Microwaves are great for heating up our food fast. But there are lots of things your microwave can do that go beyond making your food nice and warm.
Here are some of our favorite microwave hacks.
Remove Candle Wax
If you want to remove some candle wax from a glass holder your can place it in the microwave until the wax melts. Take our your glass piece with an oven mitt and pour the wax into the garbage. Soak up any excess with a paper towel.
Make sure you remove the metal piece that holds the wick with a knife before placing it in the microwave.
Foam Milk
Heavily whisk some milk up in a mug or shake it up good in a jar and microwave it for one minute to one minute and 30 seconds. It should foam up enough so you can pour it into your coffee and can enjoy a foamy latte.
Shrink Charms
Cut out a piece of clear plastic (plastic from disposable food containers work well for this) and place it over a picture. Use a marker to trace and color in the picture onto the plastic. Cut off any remaining pieces of plastic but leave a piece at the top with a hole through it so you can hang your charms. Microwave the pieces on a microwave-safe plate for 2 minutes.
They should shrink up and curl, but you’ll be able to flatten them out when they come out of the microwave. You can hang these charms from a bracelet, necklace, or keychain. Get the full tutorial in the video below.
Make It Fit
If you want to place two bowls in the microwave at once, you can place one on top of a mug so that both bowls will fit.
Make a Mini Cake or Brownie
Pour melted butter, cocoa, sugar, flour and an egg inside of a mug and mix it up. Microwave for 2 minutes. You’ll have a yummy fluffy cake inside your mug when you pull it out. Get the details on this recipe here.
Cook Bacon
Place pieces of raw bacon over and upside down bowl. Cover with some wax paper and place in the microwave for 2 minutes. You’ll have delicious, crispy cooked bacon when you take your bowl out.
Properly Juice a Lemon
Half a lemon and microwave for one minute. Take it out and squeeze it. You’ll get much more juice out of your microwaved lemon than a cold lemon.
Dry Your Jeans Fast
If you spilled something on your jeans and need to dry them fast you can fold them up and place them in the microwave in short intervals until they dry. Just beware of the metals pieces on your jeans. If you see them spark, take your jeans out ASAP!
Shape a Taco Shell
Place a taco-sized tortilla inside of microwave-safe drinking glass or mug. Microwave it for 30 seconds. When you take it out you’ll have a perfectly shaped taco shell.
Easy Peel Garlic
Cut the top off of a whole clove of garlic clove and microwave it for 10 seconds. The skin of your garlic will peel right off.
Parmesan Bowl
Pour some grated cheese out into a circle on some parchment paper. Make sure it is larger than the rim of the bowl you will use to shape your parmesan bowl with. Cook on high in the microwave until golden brown. Quickly take it out of the microwave and flip it onto an upside-down bowl with the paper still attached. Press the second bowl over the parchment paper to shape your bowl. Press down firmly. When the cheese dries you can take the bowls off and peel away the paper. Get the details here.
Watch the video below for more details on these hacks.
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