Microwave. What can we do in it?

Wow curd! Hopefully the market has not yet learned how to add milk powder. And it looked and tasted normal. Although now I make yogurt from store milk, then curd from it (it turns out yummy). And then turn it again - make cheese? : wow: Miracles are obtained in the sieve.

I rarely use store-bought dairy products - my mothers-in-law have a cow, so milk and cottage cheese are their own. The milk is very fatty, but the sour cream separates poorly (two separators have already been broken), so the sour cream is only in the top, that is, it is not creamy, removed from the settled milk and is thin. But cottage cheese is delicious! It was just such a grandmother who taught me to choose in the market once, when there were no such clever sellers who added all sorts of nasty things to milk.

Although now I make yogurt from store milk, then curd from it

I make yogurt only from homemade, and only with a special sourdough, otherwise I don't see the point - but I'm so cunning, because I have access to homemade dairy products. Do you have no markets? Maybe you should look for "your" thrush? I always buy cream like that

Yes, there are markets, of course. But there are few of them, and there are many shops. I buy 5-6 liters of milk for a week, you can't run into the market. I buy market cream for butter, it turns out wonderful. I'll try to buy milk too.

I buy 5-6 liters of milk for a week, you can't run into the market.

We have a box (12 liters) of milk for a week, and then only for the essentials, even without cottage cheese

[Aygul]

Aygul, so it depends on how many people. There are only two of us.

[Anastasia]

Anastasia, well, yes, there are four of us (with the kids)

My microwave does not get very dirty because I close everything with a lid when I warm it

Here I also cover everything, everything, but the microwave gets dirty! How so - I myself do not understand

And I bought a lid, but I forget to cover ... Eh, the microwave still needs to be washed

And at least someone would come to wash me.

[irman]

irman,

And at least someone would come to wash me.

Didn't you try to call Mister Proper ???

Yes, she called, but he doesn't want to do anything without me

Oh, in my SHARPIK (R870) and bake pies and cakes, and make cutlets, casseroles, porridge, julienne, pizza.

I have it with a double grill and convection. A middle-aged little man, of course, but I can't change him. There are no more such: (((

Oh, actual temka. On March 8, my husband gave me a Siemens microwave oven with a grill and convection. Now I cook in it all the time. But I don’t use the “auto-cook” at all - I don’t see the point in this, it turns out tastier when you select the settings for food.

I read everything carefully ... very interesting, thanks to everyone! I learned a lot of useful things for myself. And most of all I was glad that the harmfulness of the microwave was exposed !! I myself believed in this for a long time, although recently doubts began to gnaw - if this is so harmful, then why is the number of these devices only growing in stores? Somehow I wanted to believe in folk wisdom.

Although I now make yogurt from store milk, then curd from it (it turns out yummy)

Happy Birthday!!!
How do you make cottage cheese from yogurt?

[Chamomile1]

Chamomile1, Thank you)). And I make cottage cheese from homemade yogurt simply - or I immediately put it on a rag, and the whey runs off. Or I freeze it in a round plastic container and turn it over on a sieve, defrost it and drain - it turns out a delicate curd.Although, of course, the output of the finished product is small. But delicious!

But cottage cheese is delicious! It was just such a grandmother who taught me to choose in the market once, when there were no such clever sellers who added all sorts of nasty things to milk.

Taaaaaan, how did grandma teach you to choose? Tell me. Bo for me buying cottage cheese every time Russian roulette. I hope only for the conscience of the sellers and my talents as a manipulator

Svetik, with the current technologies of our swindlers .... In general, the cottage cheese should not be snow-white (this means - fat-free, we, by the way, sell it cheaper and it is in demand among those who are losing weight - but this is not for me), but a little yellowish -cream, and, as a rule, unevenly colored (some clever people simply tint the cottage cheese with turmeric or something else), there should be, as it were, blotches of a slightly more yellowish color - this means that not all the sour cream was removed from the milk and a little more fat for the cottage cheese remained ( not to be confused with old and dry). The curd should be wet on the break and the break itself should not be even, but in layers. Strongly crumbling means overheated and dry. Well, no one canceled the taste and snuff studies either. So your talents can be put into practice. Well, as my practice tells me, it's better to have your own thrush - many people do this in our country - early in the morning grandmothers from the village go not to the market, but directly to their customers, it's a little dangerous for them to cheat - you can lose a client and again stand in the market ...

we treat milkmaids differently. in the market they are nailed to some thread of aunt and take only from her. that is, she roughly knows how much on which day she will leave "for her friends." if you need more, they willingly give their mobile phones - you can call and order the required quantity. I have a girl like that on mutton. but I can't find my milkmaid yet ...

Many people do this too. I also have "my" thrush - exclusively for homemade cream. I also take in the market, since these are not regular purchases, but out of necessity. Somewhat annoying is the fact that some sly ones eventually begin to hack and the quality of the goods suffers from this - well, then you have to look for a new milkmaid. With meat, by the way, the same thing happens. At least start your own economy

Well, with meat it's easier for me. we hardly eat it and my brother also deals with pig-chickens. so if once in a blue moon I need it, then it can be solved. but with milk, yes, there are ambushes.

and my brother also deals with pig-chickens

No, well, I knew, sho the science of genetics has gone far with us, but shob is so
But my family are notorious meat eaters, their favorite food is pork in all its manifestations (I haven't tried it in a mixture with chickens yet)

Well, vopsheto he deals with pigs. and chickens are extramarital side effect.

By the way, we practically don't have normal chickens - currents made by geneticists or - less often - on the market with grandmothers
Yes, sho is this - right now and trample otsedova for clogging the topic

we save the situation! Mavo's brothers have wonderful chickens. they live next to the pigs, so they have no nutritional problems. AND VERY GOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING USE!

How do you make cottage cheese from yogurt?

Olechka, as an option, you can still heat the ready-made yogurt to 55-60 grams, then fold it on a sieve and let the whey drain. Then the grainy curd turns out.

we save the situation! Mavo's brothers have wonderful chickens. they live next to the pigs, so they have no nutritional problems. AND VERY GOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING USE!

RZHUNIMAGU !!

The other day I bought several bags of Galina blank for the microwave. One of them is potatoes with dill. It is written that you can cook for 12 minutes at 800 or 16 minutes at 600. And a bag inside for baking. But I didn't dare. I cooked it in a slow cooker, pouring out half a bag of contents. And left the baking bag.
Tell me, has anyone tried to cook this in the microwave? As it turns out?

[Redhead]

Redhead, it was Galina Blanca who did not try to cook in a micra, but everything works out great in packages, do not hesitate

I have a simple, fairly simple microwave. Without any convection, etc. I use it only for warming up. That's why I was afraid.
Thanks for the answer. And then it's one thing when everything is beautifully drawn on a bag, and another when a living person prompts.

And I have a simple, without convection, for sure, there really is a grill, but somehow I don't use it. I can't say that I cook a lot in mikra, but vegetables, even just in plastic bags, cook without problems, and the baking bag is generally excellent. And I also make a chocolate cake in a micra, very good and quickly, if there is a sweet tooth at home, I advise

Thank you) Although I somehow have no idea how to cook in the microwave. But apparently a matter of experience and habit. Once upon a time I had an expensive microwave with a grill, convection and other things, but I stood uncomfortably, to take out the heated soup I had to lift my arms above my shoulders. As a result, this microwave remained after a divorce from her ex-husband. And now I have a simple one, but just by the irony of fate it is also uncomfortable, on the windowsill, and the approach to it is half forced.

I am now mastering a new unit - a multicooker. And I bought these bags for microfinishing in the store, because they caught my eye and attracted my attention for 12 minutes. Sometimes you have to do something very quickly. So I bought it.

Girls, if someone prepares milk oatmeal in the microwave (it is in the micro, and not in the cartoon), please tell me how many minutes. and at what power do you cook it. I got such an incident - the porridge (half the volume) "ran away" from the dishes in which it was cooking (I really covered it with a plastic lid, which goes for any preparation in the micron). And the recipe was as follows: 2 tablespoons with a slide of Extra oatmeal (does not require cooking) poured one glass of cold milk, added sugar and salt and put in the microwave for 5 minutes at a power of 700 watts. When I opened the mikru, there is half of the porridge on a glass plate-dish (which is spinning). Of course, I tried the porridge (fortunately, there is something left) - it is very and very tasty and the consistency is slightly liquid (well, as I like it). The question is, why did my porridge "run away"? I think next time to put on 3 minutes. , but to turn down the power or not? ... And will the porridge turn out in this case as tasty, with the same consistency. Can anyone have experience on this issue?

Mila will of course run away. It is necessary either to stir periodically or to reduce the power somewhere to 400-500. All recipes for mikra are approximate. We must adapt to ours.
Alternatively, you can pour boiling milk over the cereal in the evening, and in the morning heat the resulting porridge, seasoning with butter, sugar, salt. You can not pour boiling over, they will swell overnight. Just warm up in the morning. And you don't need to cover with a lid - the flakes don't shoot.

And I make potatoes, carrots, beets for salad in micr, venegrette, I really like the vegetables are not watery.
I tasted apple jam too.

[Mila56]

Mila56, I cook cereal porridge in micra every day. Right on the plate. The amount is about the same as yours, only 3 tablespoons of cereal - the son likes it thicker. I put it on a power of 950 for 2.5 minutes. I do not close the lid. The porridge has time to boil from the edges. Then another 450 minutes. The son does not bother like that, after 2.5 minutes he pulls out, mixes and waits for it to cool slightly. During this time, the porridge swells and the effect is the same as mine.

[Bridge]

Bridge, Natasha, and you gave me this recipe (in a glass theme). Well, I really liked the porridge, so I will experiment further with the power and time, so as not to interfere with the spoon, not to rearrange the power during the cooking process. Natasha, and you at a power of 400-500 watts. cook it ?. And the option where with the morning warm-up I like less. I would have poured boiled milk over the oatmeal flakes right in the morning, let it brew for a while and the porridge is ready. But it seems to me that in this case the consistency of the porridge will not be the same. And by the way, if a glass of milk is heated to boiling water in the microwave, how long does it take and what is the power? To drink milk from the refrigerator, I heat it for 1 minute at a power of 700 watts. and the very thing.

[SvetaI]

SvetaI, Sveta, here I am thinking to try with the same power (700 W.) but 3 minutes and if it "runs away" then next time I will turn down the power. I'll adapt, the porridge is too good. I'm afraid to think that I can someday experimenting to make both millet and rice milk porridge. For me, this is relevant because I live alone and having prepared 1 liter (50% milk and 50% water) liquid I had to eat this porridge for 3 days (I used to cook it for 4 people, but now everyone lives separately, but I cannot change to others. volumes). Although ready-made food can be frozen and kept in the freezer for a while, but do I need it alone. Refueling with a margin and in the freezer is a must.

[Mila56]

Mila56flakes help me out a lot. Maybe, of course, this is not according to Feng Shui, but only our eldest son eats milk porridge, I buy him, in addition to oatmeal, rice and buckwheat flakes, and when the children were small I also used millet, rye and multi-grain flakes. It turned out that every day of the week had its own porridge (on Sunday - semolina on the stove, as a special delicacy).
Adapt to your stove - watch how it is cooked and you will understand everything.

[ket66]

ket66, Elena, but I didn’t make vegetables for the vinaigrette, but I want to, but we need to study this topic. I saw here there are recipes for vinaigrette in the micra, but all the peeled vegetables are put into the micra. And if you ate not peeled vegetables, then you probably need to wrap them in something? ... I made a cupcake in a glass in a micron in 3 minutes - I didn't like it at all. So you have to try everything. And after all, porridge is cooked in a microwave faster than in a multicooker.

Lyudmila, even in two identical microwave ovens the same thing will turn out differently. We must adapt to ours. Try to boil a glass of milk once, write it down, you will know later. Start with 4 minutes. Then add or decrease as needed.

[SvetaI]

SvetaI, Sveta, I like milk porridge more (they are more satisfying, but I like to eat), but in summer, in the heat, I eat porridge and on water with the addition of dried apricots, much less often raisins (it is very sweet).

[Bridge]

Bridge, Natasha, I agree about the statement about two alike. microwave ovens. It's like several housewives prepare borscht from one set of products, but the result is different. And besides, the same set power in different devices can give in real life (according to my observations in the topics: electric frying pan - wonderful oven, tabletop ovens) power with an error of 10-20%. These errors are always associated with the factory design of the device.

Lyudmila, every day I cook porridge in the microwave at 900W for 2-3 minutes. The main thing here is to choose the dishes, I use a glass lid from the pan for the microwave. It is wide and milk does not run away, I used to have a glass pan, but unfortunately it broke.

[Longina]

Longina, Elena, I used plastics. crockery with a diameter of 14 cm and a height of 6.5 cm. And you probably have a lid diameter of about 20 cm? or more? For some reason I decided that next time I would take the dishes higher.

Girls, do you have a multicooker? Multi porridge is just what you need. If you don't need a lot, then you can cook in a regular glass jar. Groats, water, milk in a jar of 0.5 or 0.7 liters. pour water into the cartoon, about half of the can, lay a cloth on the bottom or put a silicone mat. And you can put it on hold. In the morning there will be a hot porridge on the heating to wait. I like to put it a little early so that it is ready, then it will steam up a little on heating and it will become even tastier.

[Olga]

Olga, an interesting way of cooking in a jar in a cartoon I will have to try.

Well, I made oat milk porridge and this time it did not "run away". Everything turned out to be just -4.30 minutes (first I set it for 2.30 minutes, then I added another 1 minute and another 30 seconds) at 700 W. and without a cover, constantly observing the whole process. Only the cereal added this time not 2, but 3 tables. spoons. The porridge is great! And why do I need a slow cooker for porridge? when it's faster here.

Yes, Lyudmila I have a cover with a diameter of 20cm. I take the groats "Sun is clear" No. 3. It is very convenient for one portion in the microwave, and in the multicooker I make large portions for the whole family.