Is there a decent alternative to the microwave?

After the old microwave oven served faithfully for 8 years, I decided not to buy a new one. do not want and that's it.
I got used to heating food on the stove .. but there are things that are difficult to reheat in a frying pan / saucepan: oatmeal, for example ...

I'm already thinking about a second cartoon for these purposes ... But maybe there is an easier option?

On the contrary, how much my husband dislikes kitchen appliances two days after the breakdown of the old micra went and bought a new one. Without her, as without hands. Every time to use a bunch of dishes for heating, you quickly get bored, and on the stove you also need to watch out so that it does not burn.

After the old microwave oven served faithfully for 8 years, I decided not to buy a new one. do not want and that's it.
I got used to heating food on the stove .. but there are things that are difficult to reheat in a frying pan / saucepan: oatmeal, for example ...

I'm already thinking about a second cartoon for these purposes ... But maybe there is an easier option?

Small double boiler.

[Ruth]

Ruth, the statement of the question is not entirely clear - an alternative to the microwave? On the one hand, any electrical household appliance used for cooking can be considered an alternative. With another - worthy an alternative? For example, I don’t know of those.

airfryer

The microwave oven is a very special device, incomparable with anything ... NOT REPLACEABLE FOR ME. : pardon: I am surprised at the people who only warm up in it ... I make almost all the second courses in it ... I bake chicken with buckwheat, cabbage carcass, chicken legs with rice, potatoes with meat, oh long to list pilaf ... and porridge which are crumbly from cereals: girl_claping: just lovely ...

The microwave oven is a very special device, incomparable with anything ... NOT REPLACEABLE FOR ME. : pardon: I am surprised at the people who only warm up in it ... I make almost all the second courses in it ... I bake chicken with buckwheat, cabbage carcass, chicken legs with rice, potatoes with meat, oh long to list pilaf ... and porridge which are crumbly from cereals: girl_claping: just lovely ...

This is probably something special for you, with specials. functions? .. or is it possible to do all this on the simplest and cheapest? post a link to your own, pliz .. interesting)))

I have a micra without bells and whistles, I can also do everything in it. But with the advent of multi and aero grill, I only use it for heating. Well, sometimes I will prepare vegetables in a quick way for the vinaigrette. And, I’m lying, everyone makes cereals per serving as he wishes. Here, too, has already grown old, I think what to change.

This interests me too. I'm in the microwave too only I heat it up, but it takes up a lot of space. And it consumes a lot of electricity !!! I stopped cooking anything in it after I saw the counter spinning when it was working.
I would like a slightly smaller device, more compact, more economical, with a minimum of programs Are there such?

[Waist70]

And I completely agree with Waist70 ! You can cook almost anything in the microwave. I cook the first thing in it, and meat, and fish, and porridge. Vegetables are great and even baked goods. True, now with the advent of multi, it works more often, but I can't imagine a kitchen without a microwave. For heating, it is not replaceable at all.

[1.7kw]

I'm in the microwave too only I heat it up, but it takes up a lot of space.

I totally agree !!!
In the presence of more advanced devices, the micra is convenient only for warming up.
Well, when there is no strength and desire to strain at all, then make vegetables in it for a salad (but if I'm in this state, then I don't do anything at all, even in a micro)

And it consumes a lot of electricity !!! I stopped cooking anything in it after I saw the counter spinning when it was working.

A lot is not the right word!
Dad somehow took measurements - my Samsung eats 1.7kw - and this is only microwaves with the simplest heating !!! without convection !!!
With such devouring of electricity, it is very expensive, but whoever does not count money, in principle, can not give a damn about it.
Other devices cook more economically and healthily and do not dry out.

I would like a slightly smaller device, more compact, more economical, with a minimum of programs Are there such?

I also want, but only because I don't like microwaves, I still want to go without them.
So far, as an option - mini-ovens with shadows.
In an airfryer, heating every little thing is somehow not handy, inconvenient, but it is possible in it too.

Miele built-in steam ovens

For healthy lifestyles who prefer food prepared with the greatest possible preservation of vitamins, Miele built-in steamers are indispensable equipment in the kitchen.
The world's first steamer model was launched by Miele in 1998. What is the specialty of cooking used in this type of equipment?
Products in Miele built-in steamers are gently heat treated without contact with water. This is how they preserve their natural taste, aroma and all the useful substances in them.
The entire cooking process is electronically controlled, so it is not difficult. Almost all models can also be used for defrosting food or lightly heating ready meals.
All Miele built-in steam ovens use convection, so you can cook two or three different dishes at the same time, depending on the number of shelf positions available in the different models.
In total, you can use from 75 to 120 ready-made programs for cooking products, which are controlled using convenient knobs or backlit keys.

All is well, but very expensive.

Girls, could you throw recipes for mikra, the same porridge, for example, or some other everyday ones? And then I also only warm up the cabbage and the cabbage rolls. In my instructions, such recipes are tricky, and children have to cook porridge every morning. I looked through the topic for micro, the same recipes are not enough.

Girls, could you give me recipes for mikra, the same porridge, for example, or some other everyday ones? And then I also only warm up the cabbage and the cabbage rolls. In my instructions, such recipes are tricky, and children have to cook porridge every morning. I looked through the topic for micro, the same recipes are not enough.

in-in! and it is not at all clear how you can cook soup, for example .. but what about the foam from the meat? and stew potatoes with meat? and how to cook vegetables for a salad (for example, Olivier or venegret) in a micr? fantasy..
How do you heat cabbage for stuffed cabbage? that is, you make soft cabbage for cabbage rolls in the microwave? instead of cooking it ??

[List of recipes:]

Girls, recipes for mikra here:

List of recipes:
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=56543.0

Microwave. What can we do in it?
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=8930.0

Well, for example, cabbage. I put the leaves in a bag and in a micra for a couple of minutes. It all depends on the power and voltage in the electrical network. On the vinaigrette, all at once I chick cubes. In a glass bowl, I first put the beets for five minutes, then add the carrots and potatoes for five minutes. It has cooled down, I add all the other ingredients, mix and that's it ... Everything in one bowl in 10 minutes. But again, everyone has different power. Here you can adjust individually over time.

Girls, here here I told you how to cook a simple soup, and Midina cooked and posted a photo.

IMHO there is now no alternative to microwave, of the known heating methods I can only offer ultrasound. Bought it for heating, I don’t understand how you can fry something in it, probably it’s only in expensive models. My "Rubin" was bought in the fall in Auchan for less than 1500r, eats 700W at the maximum, 0.5l of soup will heat up without problems in 2-3 minutes, which is what I need. It is also very convenient to heat the dough oil in it, so that it is soft, and I steam the raisins for baking in a closed container with water for 1-2 minutes. The muffins were baked in it, but the top crust of them is not a multicooker and it does a better job. I couldn’t find any other way for myself than through the microwave to warm up porridge, cottage cheese, cutlets, bananas (I don’t eat them from the refrigerator), and without using oil, like in a frying pan, and without heating the dishes - so that you could take it with your hands.

[Then add the finely chopped onion and mix well. Sprinkle with caraway seeds. Pour in water, cover and cook for 8 minutes]

Girls, here here I told you how to cook a simple soup, and Midina cooked and posted a photo.

read it .. just did not understand, at first everything was cooked together with spices without water for 10 minutes?
"Cut pork into pieces and put in a saucepan. Add carrots and potatoes, stir. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Put bay leaf and cloves, cover and cook for 10 minutes at full power. I have a 2.5 liter saucepan and preferably a lid with a steam outlet.
Then add the finely chopped onion and mix well. Sprinkle with caraway seeds. Pour in water, cover and cook for 8 minutes at full power, then stir and cook at 450 watts. Add herbs to the soup. "

[Then add the finely chopped onion and mix well. Sprinkle with caraway seeds. Pour in water, cover and cook for 8 minutes]

read it .. just did not understand, at first everything was cooked together with spices without water for 10 minutes?
"Cut pork into pieces and put in a saucepan. Add carrots and potatoes, stir. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Put bay leaf and cloves, cover and cook for 10 minutes at full power. I have a 2.5 liter saucepan and preferably a lid with a steam outlet.
Then add the finely chopped onion and mix well. Sprinkle with caraway seeds. Pour in water, cover and cook for 8 minutes at full power, then stir and cook at 450 watts. Add herbs to the soup. "

Yes, without water. The meat will let some juice and that will be enough.

[ultrasound.]

IMHO there is currently no alternative to microwave oven, of the known heating methods I can only offer ultrasound. ........

My "Ruby" bought in the fall in Auchan for less than 1500r, eats 700W at the maximum, 0.5l of soup will heat up without problems in 2-3 minutes,

And what is the full name of your Ruby, so that you can at least look on the internet ... I have not even heard of such a thing ..

This is probably something special for you, with specials. functions? .. or is it possible to do all this on the simplest and cheapest? post a link to your own, pliz .. interesting)))

No, I have an ordinary Samsung ... I don't cook on auto programs. I set the power and time myself. at 60 I cook porridge from cereals. THE TIME IS DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME.

in-in! and it is not at all clear how you can cook soup, for example .. but what about the foam from the meat? and stew potatoes with meat? and how to cook vegetables for a salad (for example, Olivier or venegret) in a micr? fantasy..
How do you heat cabbage for stuffed cabbage? that is, you make soft cabbage for cabbage rolls in the microwave? instead of cooking it ??

At the expense of second courses, if you know how the microwave works, then the dishes are prepared by dispersing the molecules inside the product. If I add oil, it's just for taste. Everything is prepared in its own juice ... and by the way I also made stuffed cabbage in it ... the main thing is to set the power and time correctly so that the product does not dry out quickly and tasty. Actually, all this is written in the instructions. DON'T KNOW HOW IN OTHER A LG and Samsung have very detailed instructions on both cooking and on the principles of the oven itself.

Well, I don’t know how you can live without a micro now. No other appliance heats up as quickly as a microwave oven. I have now broken, so it turned out that this is just a local disaster. : girl_cray: Everything that used to take minutes before is now fidgeting on the stove.You just need to read what the girls are doing in it and learn from the experience. And even more so now such stoves are advanced, and they boil, and bake, and crisp plates, etc. So I thrust the fish into the cat, so boil the water on the stove in a saucepan, then put the fish there, wait until it boils again, make sure the foam did not run away. : swoon: And in a micra directly from the freezer into a glass saucepan for 5-7 minutes and ready in its own juice. It was necessary to urgently soften the candied honey, so in a micron it would take a minute, and then I had to warm it up in a water bath, horror. Etc.

it's just a local disaster.

The microwave is the most useless appliance in the kitchen ... but exactly until it breaks down I read about a wonderful appliance in the next topic PHILIPS HD 9220 and I want to have it. By making similar construction from the airfryer, it turns out that you can quickly heat something, fry, bake something (in a mold, in foil). But how to heat soup in it or melt butter - I don't know yet. But from electrical appliances, it is probably the fastest in cooking speed. You got ah, try to adapt it

But how to heat soup in it or melt butter - I don't know yet. But from electrical appliances, it is probably the fastest in cooking speed.

Pour the soup into a closed container - non-stick type for cakes, silicone saucepan, glass, porcelain ..., similarly, you can melt butter. Only the power and time need to be selected, I had already warmed up the soups so much and also caught myself thinking that I had found a way similar to the microwave.

The microwave oven is a very special device, incomparable with anything ... NOT REPLACEABLE FOR ME.

and I learned how to cook soups and porridge in the microwave. I don't need any multi-cooker (maybe this is for now)

Good day. I read the topic. I see that many people have the same problem as me - there is no way without a microwave, but something is annoying. It annoys me with its huge size. As a rule, we warm up one bowl of soup, a couple of sandwiches or one sausage in it. And another 17 liters of air. Which she takes from the little kitchen. Who knows if there are any micro-babies by chance? I found the smallest, 15 liters. But would it be 3-5? Suddenly there are?

Here and I, oddly enough bought a micra 7 years ago, is used only for Warming up! The funny thing is that an oriental glass of milk! As a result, having bought MV and SV and a Foamer (for heating milk), I washed it and put it high on the shelf - I'll wait and see how we can cope without it! And how much the counter will wind us up!
And grief for the child - how can she live without sandwiches with cheese !!! I'll try in CF or HP !!!

In general, she is a salvation for schoolchildren, whose parents work, they came to the world and it's done!
It is big, the diameter of the plate is 24 cm! I want a small, miniature, so that only one plate!

That's right, Marina. A glass of milk, yes, we also heat it up. And we make sandwiches in the airfryer, when it's not too lazy to get it. Tastier than micra. In general, you can buy a sandwich maker for sandwiches. What is a foaming agent? Interesting. And he's not in the soupfoots off warms up?

And the Foamer is here https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...=com_smf&topic=182961.100

And the soup is no pity! I warm up in the Headquarters for a couple I put the plate on a stand and forward for 1 minute

Yes, I looked at the frother, thanks. I didn't know about that. An interesting device, we need it)).
As for the micro - let him live for now. For the future, I think over how to get rid of her, to make room for my various wishes. So when will they be ...
It seems to be not very convenient to warm up in Shteba))) But in extreme cases it will do.

Yes, the microwave eats a lot of electricity, but it heats up very quickly, we won't have time to go broke. And for those who have an electric stove, like mine, it is more profitable to use it than to heat it up and even cook on the stove. The airfryer consumes no less electricity and the dishes are very hot in it.It's just that I have so many all kinds of equipment that I have only warmed up in it lately, and before I cooked cream soup, potatoes and carrots for a side dish. We need to read the recipes and cook something. I have a Panasonic with a bunch of automatic programs. Although talk about the harmfulness of this technique is somehow annoying.

Girls, life is generally harmful. In everyday life we ​​are surrounded by so much harm that it is time to die before being born. And the air we breathe? And the water? And what about food stuffed with everything you can think of? And so in everything. And they wrote about bread makers that bread is not baked that way and it is harmful, did any of you refuse it? I have an airfryer in a stationary place, I don't need to get it out, but I will heat it up in a micron. And I cooked cabbage for stuffed cabbage yesterday. And porridge in the morning for two with my daughter. Maybe your subconscious soul does not lie to the micro and therefore you do not use all its possibilities? I had gone into this Temko before and realized that if my micra came along. buy again. And then she did. And I chose not a simple one, just to warm it up, but a normal one.

Yes, it is clear that the micra device is irreplaceable in its own way. The question is - why are there no tiny ones?

I happen to be small, I looked yesterday! But they are - my God !!! Let the old one stand or already be completely impatient to replace it with 15 liters. - any less than mine

Marina, where did you find it? Can I refer? I have not found less than 15 liters.

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In general, I scored a small microwave in search of ke - here is the result

Today I tried to make hot sandwiches with cheese (she loves her daughter, while moaning that I had removed the world and wait a long time). We prepared like this for 10 minutes. The cheese melted well, the bread itself was slightly choked. Nothing burned. Hot, but you can eat. Liked more than a micr because of the bread. The bread softens in the microwaves, but here it does not lose its shape, and even crunches slightly. In the end: very tasty!

Yes, I am now heating up mostly soup in a small multi - Redik 01. I pour soup into the bowl and press Start - quickly.

Here are the two main functions I use in the microwave! I'll try to live with them for a month, we'll see if I will return the microwave or not!

Today I tried to make hot sandwiches with cheese (she loves her daughter, while moaning that I had removed the world and had to wait a long time). We prepared like this for 10 minutes. The cheese melted well, the bread itself was slightly choked. Nothing burned. Hot, but you can eat. Liked more than a micr because of the bread. The bread softens in the microwaves, but here it does not lose its shape, and even crunches slightly. In the end: very tasty!

Marina, where did you make cheese sandwiches? Really in Shtebe? I don't like such microwave sandwiches at all, rubber cheese, wet bread. But sometimes we do. Previously, AG always tried, but now he does not have enough space on the working surfaces.
It is more or less convenient to warm up the soup, but it’s more or less convenient, although the saucepan will have to be washed (boring).
And today I cooked khinkali in micra. I read this topic, I think, why am I not cooking in it at all. In the morning I had to have a snack literally on the run, I didn't want to wash the pan. Well, it more or less worked out, although the filling came out strange, I had the impression that I had swallowed damp minced meat ((. But, of course, it is convenient. I think this method will take root for me, only I will put more time.

Lena, I made sandwiches in HP, I have Moulinex with additional trays, it turned out 6 pieces at a time. Quite different than in micro. And in Shtebe you have to try, maybe it will work!

Yes, it is clear that the micra device is irreplaceable in its own way. The question is - why are there no tiny ones?

There are, and there are even very interesting
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=310152.0

Yara, thanks. Super micra, just a dream. Expensive, of course, even through the Amazon about 10 tyrov comes out.
Well, I knew that on our forum someone would definitely tell me.

[Robin bobin]

Super micra, just a dream.

Robin bobin, that's for sure, a DREAM !!!!

Here's what I found, it can replace the microwave 🔗

[Marina]

Marina, a very nice stove. Very, very straight. And the price (y) True, I went to try it on right away - it is the same size as a micra. This is for the mini stove. So you can't save space with her. But she's not harmful, I generally liked it. Moreover, I have such an oven that it is all the same as if I am spiritless .... So, you can replace 2 devices with it at once.

I liked the same! But while I'm not planning repairs in the kitchen (the children are small, and the smallest one draws on the wallpaper and on the walls, furniture - I drive, and she has inspiration, I'm waiting for her to grow up. - so now the red spot is already in a conspicuous place).

And for me, the microwave is the best option. It is most convenient to warm up in it! In a slow cooker, of course, you can also, but then you have to wash the bowl. From my own experience, I can say that the house should have at least the simplest and cheapest microwave oven. At least in order to quickly reheat food.

I have been living without a microwave for almost 2 years! As it is no problem, everyone is used to it! Warm up with a MV or grill lid. All were honored. And if you need to heat the milk quickly, then for this I have Proficuk - a frother.