No-hob recipe ideas please

[NigellaWannabe1]

My job has stopped working. I have an oven. Airfryer and microwave. Recipe ideas please!

Fajitas -meat fried in airfryer with onions and peppers

Naan pizzas

All kinds of traybakes. This is a favourite with my DH! https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/chicken-and-sweet-potato-traybake.html

This is a really easy version of a quiche https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/healthy-vegetarian/speedy-quiche-traybake/

Paella https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/bakedspanishrisotto_70241

This is my favourite no-hob pasta dish https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/baked-mediterranean-orzo.html

You can pick up a little induction hob for about £40 from Amazon and they work really well.

There's a whole sub genre or even sub culture of cooking called, "Dump dinners." The idea is basically one pot/pan meals with no prior frying off of the soffrito or browning of the meat.

Real hardcore Dumpers even try to do away with any kind of stirring or mixing of the ingredients until serving. Unsurprisingly, quite a few Dumpers are devotees of the slow cooker but they're pretty inventive sometimes.

I've heard of "Taming Twins" being quite a popular blog amongst Mumsnetters so here are her top suggestions:

https://www.tamingtwins.com/category/collections/dump-and-bake-recipes/

Take them a meal:

https://takethemameal.com/blog/15-dump-and-bake-dinners-for-busy-weeknights.php

You get the idea.

Then there's, "Dump Desserts"

https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/dump-dessert-recipes/

https://www.allrecipes.com/summer-dump-cakes-8665075

You can make rice and pasta in the microwave. It won't be the best you've ever had in your life but it'll be edible.

And, of course, there's always cooking salmon in the dishwasher.

Halloumi and roasted veg traybake
Chicken with flatbreads and salad
pasta bakes done in the oven (no need to boil the pasta first)
Orzo and veg tray bake with stock and lots of fresh toms in
Oven paella/ jambalaya/ baked rice type thing
Rice with veg (edamame, peppers) cooked in stock with soy sauce chicken on top

How about one of these if you can nip out to ikea?

TILLREDA portable induction hob, 1 zone white - IKEA Ireland https://share.google/6aYNxw5MOZTNn4l9y

Google Bored of Lunch, or follow him on social media. He only cooks in air fryers or slow cookers.

I too was going to suggest a hotplate, I got a 2 ring one on Amazon for about £25 it lasted over 18 months. (It still works now but I finally got around to replacing the the cooker)

I bought one of these! here in Ikea Punta Cana. My hob works fine, but sometimes if i need something on for a while, heating up the house is not worth it.. mine goes outside on the patio if i need a long simmer dish! it is awesome and really reasonable in price

Make excellent sandwiches. One example:

Roast a big tray of veg (courgette, aubergine, onion, peppers, a few garlic cloves, cherry tomatoes) in olive oil. Warm or toast panini (I like focaccia panini for this). Spread ricotta on, then add roast veg. This is also good with leftovers instead of veg if you have leftovers from an all-in-one traybake. You can also mix goat's cheese or feta with the veg at the end of roasting, if you prefer that to ricotta.

My roasting tin chow mein is pretty good here...

Roasting Tin 'Chow Mein'

Chopped meat into a large roasting tin. Mix with a supermarket sachet of stir-fry sauce. Add a ¼ cup or so of boiling water from the kettle and cook at 180ºc for 10-15 minutes depending on the type of meat. Stir through a pack of prepared stir-fry vegetables and a pack of so-called 'fresh' noodles. Add a splash more water and a good shaking of soy sauce. Another 10 minutes in the oven sprinkle with a little toasted sesame oil and serve straight from the tin.

Emily English makes this lovely Thai cod dish for 2, but could easily feed 4 if you just add to more fish
Ingredients (Serves 2)
2 cod fillets
1 pack of microwave brown rice
1 tin of light coconut milk
1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp honey or brown sugar
1 chicken stock cube
Vegetables (e.g., sliced courgette, carrots, or spinach)
Spring onion, lime, and crispy chili oil (for garnish/serving) 1]
Method
Prep the base: Add the coconut milk, red curry paste, chopped spring onions, honey, stock cube, fish sauce, and soy sauce to a blender and blitz until perfectly smooth.
Layer the pan: Place your pre-cooked rice in a wide, deep pan, top with your vegetables, and lay the cod fillets directly on top.
Simmer: Pour the blended coconut sauce over the fish and vegetables, cover the pan with a lid, and let it simmer gently on a low heat for 8–10 minutes until the cod flakes easily.
Serve: Finish with a squeeze of fresh lime and a drizzle of crispy chili oil. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
For a visual guide to blending the creamy sauce and getting perfectly flaky fish:

I use frozen cod fillets and defrost the fillets - its cheaper but just as tasty