Oven broken and GF on last legs

JIL

Is your oven, one with a grill inside it? I ask as our oven stopped working but the grill still worked. I managed to use the grill for all sorts of things,from crisping off pasta bakes to warming up things that would usually be done in the oven.
I also think a table top oven or combi microwave can be really handy. I got one for £30 from the Argos internet site.

Spendless

Yes, it's an oven with a grill but that isn't working either. It isn't long term we will be without an oven as it will be repaired as it's only just over 2 years old so I'd rather not have to buy anything as I can put that money towards paying the repair bill.

Just after some other meal suggestions beyond the ones I already have.

suki1964

Anything you cooked in the Forman will cook in a frying pan I use a non stick pan, never add oil. Also do the grandsons fish fingers and waffles in the pan as I'm not heating the oven just for those

[Deleted User]

I am lucky that I only use my big oven for batch baking as I have a Remoska and its the best buy I have ever had.probably not the answer to your problem though as they are quite pricey now.Mine cost around £100 when I bought it several years ago.But there was a post on here where a lady said her Mum found one at a boot fair for £2.00 !!!
I use my slow cooker for making batches of sauce for curries,spag bol and chilli which then get portioned up for the freezer.

culpepper

you can do pizzas in either a microwave or in a fryingpan on the hob.
The hob version is nicer for crispiness.

Butterfly_Brain

Spendless wrote: »

I need some meal ideas please. Our 2 year old oven has stopped working! Normally I'd just put anything in the George Foreman instead, but that is losing its non-stick coating and from previous experience of them, I know it's heading for the bin. So, until I can call someone out to look at the oven, I have the hobs, a microwave and a slow cooker. I've got ideas of
spag bol
stir fry
curry
fajitas
jacket pots (in microwave)
Omelettes

Family of 4, 2 adults at f-time work, 2 kids, 12yo booked into various summer day camps for first half of holidays and 15yo at home.

Macaroni cheese
Chilli con carne
Boiled gammon
Poach or fry chicken.

A whole poached chicken is so silky and tender

• Whole or half chicken
• Selection of leeks, carrots, celery
• Thyme
• A few peppercorns

Put your chicken or half chicken in a large saucepan or casserole along with stock vegetables, spices and aromatics. Add enough water to cover, bring up to a simmer and skim the surface. The secret is then to never let the liquid boil – if you have a meat or jam thermometer, keep it at about 85ºC. A half chicken will take about an hour from the time it reaches simmering point, and a whole bird about 15-30 minutes longer.

sausage and mash
sausage hot pot
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2250/fryingpan-sausage-hotpot
sausage pasta
pork chops, lamb chops
carbonara
Frying pan pizza
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3412/frying-pan-pizza
fritters.......... vegetable or fruit
lots of lovely recipes on the internet
Burgers
Mince and mash basically a shepherds pie cooked on the hob
Pancakes.........English or American
HM soups
sponge puddings can be made in the microwave or on the hob as can rice pudding

Spendless

Thank you Butterfly Brain BUT the oven has started working again! :huh: :j

I hadn't even got round to cleaning it in order to call the repair man out.

Caught teenager putting chicken nuggets and chips in earlier, told him oven wasn't working, he said it was and he'd cooked something in it yesterday too, when I was out. Sure enough he was right.

No idea what happened but glad I don't have another bill. :T