My microwave is fairly small, and the times might not be right for bigger ones.
I freeze most things like stir-frys in one-cup containers (margarine containers). I take them out of the freezer, put them in a pyrex measuring cup and give them 4 minutes to defrost them, mix them up, and give them another 2-3 minutes to get all the cold spots heated up. You can let them sit for a few minutes to let the heat even itself out.
If I make full dinners in TV-dinner style plates, I think I usually give them about the same treatment. 4 minutes, rotate, another 2-4 minutes depending on what the dinner consists of.
I try to make the dinners so everything takes about the same amount of time - ie, keeping food volumes about the same for different compartments, if that makes any sense. It isn't that critical.
I currently have some meat loaf dinners - meat loaf slices, corn, and a potato-cheese dish. Sometimes I'll take the meat loaf out after the first 4 minutes and make a sandwich out of it while I'm heating the rest. There's lots of ways to do it.
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My microwave is fairly small, and the times might not be right for bigger ones.
I freeze most things like stir-frys in one-cup containers (margarine containers). I take them out of the freezer, put them in a pyrex measuring cup and give them 4 minutes to defrost them, mix them up, and give them another 2-3 minutes to get all the cold spots heated up. You can let them sit for a few minutes to let the heat even itself out.
If I make full dinners in TV-dinner style plates, I think I usually give them about the same treatment. 4 minutes, rotate, another 2-4 minutes depending on what the dinner consists of.
I try to make the dinners so everything takes about the same amount of time - ie, keeping food volumes about the same for different compartments, if that makes any sense. It isn't that critical.
I currently have some meat loaf dinners - meat loaf slices, corn, and a potato-cheese dish. Sometimes I'll take the meat loaf out after the first 4 minutes and make a sandwich out of it while I'm heating the rest. There's lots of ways to do it.
I warned you it was the long version ;)