New Directions

I'm in the middle of a long and drawn out disagreement with my the company that carries the warranty on my stove.

On the bright side, I have had eleven days to explore creative ways to cook with small kitchen appliances. (On the not so bright side, I may have many, many more days to continue this creativity).

I have made:

Hot dogs on the George Foreman Grill

Baked potatoes in the microwave

Pot roast in the crock pot

Pea soup in the crock pot

Mushroom dumplings in the rice steamer

Sesame green beans in the electric skillet

Vegetable lo mein in the electric skillet. I even boiled the noodles in that skillet!

Spicy tofu in the electric skillet

Couscous in the electric tea kettle

English muffins on the electric griddle

Veggie burgers in the electric skillet

Chick pea chili in the crock pot

(It may be possible that I have too many kitchen appliances.)

My friends have been following along, asking about the "small kitchen appliance of the day" and suggesting that I start a new blog. I do not have time for another blog, but I figured I could carve out time for one post about my cooking adventures.

Tonight's "kitchen appliance of the day" was the toaster oven. I made deep dish pizza in an 8x8 pan.

If this is something that you might like to make, here are the ingredients. Note: I don't really use recipes, so everything is approximate. Sorry.

1 batch of pizza dough, divided into two 8x8 pans

top with:

olive oil

fresh pressed garlic

fresh chopped tomatoes

fresh chopped onions

a little tomato sauce if you like that

Italian seasonings (basil, oregano, parsley, and whatever else smells good)

shredded whole-milk mozzarella cheese

fresh sliced mushrooms

and, if you are lucky like I am, some fresh lamb sausage from the local farm. yum!

Bake at 425*ish for 15 ish minutes.

Enjoy!