Help! My Cooker Has Been Condemned

[Rachox]

I have a two ring electric hob from Argos being delivered this evening! Phew!
With that and the slow cooker and the microwave I think we’ll survive!
I’ve been meaning to try gammon cooked in Diet Coke in the slow cooker, looks like we’ll be having that for Sunday lunch!

 

[Boo1979]

My mums gas cooker got condemmed as it was also leaking gas - just as well as we were getting it disconnected anyway as mums post stroke memory problems made gas too much of a liability!
We have variou electric plugin things for the carers to use including
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonShef-Premium-Electrical-Double-Plate/dp/B01411U2WO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546528302&sr=8-1&keywords=electric+table+top+cooker&refinements=p_89:VonShef
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Electric-Sauté-Ceramic-Clean/dp/B00V5ZDADI/ref=sr_1_10?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1546528469&sr=1-10&keywords=electric+table+top+cooker ( different make, same idea)
and this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Jam...97&sr=1-31&keywords=electric+table+top+cooker
Ive also been looking to get an electric wok
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias=kitchen&field-keywords=electric+wok&sprefix=electric+wok,kitchen,131&crid=3NHA4640WA1HS

Edited to add
This is the all in one we bought
https://www.jmldirect.com/kitchen/c...zSCNuvq_xBRFJclXptRoCb3wQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[porl69]

I have a two ring electric hob from Argos being delivered this evening! Phew!
With that and the slow cooker and the microwave I think we’ll survive!
I’ve been meaning to try gammon cooked in Diet Coke in the slow cooker, looks like we’ll be having that for Sunday lunch!

Diet coke OR diet Orangeade. Tried the orangeade myself over xmas and was lush

 

[Rachox]

Diet coke OR diet Orangeade. Tried the orangeade myself over xmas and was lush

That sounds good, in my high carb days I used apple juice

 

[Rachox]

My mums gas cooker got condemmed as it was also leaking gas - just as well as we were getting it disconnected anyway as mums post stroke memory problems made gas too much of a liability!
We have variou electric plugin things for the carers to use including
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonShef-Premium-Electrical-Double-Plate/dp/B01411U2WO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546528302&sr=8-1&keywords=electric+table+top+cooker&refinements=p_89:VonShef
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Electric-Sauté-Ceramic-Clean/dp/B00V5ZDADI/ref=sr_1_10?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1546528469&sr=1-10&keywords=electric+table+top+cooker ( different make, same idea)
and this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Jam...97&sr=1-31&keywords=electric+table+top+cooker
Ive also been looking to get an electric wok
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias=kitchen&field-keywords=electric+wok&sprefix=electric+wok,kitchen,131&crid=3NHA4640WA1HS

Edited to add
This is the all in one we bought
https://www.jmldirect.com/kitchen/c...zSCNuvq_xBRFJclXptRoCb3wQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

My cooker is new still in warranty. It wasn’t leaking til the first engineer tried to fix something else!

 

[shelley262]

Just saw this really sorry for you we are very dependent! Think though if had a hob like you’ve just bought with my ip and slow cooker I’d be fine. I use my slow cooker or ip all the time at moment favourites are mainly standard casseroles with some ingredients browned or seared on the hob and then stuck in sc or ip for cooking. I’ve done:
Beef/pork/lamb/ chicken casseroles just use a few veggies you could serve with things like cauliflower rice or mash or celeriac mash cooked in microwave
Curries by adding some spices
Joints of meat in either the pot or sc
Bolognese sauce or chilli in sc
Etc think you’ll be fine as long you’ve got a basic hob facility which it sounds like you’ve bought.
Good luck you may find you use oven less once you start using your slow cooker again. I use mine most days.

 

[bulkbiker]

Oh yes I think he pre-cooked a load! @bulkbiker can you send some special delivery please?!

Only 2 left I'm afraid I ate 2 for dinner last night...raw carnivore maybe? Some nice steak tartar?

 

[Rachox]

Only 2 left I'm afraid I ate 2 for dinner last night...raw carnivore maybe? Some nice steak tartar?

!

 

[bangkokdiabetic]

I Googled Slow Cooker Recipes for Low Carb and got multiple replies of which the following is one.

https://www.thekitchn.com/10-low-carb-recipes-for-the-slow-cooker-254229

I don't use a slow cooker but have been thinking of getting one

 

[lessci]

That sounds good, in my high carb days I used apple juice

I used to do the pork in apple juice too. There's a slimming world (Shh don't tell anyone) receipt for doing a chicken in diet coke - think it probably works along the same lines

 

[PenguinMum]

How about something like https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/gosystem-dynasty-compact-ii-stove-p409554?

Generally available cheaper in local stores.

I'm using one for frying stuff at the moment (not at home) because the ceramic hob is (IMHO) useless for most things.

Great for one pot dishes, even better when you can do veggies in the microwave whilst you cook the main dish over the burner.

Thats the one that set my kitchen on fire....nothing wrong with the cooker but beware of multiples of cheap gas cylinders (mine were bought on Amazon) because that is what the Fire Service thought it was a likely faulty cylinder. When you connect it the drawer door should close but when I did that and tried to light it the leaking gas sent the flames 4 ft high. The Firemen said it was only the granite island that saved the kitchen. They dont recommend using them indoors though of course I had done up to then during powercuts. Apparently a slow leaking gas cylinder killed a couple sleeping in a tent a couple of years back. Be very careful, I had a lucky escape.

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Rachox, on a more serious note, how about something like this?: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products...da-portable-induction-hob-white-art-40331630/

Lidl and Aldi also do them, but that will depend on where they are on their sales cycles.

You need to be aware that not all pans are suitable for use with an induction hob.

There needs to be a steel base, or a steel insert in the base, to allow the magnetic field to induce the heat in the pan.

Having said that, we have a Lidl one for the caravan when we are on mains electric and it is very good.

 

[Emma_369]

I have a two ring electric hob from Argos being delivered this evening! Phew!
With that and the slow cooker and the microwave I think we’ll survive!
I’ve been meaning to try gammon cooked in Diet Coke in the slow cooker, looks like we’ll be having that for Sunday lunch!

I used to love the gammon with Diet Coke back in my days of slimming world. Never even thought to do it now - that’s definitely going to be on my next shopping list!

 

[zauberflote]

@Rachox UGH!! I am glad they caught the gas leak before anything truly awful happened!
Nuke:
LC bread with cheese on it
Cheese alone: be really careful! Melted super extra owner’s mark reserve 3-yr cheddar is amazing!
Any veggie
Your porridge?
There’s a microwave-mug-size chocolate cake recipe floating around the interwebs, that could probably go LC really easily just to prove one could!
Any meat fish fowl?
How about a tiny grill, I used to get them for peanuts at the CVS. Propane, but no law says you can’t remove the insert and use charcoal. Make foil or parchment packets with veg and seasonings and oil, bake in covered grill. Make your neighbors jealous!

 

[set-in-stone]

My cooker is new still in warranty. It wasn’t leaking til the first engineer tried to fix something else!

Typical!

 

[Rachox]

@Rachox
Your porridge?

The realisation that I couldn’t cook ‘my’ porridge without a hob was the deciding factor in getting a portable hob delivered from Argos. It’s just arrived

 

[Hesitatedlobster_]

This happened to us a couple of months ago. I made loads of chicken & vegetable casseroles, sausage casseroles, beef casseroles (can you see a pattern here ). I mainly use leeks, mushrooms, celery, Swede sometimes, a small carrot, onions and top off with spinach at the end. I use cream as the base with a stock cube and some seasoning & mixed herbs. Sometimes add tomato pasta depending on meat used.
All freeze well & last in fridge for a few days for microwaving.
Hope your cooker is fixed soon.

 

[Hesitatedlobster_]

This happened to us a couple of months ago. I made loads of chicken & vegetable casseroles, sausage casseroles, beef casseroles (can you see a pattern here ). I mainly use leeks, mushrooms, celery, Swede sometimes, a small carrot, onions and top off with spinach at the end. I use cream as the base with a stock cube and some seasoning & mixed herbs. Sometimes add tomato pasta depending on meat used.
All freeze well & last in fridge for a few days for microwaving.
Hope your cooker is fixed soon.

Not tomato pasta obvs! Tomato paste

 

[Rachox]

This happened to us a couple of months ago. I made loads of chicken & vegetable casseroles, sausage casseroles, beef casseroles (can you see a pattern here ). I mainly use leeks, mushrooms, celery, Swede sometimes, a small carrot, onions and top off with spinach at the end. I use cream as the base with a stock cube and some seasoning & mixed herbs. Sometimes add tomato pasta depending on meat used.
All freeze well & last in fridge for a few days for microwaving.
Hope your cooker is fixed soon.

Cream and a stock cube, that’s good idea, I was wondering how to get a sauce that wasn’t too thin without using flour. Thank you

 

[zauberflote]

@Hesitatedlobster_ dang!!! I was about to look up tomato pasta and see where I could buy it! If nobody has invented it yet, it sounds good enough that they really should