I've been thinking about doing just that...ditching the ugly micro but I'm afraid I'd miss it when the coffee gets cold!

Ours has been in the basement storage since Christmas. I only think about it when I'm baking and need melted butter. I've rediscovered how fast a pan on the stove can be.

Hope you can find another solution for reheating your coffee. ;)

I could live without it, but not for the sake of organic items, I just really don't use it that often. I would rather heat leftovers in the oven or stove top they don't ge rubbery then.

I mostly use it to re-heat hot drinks, popcorn, and other "quick" items. However, I recently thought mine was broken (long story short... the plug was loose) and I MISSED it. So anyway, I will suffer through the killed off nutrients for a cup of HOT tea.

I don't really cook in now that I think of it. Heat up leftovers but I wouldn't consider that "cooking."

I would never use the microwave for cooking, but it is crucial for reheating. Especially coffee, and I suspect my coffee habit isn't exactly providing me with rich nutrients in the first place.

I could totally live without microwave. Even in my teenage boys prefer reheating food or pizzas in regular oven ,it is a huge difference in taste. But we still use MW sometimes.
Reheating coffee?!!! I've never tried that,I finish my coffee in 5 min .

Having lived without a microwave until I got married - I would be fine without it. In fact, spent a fair amount of time without a gas stove - had to keep the wood stove stoked. Used my propane grill during outages after Hurricane Katrina. However, I appreciate the convenience of being able to heat something up quickly, and being able to soften or melt butter, cheese, etc. for recipes I am making. And even though it doesn't have a pilot light to keep it warm, it does provide an enclosed space to let bread dough rise...

Its definitely something to consider but a bit hard in todays world

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I've been actually thinking for a while about getting rid of it. I grew up without one and I should get used to that again. It's easy to reheat things, but, for me, health always comes first. All these waves and radiation can't be good,,Yes, I know that the waves should be only inside the microwave...should, could,,who knows if they do..Nutrients do get destroyed though

We have designed our microwave out of our new kitchen and will be putting in a steam convection oven instead. I use a Keurig for coffee so no need for beverage reheating. We have switched back to air pop popcorn (no chemicals) It is much better for reheating any type of dish. It adds humidity to the food and can still crisp it as well. So many of the Mom's in my neighbourhood have given them up, so I thought it was worth a try.

We haven't had one for years and don't miss it at all. Have an air popcorn maker (cheap and easy) and ditto drinking tea so quickly that it doesn't have time to get cold.

The theory that microwave cooking is bad for nutrients "just doesn't hold water", lol.

http://www.mankatofreepress.com/features/x2117335321/Dietitian-Nutrient-loss-in-microwave-myth-is-a-little-overcooked

I have had some serious back problems, and consequently had to adjust my lifestyle. I found out just how much I missed a microwave when the old one we had broke a little over a year ago. I can only stand for a short amount of time, and often cook by rolling around the kitchen in a wheelchair. I often heat vegetables out of the can in the microwave, in the container that they will be refrigerated in later. I found that, without the microwave, I had so many more pots and pans to wash, which is difficult for me. So, for me, the microwave is used along with the conventional burners and oven of the kitchen stove-and it makes things so much easier.

Don't mess with my microwave. I grew up without one and reheated leftovers on stovetop...microwaves are so convienient bc they are faster.

I use it primarily to heat my ice cream from concrete level to quicksand level ... THAT makes it totally worth it...

Remember the old days well. To heat a plate of leftovers, you had to wash three or four pans. Wouldn't go back to all that dishwashing for anything.

ASVInteriors, i microwave icecream also. My teeth are ultra sensitive to cold, plus i like it smoothy

Myforeverhome : how are you hearing things up in an air popcorn machine? Or am I miss reading your comment? :-) I'm picturing green beans, meatloaf, soup popping, jumping, and exploding around!!

Microwaves destroy food nutrients as much as cooking over heat can. Basically, the longer and hotter you cook, the more certain nutrients degrade, regardless of the cooking/heating method. Some articles say that microwaves can preserve antioxidants better when cooking (due to speed), but the high heats work against some vitamins. Basically, starting with fresh ingredients and not cooking food too long or too hot seems best.

Sweetdee920 - haha yes I see how that reads. Totally not how it was intended. My steam convection oven - is great for reheating... even roast, steak, chicken. Nothing drys out. If you have to use a microwave I would strongly recommend the Tupperware SmartSteamer. It is amazing, if you want to protect the food you are cooking. (i'm not a rep - I just love tupperware) - this is the best thing I have ever bought from them.

Glad you got my humor!! Pretty funny sight! I too love Tupperware (giving away my age?). Thanks for the tip. I have a convection oven but have never heard of a steam convection. It sounds great.

7 years later, but this is important. Don't give up your microwave so quickly, they actually do less harm to the nutrients in food than conventional cooking!

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/ask-the-doctor-microwaves-impact-on-food

I mainly use it to boil water for tea or to reheat tea.

I also use it to melt butter, and that only takes 20 to 40 seconds. I never use it to melt chocolate, however - I use a bain-marie for that.

I seldom heat anything in the microwave except water, but I do make microwave popcorn, although very seldom.

Few years back, never had a microwave until adult kids insisted- i love cooking in traditional oven, i only use it to reheat food but not all food as it can spoil them. I bought an air fryer too but also not too fond of it as yet-i use my large oven and a counter top oven a lot. Happy with them.