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Air fryer looks like a good alternative to a standard oven for economy. May get a slow cooker too....
Cheapest way to cook with Electric
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Air fryer looks like a good alternative to a standard oven for economy. May get a slow cooker too....
A cheap basic microwave, toaster and kettle. Very cheap ones are available.
You can buy a mini oven very cheaply that will also grill
Aldi and Lidl offer adequate budget stuff with good guarantees.
A combination microwave can do all those jobs, but is more expensive, and if it goes wrong, you will have nothing.
Good luck in your new home.
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Mrs Bod ordered a new slow cooker the other week.
We are still waiting for delivery..
Nice...
An air fryer will suit a single person perfectly. Our son has one and rarely uses his oven
Problem with microwave and air fryer is that its one meal every time and buying single chicken legs ect is also expensive,. Buy the biggest chicken you can find cook that and eat whatever you want hot then eat the rest cold or make a curry or Chinese, boil up the carcus and use as stock or make a soup. It will last all week.
A little trick when buying chicken is that a large may be sold at a fixed price so go through them on the shelf and get the biggest one you can find all for the same price.
A little trick when buying chicken is that a large may be sold at a fixed price so go through them on the shelf and get the biggest one you can find all for the same price.
There is a variation of the Atkins diet that has evidence behind it. But that is incredibly strict and prescribed by dieticians. The 'carnivore diet' as marketed on random podcasts is just a male version of the grapefruit diet or every other fad diet.
But maybe I'm wrong, I could be thinking of a different version to what you're planning, do you have more details of this diet?
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Not for this thread. That's a different topic..
If you are still looking for low-cost cooking appliances, Lidl have a single-ring induction "hob" that plugs in, at £25 special to clubcard members this week.
www.lidl.co.uk
My local Community centre has a visiting cookery instructor, who uses them on tables in a meeting room. They are controllable for power and are said to be efficient in use of electricity.
I think I have seen two-ring ones that would be better.
Silvercrest Induction Hob | LIDL
Silvercrest Induction Hob - With an easy-care, special glass surface 9 power and temperature settings (400–2000W, 60–220°C) 1 boost
www.lidl.co.uk
My local Community centre has a visiting cookery instructor, who uses them on tables in a meeting room. They are controllable for power and are said to be efficient in use of electricity.
I think I have seen two-ring ones that would be better.
I would look at getting all 3.
Air fryers are good and loads of you tube videos on how to cook full meals in them.
Slow cooker for casseroles, stew, curry etc
Microwave for soups, defrosting quickly, scrambled eggs.
All useful and all relatively cheap to buy and use.
Air fryers are good and loads of you tube videos on how to cook full meals in them.
Slow cooker for casseroles, stew, curry etc
Microwave for soups, defrosting quickly, scrambled eggs.
All useful and all relatively cheap to buy and use.
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Quest Air Fryer Oven / 12 Litre Capacity / 10 Cooking Presets, Rotisserie & Trays/Viewing Window/Touch Screen Controls / 1700W (36600) : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen
Quest Air Fryer Oven / 12 Litre Capacity / 10 Cooking Presets, Rotisserie & Trays/Viewing Window/Touch Screen Controls / 1700W (36600) : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen
www.amazon.co.uk
Bought a small, cheap air frier a few years ago, as a trial. I found it too small, and the containers/pans, impossible to get clean after use, so it never got used much. Last year decided a replacement combi-microwave might be worthwhile, and ended up buying a Lidl one, which claimed to be a microwave, oven, grill, air frier all in one. It tested OK, doing those, and it's a good standby in case of failures of other items.
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I think any oven/grill will be difficult, if not impossible to keep spotlessly clean. The one we have is just about OK for doing chips and something like oven ready fish or chicken nuggets for 2 people, anything you can cook in a normal oven you can cook in this, as long as it fits. I tried doing a pizza, but it wouldn't fit, so, being the genius that I am, I cut it in half and put each half on its own shelf.
