Hi, my name is Ennay and I am a nukeaholic - and not just for thawing soup for a quick lunch. Things I think that are better in the microwave: Sweet potatoes. I'll say it. I like sweet potatoes 2 ways, one is mashed with a little cinnamon and one is roasted so they have little carmelized bits The mashed. Well if I boil them in water they taste watery and I find myself adding more salt/cinnamon/BUTTER than I desire. That's why I always boil yellow potatoes in broth before mashing. But the broth doesnt really work with the sweet cinnamon mashed so well. This thanksgiving I sliced them and put them in the microwave with about 1/2 inch of apple juice. Steamed covered until tender, drained the juice mostly (pour out, not strained out) and mashed. OMG the best ever. I didnt even need butter. Roasted. Now seriously roasted cant be done in the microwave. But one night I was making this awesome maple chicken I make that just cries out for roasted sweet p's. And I was 15 minutes away from dinners ready when I realized I forgot the sweet p's. So I chunked and nuked them in a little broth until ALMOST done in a baking dish, then tossed them with EVOO S&P and tossed them in a VERY hot oven for a few minutes while the chicken finished. They were beautifully carmelized with a lot less oil than it takes to do them the whole way in the oven. And more even. Sometimes you get the dried out pieces or the over done spots when you roast the whole way. I know there were more but it is tucking in time.

I make a killer mac & cheese that is better still nuked the day after.

Share the recipe? Incidentally, I'm bring mac & cheese to a potluck tomorrow and, yep, it's gotta be microwaved. I say ramen, though I bet that hardly counts as a food. The noodles come out almost crunchy

corn on the cob

I actually discovered with my CSA that I prefer Corn on the cob raw. Really really fresh corn is sooo freaking good raw - doesnt need butter and salt