On cover: A microwave instructor shares her tips, secrets, & 200 easiest recipes for fast and delicious microwave meals.

This microwave primer will show you why you bought a microwave oven in the first place: to save time, money and energy at every meal, every day. Karen Dwyer has created more than 200 recipes that require minimal preparation and commonly available ingredients to make great-tasting: appetizers, fish, meat, and poultry, dishes, casseroles, breakfast foods, vegetables and fruits, candies and desserts, and more. Designed with beginnings cooks in mind, the book features microwave cooking time charts for various foods, a simple explanation of how the microwave ovens. With dozens of tips on making the most of your microwave oven, Easy Livin' helps anyone prepare attractive, satisfying family meals in minutes instead of hours.

Dwyer has created more than 200 recipes for fish, chicken, lean meats, vegetables, breads and muffins, even low-calorie desserts designed to make the microwave a dieter's best friend. 15 line illustrations.

What can you do in fifteen minutes? Homework? Housework? Doubtful. Make a fantastic dish? Definitely! With the Recipe Hall of Fame Quick and Easy Cookbook, preparing great fare is not a long process -- it's a snap!From over 12,000 winning recipes in the Best of the Best State Cookbook Series, editors Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley have selected 549 recipes that have a preparation time of fifteen minutes or less and deliver dishes of distinctive Hall-of-Fame flavor. With this repertoire of tempting recipes, you can wow your guests with Easy Chile Rellenos or 15-Minute Creamy Fettuccini Alfredo. Delight a neighbor with Busy Day Lemon Cheesecake or Six-Minute Pecan Pie. With choices like Lazy Man's Fried Chicken, Easy Enchilada Pie or Pizza Burgers, they'll love every bite. And you know your prep time is cut to a bare minimum.

Take the sting out of onions . . . extend the shelf life of milk . . . shell pecans and walnuts with ease . . . The author of the popular What Can I Do with My Microwave now offers more than 150 additional tips and shortcuts to make the most out of the miracle appliance.