Use Your Microwave for Dinner in Half an Hour: Meatloaf, Carrots and Ice Cream With Fudge Sauce

Cruise on past the fast food drive-thru windows and head home to your own kitchen. You can have a tasty meal on the table in around a half hour. This meal is simple, easy, quick, inexpensive, and best of all, very good. The microwave oven is one of your best friends for quick meals. This menu takes advantage of the microwave with an Easy Microwave Meatloaf in a Bag that only needs 15 to 17 minutes to cook. The Sunday Glazed Carrots also cook in the microwave in a matter of minutes. The Rocky Road Fudge Sauce that goes over the dish of ice cream can be made in the microwave, too.

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Microwave Meatloaf

Many people hesitate to cook meat in the microwave. However, if done correctly it works fine. It is nice in the summer so you don't have to turn on your hot oven. I recommend using a silicone loaf form to make the meatloaf in the microwave. You can purchase a silicone loaf pan in specialty cooking stores. You may also find one at a Department Store such as Mervyns. Silicone is a nice way to go because they are very easy to clean. All you have to do is turn them inside-out to get all the leftovers that store themselves in the corners of your loaf pan. Another thing I like about silicone pans is you can fold them up for easy storage. Hence, they work great if you have limited cabinet space. If you are unable to locate a silicone loaf pan, or simply don't want to purchase one, you can try a glass loaf pan. My only complaint with glass loaf pans is that they tend to dry the meatloaf a little.

Ingredients

1 lb lean ground beef

1/2 cup barbecue sauce

1/4 cup chopped onion

3/4 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs

1 egg

Salt and pepper to taste

Combine ground beef, 1/4 cup of the barbecue sauce, onion, bread crumbs, egg, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Stir until well blended. Press mixture into microwaveable loaf pan. Spread remaining barbeque sauce over mixture.

Microwave on high 5 minutes; rotate 1/4 turn. Microwave an additional 5 minutes; rotate another 1/4 turn. If necessary, repeat until center is done.

Donna Rivera-Loudon
microwave cooking recipes
Donna has an MBA in Information Technology and is currently a Tupperware Director and CEO of her own company. She also teaches online Management and Business classes for a local community college as well as computer classes for a four-year university.

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