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Almost every room on campus and every household has a microwave. Not everyone has a stove or oven. Although stoves and ovens are the traditional means of cooking everyday foods, we don't need them. Microwaveshave the power to cook full meals, but most people don't know what the microwave is capable of. There are fun foods that you can make using just the microwave.

Here are two inexpensive and fun recipes to try.

Lip-gloss

Ingredients

2 teaspoons petroleum jelly

1/4 teaspoon lipstick (about a quarter of the lipstick)

4 drops of any flavor candy oil (optional)

Place petroleum jelly into small microwave container. Top with lipstick. Microwave for 7 minutes on high, or until soft. Stir with utensil that can be thrown out. Add candy oil. Store in small container. Wait until mixture hardens before use.

Hint for small container: Next time you order out save the sauce container to store the lip-gloss.

Total cost of homemade lip gloss $3.69 before tax.

Fudge

Ingredients llb. Confectioners sugar

1/2 cup cocoa (about 21/2 packages of hot chocolate mix)

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup butter (one stick)

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup nuts chopped (optional)

Combine sugar and cocoa in microwave safe dish. Pour in milk and butter. Do not stir. Microwave on high for 2 minutes on high. Add vanilla and nuts and stir. Refrigerate until mixture hardens.

Total cost of homemade fudges $7.40 before tax.