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Breakfast Items
1. Eggs should be slightly undercooked when preparing them for later reheating in the microwave.
Cool quickly and store covered.
2. Arrange foods on platter with easily heated items near center of plate (eggs) and denser items
toward outside (sausage).
3. Do not cook eggs in the shell. Pressure will build up inside the shell and it will burst. Do not reheat
cooked eggs unless they are scrambled or chopped. Puncture the yolk before cooking eggs.
Sandwiches
1. Pre-toast bread and cool on air rack. Egg and shortening rich bread gives best results.
2. Sandwich meats should be sliced very thin. When assembling sandwich, place thicker portions
toward outside edges.
3. Cover sandwiches and refrigerate no longer than three hours. When ready to heat in the micro-
wave, unwrap and place on paper towel or napkin. Most sandwiches should be heated uncovered
unless wrapped in paper towel or napkin. The paper absorbs excess moisture, preventing the
sandwich from becoming soggy.
4. Avoid overheating. Filling heats rapidly, and overheated sandwiches become dry and tough.
Casseroles
1. Arrange casseroles with larger pieces or bulk of food around the perimeter of the casserole;
depress in center.
2. Casseroles should be heated covered with a non-metallic cover or plastic wrap except casseroles
with crusts. If tightly covered, puncture plastic wrap or loosen at one corner so steam can escape.
Be careful when removing plastic wrap; pull wrap away from you with the tines of a fork.
3. Cover casseroles evenly with sauce or gravy before refrigerating.
Vegetables
1. Arrange vegetables with larger pieces around the perimeter of the dish; depress in center.
2. Small uniform sized vegetables like peas, diced carrots and corn heat easily in the microwave
oven. A butter sauce will speed the process.
3. Heat vegetables covered with either a non-metallic cover or plastic wrap. If tightly covered,
puncture plastic wrap or loosen at one corner so steam can escape. Be careful when removing
plastic wrap; pull wrap away from you with the tines of a fork.
4. Most vegetables should be slightly undercooked when preparing for later reheating in the mi-
crowave. Cool quickly and store covered.
5. Microwaved vegetables retain their bright color, fl avor and nutrients.
Defrosting
1. See page 12 for EXPRESS DEFROST directions.
2. Avoid over-defrosting. Foods should be removed from the microwave when they are still slightly
icy in the center. Allow foods to stand covered for 1 to 2 minutes to complete defrosting.
3. SELECTAPOWER allows you to defrost food at the power level and speed you choose. Generally
defrosting is done at 30% or lower. To use SELECTAPOWER for defrosting, fi rst program time
followed by touching the SELECTAPOWER pad and the number pad for percentage of power
level (for example, 3 represents 30% power). The microwave power will pulse on and off to
defrost frozen foods gently without heating. (Not on R-22GV)
