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Pork spareribs and red potatoes ready to cook in my NuWave Oven Pro!

I was very skeptical of the NuWave Oven Pro when it arrived in the mail. It was a bulky, plastic thing that promised so much. No defrosting. Cooks food three times as fast. Portable. We are giving away one NuWave Oven Pro. Entry details below.

So, was it as good as advertised?
I made dinner with the NuWave last night using the cookbook recipefor glazed spareribs that came with the oven. The recipes are exceedingly short, even to a fault. (Some additional details would have been helpful.) But short recipes mean quick recipes. I whipped up an easy glaze for the ribs and put them on the rack to cook.

My ribs were partly frozen, so I planned to cook them for 25 minutes on a side, instead of 15 minutes on a side, as per the recipe. But after 25 minutes, I cut open the biggest rib and they were cooked through! The red potatoes on the bottom of the NuWave Oven were still firm, however, so I sliced them into four pieces and let them cook an extra 10 minutes.
The ribs and potatoes tasted very good and in total took less than an hour, from pulling everything out of the fridge to sitting down at the table. I made a green salad on the side while everything was cooking. It could have been much quicker had I fully defrosted the pork and sliced the potatoes to start.
In short, if you hate heating your entire oven or have a limited kitchen, the NuWave Oven Pro is a decent alternative.
THERE ARE FIVE WAYS to enter the contest to win the NuWave Oven Pro. Do as many as you like!!!
1. Follow BargainBabe.com on Twitter and comment that you did so.

2. Tweet this: “I’d like to make ____ in my NuWave Oven if I win the #wingiveaways contest on @bargainbabe bit.ly/VYLN6n” and comment that you did so. (Fill in the blank with what you’d make.)

3. Like BargainBabe.com on Facebook and comment that you did so.

4. Share the contest on Facebook: “I’d like to make ____ in my NuWave Oven if I win the #wingiveaways contest on @bargainbabe bit.ly/VYLN6n” “ and comment that you did so.

5. Comment below with your favorite way to save time in the kitchen!

Contest ends Monday Nov. 19, 2012 at 3 p.m. EST. You must live in the United States to win.

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I received a NuWave oven to review as part of this promotion.

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  2. I shared this contest via FB 🙂 I owuld lvoe to win this with my busy scheduel this would be an awesome prize 🙂

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  11. My favorite way to save time in the kitchen is to wash, chop, and prep all my veggies as soon as I get home from the grocery store. Then I keep them in Ziplocs in the fridge, and they’re all ready to go for salads, steaming, or sauteeing on busy weeknights!

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  13. I like to chop all sorts of peppers and onions and have them in small baggies and freeze them in a large bag-great for eggs and chili and helps on the time!

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  20. I use a ton of crock pot recipes to save time in the kitchen–it’s easy just put it in, in the morning then forget about it until dinner

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  27. I save time in my kitchen by having lists of both my freezers and my up and downstairs pantry stock, so all I have to do is cross off what I’ve used and I know when I’m running low on items. I keep a list on the inside of my pantry door, and even my family knows to cross it off it they’ve used it! saves SO much time searching 🙂

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  28. I save time in the kitchen by planning ahead of time and making 2 meals at once so that I can freeze one of them for a later date.

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  31. I have a quesadilla maker…it is quick, easy and turns out delish combinations of quesadillas that they entire picky family likes

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  43. I start my cleanup while cooking to save time. I fill a sink with hot, soapy water and drop untensils, lids, pans, etc in as I finish with them. While food finishes cooking I wash whatever is in the sink. It saves a lot of cleanup time after eating!
    someluckydog at gmail dot com

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  44. I liked you on facebook and would could solid food for dinner with the oven unlike my usual graduate school meal of cereal.

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  58. I love to cook extra rice/protein/veggie on one night, then use it for another as fried rice. Cooks up quickly… add a sauce like teriyaki, soy mixed with ginger & sauteed garlic, etc. toss green onions at end and you’re set.

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  64. I save time in the kitchen by using the crock pot. so easy to set up, uses only one pot . thanks
    carolwegs at gmail dot com

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  68. Way to save time in the kitchen is, when making favorite meals I double or triple the recipe and freeze some so all I have to do is take it out of the freezer, defrost it, warm it up and dinner is done.

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  71. my favorite way to save time in the kitchen is to gather every thing i need for the recipe, put it away as i go, soak as we eat, then was dish right afer we eat. no dishs in the sink in my house.

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  79. I just try to do as much prep as I can at once (e.g. chop veggies for more than one meal) – with a good audiobook going! Thanks!

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  80. I just try to do as much prep as I can at once (e.g. chop veggies for more than one meal) – with a good audiobook going! Thanks!

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  95. my favorite way to save in the kitchen is to cook some meals in large amounts and freeze what we don’t eat

    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis
    pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

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  106. I liked you on FB and posted a comment about the contest. I follow you on Twitter and posted a tweet about the contest. My favorite thing to save time in the kitchen is through technology and innovative kitchen appliances. Basically, let the machine take care of most of the work so that I am free to relax or multi-task with other things. The NuWave oven would allow me to do that.

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  110. I’m single and the way I save time is to cook dinner once, just cook enough for two, then I just have to reheat it the next night and not cook an entire meal again.

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  130. I SAVE TIME BY USING THE CROCKPOT AND I ALWAYS MAKE ENOUGH FOOD FOR SEVERAL MEALS, ESPECIALLY CHILI OR SPAG. SAUCE.

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  165. I like to wash things immediately while I’m cooking so I don’t dread a messy kitchen after I’m done preparing or eating a meal.

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  167. My favorite way to save time in the kitchen is by prepping sauces, chopped veggies, etc ahead of time and freezing in appropriate sized units for easy use later.

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  204. I save time by following you and all your great tips on Twitter & Facebook in my kitchen!

    I save time in the kitchen by pre-cooking and “staging” many of my cooking chores… i.e. cooking a whole bag/pot of onions, celery, garlic, etc. then freezing in “portion packs” (both individual ingredients and various combo-packs), so I can quickly add them to meals when needed. I also keep a sheet of pre-printed lableson hand to save time labling.

    I also save time by requiring my family to load thier own dishes in to the dishwasher; and put away food/supplies after every use, so I dont have to clean up the kitchen in order to cook!

    I also have 2 “meal swaps” per week where family, friends/neighbors, eat at my home on a certain night, and we eat at thier home (friends host hamburger night; we host taco/nacho nights, and vice-versus). My mom hosts caserole, stroganoff spagetti nights, and we (adults) take our parents out to a nice dinner so we all gets a break from the kitchen, from the kids, so we can have adult conversations and discuss family matters!
    Happy Thanksgiving

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