Can Anything Good Come Out of Having a Broken Microwave?

Humanity has lived without microwaves for 6,000 years.  Why, then, was it soooooo hard for us to live without a microwave for one week when our microwave broke a couple of weeks ago? How were we to defrost our frozen food?   How could we heat up our leftovers?  Was there anything good that could come out of having a broken microwave for a week?????

Surprising, something good did come out of having a broken microwave.  What was that, you ask?  It was the discovery of the air fryer.  Months ago, I had heard that an air frier was a must have.  So, an air frier I bought.  After I bought it, I tried cooking broccoli in it.  I wasn’t impressed.  I heard I could make french fries out of cut-up potatoes in my air fryer.  Once again, I wasn’t impressed.  So, in the back of my pantry shelf it sat for months. 

Now enter, my broken microwave.  After a failed attempt to heat up my leftover frozen enchiladas in a ziplock bag in boiling water, I remembered my air frier.  I took my soggy enchiladas out of the ziplock bag and stuck them into my air fryer.  It was love at first sight (or bite).  The enchiladas were crispy and delicious. The next night we heated up our leftover chicken tortilla casserole.  Once again, we were elated.  Another night we heated up our leftover homemade macaroni and cheese. Our mac and cheese never tasted better. We cooked some yummy butternut squash in our air fryer.

Let’s just say that now our air fryer has a new position on my pantry shelf.  

Front and center.

Here we are installing our new microwave after a week without one.

It's good to have a microwave back in our lives...

...along with our air fryer discovery that has revolutionized our cooking at the Magpad.