I am taking part of Panasonic’s #MicrowaveOnly challenge. What exactly does that entail? Well, for one day, I have to create all of my meals in the microwave! It’s actually a lot easier than I thought it would be.
For this challenge, I’m using Panasonic’s Full-Size 1.6 cu. ft. Genius Prestige Countertop / Built-in Microwave Oven with Inverter Technology, aka Model #NN-SE782S.
Since living in an apartment, I’ve always been a little frugal with my microwave. I figured that since my living situation was only temporary, I shouldn’t buy a “good’ microwave because I’ll end up moving and selling it anyways.
I was thrilled when Panasonic sent me a microwave to use for this challenge. Heck, this microwave is even better than “good,” it’s awesome. With a cooking power of 1250 watts, you can heat up things in no time! My little microwave before this took forever just to heat up water for some tea. With this, well, you’ll see…
For breakfast, I made Creamy Oats with Apple, Cherry, and Walnuts. I adjusted the recipe from Panasonic by using almond milk rather than apple juice for that extra creaminess.
The result was a hearty and fulfilling breakfast that kept me full all morning.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Quick-cooking oats
- 2 tbsp Dried Cherries
- 1 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
- pinch of Salt
- 1/4 cup Greek Vanilla Yogurt
- 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1 tbsp Walnuts, chopped
Directions
- Combine the oats, dried cherries, almond milk, cinnamon, and salt in a microwave safe bowl.
- Cook on P10 for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until thickened.
- Top with yogurt and sprinkle with brown sugar and walnuts.
Since the oatmeal kept me pretty full, I wasn’t starving when lunch came by. I decided to stay on the healthy track and eat a sweet potato.
Thanks to Panasonic’s inverter technology, my sweet potato cooked evenly and kept it’s texture and taste. The inside of the potato was just as warm as the outside, so there were no cold spots anywhere!
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato
- 2 tablespoons vanilla greek yogurt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Directions
- Rinse and scrub the sweet potato.
- Pierce the potato all over with a fork. Wrap the potato in a damp paper towel.
- Microwave for 4 minutes. Turn it over and microwave for another 4 minutes.
- Be careful removing from the microwave when it's done-- it'll be hot! Unwrap the potato and cut it in half. Dollop with the greek yogurt and sprinkle the cinnamon on top. Serve warm!
For dinner, I admit that I heated up some leftovers along with a bag of microwavable popcorn. #guilty You really have to keep an eye out on your popcorn when using different microwaves– with this Panasonic, I only had to do it for a minute and twenty seconds rather than almost two minutes!
For other recipes and cooking tips, check out Panasonic’s website here.
Now for the good stuff! I’m giving away…
That’s right.. I’m giving away a full size Panasonic microwave along with a product pack (as pictured above)!! All you have to do is tweet a picture of your own #microwaveonly meal with a short description to @HomePanasonic and @kimberlywyn to win! You must also follow @HomePanasonic in order to be qualified.
This is a sponsored post, but the opinions expressed are my own.
Sadly I don’t have any way to tweet a pic, but I spent 6 years with only a microwave & 2 little girls… cooked many meals via microwave… scrambled egg chicken dish (which came first)… to Thanksgiving ham with rum-raisin sauce 🙂 It can be done…
Thanks for discussing Panasonic microwave and the giveaways, I’m also a big fan of using Microwave ovens and currently I am using Panasonic Genius NN-SN973S without any problems.