No-Oven Recipes: Cooking Without an Oven!

[PCSarahjm]

ok my host for next week just called and said her oven broke. I need recipes that do not require the oven. Please help!!

 

[JAE]

TRIFLE TRIFLE TRIFLE! So many trifle recipes that use already made pound cakes and angel food cakes. Offer to make a crust for the appetizer using crescents or pizza crust. My favorite dough is a bread machine recipe, anyway, so I'd rather use my own.

 

[chefann]

Are you against taking a crust pre-baked? Because if you do that, you can do Clubhouse Chicken Squares, Cool Veggie Pizza or any of the dessert pizzas. Take the cake portion pre-baked and you could do the Island Breeze Rum Cake.

You could also do:
trifle
Hot Pizza Dip (microwave)
30-Min Chicken (microwave)
10-Min Pork (microwave)
12-Min microwave cake
panini

 

[MissChef]

Most of our salads do not require the oven. Do you have the new salad recipe book. There are so many good salads! The Asian Citrus is a favorite and I make it all the time!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Does she have a microwave? You could do the 30 minute chicken or the 10 minute pork tenderloin if you can use the microwave.

 

[raebates]

Any of the dessert pizzas would work well, too. Just prepare the cookie crust ahead of time. It needs time to cool, anyway.

 

[katie0128]

Harvest Chicken Salad (with frozen, store bought grilled chicken) and Chocolate Silk Mousse - replace the crepes with the frozen, pre-baked phyllo dough SHELLS
YUM!

 

[PCSarahjm]

Thanks Everyone

 

[chefann]

Don't forget, too, that any of these "no oven" recipes are great for summer shows so you don't heat up the house.

 

[raebates]

Another advantage to the no-cook recipes is that you can do them anywhere, including by the pool.

 

[dannyzmom]

Lime Berry Mousse Trifle!

 

[genburk]

I have made Mom's Apple Crisp (All the Best recipe book) a few times myself because I haven't had an oven since Sept 2006.

Mom's Apple Crisp is made in the microwave. Also another reason to get the ice cream out.

 

[dwyerkim]

I did the lime-berry trifle and ice cream sandwich torte on Saturday and people loved them, no oven needed.

 

[Nanisu]

OMG, I love the Cool Veggie Pizza (you make the crust ahead of time out of crescent rolls and bring it). I have been with PC for 7 years and I bet I've made it a hundred times and it is ALWAYS a big hit. Easy, cheap, 'nuff said.

Nancy Collins

 

[northern_sunshine]

I did my first show at a house with no oven. Literally no oven! It was at my mum's and she sold her oven that wasn't working well so dad would buy a new one (he's a procrastinator about stuff like that, they still have the same dryer from 1976 when they got married). I did the wilted spinach salad with candied pepper bacon (best salad ever!) and just cooked the bacon before I went and wrapped it in foil.

 

[cookingisfunagain]

Jae,

Would you mind sharing a bread machine recipe or two that you use for your shows?

Thanks,
Kristina

 

[JAE]

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough1 cup water (80 degrees F)
2 Tbs olive oil
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. salt
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cup bread flour
2 1/4 tsp yeast
Add these to the bread pan in this order. I microwave the water for a few seconds and take the temperature with my PC instant thermometer. I can try to get the recipe for Hawiian Bread dough from a friend/hostess. I'll hopefully send it later.