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The most consistent element of my pandemic meal plan is a genre of food I call “stuff on rice.” Even a single fried egg or a bowl of beans becomes a full meal when served with rice, which means I can stretch out any leftovers so I don’t have to worry about tomorrow’s lunch.Read more...

If your microwaved leftovers are popping and splashing throughout the reheating process, creating a holy hell of a mess like the one pictured above, it means you have skipped a key step. What you need, of course, is a wet paper towel. Read more...

Thanksgiving dinner is not the easiest, so I’m always looking for ways to decrease both the stress felt and the effort exerted in its preparation. One of the easiest ways to do this is to cook your sweet potatoes (or yams) in the dang microwave. Unless you are making sweet potatoes fries or some other dish of diced,…Read more...

Zachary Shakked is a 24 year-old, self-employed iOS app developer who sets his own schedule. “I typically sleep in, no alarm clock, wake up around 9 or 10, eat breakfast (usually overnight oats or eggs and toast),” he explained over email. “I usually do a lot of grazing—I eat when I get hungry. I absolutely pound…Read more...

Of all the many ways to preserve summer tomatoes, slow-roasting them might be my favorite. If you can carve out enough time in your schedule to make a batch, you’ll be rewarded with sweet, juicy little nuggets of savory tomato candy—they’re everything we love about peak-season tomatoes, concentrated into the perfect…Read more...

We’ve been on quite the home improvement kick, as tends to happen when you’ve been stuck inside for months. Last week we explored whether you can clean an oven with a lemon (spoiler: you cannot), but today we’re cleaning the science oven, aka the microwave! Will a lemon do the trick this time? Read more...

A lot of people, when they first purchase a grill, are overwhelmed by the desire to cook the entirety of their meals on said grill, from start to finish, without “cheating” and using any other heat sources. This is folly. While some things are quite suited to grill-only cooking process, others fair far better with a…Read more...

“Can I microwave this?” is a question that has been around for as long as the microwave oven itself, yet the only clear rule that sticks in my brain is “no metal.” That lesson was singed into my consciousness by a Wendy’s hamburger wrapper at the tender age of seven, and I’ll never forget how the little lightning…Read more...

One of my favorite breakfasts is the Egg McMuffin from McDonald’s, but not having an automobile means I have to order them from UberEats, and nothing makes me feel like more of a dirtbag than having McDonald’s delivered. Luckily, I have figured out how to make a McMuffin-esqe sandwich in about five minutes, using my…Read more...

At this point, you may have already mastered how to make scrambled eggs in the microwave, but might think that sunny-side up eggs and poached eggs can only be done on the stovetop. Not so. Not only does the microwave work for these egg dishes too, they’re also super easy. The folks at CHOW show you how to do it in…Read more...