Alternatives to a cooker?

stellata

Ive got a Lakeland mini oven. It has various heat settings and a timer, looks like a small microwave and is brilliant for all oven baking type things. I do have an inherited cooker but the oven doesnt work only the hobs. So when I saw this in lakeland sale I thought hmm shall I? Im really glad I did, and so is DS who uses it when hes home for pizza, toasted things and readymeals. Im not a huge baker but have made cupcakes and fruit cake inthere and turned out brill.

prowla

As I see it, the options for hot food are:

1. A combination microwave (very good).
2. A Belling style tabletop mini oven/toaster with 2 hobs on top.
3. A toaster.
4. A panini/sandwich press.
5. A George Foreman grill (very good).
6. A tabletop halogen oven (I'm thinking about getting one).
7. A Raclette (fun, but only for occasional use).
8. A vegetable steamer (very good - can also cook fish).

Of course, the sum total of space for the above could add up, and an oven & hob could be got for less money (or even free)...

K9sandFelines

Didn't move but have purchased a halogen oven from The Works, as the oven in the house I am in has gone on the blink.

trailingspouse

Cooked Christmas dinner for 2 on a Baby Belling one year (duck with cumberland sauce and all the trimmings), and made spag bol for 7 on a two-burner camping stove once. Also survived a couple of months with just a kettle in the bedroom - lots of cup a soups and regular trips to the local petrol station for bacon butties.

Makes you appreciate a proper kitchen when you get one!!

K9sandFelines

Tell me about it. I'm already beginning to run out of ideas for one pot meals,or things that can be cooked in actifry or hob together. Definitely shows you it can be done though!