Microwave Oven / Steam Oven Benefits

Microwave Oven / Steam Oven Benefits

There are a number of benefits associated with steam oven cooking. You can experience faster cooking times, even though steam ovens cook at much lower temperatures. This is a great factor, especially when preparing meals on the run. Steam cooking also retains vitamins, nutrients and flavor as well as the color and texture. For the health conscious (and aren’t we all these days) there is no need to add oils for cooking foods like chicken, and the steam stops food from drying out. You can also cook up to 3 levels simultaneously without any transfer of taste, even when you are cooking both sweet and savoury dishes.

As for cleaning, you will find steam ovens much easier to clean as food can not burn or bake on, and you just wipe moisture out. When looking for a steam oven, you can also keep an eye open for some models that come with an inbuilt steam clean feature to help with the cleaning.

If you are worried about how to use the steam oven, fear not, as most have that covered and provide a range of in-built cooking guides that provide temperature settings as well as auto defrost settings.

Microwave Nachos Recipe

Microwave Nachos Recipe

One of my favorite easy microwave recipes is "Nachos". You can have it as a snack or make a big one and, dinner's served.

You can find lots of great recipes all over the web, but by just starting with a few of the main ingredients, you can add your own touch to make a great dish that will have everyone coming back for more.

Main Ingredients

Corn Chips (100g packet)
Tasty Cheese (grated) - 1 + 1/2 cups
Red Kidney Beans (2 x 300g cans)
Can Chopped Tomatoes (400g)
Onion (2 large)
Garlic (2 cloves)
Chili Powder (1/2 tea spoon)
Paprika (1 tea spoon)
Cumin (1/2 tea spoon)
Butter (30g)


Guacamole Topping

Cream Cheese (60g packaged)
Natural Yoghurt (1/4 cup)
Avocado (1 smallripe)
Lemon Juice (2 tea spoon)
Onion (1 small chopped)
Tobasco Sauce (few drops)

Peel the acocado and remove seed. Puree in a processor or blender with remaining ingredienys until smooth.


Method

1. Prepare the bean mix - combine the onion, butter, paprika, cumin, garlic and chili in a dish and cook on High for about 6 minutes (or until onions are tender). Drain and rinse the beans and slightly mash. Now add finely chopped tomatoes and beans to the dish, mix and cook on High for 10 minutes.

2. Next step place corn chips on large dish and sprinkle over with 1 cup of the cheese, cook in microwave on High for 1 minute to melt the cheese.

3. Now pour the bean mix into the centre of the coen chips, top with the guacamole mixture, then sprinkle the remaining cheese and cook on High for 4 minutes or until the cheese melts


Enjoy

Microwave Convection Oven Combo

If you are in the market for a microwave convection oven combo then there are a couple of things to consider before buying. I have done a little research that should help you to get the product that is just right for you and your family. Firstly a quick overview of why a combination microwave convection oven is different from a traditional microwave.

Basically the traditional microwave is great at cooking food quickly by emitting waves that contact the food and cause the water molecules in the food to generate heat and in turn cook the food.
The addition of the convection oven feature helps to not only cook quicker, but also now allows you to brown and crisp the food more like the traditional convection oven.

Microwave Convection Oven Countertop

Depending on how much space you have in your kitchen and your particular kitchen layout, you have a couple of choices to make. Do you want a traditional microwave convection oven countertop model or will you go for the  built in microwave convection oven?

Many people decide on the countertop models if they are just adding a new appliance to an existing kitchen, but if you are giving your kitchen a makeover,

it might be a good time to incorporate a built in microwave convection oven combo into your plans.

Personally the best choice for me and my family was a countertop model, but whichever is best for you, make sure you use this link because it leads to the lowest priced listing I found on Amazon. There is a great selection of models that hopefully will be the best choice for you.