Old-Fashioned Potato Salad With Cooked Dressing: No Mustard
A cooked dressing packs this traditional potato salad with more flavor than the usual mayonnaise only recipe.
Do you love to use your microwave oven to save time? I hope so. It’s not just for leftovers.
Back in the eighties, I used to teach microwave cooking schools. Consequently, I have tried cooking nearly every kind of food in it. Of course, not all of it was wonderful. But certain things like pastry cream for cream pies are fabulous cooked in a microwave.
Check out the posts below for some ideas you may not have thought of before.
A cooked dressing packs this traditional potato salad with more flavor than the usual mayonnaise only recipe.
Mix Fast Microwave Lemon Curd (or the orange or lime variation) with an immersion blender, a food processor, a blender, or a whisk. Then, microwave it for 3-4 minutes. Done!
Homemade condensed cream of chicken, mushroom, or celery soups for those who prefer or need to make them from scratch.
Whip up the best chocolate cream pie with a filling made in the microwave, then nestled into a graham cracker pie crust. Top with whipped cream and more chocolate.
See how to make Microwave Banana Pudding from Scratch. It’s easier and tastes great! No more scorching, lumps, or standing over a hot stove.
Learn how to toast pecans in the microwave along with other types of nuts, seeds (like sunflower and pumpkin seed), raw old-fashioned oatmeal, and coconut. You’ll be amazed at how fast and easy it is.
You won’t believe how fast these Microwave Brownies go together and how quick they bake in a microwave.
Quick, single-serving cinnamon-spiced apples are cooked in a zippered bag or a bowl. Pour over pita chips, oatmeal or ice cream. Only takes 5 minutes from beginning to end.
Learn how to make a silky smooth cream-pie filling in a microwave as good or better than making it on top of the stove. No worries about scorching, tempering eggs, lumps, etc. Try it out for yourself with a scrumptious banana cream pie or a coconut cream pie.
Make these sweet and shiny candied nuts with a microwave in about ten minutes with only two ingredients. Great for parties, snacks, and salads.