If you are looking for a new microwave, you may want to visit the microwave oven guide first. You’ll find some helpful tips on the types of microwaves available, and how to choose the one that will best met your needs. You can even run price checks The only thing missing is recipes, and you get those in the manual that comes with your new microwave, usually.

We couldn’t live without one in this house. We use it to cook vegetables, pop popcorn and heat coffee. Before the family got so big, I used to cook more things in mine, but……..the amount of food we need just doesn’t fit in there anymore, LOL!

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Here’s a neat idea that combines two of my passions: cooking and books internet. BigOven Recipe Software – 160,000 Recipes will keep the cook in you drooling for hours. The cost is $29.95 for teh Deluxe addition, but they do have a free trial. The Starter edition is 9.95. Additionally, it can be used with your Palm or Pocket PC.

• Easily enter your own recipe collection… and discover hundreds of thousands of other great choices to add to your own
• Drag and drop recipes onto a grocery list… BigOven will give you a grocery list sorted by aisle, saving you time on every grocery run
• Create meal plans quickly — choose from your rotation or those you’ve flagged ‘Try Soon’
• Scale any recipe up or down; let BigOven do the math
• Find virtually any recipe by ingredient, cuisine or more
• Join a fun online recipe-swap… share your family favorites with others!
• Get your shopping list and favorite recipes on your Windows Mobile or Palm PDA
• Generate Nutrition Facts for any recipe

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