Microwave Oven: Adding Health and Taste to your Food Menu

Posted by Aliza Elly
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Oct 17, 2015
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Today, most number of households have a microwave oven inside their kitchen, which cooks delicious food items. A microwave oven uses microwaves to heat food items. Microwave energy is a natural phenomenon that occurs when electric current flows through a conductor. These are a form of electromagnetic radiations that’s very similar to sunlight and radio waves.

In simple language, microwave oven is a kitchen appliance that is used for cooking or to heat the pre-cooked food. It is one of those rare technologies which have been taken by the people hand to hand. Microwave oven is so convenient and useful that in such a short span of time, it has become a common appliance to be found in homes as well as in working environments like offices. The reason for its popularity is that it cooks food in an amazingly short amount of time. It is also extremely efficient in its use of electricity because a microwave oven heats only the food, the oven or the utensils does not get heated, at all.

Following are some notable features of a microwave oven:
1)    Destroys bacteria: Number of harmful bacterial products are destroyed during microwave cooking. It heats the food from outside, which is considered as a place where bacteria actually thrives. Therefore the food items cooked in these ovens are really good for your health. We all love tasty food, and nothing would be better if that taste comes with some health benefits, also.
2)    It saves time: Many would argue that this feature should have been at the top of our list, as no one can ignore the fact that microwave cooking is way too quicker in comparison to the conventional style of cooking. As a matter of fact, it cooks many food items in about half of the time in comparison to a simple gas burner. Hence, there’s no wastage of energy, whatsoever. Also, a shorter preparation time also means that more nutrients are retained.
3)    Easy cleaning: It is very easy to clean a microwave oven after preparing a food item in it, as food doesn’t stick to the side of the vessels.

Today, variety of microwave oven models which range from grill to the conventional one are available online, which gives you luxury to buy it from the ease of your home. Also, an important point to be considered before buying a microwave is its size. If you are planning to cook a meal for many people then you must have a large sized microwave and vice versa.

Earlier, microwave ovens were considered as the luxurious item, and not everyone had one in their kitchen. But today, most of the Indian families own it, as it is useful for all kind of food preparation.

So it doesn’t matter what kind of cooking you prefer, you can surely buy a microwave.
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