Microwaves are a great way of eating food and making those leftovers reasonable, but there are many uses of microwave that you must look into.

Microwaves are easy ovens. Sometimes when you don’t feel like cooking anything fancy microwaves come handy. There are many easy recipes you can prepare in the microwave to satisfy those hunger pangs.You can use it for baking small amounts or can even help prepare gourmet meals. So let’s have a look at the list of surprising things that your microwave can do apart from just heating the takeouts and leftovers.

Instant Mug cakes

This has been the most trending cake of all times just pop in small amounts of your cake ingredients in a mug or a bowl and microwave for about 1-2 mins and there you have it. Delicious instant mug cake to satisfy those sweet cravings.

Steaming vegetables

You can steam your vegetable, place them in a microwave-proof bowl and put layers of damp paper towels and microwave for 4-5 minutes until they turn soft and tender.

Popcorn

Microwave popcorns are readily available nowadays. If you don’t have them, just take a paper bag or a bowl. Put in corn seeds, butter and spices of your choice and microwave for 3-4 minutes.

Peeling Garlic

The painstaking task of peeling garlic can be saved by simply wrapping the garlic cloves in tissue paper and microwaving it for 10 seconds. The tissue will suck the moisture making it easy for you to peel the garlic.