What would you cook if you only had an oven?

[NonVinaigretteRien]

No kitchen at the mo, very limited chopping space (if any really)

Oven still works though.

What would you cook?

I'm sick of microwave meals.
And casseroles.

I want something with texture.

Gwan.

I neeeeeeeeeeed ideas.

Pleeeeeease?

how about a roast

microwave the veg

instant gravy (needs must)

jacket potatoes with salad or cheese and beans (microwaved)

roasted mediterranean veg with drumsticks/sausages chucked in?

Lasagne - not very good for texture though!

Roasts

Baked potatoes

Cakes!

salmon parcels:

slice onion, add a sprig of thyme, a squirt of lemon juice and a splash of oilve oil, lay salmon on top, wrap in foil, bake in oven for 20 mins

serve with roast potatoes or jacket

Actually... and I'm going to have to hang my head in shame...
I could really fancy oven bake fish and Harry Ramsden chips!

Ooh... fish pie... though you'd have to microwave the potatoes first

you can also cook burgers/sausages in an oven

But I'd have to buy jars of sauces for fish pie and lasagne wouldn't I? Can't make my own without a hob surely.

tuna pasta bake?

I would cook pie.

salmon steaks cooked in foil with white wine and lemon juice and seasoning
with potato wedges seasoned with herbs
and chopped up veg cooked in the micrwave with olive oil and freshly ground black pepper

Right now we have no kitchen - luckily we do still have the oven (but have mostly used a remoska in the front room) our hob is working but I feel your pain

In a casserole dish rice with veg chopped into it (mostly root veg) pour on stock till it's covered add herbs you like, rub chicken portions in olive oil plonk on top GM 5 till chicken cooked.

Bunch of root veg olive oil, leeks and mushrooms to add a little later - either oven cook some sausages or some more chicken to put with it.

Second the baked spuds with cheese, tuna, coleslaw ect ect.

Same with the salmon parcels (try lime and corriander leaves) - done with yet more roast veg alongside.

Casserole/Hot Pot - either with meat or lentils, or both.

Mix up eggs, milk some SR flour (till it looks a bit like omlette/thin batter), different veg - pepper, courgette, mushrooms, peas, sweetcorn ect put in a greased tin and bake at GM 4 till middle is solid - pastryless quiche type thing, with salad and maybe more baked spuds.

Cheese tart - puff pastry, tom puree (sundried makes it very yum) then add stuff you'd put on a pizza and bake - another one for salad. Or make a pizza with a shop bought base.

If you buy the white sauce (or can stomach the powder packet stuff) you can make cauliflower cheese or macaroni cheese, more baked spud and roast veg.

You can make veg chilli in the oven with a casserole dish, just add everything and cook till the pulses are done - have it with something like cous cous that can be made with the kettle instead or rice. I've never coked with red meat so I don't know if it can be done this way with mince and I don't like soya mince so all my chilli's are just veg, pulses, kidney beans and a ton of mushrooms for texture. (well we like it!)

One thing that has really helped - and wasn't just a stupid expense has been a potatoe chipper from lakeland - but we have used it for everyroot veg you can think of inc beetroot. With all prep on a board in the front room it's been well worth the stupid price we paid for it.

you can make white sauce in the microwave if you want to (it's very tedious though) - just melt the butter first and add in the flour, then add tiny bits of milk, microwaving for 30 seconds each time.

Thanks everyone. i'm being thoroughly lazy and mostly buying ready made stuff. Which is bad.

Trickle, you sound an expert! The first chicken thing sounds especially nice.

I don't envy you chopping up stuff int he front room, we're lucky we've got a utility room with a tiny space to set up a chopping board / kettle / toaster.

Greggs sausage rolls heat up beautifully in t'oven - HONEST - they REALLY do!

Quiche - cheese & ham.

Quiche with cheese and spinach.

Homemade pizza

Roasted veg with cous cous
(I just pour Marigold type stock on cous cous, add knob of butter and cover dish with foil and pop into oven for 10 minutes)

Slow cook tinned toms with onions, garlic, veg, (chilli if you want it spicy) in a casserole for an all purpose tom sauce

Chilli con carne (again slow cook in casserole) and microwave rice or jacket spuds

Salmon fillets or chicken breasts in puff pastry, served with tom sauce as above or jar of Hollandaise.

Tray of veg roasted with chicken portions (skin rubbed with salt and pepper so it goes nice and crispy)

Veg wise - I find courgettes (although hopefully your kitchen will be back in action by the time they are in season) microwave really well.
Slice into rounds, place in dish with mixture of olive oil, crushed garlic and black pepper, cover with cling film and microwave for few mins until tender (but not mush).