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Fast & Easy Dinner: Chicken with Lemon Over Arugula

Jul 2 2008 - 6:45am by partysugar
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Fast & Easy Dinner: Chicken with Lemon Over Arugula When you're in a pinch and need to make a meal quickly, turn to this simple recipe. It's a delicious and healthy chicken dish that's cooked in the microwave. The seasoned chicken is coated with a light parsley white wine sauce.
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What About Microwaving Plastic Containers?

May 1 2008 - 4:00pm by FitSugar
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What About Microwaving Plastic Containers? The recent news about the possible health risks of using polycarbonate bottles (like ones made by Nalgene) has made me a little uneasy. Now I'm wondering about about the relationship between microwaves and plastic, like the reusable food containers I heat up almost daily. Are the high temperatures leaching chemicals into my food.
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Nuke Veggies to Keep Them Healthy

Mar 18 2008 - 9:30am by FitSugar
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Nuke Veggies to Keep Them Healthy Look, I will be the first to admit that I've done a bit of microwave bashing in my day. However, a new study has come along and managed to make me eat my words . .
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How-To: Clean a Microwave

Mar 5 2008 - 7:45am by casasugar
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How-To: Clean a Microwave No matter how tidy you may be, I would bet big dollars that you have encountered a filthy microwave at least once. And you may have even heated up a meal in said microwave, despite the funky food cooked onto the ceiling. There's no reason to put up with this gross-osity; making your microwave so fresh and so clean is a breeze.
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How Often Do You Use Your Microwave?

Oct 30 2007 - 11:01am by partysugar
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Make Way for the Microwave Drawer

Oct 22 2007 - 3:15pm by partysugar
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Make Way for the Microwave Drawer When I heard about the new microwave drawer recently introduced by Sharp, I couldn't help but think: How come someone hasn't come up with this idea before? The microwave drawer works like a normal microwave, except that it's built like an oven. According to the Sharp website, Now microwave cooking is easier for every cook in the family, with no need to remove the dish from the oven to check, stir, or turn the food. For even greater convenience, the new Easy Open Microwave Drawer Oven opens automatically with a gentle pull of the handle.

Yummy Link: Microwaved Orange Fig Jam

Sep 7 2007 - 4:01am by YumSugar
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Yummy Link: Microwaved Orange Fig Jam This totally knocks my socks off: Spicy Fig Orange Jam made in a microwave!!. - Simply Recipes

Mircowaves and Radiation

Jul 10 2007 - 10:15am by FitSugar
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Mircowaves and Radiation Have you heard that it is bad for your health to stand too close to a microwave while it reheats your leftover Pad Thai from last night. Although microwaves have been around for quite a while, cancer and radiation fears linger around this convenient kitchen appliance. The New York Times, curious about these safety concerns, did a little investigation. They found that although microwaves can leak radiation, the amounts are negligible to human health.

Microwave Free Fridays

Jun 8 2007 - 8:45am by FitSugar
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Microwave Free Fridays New research from a scientist in the UK has found a correlation between the rise in obesity and the rise in microwave ownership. Obesity started becoming a problem between 1984 and 1987. In 1984, ironically, there was a rapid spread of microwave ownership.

Popcorn Breakdown

Jun 1 2007 - 10:15am by FitSugar
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Popcorn Breakdown Popcorn is delicious, satisfying, crunchy, and fun to eat. It's nature's snack food. There are so many different ways to make and flavor popcorn, but unfortunately, some of those tasty methods turn this healthy snack into one loaded with sugar and sodium. So let's look at the nutritional breakdown of 1 cup of each to see how they compare. Want to see, then
Calories Fat (g) Sodium (mg) Carbs (g) Sugar (g) Air popped popcorn 31 0 1 6 0 Stove-top with oil & salt 55 3 97 6 0 Orville Redenbacher's Microwave popcorn (ultimate butter) 55 3 40 3 0 Orville Redenbacher's Microwave popcorn (light, butter) 40 1 35 4 0 Newman's Own Organics Microwave popcorn (butter) 46 2.6 54 4.9 0 Popcorn Indiana Kettle corn 60 1.8 48 11 5.5 Movie theater popcorn with butter 83 7 - 4 - Smartfood (cheddar cheese flavored) 162 10 294 14.2 3 Cracker Jack with peanuts 240 4 140 46 30 Crunch and Munch (buttery toffee with peanuts) 128 4.6 147 21 12 Poppycock (cashew lovers) 280 12 180 42 24 Fiddle Faddle (Honey nut) 260 7 480 48 30 Caramel Corn 243 12 357 34 26 Fit's Tips: The sodium and sugar content of movie theater popcorn was impossible to find, so that makes me think it's even worse than I imagine.




 
 
 
 
 
 







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