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Next time you feed your face, think about your heart.
Go easy on your heart and start cutting back on foods that are high in saturated
fat and cholesterol. The change'II do you good.
V American Heart Association
WERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE
Microwave Pioneer
Norma Schonwetter, of Oak Park, is
a national expert on microwave
cooking.
CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ SECTION EDITOR
orma Schonwetter's
100-square foot
kitchen in Oak Park,
Mich., is the national
testing microwave center for her
syndicated column "Micro Mag-
ic." In the 1970s, Ms. Schon-
wetter was concerned about
radiation leakage, but in the
1990s, it's fat grams, sodium
and cholesterol. As the self-pub-
lished author of Microwave To
Your Heart's Content, she pre-
sents 250 kitchen-tested recipes
that meet the American Heart
Association and USDA guide-
lines for a healthy diet.
"The microwave will save you
time, is energy efficient and
makes it easier to produce
healthier meals. The reasons
are simple...more nutrients are
retained because of the shorter
cooking time, little or no water
is used to cook vegetables, no
added fat is needed to cook oth-
er than using small amounts for
flavor," she says.
The book encourages cooks
to use herbs, spices and low-fat
ingredients to enhance the fla-
vor of microwave dishes. Karen
Jackson, a nutritionist at Oak-
wood Hospital in Dearborn,
Mich., provides a nutritional
analysis for each dish.
To help the reader make
healthy food choices, Ms. Schon-
wetter includes suggestions and
substitutions. She often uses
herbs instead of salt, egg whites
instead of eggs, and non-fat
milk instead of whole milk. She
suggests reducing the amount
of sugar, skimming the fat from
broths and placing more fiber
in the diet.
For more than 40 years, Ms.
Schonwetter's kitchen has been
a test center. She received her
degree in home economics from
Brooklyn College. She began
her career as an associate food
editor for Everywoman's Mag-
azine which is now Family Cir-
cle. When she moved to Detroit
to get married and raise her
children, she taught a kosher,
gourmet food class at the Jew-
ish Community Center. She
was a Pillsbury Bake-Off final-
ist in 1978 and 1982.
In the 1970s she became a pi-
oneer of microwave cooking be-
cause she was a demonstrator
for Sears and Amana mi-
crowave ovens. Her column
"Micro Magic" appears in more
than 15 newspapers weekly.
She has written for Parade and
Cooking Light magazines.
She worked on her book two
years before publishing it in
mid-October. She has been mar-
keting and promoting the book
herself. She has been on a
dozen national radio shows and
had made two local television
appearances.
After a one-inch blurb ap-
peared in Detroit Free Press, she
received orders for 300 books.
Most of her recipes are quick
and easy. She even tells how to
make pudding from a mix in the
cookbook. Perhaps the proof of
her microwave cookbook suc-
cess is in her pudding recipe.
Here is one of her microwave
recipes:
CHICKEN DE LA REINE
A dish fit for royalty with a
savory herb-flavored wine
sauce.
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
8 boneless, skinless chicken
breast halves, pounded
1 medium green pepper, cut
in strips
1/3 cup white wine
114 teaspoon each: crushed
rosemary, salt
1/2 teaspoon dried leaf thyme
1/8 teaspoon pepper
n cup low-fat chicken broth
or bouillon
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms,
sliced
Paprika
Place onion in a microproof
13x9 or 10-inch square baking
dish. Microwave, uncovered, on
HIGH 4 minutes or until onion
is tender. Add chicken breasts
and green pepper strips. Com-
bine wine, rosemary, salt,
thyme and pepper. Pour over
chicken. Cover with vented
plastic wrap. Microwave 6 min-
utes on HIGH, stirring and re-
arranging chicken halfway
through. Combine chicken
broth with flour; stir until
smooth. Add to chicken with
mushrooms, stirring into sauce
in dish. Microwave, uncovered,
on HIGH 3 minutes or until
sauce is thickened and chicken
is tender, stirring halfway
through cooking. Sprinkle with
paprika. Serve over rice. Yield:
8 servings.
To order Microwave To Your
Heart's Content call 1-800-43-
MICRO or write Norma Schon-
wetter at 23600 Cloverlawn,
Oak Park, Michigan 48237.
The book costs $12.95 plus $2
shipping.