What can I cook in my toaster oven?

Cheese on toast?

I cook:

Stuffed shells
Lemon squares
Brownies
Pizza
“Grilled” cheese
Cookies
Cake
Pork roast
Casseroles
Roasted veggies
Chicken tenders
Tator tots and French fries
Basically, anything that fits in a 9” square or smaller

And, toast too of course.

Pot pies
Frozen foods
Cake in a cup
Ramen
Frozen potatoes
Baked potatoes

Sure you can cook in a toaster oven. I have a rotisserie in mine, I use it to do chickens , pork and beef roasts and whole turkey breasts up to five and a half pounds or so. I also use it to broil steaks.

You can make cakes, pizzas, chicken, many things.

Cheese on toast was my first thought too @dappled_leaves.

Or, and perhaps a bit healthier, beans on toast. Or you could cook up a nice piece of steak or a chop and steam some veggies in your microwave.

Toaster oven:
sweet potato fries/any vegie chips
Chicken, fish, pork, steak-all juicy
meatloaf
Burritos(wet or dry)
Burgers
Portabello sandwiches
Casseroles
Brownies
Muffins
Cookies
Pie tarts
Panninis
“Grill” kebobs

Microwave:
Hot cereals
Any vegies
Baked potato
Soups(canned or boxed) imagine good brand
Chili reheat
Tapoica pudding
Tea
Gravies

You can cook pretty much anything you can bake and fit into the oven. No turkeys of course, and if you make cookies, you can only make 3 or 4 instead of a dozen. Other than that, it’s all good. One advantage a toaster oven has over an oven is that you don’t need to preheat them. They are small enough that they heat up quickly.

In a microwave, you can cook anything that doesn’t need to be browned. (Though I’ve read microwave cookbooks that tell you how to brown things) When microwaves first came out, instead of selling them in stores, the main company that made them sold them kind of like Avon. Women who worked for the company would come to your house and host a microwave party where everything was cooked in the microwave. My mom said that she had a microwaved turkey once.

Wow a microwaved turkey… I don’t know whether to be in awe or shudder.

Yeah I don’t know either. I didn’t partake. But my mom swears she went to a ton of these parties in the late 70s – early 80s and saw all kinds of crazy things being cooked in a microwave you wouldn’t dream of doing now. Back then, many people thought that stoves and ovens would be totally replaced by the microwave and they were trying to prove it could be done.

Here’s a recipe for turkey in the microwave. My guess is the turkey would be pale after this.

I have a stove oven and microwave, too…also a bread toaster… but i prefer using my toaster oven for small broiling or heating chores like hot dogs, sandwich steaks, rolls, and toasted bagels or bread (when i want to infuse them with butter).

Pillsbury biscuits

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