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MICROWAVE COOKING GUIDE
Food
Meat
Rice & Pasta
Vegetables
Brown Ground Beef (1lb)
Bacon
Sausage Patties, Iinks
Sandwiches
Meat Casseroles / raw
meat and vegetables
1 cup raw Rice
Instant Rice
Long pieces Spaghetti
½ lb. (2-3 quart dish)
Asparagus 1 lb.
Green Beans 1 lb.
snapped
Broccoli, 1 lb. (pieces)
Cabbage, 1 small
(chopped)
Carrots, 2 cup, sliced
or baby carrots
Cauliower
Corn on the Cob
Sugar Snap Peas ½ lb.
Potatoes Boiled
Spinach (fresh) 4 cups
Squash, Acorn,
Butternut
Sweet Potatoes, whole
Zucchini, ¼ in. slices
Cover
Yes
Paper Towel
Paper Towel
Paper Towel
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Power
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
Time/Min
5 to 7
1- 1 ½ /slice
1-2 each
1 to 2
13 to 18
10 to 12
2 to 4
12 to 15
8 to 10
6 to 8
5 to 7
8 to 10
5 to 7
5 to 7
2-2 ½ / ear
3 to 5
10 to 12 / lb.
3 to 4
5 to 7
4-6 / Potato
3-4 / cup
Comments
Break up and stir every 2 min.
Place on paper towel lined plate.
Place on paper towel lined plate or glass dish, Turn.
Turn over after
½ cooking time.
Wrap sandwich in paper towel or napkin.
Rearrange or stir after
½ cooking time.
Ad water to package directions. Stir at ½ cooking time.
Let stand covered 5 min. - Flu with fork
Let stand cover 3 to 5 min. - Flu with fork.
Start with very hot water, Stir
½ way through
Place in dish with tender tips toward center
Add
¼ cup water
Add
¼ cup water
Cover with water in casserole dish.
Place in covered dish or wrap in Saran Wrap.
Add ½ cup water,
½ t. salt
Wash, cook with water sill on leaves
Cut in half, cook cut side down
Wash and pierce before cooking. Let stand for 5 min.