<p>I haven’t been able to find many reviews of a good Vegetarian cookbook using a microwave. It would be nice to find one that had some recipes using eggs and cheese, so the Vegan ones aren’t what I’m looking for.</p>
<p>It should also have a good table of how to do the basic vegetable cooking.
Any suggestions?</p>
<p>My suggestion is to use a microwave mostly for reheating leftovers and warming stock/milk/cream for sauces. Not for actual cooking, except for frozen spinach.</p>
<p>Steaming, roasting and stir frying or sauteing are all very good cooking methods and really don’t take too much time or effort. Many people feel that microwaving destroys a lot of the nutrients in the food. I’m not an expert, but I do feel that they taste better if they aren’t cooked in the microwave. Also, the chances of uneven cooking and overcooking are greater in the microwave. If things are overcooked while steaming, they’re still edible, if a bit too soft. But overcooked microwaved veggies are hard and dry.
Occasionally I’ll cook asparagus in the micro if I’m in a real hurry, but I wouldn’t do it for company, because the result isn’t quite as good.<br>
For recipes, it’s hard to beat some of the online sites. Allrecipes.com is one of the best, and they have a lot of vegetarian recipes with photos and reviews from readers.</p>
<p>Oops, I should have clarified. Need the cookbook for someone who does not have easy access to a stove, or time to hunt on the computer. Refrigerator, microwave and sink are available. (Whoever uses the kitchen in the dorm is supposed to clean it, and wash up the utensils and dishes— but no one does, so using their stove and pans isn’t an option.)</p>
<p>You can steam veggies and fish in one of those Pasta Boat deals (as well as make pasta, obviously.) I got one for christmas and it’s pretty cool. I think it makes rice, too. Not a cookbook but you can make lots with it.</p>
<p>I am wondering how hard it would be to just pick up a regular microwave cookbook anad make alterations to the recipes she wants to use to make them vegetarian. I mostly use vegan recipes to get away from milk (allergy) and then add meat to un-veganize it since I’m not ACTUALLY a vegan, is it that hard to go the other way around? I haven’t seen too many microwave cookbooks at all, I have one but it was published like when the microwave first hit stores and my grandmother gave it to me.</p>
<p>Get a portable mini-cooker. I’ve made soup using my $15 rice cooker. At one point during exams I brought my rice cooker to the library. Get Chinese mushrooms and chinese vegetables (watercress!) and they cook really well and really fast with minimal amounts of water.</p>