Microwave Recipes: Penfield Books

Included are many delicious quick recipes for appetizers, beverages, soups, salads, sauces, breads and cereals, meat recipes, poultry and egg recipes, fish and seafood recipes, vegetable and side dishes, and desserts. This is a 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" spiral wire bound book with laminated covers for easy clean up. Enjoy these sample recipes:

**Seven Layer Bars**
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
6 ounces chocolate chips
6 ounces butterscotch chips
1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
15-ounce can sweetened condensed milk

In a 12x7-inch glass pan, melt butter. Spread butter over bottom of pan. Sprinkle even layers of crumbs, chocolate and butterscotch chips, coconut, and pecans. Pour sweetened condensed milk over all. Microwave on defrost or low power for 10 to 15 minutes, or until mixture browns slightly. Cool and cut into bars. Makes 3 1/2 dozen bars.

**Hearty Italian Chicken**
2 whole chicken breasts, skinned and boned
1 tomato, sliced
1 zucchini, sliced
1 leek, sliced
1 cup chopped Italian parsley
1/4 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cups hot cooked brown rice

On a 12-inch serving platter, arrange chicken breasts on half the platter, fanned, but not touching. Arrange tomato and zucchini over the second half of the platter. Sprinkle with leek and parsley. Beat together remaining ingredients except rice and pour over chicken and vegetables. Microwave, covered on full power for 10 minutes, or until chicken tests done. Serve over rice. Serves 2.