Microwave recipes: 30 delicious dishes to get away from the stove

Microwave recipes are not just about frozen lasagna. It is possible to innovate with healthy options for the afternoon snack or with a delicious sweet for dessert. Microwave recipes are also great for that lazy day. After all, most recipes use just one serving dish. Check out below 30 suggestions to spice up your meals.

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1. Rice: 5 ingredients and 10 minutes are enough to have fresh rice for lunch. If you don’t like garlic or onions, just do without.

2. Beans: nothing better than beans to accompany your microwave rice. The recipe here is for one cup of beans, prepared at high power. Preparation takes between 25 and 30 minutes.

3. Roast chicken: this option is among the most advanced microwave recipes, great for a Sunday lunch. The chicken is breaded with wheat flour, onion soup and spicy paprika.

4. Creamy potato: wash 4 medium potatoes and microwave them inside a plastic bag. Prepare the white sauce with cream, ham and oregano and finish the potatoes already cooked.

5. Creamy Noodles: For this recipe, use penne or screw noodles. To cook, place the pasta, cream, tomato sauce and water on a platter. Season to taste.

6. Pizza noodles: the secret here is to boil the water and “scare” the noodles before cooking in the microwave. With it pre-cooked, put tomato sauce, cottage cheese, pepperoni and cheese.

7. Creamy Chicken: This dish is made in two stages. First, season the chicken and microwave for 10 minutes. Then add the sauce ingredients and return to the oven to finish.

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8. Sweet Potato Chips: Cut the sweet potato into thin slices and place them on a napkin on a plate. Season and microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds.

9. Healthy couscous: one of the secrets of this recipe is the hydration time of the couscous, about 15 minutes. Make a healthy side dish.

10. Fit pizza: yes, fit pizza exists! Here, you will not use wheat flour, but oat flour, which is considered to be better for your health. The filling is your choice!

11. Fit cheese bread: this is the simplest recipe you will ever know. 4 ingredients mixed in a bowl and microwaved. Easy easy!

12. Fit muffins: the hardest part of this recipe is filling the molds! Just add all the ingredients in a refractory, mix well and divide them into parts to bake.

13. Low carb bread: just imagine a bread without flour! It is possible and it is delicious. Prepare the dough in the microwave and finish in the frying pan so that it gets crispy.

14. Healthy salty pie: you know that afternoon hunger that asks for something salty? Play in this pie! It’s quick to make and the portion is perfect for one person.

15. Petit Gateau Light: This microwave recipe option is proof that you can be healthy eating sweets. Few ingredients, 1 minute of cooking and you’re done!

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16. Chocolate pavé: this dessert will save you in case you need to prepare something at the last minute. The pavé takes four ingredients and pleases all chocoholics.

17. Sigh: Just two ingredients are enough to make the world’s easiest microwave sigh. The only work you will have will be separating the yolk from the egg white.

18. Chocolate brownie: how about serving a brownie to your guests today? Relax, it’s easy! 1 minute is enough to prepare this delight.

19. Dulce de leche: in a tall glass bowl, place a can of condensed milk and microwave for 2 minutes. Mix at one-minute intervals until smooth.

20. Mug Brigadeirão: the preparation of this sweet can be done in the mug in which it will be served so as not to dirty so many dishes. If you want to make the dish more charming, unmold and decorate to serve.

21. Pudding in 2 minutes: unlike the traditional pudding that starts with the syrup, you must start this recipe with the dough. With it ready, dedicate yourself to the syrup without major problems.

22. Petit Gateau: if laziness gets you, bet on this candy! Start by melting the chocolate and then mix the other ingredients in a separate bowl. Then, put it all together and bake.

23. Mug cookie: the mug cookie recipe is very similar to the one that goes in the oven, but the preparation itself is easier. In addition, it is already made in the mug in which it will be served. Throw yourself!

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24. Pizza: Pizza is made in two stages: first the dough and then the filling. The flavor follows your preference and is also made in the microwave.

25. Pizza in the mug: in a mug, add the dough ingredients and mix until it has a thick consistency. Then, put tomato sauce, mozzarella and oregano for the filling. Bake for 1 and a half minutes in the microwave. Ready to taste!

26. Snack on the platter: the microwave snack is a creamy loaf of bread. The filling is made with mozzarella, ham, tomato sauce, cottage cheese, a selection of vegetables and seasonings to taste.

27. Stuffed zucchini: start this recipe with the chicken that must be seasoned and cooked for 3 minutes in the microwave. Shred the meat and set aside. Stuff half a zucchini with the creamy chicken and that’s it!

28. Stuffed Potatoes: the first step is to prepare your favorite stuffing. For the potato, choose the biggest one you have and poke holes in the skin. Then wrap it up and put it in the microwave. With it cooked, stuff it.

29. Chicken Pie: Complex, but not so complex, this recipe is great for serving and impressing friends. Make the dough and open it on a platter. Pierce the dough with a fork and put it in the microwave. Finally, fill and make the “lid” of the pie.

30. Salt pie: this pie is simpler than the previous one, since you don’t have to make the dough out of the microwave. Just mix all the ingredients, the stuffing and a platter and take it to the oven.

It’s never been so easy to prepare so many delicious recipes! If practicality is your second name, take the moment to learn easy recipes to make with your hands behind your back and without effort.