Melissa in CA Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I can't believe it died!! It's 8 mths new! Can I live without one? We really only use it to heat up leftovers, but wow, heating up leftovers without one will be horrid...won't it? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We just got rid of ours a few weeks ago and haven't really missed it. Dh wanted to reheat some pizza, once, and remembered we didn't have a microwave. He wound up putting it in the oven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We do not have one. We get along just fine. It is an adjustment because leftovers have to be warmed up on the stove and pizza, lasagna, etc. goes back into the oven. But, once everyone got used to not having leftovers in 30 seconds, they were okay. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferlee Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We've been microwave free for over 10 years. Our kids don't even know how to use one. I'll never go back. It's not that hard once you get used to not having it you just don't think about it. Find other ways. toaster oven works for lots of stuff. Hot water electric kettle for boiling water fast. And I use my baby saucepan a lot for reheating small amounts of food. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I can't wait for ours to die. It is 16 years old and just won't quit. I heat up left-over liquids on the stove and other left-overs in our toaster oven. I rarely use the microwave, which probably explains why it won't DIE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We rarely use ours. I could live without it. I will admit, that sometimes it is really handy for quick reheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjzimmer1 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Ours died this summer when DH was unemployed. I had been contemplating giving it up before that but decided this was the time to give it a trial run. I didn't even last a week. I know stuff can be warmed up in the oven/stovetop but it took about 4x as long. SInce I already cook nearly everything from scrath I spend several hours a day in the kitchen. The extra hour spent everyday monitoring the rewarming of food (and yes it really did take that long with the assorted leftovers we eat for lunch everyday so not everything could be done at the same time/temperature) as well as the extra dishes was so NOT worth it. Even though we really didn't have the money it became a huge priority and we are happy microwave owners once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Many66 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We have been microwave free for the last 16 years. We heat up leftovers in the oven, stovetop or in a toaster oven. My four younger kids have never had a microwave in our home, so they have never missed one or even knew that their was an option in re-heating or cooking foods. Microwaves kill all the nutrients in your food, so you are better off without them and your food is much healthier ! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakim Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Ours died early this year - like yours, ours was fairly new. That was so irritating that we didn't replace it. We had a couple of weeks of a learning curve, but don't miss it. We did end up getting a toaster oven for heating up leftovers and baking potatoes, and that works really well for us. Takes just a little more counter space than the toaster did, and far less than the microwave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Ours died like a month ago. I have no money to replace it right now. Most the time I don't notice, but it has been annoying a few times. Like when I was making marshmallow fondant, want to make cookies and have to wait for butter to soften, and thawing meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We put ours downstairs and rarely use it. But we do have a toaster oven so that helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We tossed ours out a month or so ago. Usually we reheat food in a pot on the stove, unless we just eat it cold! Some things need to be reheated in a bowl in a pot, like you'd melt chocolate. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebug_1976 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Microwave? What's a microwave? Oh yea, it's the box on the counter that takes up too much space. :D We do have a microwave, but rarely use it anymore. For us, if it died one day, I don't think anyone would really notice (except the added counter space). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zookeeper Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The house we moved to this last spring didn't have one and I was so glad! I'd been wanting to get rid of it for years. We haven't even missed it. Other people miss it when they come over, but we don't give it a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Is it not under warranty if it's been only 8 months? We've never had one and would never buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Ours died this summer . . . I had been contemplating giving it up before that but decided this was the time to give it a trial run. I didn't even last a week. I know stuff can be warmed up in the oven/stovetop but it took about 4x as long. . . .we are happy microwave owners once again. This is our story, too. One week without was enough for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Mine died a couple of months ago. There are times I miss it, but it's not as bad as I expected. I have a feeling DH is planning to replace it, but it is good to know that I can live without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhornby56 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We don't have a microwave. We use the toaster oven a lot for reheating things. The stovetop works well for a lot of things too. I leave a lot of our food in the original pot or pan that I cooked it in, so I just have to take it out of the fridge and plop it on the stove to reheat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom4him Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I can't believe it died!! It's 8 mths new! Can I live without one? We really only use it to heat up leftovers, but wow, heating up leftovers without one will be horrid...won't it? :confused: We haven't had a mic for several years, maybe 6 or 7? You need a couple of smaller pans, I don't hesitate to put two things in one pan also like meat and potatoes. If you are warming up for more than just one or two people I think doing it on the stove is faster than the mic. Neither of my kids will eat something warmed in a mic. They would rather eat it cold.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravinlunachick Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Microwaves kill all the nutrients in your food, so you are better off without them and your food is much healthier ! :001_smile: I don't think that is true. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/health/17real.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in CA Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Thanks for the replies everyone! My dh just phoned and I told him that it died and he immediately asked how we could live without one?? He likes it for heating up coffee, lunch, whatever. I think we should try to see if we can at least get through the holidays without it. Who knows, we once thought we couldn't live without TV and it's now going on 12 years without one (not TV, but Television shows....we watch DVDs) We owned a toaster oven once and it just sat there?? We didn't know what exactly to DO with it except make toast. :lol: I guess we are just really spoiled. We put our leftovers on a plate, nuk it for a minute, and eat.:001_smile: How much more difficult is it to do that in a toster oven? I'm assuming you can't put your food on a plate, that it has to go on a pan first...thereby giving mom MORE dishes to wash. Am I missing some simplicity that I'm not aware of? How about convenience foods. I don't buy them often, but occasionally the boys will ask for pizza pockets, or the like. Can you make them in a toaster or regular oven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Microwaves kill all the nutrients in your food, so you are better off without them and your food is much healthier ! :001_smile: Excuse me, but this is claim has no scientific basis. All the microwaves do is set the water molecules into motion. Water, being a polar molecule, is trying to align its dipole with the field of the microwave and thus begins to vibrate, bumping into other molecules, dispersing kinetic energy throughout the food - which raises the temperature. Foods containing no water can not be heated in a microwave. Nothing in this physical mechanism "kills nutrients" more than cooking a food. (Since times are shorter, it may even be that microwave cooking preserves more heat sensitive vitamins compared to cooking in a pot.) This said: my parents have been without a microwave all their lives. We have one and use it maybe one every two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I haven't had a microwave in over 9 years. I truly don't miss it or even think about when I might use one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 If I can live without a dishwasher I could live without a microwave. I wish my microwave had died three years ago instead of my dishwasher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 How about convenience foods. I don't buy them often, but occasionally the boys will ask for pizza pockets, or the like. Can you make them in a toaster or regular oven? We're able to heat convenience foods in the oven. Usually there are instructions for a conventional oven hidden somewhere on the box. Otherwise, I just throw frozen food in the oven at 400 degrees until hot. I haven't had a microwave since before hubby and I got married. I don't miss it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 If I can live without a dishwasher I could live without a microwave. I wish my microwave had died three years ago instead of my dishwasher. Haven't had a dishwasher or microwave since dh and I got married. I still miss the dishwasher. :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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