Has anyone used alternative cooking methods

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Hello sounds a daft question but cannot use microwave (for health reasons) but wondered whether anyone could recommend alternative cheaper cooking methods than turning on oven! Have looked at Remoska and air fryer but read varying reviews of problems with both. Have tried slow cooker but in the main it is more useful for casseroles, etc. which I can do in my good old fashioned Prestige pressure cooker which I have had since the arc. Would really appreciate insight as like everyone else the cost of energy is really scary at the moment for those of us on fixed incomes with little or no help. Thanks.
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Modern ovens are more efficient (heat quickly), or you could try a microwave combi oven - not for the microwave but for the oven, these heat quickly and are pretty small.
The difficulty might be recouping your spend, on the extra gas & electricity.
2023 £1 a day £54.26/365
2023 £1 a day £54.26/365
The halogen holds a slightly bigger dish so depends what I want to cook a stone which I use.
I have had it 4 days and I love it!! I have made all sorts and t's all been tasty & delicious
I will be buying one but not a T9fal one as it has whirly thing which moves round - and it is a bit big so i think I'd prefer one which is more square in shape with a tray for cooking.
A camping shop or a maybe an antique/second hand shop should have all sorts of things for cooking. Toasting forks, hotdog/sausage skewers etc. There used to be some sort of metal box thingme you would use by a campfire which would reflect the heat and was used for baking cakes and bread. We also used to make bannocks which were a thick sticky dough you could wrap around a stick to back in the top of the flames.
Stick a cast iron kettle in the fire to heat up water for tea.....stick your roast in a heavy casserole in the embers....
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