These 6 microwave hacks will change your life

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the gourmands at online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat it and what to cook. This time our cheffies serve you: 6 microwave hacks that will change your life.

Always handy, the microwave. Except of course when the most terrible things happen inside due to your own inattention, but generally it is a great appliance to have at your disposal. Especially when you discover even more microwave hacks that make life even easier.

Because the whole microwave itself is of course already a super hack that means you don't have to deal with a pan of hot oil when you want popcorn, or with a steamer when you want to warm up rice, and you don't even have to turn on the oven to roast nuts. And you can also do this in the microwave.

Peeling garlic
Fresh garlic is indispensable in many kitchens (and sometimes garlic from a jar suffices). Peeling cloves can be a tricky task, especially when the garlic is very fresh and the skin sticks. I haven't tested this myself, but it seems that if you heat garlic cloves in the microwave for twenty seconds, the skin comes off more easily.

Making chips
Super handy and healthier than frying. Carefully slice a peeled potato into thin slices using a mandoline. Rinse them under the tap and pat them dry, toss them in a bowl with olive oil and salt, and spread them on a plate or microwave-safe dish. Three minutes, then flip them over and another three minutes and you have homemade chips.

Making an omelet
For a simple omelet, crack two eggs into a small deep plate or a flat dish with raised edges. Whisk with some milk, pepper, and salt, and microwave for two minutes at 600 watts. Easy peasy!

Cooking bacon
This is a top trick: place slices or strips of bacon between two layers of kitchen paper on a plate. Heat for three minutes on the highest setting and you have delicious crispy bacon with very little splatter.

Baked (sweet) potato
Scrub a potato or a sweet potato well under the tap, dry it off, and poke holes in it with a fork or carefully with a sharp knife. Set the microwave to the highest setting for five to seven minutes and you have a soft, fluffy baked potato. Cut it open and fill it with toppings and your easy dinner is ready.

Juicy lemon
A citrus fruit that is hard and therefore probably difficult to juice? You can put it in the microwave for about 15 seconds before cutting it in half, then the juice comes out more easily.

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