I learned from my mother-in-law last year that I really should stop using plastic containers and plastic wrap in the microwave. Just as we have learned that BPA is found in many plastics and is harmful for people, there are also many questions being raised about plastic wrap. Better to avoid using them altogether and find alternatives. I’ve got a fair amount of glass containers now, but the plastic wrap has been a really tough thing for me to avoid using, as I don’t know what the alternatives are. For example, if I want to steam broccoli in the microwave (you retain more nutrients by steaming than by boiling), I can put it in a glass bowl, but then I still have to use plastic wrap to cover it.
But today I’m really excited to show you a product I’ve been using with success. It’s called the Corn-n-Tater bag, and it is a specially made bag for cooking various foods. It needs to hold solids, so it can’t heat up soup for you, but if you are cooking vegetables like corn, sweet potatoes, broccoli, etc. then this is most definitely the way to go.
The bag comes with a recipe book and with a chart to tell you how long to cook various items. I have put that chart on my fridge, and I just check it before using the bag. The Corn-n-Tater is SO easy to use, you guys! You simply place the food you want to cook inside a moist paper towel, and then put that in the bag. If your microwave doesn’t rotate on its own, you need to rotate the bag every 2 minutes. You also need to flip the bag over every 2 minutes.
I used the bag with some sweet potatoes we got from our CSA recently. When I pulled them out, they were just slightly underdone, but the fault was mine because I forgot to flip the bag. I just put them back in for another 2 minutes and they were perfectly done!
We even used the Corn-n-Tater bag to make some baked potatoes for our Thanksgiving meal. They came out perfectly in 7 minutes. And my goodness that’s a whole lot faster than using the oven!
The bag is machine washable and mine has held up great in the wash so far. I absolutely love this bag and plan to use it every chance I get. While it won’t eliminate plastic wrap from my kitchen, it is going to significantly cut down on how much I use it, and that makes me SOOOO happy!
Buy it!: The Corn-n-Tater bag is available for $12.99 in a nice variety of prints. What a great gift this would make!
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I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
Missy W says
Homemade baby food for my sweet little nephew =)
Nancy says
First, I’d cook russet potatoes.
heather c says
As many sweet potatoes as possible. Love those!
Miz Vickik says
Baked potatoes!
Lucy Schwartz says
It would be Baked Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes.
kathy pease says
id love to try corn on the cob
Debby says
I’d try a potato first!
Dorothy Deakyne says
baked potato
Kirby McCauley says
Baked potatoes all the way! I’m addicted but IMPATIENT!
Jennifer Clay says
Bake potato!
Brandy Leigh Farmer says
Baked potatoes
tina page says
butter nut squash. i have an excess right now!
Julie Jones says
Baby reds. My fav
Diana Hatch says
Baked potatoes
Tanya B says
Baked potatoes
Melanie Montgomery says
Chicken Nuggets
lisa kay says
Bake potato
Fiona N says
sweet potatoes for sure!
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liz l says
sweet potatoes!
Janet W. says
Sweet Potatoes!
Cassandra McCann says
i think baked potato
Padma Miller says
tater
Sam Stamp says
Baked Potatoes
brandi c says
Sweet potatoes
Alison Z. says
I’m with you on the sweet potatoes!
Renee says
Sweet Potato for baby!
JohnZ says
Sweet potatoes
Sara McManaway says
I’d bake tater of course!
Stephanie P. says
Sweet potatoes because they take foreverrrr in the oven!
Valerie Taylor Mabrey says
Baked potatoes!
Jessica Peeling says
I might try some kind of squash or corn! jessicapeeling@yahoo.com
Stephanie says
Definitely a sweet potato!
Alison Wood says
I’d like to make some baked potatoes.
Diane L. says
I like to cook corn on the cob in the microwave, but I always use a plastic steam bag. It would be fun to see how it turns out in this bag!
Lorrie Rodgers (pinklady705) says
I would make baked potatoes.
Breanne says
I’d bake a potato
Giggedygeekmum says
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Kim says
sweet potatoes
rachael says
Potatoes!
lauren s says
sweet taters- they are my current obsession!
Sue Bunting says
what I’d like to cook first in your corn-n-tater bag taters!
lisa says
potatoes
Gianna says
I would try potatoes first.
Claire says
potatoes
naomi c says
baked potatoes!
Shannon says
Sweet potatoes!
Christine says
sweet potatoes
Jessica B says
baked potatoes of course!
nichol tone says
corn or potatoes
Sonne says
potatoes 🙂
Stephanie Larison says
Baked potatoes, yum!
Karrin says
Taters, of course!
Kelly H. says
I would make baked potatoes first.
renee says
sweet potatoes
Angie PreciselyMine says
Baked potato.
Susan H says
I would make baked potatoes.
Jenel Meier says
Baked potatoes!
Rachelle says
sweet potatoes!
Tamar says
corn and taters, probably 🙂
Theron Willis says
Peruvian purple potatoes with hot purple chilies.
Hope to win!
Jessica O says
Baked potatoes!
Carolyn D. says
Potatoes, it is the time of year for comfort food!
Thank you,
Vicki Wurgler says
broccoli
Jen S says
Sweet potatoes.
Melissa says
Sweet potatoes, for sure!
Dana says
We love steamed food! Potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, anything!
Maria Kiguthi says
Most likely I’ll use this first to cook baked potatoes.
Anonymous says
Agreed. Baked potatoes for sure.
Danielle B says
I would love to make corn on the cob!
jess says
Sweet potatoes
Shannon Baas says
baked potatoes.
Debbie Clauer says
I would first try a couple potatoes.
Darlene Owen says
carrots
Connie Lee says
Sweet Potatoes, I cook a lot of these.
Melissa Say What? says
Definitely baked potatoes, so we can make loaded stuffed potatoes.
Maryann D. says
We eat a lot of sweet potatoes, so it would be a potatoe to cook first.
Julie Lynn Bickham says
Corn on the cob….yummy!
Sonya says
I would make a sweet potato
katie l says
baked potatoes
Sunnie says
Baked potatoes for us.
Robert Pyszk says
Baked potatoe
debbie jackson says
baked idaho potato
erin, maker of chimes says
I’d say tater, since it’ll be a while before we can get fresh corn again