microwave meals
Instant heated food
Microwave meals are prepackaged foods designed to be heated and ready to eat in minutes using a microwave oven.
The category ranges from frozen dinners to refrigerated single servings.
The term often carries connotations of convenience over quality: I've been living on microwave meals since my wife left.
- instant noodlesFast-cooking dried pasta
- TV dinnersPrepackaged single-serving meals
- reheatsWarms food again
- hotHaving much warmth
- frozen dinnersPrecooked meals, sold iced
plastic tray · box · trans fats · zapping · kitchenless · preservatives · soggy · convenience foods · precooked · ping · compartments · single-serve · beep · stir · peel · steam vents · defrost · processed
- Frozen Foodsfrozen pizza, frozen dinners, frozen vegetables, frozen chicken, frozen fish
- grocery itemsmilk, skim milk, cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese
- packaged foodschips, cookies, crackers, cereal, canned goods
- Quick Mealssandwich, grilled cheese, quesadillas, cereal, sandwiches
- convenience foodfrozen dinner, TV dinner, hot pocket, frozen burrito, frozen pizza
- convenience foodsfrozen pizza, instant noodles, TV dinners, instant oatmeal, instant rice
microwave mealsmade from scratch
gourmet cooking · Sunday roast · Thanksgiving dinner · bread baking · holiday meals
microwave mealsfarm-to-table
Direct producer-to-diner philosophy
fine dining · gourmet cooking · whole foods · slow food · haute cuisine
microwave mealsbanquet
Formal celebratory meal
feast · holiday dinner · dinner party · romantic dinner · tasting menu
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