Glad – A perfect microwave steam cooking

Microwave cooking is practical for many, but also often criticised for its mediocre recommended daily nutritive amount and disparaged for its culinary results which are often not so tasty. But do you know the SimplyCookingMC bags for steam cooking in the microwave? Made by the company Glad®, who are renowned for the quality of their products, they could contribute to changing a part of the negative perception that you might have for this small appliance. Indeed, the Glad® SimplyCookingMC for steam cooking in the microwave will help you to prepare crispy and tender vegetables, without any pots and pans!

Why steam cooking?

The heat transmitted by the steam that boiling water creates encourages the integral cooking of foods. It is used in almost all the cuisines of the world, in gastronomic restaurants or by people like you and me. The popularity of this cooking method is greatly attributed to:

• The precious time that you can save with the speed of this cooking method.
• The fact that it keeps a great part of the flavours, texture, and natural colours of the food.
• A better conservation of the nutritive value of food, notably of essential vitamins and minerals because compared to other cooking methods such as boiling, foods aren’t completely drenched in water while they’re cooking. 

What can I cook with these bags?

Other than vegetables, a variety of fish, meats, and starchy foods will be delicious when cooked with SimplyCookingMC. These bags are only offered in one size at the moment. You can put from 3 to 4 portions of vegetables in it.

These bags can also be used just like ordinary storing plastic bags: for the preparation of vegetables in advance, to store left-overs in the refrigerator or in the freezer, or to wrap a meal that your child will eat outside the house. However, it isn’t advised to keep liquids in the Glad® SimplyCookingMC bags unless you keep them in an upright position and that its content is kept under the openings of the steam let-out.

Actually, you can consult many recipe suggestions from the manufacturer at
http://www.cuisineravecglad.ca/recipe.php and remember that foods that can be cooked with them aren’t limited to the ones mentioned on the bag!

How do you determine the cooking time?

To make your life easier, Glad has developed a simplified cooking table which is on each bag and that indicates the cooking time for a variety of food. The latter is calculated considering your microwave has a power of 1000 watts, so you might have to readjust it. In order to do that, Glad proposes a cooking time line as a reference for different microwave strengths in watts.

 

How do you use the bags?

In three simple steps, you will have steam-cooked foods ready to be served that won’t look like anything that was made in the microwave.

1. Fill the bag with fresh or frozen foods. Adding water is not necessary.
2. Place the bag in an upright position in the microwave and cook the foods depending on the suggested time on the bag. After a few uses, you will come to know the strength of your oven and the results will be very conclusive!
3. After waiting 30 seconds before opening the bag, it is ready to serve and that will do the trick!

Are these bags reusable?

Unfortunately, the Glad® SimplyCookingMC bags can only be used once and they cannot be recycled because of the content of mixed plastics of which they are made. Let’s hope that the manufacturer will work on this aspect soon enough.

What do these bags cost?

The Glad steam cooking bags are only offered in packs of 10 that you can purchase for about $3.99. You just have to decide if you are more tempted by the time savings than the money savings!

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