My boyfriend and I are taking advantage of the latter half of spring break and leaving tomorrow for a long weekend away. We'll be staying in a hotel room with a mini fridge and mi …

Possible Duplicate: How bad is microwaved food? I was watching tv at a friend's house on an old attenna tv and noticed the picture cut out sporadically when the microwave …

i'm of the opinion that using a microwave destroys the whole point of buying good-quality healthy food, due to the major loss of nutrients. (a double whammy especially when our foo …

I often cook my Sweet Potato in the microwave. Does cooking in this manner raise the glycemic index because of the high heat? If so, how much?

Hi all, I need some help! Due to work I'll be living in a hotel for the next 2 weeks. No microwave, no fridge. Obviously there are grocery stores near by but I need to plan ahead …

I'd brought along a bit of kefir today to mix into a salad dressing but it ended up frozen in the fridge. I nuked it in the microwave to get it back into liquid form. Still cold, b …

I will start with mine. I don't use plastics. You will always see me drinking out of a mason jar (and people ask me if that's moonshine, pond water or science experiment). I also d …

Nothing in particular against microwaves. Their effect on nutrients seems negligible, and the non-ionizing radiation is most likely not an issue. But I don't feel right being all …

I was reading up on the GAPS diet the other day, and I came across the usual line "it is important to not heat broth in the microwave because it kills the nutrients". It is my und …

Along the lines of this recent question, how bad is microwaved food? PMPD makes a similar claim about how it destroys all the nutrients. I don't microwave often but find uses somet …

I'm trying to get a sense of how people use the microwave. I personally reheat food about 2-3 times a day in it but rarely cook food with it. I usually cook using the stovetop, o …

For the purposes of time management and convenience, I usually cook big batches of food that I'll consume over a few days. (Thank goodness I don't get sick of leftovers!) I don't …

I dont normally fret about this kind of thing but I do know that regularly heating food in plastic is not good. I dont reheat anything in tupperware even though it says microwave s …

Ready to throw out the microwave, which doesn't get much use anyway, and get a toaster oven, which I think I may end up using more. Looking for recommendations. Prefer relatively c …

I've already found a lunchbox system that works very well for packing lunches for my daughter (who doesn't have "warming" capability at her school, so the lunches are cold by defau …