gadgets. doesn't it?

Yes you are right microwave oven is very much important now a days, i purchased new one with latest technology it has micro + grill + convention but i think we use mostly for reheating items.

yes i do own a microwave oven, usually only use it for heating foods though, mainly for that. it is also good for defrosting because sometimes i do that too.

Well I always warm a cup of water in the mornings for my coffee since I drink instant. I also cook my eggs and bacon in there for breakfast. I warm my veggis in there for dinner and all of our left overs we warm in the microwaves as well.

I mainly just heat things up in the microwave. The only other thing i do is 2 minute noodles for the kids. I prefer to use the stove and oven to do my meals in. Best wishes to you

I do own a microwave and as of lately I don't use it often. I don't really like heating stuff up via the microwave. I don't like much leftovers. I think my microwave these days are used most often for fresh popped popcorn, because boy do I love that...and as a timer for my food in the oven because I just don't like the oven timer!

I use my microwave mainly for defrosting , reheating things almost daily. At times , the things requiring quick cooking, are put into my micro. I also feel rather lost without it. I have also tried cakes, though they dont brown from the top, and it isnt very pleasing to the eyes, unlike the normal ovens, which will brown things perfectly well. But yes, whatever needs to be cooked in a jiffy, microwave is the right choice, and am glad you got a new latest one, which cooks up things faster.

me? for me, this machine is very helpful in my office... when have my graveyard shifts, i get to cook some instant food, mostly noodles... may not be so healthy ones but it's instant...

I have no microwave oven, it is not useful for me. I don't cook for myself, so I often have dinner in some reastaurants. But now I try my hard to learn how to cook, because it is too dirty to eat outside.

I have a microwave oven in my home for six years now, but I seldom use it. For our cooking, we do stirfry very often, so we use the wok instead of doing baking in the oven. Once a while, we will use this to heat up food, or we use the conventional setting to bake some cakes or pies. So I would say my microwave oven is kinda underutilised. But it is still useful to have around when I need one.

The microwave..best invention ever. My father gave me one for xmas back in 1985 and I thought that I would never find a use for it. It is perfect for heating up leftovers. When my girls were teens, I would prepare meals before going to work on 2nd shift and leave them plates to be heated up for dinner. It is also great for coffee. I make a pot in the morning and then shut it off so it doesnt get over-cooked. I just pour and zap in the microwave and it saves on coffee.

I do have one too at home. It was given by my mother in law. Its new but its kinda old type. I seldom use it actually. I only use it when I want to heat foods.

yes i do have a microwave oven..i use it to heat water for my cup of coffee..defrosting meat..heat left over foods and heat some microwavable foods..i will miss my microwave a lot if i didnt have one..its so handy that anytime i wanna eat i just put it on my microwave to heat up.

For me, i personally can live without microwave. My parents bought one in Philippines and we hardly even use it. But my husband can't. So a microwave is a must have here at home. He likes his first coffee in the morning with warm milk, using the microwave. We usually use it in reheating leftovers, thawing meat. Sometimes my husband cooks potato in it when he fancy one. Cooking meat? We did tried few times. When we ran out of gas in the oven, so my husband tried , well, it call it "experimented" cooking the whole chicken in it, he even did with the roast pork. It was okay. But i do admit the taste and result is not like the one if you cook it in the oven. I still prefer my meal fresh and tasty. :D