Microwave Cooking Seem To Be The New Trend In The Kitchen

When the microwave was first invented in the 1940s, to be precise 1945, it was a revolutionary gadget for busy moms and career women. For a homemaker, it’s an easy way to make meals and have time to move on to other things in the house like feeding the baby and bathing them, and for a career woman, she would have a quick meal while able to make more time to strategize how to climb the corporate ladder.

Then in the 1980s, many were convinced of the liberation from stove to microwave cooking, which spiked the sale as many women fell into the spell of the innovative gadget that saves time and makes life easy.

Fast forwarding to now, the millennials see nutrition as more priority to climbing the corporate ladder or anything else, so decline in sales and interest increased as more and more people geared towards ‘health and good food’. Many would hire chefs to cook the healthy meal at home for them while they focus on other things, some would go for a £15.00 freshly made smoothies on their way to work, and the likes of the Kardashians would order freshly made salad and healthy drinks during their reality show.

Now that we’re living in a time of ‘cost of living crisis, many find microwaving their potatoes and risotto to be saving energy costs making the machine to start having a moment again, from chefs to food lovers now embrace this gadget with no shame. According to research, a 2022 CNET breakdown found that using your microwave for an hour a day “would cost you about half the total energy of a natural gas oven and 60 percent less than an electric oven”. The growing health risk in using stoves makes a surprise win for the machine – Microwave.

Despite being able to save a lot of money on energy using microwaves to cook, the need for healthy eating and healthy cooking is not disregarded in this scenario, but the incorporation of microwave cooking will save time and money too. Yes, not all food can be cooked in the microwave, especially for chefs and food lovers who pay attention to details like sauteeing your onions and browning your butters using a stove can taste better compared to using a microwave. Nevertheless, once in a while days of pizza nights, chicken or jack potatoes including fried rice or curry, during the work week will save a lot of time to rest, catch up with friends, and TV programs.

In conclusion, while the millennials and GenZs still very much appreciate healthy eating equally some chefs and food lovers have also learned to appreciate that sometimes microwaving onions and spending an extra 20 minutes on themselves is much better than the extra details in tastebud no one notices: And as the season gets hotter, less time is spent in the kitchen, while we focus on taking a break and more time spent with friends outdoor, definitely a need for a good microwave will make sense.

Here are the best microwaves to invest in this summer season: