Watch This: 10 Surprising Things Your Microwave Can Do

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What did we ever do before the microwave?

In a jiffy, it cooks our oatmeal, thaws our meats and just makes life easier in our time-crunched world. But microwaves can also perform some less-heralded services.

Watch this video from Household Hacker to learn how to make your microwave even more useful. Some of these ideas don’t even involve food!

Now, if your microwave could using a deep clean, don’t miss “My Secret to Cleaning a Dirty Microwave in Less Than 30 Seconds.”

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