Simple microwave recommendations

There are dangers with microwaves, my mother would set the time wrong snd cook everything to cinders. As she became unsafe with a cooker, she did not really cope with a microwave. We did put coloured stickers on the settings which helped, but as her short term memory was poor it was not a success.

Have you considered getting hot meals delivered a number of firms offer this, and some local cafes and pubs also offer this type of service in rural areas. Depends where you live but I quite often meet people who can no longer cook so go out to somewhere local for a hot lunch regularly then manage with hob meals in between.

Not an easy problem to solve, hope you find a solution.

One of the simplest microwave recipes I know is for steamed fish - you just put a fish fillet into a microwaveable dish wish 2 tablespoons of water (or milk or lemon juice) and a little salt if you wish, and give it 2 minutes on high. By the time you have a plate and knife and fork ready and have buttered a slice of bread, it is ready.

Frozen mashed potato is another quick and easy thing - enough for one serving of the little chunks of frozen mash in a bowl with a little milk or butter, a couple of minutes on high, and you have very nice mash.

Having looked at the replies, and being a panasonic fan.

I see Panasonic NN-ST479-SBPQ Standard Microwave being a good buy, not too costly, and got good simple bells and whistles.

Panasonic, never let you down.

Marvellous suggestions there, everyone - thank you. I hadn't considered the disadvantage of the dial timer, jollyg - a very good point!

I bought a cheap Daewoo microwave a couple of years ago, very simple and easy to use, no fancy programming.

Aldi have microwaves featured at the moment.
We've always found their appliances reliable and great value.

There was a thread recently with exactly the same question. I'm sure someone will find it for us.

I thought you were looking for simple recipes. They are mentioned on that thread too. Mine would be:

porridge
scrambled egg
heating milk up in a cup for cocoa
Or half milk-half water for coffee (tastes great that way!)

Cant reccomend a make, but defo go for one that has a digital display to input times.

The ones with a time dial can be so wrong to see, a correct time and liable to overcook, cause fire!