Our current apartment has a built-in microwave, but we're moving to an apartment that doesn't have one. It also has very little counter space, so we're considering living without one.
We use our microwave pretty much daily, so it's going to be tough! But I guess it's healthier to heat things on the stove though it'll mean more dishes...
Could you live without one?
honeydew / 7488 posts
I think I could live without one, but it would be really inconvenient. Is it actually healhier to use the stove ?
pomegranate / 3411 posts
i doubt it. we always cook meals in bulk and then eat leftovers for a few days by heating in the microwave. plus we love pop corn!
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I could, but I really wouldn't want to. E often eats leftovers from the night before for dinner, and nuking them is just so much easier.
eggplant / 11408 posts
We didn't have one for about a year. It wasn't that bad, actually. The worst was remembering to take meat down from the freezer in enough time to cook it the next day.
pomelo / 5621 posts
I could. We rarely use ours.
DS doesn't care for his food when it is warmed up.
GOLD / nectarine / 2884 posts
The handle on our built-in just broke! I'm miserable without it! I do a lot of cooking in advance and the microwave helps us so much with defrosting. I don't know if I can live without one.
nectarine / 2886 posts
I could but I dont think dh could. When I lived in nyc, I moved into an apartment that didnt have a microwave but didnt even realize it until 5 months after I moved!
honeydew / 7589 posts
We don't have one in our current apartment. I'm mostly okay without one, but I do get annoyed when I want a baked potato and it takes an hour or more.
papaya / 10473 posts
I could do it at home, but not at work! I always bring leftovers for lunch.
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
I was going to say yes but remembered I just sent the mister to the store to buy some popcorn....
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Apparently not. We moved to a furnished rental and it didn't have one so within a week I went to get one. T eats a lot of leftovers and it was a pain reheating on stovetop and in oven.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I just wouldn't want to. We eat lots of leftovers and nuking something for 1 min or less is so convenient.
cantaloupe / 6086 posts
no way, I love it for heating stuff up. we eat a lot of leftovers and it's also so useful for heating water, melting butter, little stuff for cooking/baking.
we have a counter space problem in our current apartment, but added a kitchen cart/island to a free wall and have both our microwave and toaster oven on there. best purchase ever, it also has a paper towel holder and a bunch of storage underneath.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
We do!! Our current apartment doesn't have one and I don't miss it. It's worthwhile to heat up food on the stove or in the oven.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
I could not! We steam veggies in it every night and heat up my breakfast in it every morning. In our condo we had s tiny galley kitchen so we installed two IKEA shelves on the one small wall (at the far end, the end of the galley so to speak) and put a small microwave on the top shelf and used the one underneath for spices, oils, etc. Worked very well for us without taking up valuable counter space.
Uhh... Just remembered that it was the toaster oven on the shelf, not the microwave. Still, a possible idea?
pomegranate / 3113 posts
We lived without one for about a year in our last apartment. The only thing I really missed was being able to easily reheat tea or coffee that had cooled down too much. However, it was just me and DH then -- I don't think it would have worked so well if we'd had a LO at the time. And now that we have a microwave again, it really is convenient...
persimmon / 1379 posts
we don't have one! we redid the kitchen in our last house and it had a built-in one, and then when we moved, it didn't even cross our minds. it doesn't bother us about 99% of the time (sometimes if we have takeout leftovers I wish that we had one) but it bothers family who visit a LOT! Not enough for us to focus on getting one, though!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
I would say yes, but I think of all those hasty heat ups for starving kids and it did make me glad to have one (but only mildly so).
nectarine / 2132 posts
i could live without it in the sense that i wouldn't die if i didn't have one but otherwise, no, i absolutely need it! 
coconut / 8234 posts
I could live without one but I don't want to. It really helps with quick side dishes and defrosting, especially after work.
apricot / 344 posts
Growing up we didn't have a microwave for much of my childhood.
DH and I have a built in microwave and it gets a lot of use. I try not to use it too much, but it's just so convenient! I could live without it though.
watermelon / 14467 posts
We haven't had one for over three years. I don't miss it. I love having one at work for heating up leftovers though!
apricot / 287 posts
I haven't had a microwave for the past 8 years, so I guess I am used to it! I thought we might get one when we had the little ones but so far have been fine without it. We have a toaster oven that I use to reheat or use the stove.
kiwi / 630 posts
Yep haven't had one in 4 years and never miss it! We do have a toaster convection oven to heat things up if we don't want to mess with the stove etc.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
We didn't have one when I lived abroad, I didn't miss it, but our lifestyle was different.
bananas / 9227 posts
I've started to cook and freeze a lot of LO's meals in bulk. For awhile, my answer would have been YES. Our microwave isn't even in the kitchen - it's in the laundry room (we hardly ever used it before).
But now, I don't think I could live without it.
bananas / 9899 posts
I could live without one. I could melt chocolate and heat up pasta sauce on the stove. I could reheat and defrost things in the toaster oven... but using the microwave is quicker and easier.
pear / 1697 posts
I could live without one, but, I decided I really didn't want to. Got this to minimize counter space usage: http://www.amazon.com/Whirlpool-WMC20005YB-Black-Countertop-Microwave/dp/B005GSZB3M
If your family really uses your microwave to *cook*, it might not be a great option. I don't think any of my casserole or baking dishes will fit in it. But, it fits full-size dinner plates just fine and works very well for the sorts of heat/re-heat/melt/make popcorn tasks that I really like having a microwave for.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I don't think I could. The convenience is too hard to give up. I'm the Queen of using the microwave. lol
grapefruit / 4823 posts
I love the microwave. DH hates it. I know we could live without one, but I don't want to
persimmon / 1141 posts
We never use the microwave. Too paranoid! We just heat everything up on the stove. You get used to it after a while.
squash / 13208 posts
No way! I try to bulk cook on Sundays and then do heat-ups during the week
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