A food challenge

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[Juniper]

Here is a challenge for you all!
What recipes can you recommend when you have a broken oven? My oven has been broken for a week now, and although it is very close to being fixed (I hope), I am really struggling with what to cook! There is only so much pasta you can eat, lol. So...any ideas? My cupboards are mostly stoked with pulses, grains, pastas, and my fridge is full of vegetables (I'm a vegetarian). Oh and cheese. We seem to eat a lot of cheese in this house. Can anybody help me?

[Celtee]

Here is a challenge for you all!
What recipes can you recommend when you have a broken oven? My oven has been broken for a week now, and although it is very close to being fixed (I hope), I am really struggling with what to cook! There is only so much pasta you can eat, lol. So...any ideas? My cupboards are mostly stoked with pulses, grains, pastas, and my fridge is full of vegetables (I'm a vegetarian). Oh and cheese. We seem to eat a lot of cheese in this house. Can anybody help me?

How about a nice vegetable stew?

What are pulses?  I've heard the term before but I never can remember...

[Juniper]

How about a nice vegetable stew?

What are pulses?  I've heard the term before but I never can remember...

They're pretty much red and green lentils. A vegetable stew sounds nice, but I usually cook that in a casserole dish in the oven. How would I go about it oven-less? I've been so stuck in my ways!

[Mari]

They're pretty much red and green lentils. A vegetable stew sounds nice, but I usually cook that in a casserole dish in the oven. How would I go about it oven-less? I've been so stuck in my ways!

If you hve a dutch oven, on the stovetop. Or even in a crockpot. I use my crockpot to death. And I have a Presto Kitchen Kettle that I got around this time 12 years ago that's still going strong :knocks wood:.

[Juniper]

If you hve a dutch oven, on the stovetop. Or even in a crockpot. I use my crockpot to death. And I have a Presto Kitchen Kettle that I got around this time 12 years ago that's still going strong :knocks wood:.

Hmm...ok...I have ideas circulating through my head now. Thankyou.

[Celtee]

They're pretty much red and green lentils. A vegetable stew sounds nice, but I usually cook that in a casserole dish in the oven. How would I go about it oven-less? I've been so stuck in my ways!

My mom digs one of her biggest pots out of the cupboard and cooks her stew on top of the stove. 

[Juniper]

My mom digs one of her biggest pots out of the cupboard and cooks her stew on top of the stove. 

*Goes off on a hunt through my cupboards*

[Celtee]

*Goes off on a hunt through my cupboards*

Were you able to find what you need?

[Aisling]

Can anybody help me?

Don't know if you like them, but stir-fry and curry popped into my mind, as both are easily done on the stovetop.  Stove top soups, stews and cassoulets are a favorite around here as well, as are rice pilafs and risottos, all of which can be made without meat.

Hope your oven gets well soon! 

[Celtee]

What's a cassoulet?

[Aisling]

What's a cassoulet?

Basically, it's a French term for a rich, very hearty bean stew.  Traditionally, they're made with white beans and meat, but I make a vegetarian version that's basically beans, tomatoes and various vegetables stewed together.  Very nice with fresh bread when the weather gets cold.   

[Celtee]

Basically, it's a French term for a rich, very hearty bean stew.  Traditionally, they're made with white beans and meat, but I make a vegetarian version that's basically beans, tomatoes and various vegetables stewed together.  Very nice with fresh bread when the weather gets cold.   

Ah, ok.

Around here, we tend to fix bean soup which is nothing more than pinto beans in water with ham, if we have it, and an onion. Put it all into a pressure cooker and cook for about four hours, check it (be sure to let your pressure cooker depressurize before you open the lid or it will explode!  {basic info for those of us who may have never used one before. }) and, if necessary, put the lid back on and cook longer.

We also make split pea soup and potato soup in the pressure cooker.

[mandrina]

Here is a challenge for you all!
What recipes can you recommend when you have a broken oven? My oven has been broken for a week now, and although it is very close to being fixed (I hope), I am really struggling with what to cook! There is only so much pasta you can eat, lol. So...any ideas? My cupboards are mostly stoked with pulses, grains, pastas, and my fridge is full of vegetables (I'm a vegetarian). Oh and cheese. We seem to eat a lot of cheese in this house. Can anybody help me?

Actually most of what you name, I would cook stovetop or crockpot, not in the oven. 

[Cent]

Here is a challenge for you all!
What recipes can you recommend when you have a broken oven? My oven has been broken for a week now, and although it is very close to being fixed (I hope), I am really struggling with what to cook! There is only so much pasta you can eat, lol. So...any ideas? My cupboards are mostly stoked with pulses, grains, pastas, and my fridge is full of vegetables (I'm a vegetarian). Oh and cheese. We seem to eat a lot of cheese in this house. Can anybody help me?

How about a vegetable stir fry over rice.
Or steamed veggies with a cheese sause. *love broc with cheese sause made from a rue*

[Juniper]

Were you able to find what you need?

Yes, thankyou! There was a crockpot in there which I had no clue about. Did you magically make it appear? Lol. I think it must be my mother-in-law's.

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