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(More customer reviews)I have lost over 60 pounds in the last nine months. It is NOT directly because of the these steamers, but the fact is THESE steamers make eating healthy a lot less time and trouble.
I cook for one. And these steamers have changed the way I cook. I have a couple and I use at least one every day, I usually use both to cook my dinner.
The instructions and menus supplied with the steamer are not very detailed. The is a GREAT product and the manufacturer needs to use the written materials included with the steamers to market the product.
These silcon steamers are the best thing that ever happened to the microwave,IMHO. That is what has held the microwave back, the nature of the cookware. One needs exceptional cookware to cook tasty meals on one's stovetop and so it is with the microwave.
You can learn to be very precise and consistent with how you cook using these steamers. The process takes much less time, much less clean up, and they are very, very constistent.
Here are some tips that I can offer from using this cookware for over six months.
The MOST important thing is carefully cutting your vegetables. The cooking time used is SO short that cutting the vegetables properly is crucial.
Wedging or "chunking your vegetables" does allow these steamers to do their best work.
Here are a couple of examples. With these steamers one can make the best parslied potatoes that you have EVER eaten. You need the small red "b" sized potatoes. You need to slice them, not wedge them, 1/4 in slices or less. I fill my twenty oz with these slices and to that I add one quarter of a "sweet" medium onion finely diced, a few cloves of minced fresh garlic, a little salt and pepper, and some finely chopped fresh parsley. You need very LITTLE water with these steamers. I would guess no more than four ounces if that. Cook on high in your microwave for four minutes. I would let that sit for at least five minutes as I usually wait much longer before serving. Drain off the water and plate, and you have the "sweetest" potatoes imaginable. And you have NO need for butter, oil, or any other kind of fat.
Another way to use the steamers. I like to buy the frozen chicken breasts which are NOT individually quick frozen. I like the ones that are frozen and sealed individually. Good chicken in the microwave will probably never be possible. After I have unthawed my chicken in the fridge overnight and pre-heated my oven to 350 degrees, I take the chicken breast and place it in them in the steamer with the unthawed liquid. To this, I add a some fresh garlic, some Italian spices, some salt and pepper, and just a couple of more ounces of water. I place on the lid and cook in the oven for 40 minutes. The steamer is somewhat sealed and cooks the chicken perfectly. It is always juicy and tender and never dry. In a skillet I usually very quickly prepare a Marsala or Picatta sauce to put over the chicken and some pasta.
I could go on and on about I have used these steamers.
Fish and salmon are cooked very easily and very well in about three minutes using the steamers and the microwave. But these steamers are incredible. They take less time if used in the microwave for cooking either fresh or frozen vegetables.They are easy to clean in or out of the diswasher and take up little space to store. One reviewer mentioned that if staining bothers you that you should get the steamers black in color. I would have to agree as my colored steamers have stained a bit.
In my view these steamers are only limited by one's imagination.
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