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Toaster Oven Cooking
Board: Food For Thought
Aug 1, 2012 5:23am
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My granson age 14 1/2 has gotten the cooking bug. He and my son are bachelors and my son has always liked to cook. They have a Toaster Oven and I have never used one.

Can anyone share a simple meal that you do for 2 people in one of them?

Yesterday I talked him through a meatloaf with the spices he found in the pantry. Dad raved it was an A+ and he said it was smelling good as it cooked.

Any ideas would be great. When I looked on this board and put in Toaster Oven I got things about Shrinky Dinks! : )
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Reply to: #719172 by Granny Butterfly
Aug 1, 2012 5:30am
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When I looked on this board and put in Toaster Oven I got things about Shrinky Dinks! : )

And all the condiments I've tried on Shrinky Dinks just don't make them palatable ; )
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Reply to: #719172 by Granny Butterfly
Aug 1, 2012 8:13am
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Nate loves to cook too! But we don't use our toaster oven much for that.
Anyway... try this link http://www.toaster-oven.net/toaster-oven-recipes.htm
There's a lot of snacky type recipes, but I did notice some heartier things too.

You should get them a small crock pot. Easy to cook lots of things without messing up so many pots and pans!

Can't wait to taste what Alex brings to the next event!
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Reply to: #719172 by Granny Butterfly
Aug 1, 2012 1:28pm
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They don't have a regular sized oven? Or what about a stovetop? Dorm Burner? I make 90% of our meals on a stove top (and a burner would work)

Mostly I'm thinking sandwich style food in a toaster oven. Pizza crusts topped with a variety of flavors. Tomatoes and cheese and herbs. Refried beans and peppers/onions/etc in a quesadilla.

You might be able to bake potatoes, make nachos grandes, or chili fries?
I use ours to reheat leftovers or make frozen potato products, as well as toaster foods.

If he likes desserts he can make up a batch of cookie dough and prepare it on pie tins in small batches. As needed throughout the week. Yum. Except my husband always ends up eating half the cookie dough raw because he has no portion control if it isn't in premeasured cookies. LOL.
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Reply to: #719172 by Granny Butterfly
Aug 1, 2012 2:29pm
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I use my toaster oven way more than my big one. There are just three of us. I use any recipe that you would normally use in a big oven, but adjust the size of container for the smaller oven. It works great if you want to freeze portions of casseroles etc.

Things like muffins can be done in the 1/2 dozen or mini muffin tins.

I've never done cookies as it would just be too long a process, but I don't see any problem with doing a smaller number.
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Reply to: #719244 by Mn8X
Aug 1, 2012 3:00pm
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They have a crock pot too. Thanks for the link.
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Reply to: #719334 by Uncorny Acorns
Aug 1, 2012 3:07pm
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I believe they are considering the safety factor a while. And your hubby anI must be related...The Cookie Dough monster.
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Reply to: #719350 by ulster fry
Aug 1, 2012 3:28pm
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At home I mainly cook with microwave/toaster oven. At work, a fellow employee brings in cookie balls and bakes 4-6 cookies in the toaster oven here in the afternoon. The smell drives me wild.... and makes me drool!

Wendy