Here are the top ten questions I asked myself before taking the giant step into the unknown.....my world without a microwave......(If there was music set to this post it would be set to horror music.)
1. Will warming things up the "old fashioned" way zap away precious minutes out of my day?
2. Will we have the patience to wait for the burner to warm up and then wait for the food to warm too?
3. Will I be able to keep up with the extra pots and pans that will need washing?
4. Can I in good conscience continue to artificially warm up the kids food?
5. Can I really stand to burn my tongue one more time on an unevenly heated meal?
6. Can I continue to take a bite out of a meal that seems to be heated all the way through only to find out it's ice cold in the middle?
7. Is it healthy to daily expose ourselves to the harmful waves emmitting from the microwave?
8. Can I really stand to feed my family food that after being microwaved kinda, sorta, well........tastes different? (Microwaved chicken is gross!)
9. Can I live with melting a few tablespoons of butter for the recipe I'm working on (that calls for melted butter) in a pot on the stove?
10. Do I have the time for this lifestyle change????
Well, the answer to the last question is, yes!
9. I can melt butter on the stove. Is it more convenient to melt it in 5 seconds? Yes. But thirty seconds isn't bad either and it's healthier.
8. No, I could not stand to feed the kids, or myself, anymore strange tasting food.
7. It can't possibly be healthy.
6. Some food wasn't meant to be eaten cold once cooked. Yuk!
5. If I burn my tongue one more time I'm throwing that microwave out!! Oh look, that's exactly what I did!
4. No. This didn't sit well with me. Microwaving plastic wrapped around our food doesn't sound good to me.
3. Yes, there really isn't more than 1 or 2 extra pots or pans every couple days if that. We rarely have left overs.:)
2. This took some geting used to, but we adjusted to waiting the extra minute or two as opposed to the 10 to 30 seconds we were used to. Literally one or two extra minutes is all it takes to make a healthier choice.
1. It might take an extra 10 minutes out of my day to do it the" old fashioned" way.
So, how 'bout you?
Warning: Children may whine and complain for a few days, maybe even weeks, till they get used to this "new" idea.
Oh, and one more tip. I put my microwave in the garage for 6 months, just in case we couldn't handle it, before I got rid of it. Baby steps.
I'm with ya....actually mine had a part break & I "just didn't get around" to ordering a new $30 piece. That was about a year ago, & its still in the wall, we do use it, as a timer & light :) but eventually I'd like to rip it out of there & have more cupboard space, maybe some open shelves? and no we don't miss it....other than that melting butter issue!
ReplyDeleteGood for you! Open shelves would be awesome! I am very much enjoying my open counter space!!
ReplyDeleteI just asked my husband yesterday if he could handle this idea! He thinks we can make it, we rarely use it anyway and I need the counter space. Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteGreat! Love the extra room on the counter! :)
DeleteI love that it slows things down. We certainly could use that in this day. We store our microwave in the walk in pantry and try to use it infrequently. Probably horrible for the food in there when we do but hey, like you said...baby steps. :)
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I love that it slows things down too! Keep up the baby steps! :)
DeleteI really only use our microwave to heat up my rice sock :) I would love to get rid of it altogether but my husband won't have it. I much prefer heating stuff up the old fashioned way, using the stove. So much better for us. Love your blog! Happy to have found it. :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you came by! My husband was the one that had the hardest time with it too? Don't know why, but he was...He's gotten over it though, I think.......
DeleteWe'll be keeping ours for now. We only use it occasionally these days, BUT...it is also a convection oven and I can bake in it without using microwaves. :) However, if/when it quits working, it's not likely we'll replace it.
ReplyDeleteWe gave up ours a few months back and the only thing that I miss it for is heating up vinegar for when I need to unclog a drain. Otherwise, we use pans, the toaster oven or the regular oven and do just fine. I don't think I will ever use one again and we got some counter space back!
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