Can you lovely lot help me?

searching_me

ive just had the council in and told me that because of all the work they are doing on my flat... eg. new bathroom, new windows, new kitchen.... im gonna be without a kitchen for at least 2 weeks:eek: ... now i cant ... ACTUALLY WILL NOT... live on takeaway for that long as i think i'll just end up turning into a takeaway myself :rotfl:plus spending all that money would just make me :mad: .... any ideas would really help me thank you xxx

gunsandbanjos

What about your fridge/freezer etc, will you still have them? If they can be moved into another room before work starts surely you can fill them with stuff that doesnt need 'cooked'? HM soup can be re-heated in microwave(assuming you have one) Pasta salad, HM bread. I just made big batch of muesli bars for snacks that should last the week, muffins can be frozen. You got a George Foreman grill? They are great, can do most things on them.

Any of that any use to you:rotfl: Sorry if its not:o

Bobbykins

Hiya, poor you, I know what you're going through as I had no kitchen for 5 months once :eek: :eek: :eek: , while we were building an extension - what a nightmare.

Do you have a microwave that you can set up in the living room somewhere? I prepared as much stuff as I could in advance and stuck it in the freezer (which was in our bedroom!). Complete meals where possible, you know, shepherd's pie, hot pot, that sort of thing. Then I could just nuke it in the microwave to heat thruogh and we had a "from scratch" hot meal in no time.

Or what about a slow cooker? If you don't have one, could you borrow one off someone for a couple of weeks?

Hope this helps

Bobby


EDIT to say: - sorry, cross postedwith gunsandbanjos! - Great minds think alike hey?

searching_me

i have no microwave annoyingly as ive moved in to this place about 9 months ago and the movers happened to "forget" it .... but i think im gonna need to get one now... yer the fridge/freezer is gonna be moved into another room but has to be switched off durin the day for the 1st week or so as they are also re wiring... if think this may cost me a small actually large fortune

mrs-moneypenny

cant you get hold of one of those electric things its like 2 cooker rings the gas board lent me one once when they turned the power off in our street for a day. the council might be able to loan you something if its off for that long.
apart from that id go with other ideas already suggested like george foreman microwave etc.

i hope you find something and can cope that long, but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end

gunsandbanjos

Try freecycle for a microwave? Or if not i'm sure you could pick up a new one for not too much. The no power thing during the day is rubbish. However if your freezer is really full and you dont open the door when the power is off it should stay frozen til the workmen leave

tamarto

There are rules the council have to follow as you are their tennant, make sure they are doing what they should, i know here they had to provide hotplates for people to use in the evening as they weren't allowed to leave people with no cooker.

searching_me

im actually just about to pop to the shops now see if they can inspire me as well... gonna have a word with the council as well... its just gonna be me and oh as i have to send my daughter to her auntie for alittle long as otherwise she'd have no where to sleep... i know im moaning and it'll be worth it in the end... but its just gettin there x

all_hours

you could try freecycle for a camping fridge/cooler that doesnt run off the mains.

mrs-moneypenny

thanks tamarto, hotplate was the word i was looking for (but my description wasnt too bad was it:D )

we got loaned one by the gas board when ours was off one night as we only have a gas cooker.

searching_me

tomarto- just seen your post... they are leaving the cooker but they are ripping out the sides on the first day so i'll have nothing to prepare on x