Microwaving One-Dish Dinners is a

welcome celebration of that uniquely

American dish: the casserole. "

But the casserole meal, as re-

defined by the Microwave Cooking

Institute, is no longer the gluey com-"

bination of hamburger and cream-of,

mushroom soup that moved that once

most-used kitchen dish to the back of

the closet. In the hands of expert and

innovative cooks, more than 200 new

and imaginative recipes have been

created to provide the harried cook

and jaded eater with different and de-

licious meals.

From family favorites, such as

Family Pleasin Meatloaf and Saucy

Veal and Mushrooms, to more elegant

dishes, such as Smoked Salmon Om-

elet and Chicken Breasts with Arti-

choke Sauce, Microwaving One-Dish

Dinners provides easy instruction for

the novice or veteran rn crowaver