I live in a dorm where we aren't allowed to have hotplates, toaster ovens, or anything that could be a fire hazard. We do have a microwave however. I was wondering if anyone had ideas for actual meals we could make in the microwave. It's fairly small, by the way.

I was thinking of making some sort of pasta some time.

Any other suggestions (along with instructions?) would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

You can do wonderful things with ramen.

pasta in the microwave? unless it is pre cooked that sounds nasty.

get precook'd food wht ever u want just warm it up n eat

I'm trying to save money, so I don't want to buy pre-cooked food. I have heard of people making pasta in a microwave, and it seems pretty simple.

Anyone know any foods?

noodles - just add water n microwave

or try this

http://www.food.com/recipes/microwave

You can make lots of stuff in the microwave... not as tasty but enough to survive
pasta
rice
eggs (careful here)
meat (disgusting imo,but u can do it)
chicken (disgusting imo,but u can do it)
Potatos, sweet potatos.

Actually anything u can cook in a pot with water you can cook in the microwave.

can you have a rice cooker? 30$ for the rice cooker and 1$/pound of rice will save your ass. they also include steamers

i love these things







there are several different flavors of both brands. i usually add some tonys to it

my boyfriend microwaves eggs lol. maybe you can throw some veggies in with them

also my mom makes baked potatoes and corn on the cob in the microwave

you can use the microwave to steam stuff, get a glass covered microwaveable dish. ive used for things like green beans/sugar snap peas, etc, but you could do with other veggies, too. never tried it, but i imagine cooking rice and pasta would be fine as well, just add to water and boil it in the microwave. i cooked chicken in a microwave once, but it was terrible, very chewy. that was sauced, and then cooked uncovered, i think. covering it or cooking it submerged in a liquid would probably work better.