If you are like most Filipinos, you probably use your microwave oven mainly for mundane kitchen tasks like reheating leftover food, defrosting frozen meats and seafood, and popping microwave popcorn. If that is the full breadth of the uses you have for your microwave oven, then that is rather unfortunate. You may not realize it, but your microwave oven can do so much more, from cooking your favorite Filipino dishes and other satisfying meals to creating scrumptious snacks and desserts.