Ok I know this topic has been talked to death, but I’ve read through several threads and haven’t found what I’m looking for.
I use the frozen steamer bags all the time, for convenience and cost when not actually cooking, and recently switched to using ceramic or glass bowls for microwave steaming veggies- but you still need a lid to do this, and I haven’t found anything that works like plastic wrap. I would like to find out a way to steam frozen veggies without the use of plastics.
Before I just bite the bullet and start steaming a week’s worth of veggies on the stovetop, do any of you have suggestions for how to go about steaming veggies in microwaves w/out using plastics? Do glass pyrex bowls with glass lids work for this? How do you get the steaming seal w/out plastic? Is it even possible?
[quote]apayne wrote:
Wet paper towel draped over the top of the bowl, works like a charm. To be honest, most frozen veggies will come out just fine even without a top.[/quote]
Thanks, I will try the wet paper towel thing. I’ve done it without a lid before and with the exception of frozen spinach, most veggies seem to partially dry and overdone and partially frozen still.
I use a glass bowl with a glass plate as the lid and sometimes add a bit of water in the bowl with the veggies, and then use the plate to drain the excess water after cooking, and it seems to work fine for me.