No oven for two weeks- have hob and microwave

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Fed up of pasta and chilli already!

DH tried the Maggi chicken paper wraps things last night and they were nice, so that's something.

Do you think it's worth buying a slow cooker for the two weeks? We're both out of the house 7.30- 18.30 or later.

Yes to a slow cooker you can cook almost everything it it. You won't regret it. If you buy a cheap one can't go wrong

I was in a similar situation for 3 months.
We had stir fries with rice
Baked potatoes
Stews/ casseroles cooked on the hob
Microwaved all veg.
I used to cook chicken pieces, pork chops, fish all on the hob.
My MIL never used an oven in her life. ( different culture)

I've haven't bought a slow cooker so far because I assumed it couldn't be left on so long?

Stew is on the plan for this week!

2 weeks is nothing!

My favourite hob dishes:

Veg fried rice with a fried egg on top
Spanish Tortilla
Mushroom risotto
Thai curry
Pad Thai
Indian curry
Pasta puttanesca
Pasta with creamy fennel sauce
Spaghetti bolognase
Chilli
Pan fried salmon with new potatoes
Fajitas
Soup
Aubergine chickpea stew with cous cous

You can batch cook stews and put in the fridge. Do you have a big enough cooking pot?

No, but DH is hankering after a giant soup pot so Santa might come early!

Hob:

• Sausage and mash
• Quesadillas
• Pork chop and steamed veg
• Fry up

Microwave:

• Beans/scrambled egg with toast
• Jacket potatoes
• Sponge puddings (just make a.normal sponge mix and blitz for around 3 mins, really good if you put jam or syrup in the bottom of the bowl under the mix)

Buy an air fryer or a slow cooker. I use both weekly.

The air fryer will do nearly any job the oven will do, except pizza

Yes get a slow cooker! You'll use it forever. You don't have to use it for stew type things only. You can put a whole chicken in, a ham etc then just do some mash on the hob.

Please DON'T put a whole chicken in a slow cooker, it's a food poisoning risk. Joint the chicken instead.

Yes- I recommended the chicken in the slow cooker because after the 10 times at least I've done it, we all dropped down dead.

Get an Instant Pot instead of only a slow cooker. They are absolutely brilliant.

I agree with a lot of posters get a slow cooker if you're out of the house for a long period of time is ideal and you can be left on all day without them damaging the food or over cooking it . Just remember to use a lot less water/ stock then you would do normally as it doesn't boil off as it would do on the hob.
knittingSister Puzzled as to why you think you would get food poisoning from cooking a whole chicken it's not the size of the bird or if its jointed that is the issue it's if it is cooked for long enough but that goes with been cooked in the oven as well.

Puzzled as to why you think you would get food poisoning from cooking a whole chicken it's not the size of the bird or if its jointed that is the issue it's if it is cooked for long enough but that goes with been cooked in the oven as well.*

Correct! Knitting must be doing it wrong 😬

Apologies, I had heard a whole chicken was a risk for taking too long to get up to temperature, thereby providing the ideal environment for bacterial growth. However, BBC good food, allrecipes and good housekeeping all have whole chicken recipes so as you were!