Comments on: Help! I Have No Kitchen (with Organic Roll Up Recipe) http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/03/09/help-i-have-no-kitchen-with-organic-roll-up-recipe/ Organic Grocery Market, Shop Local, Small Farms, Family Farms Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Barnes http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/03/09/help-i-have-no-kitchen-with-organic-roll-up-recipe/#comment-4922 Lisa Barnes Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:22:30 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2732#comment-4922 Thank you to everyone for all your helpful suggestions. Sounds like many have certainly rose to the challenge of going without a kitchen (and all the luxury ammenities). Another thing I did was "borrow" (AKA invite myself over) a kitchen and make a communal meal. No one can refuse a visitor, or friend who will come cook in their kitchen, make everyone a meal, sit and eat together, then clean up before leaving. As of today, everything in the kitchen works. I am very happy and even more appreciative since I've gone without. Thank you to everyone for all your helpful suggestions. Sounds like many have certainly rose to the challenge of going without a kitchen (and all the luxury ammenities).

Another thing I did was “borrow” (AKA invite myself over) a kitchen and make a communal meal. No one can refuse a visitor, or friend who will come cook in their kitchen, make everyone a meal, sit and eat together, then clean up before leaving.

As of today, everything in the kitchen works. I am very happy and even more appreciative since I’ve gone without.

]]> By: karen http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/03/09/help-i-have-no-kitchen-with-organic-roll-up-recipe/#comment-4881 karen Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:38:33 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2732#comment-4881 Ditto to the above from Leila, but would like to emphasize that your local thrift store is the place to shop - no need to make more of these appliances when there are so many of them available and you will only need them for a short time. Just return to the source for a write-off when your fabulous new kitchen is ready! I cooked for almost a year without appliances or wood stove of any sort in Alaska while building a new home - it is a fun challenge, especially for bread-like things. Could even make bread, but got to be quite fond of dumplings! Ditto to the above from Leila, but would like to emphasize that your local thrift store is the place to shop – no need to make more of these appliances when there are so many of them available and you will only need them for a short time. Just return to the source for a write-off when your fabulous new kitchen is ready! I cooked for almost a year without appliances or wood stove of any sort in Alaska while building a new home – it is a fun challenge, especially for bread-like things. Could even make bread, but got to be quite fond of dumplings!

]]> By: inadvertent farmer http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/03/09/help-i-have-no-kitchen-with-organic-roll-up-recipe/#comment-4880 inadvertent farmer Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:33:05 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2732#comment-4880 Ohhh I could not with 5 kids live without my frig. I shudder to even imagine it! I have no problem washing dishes in the bathroom and I have a woodstove that I often cook on...the frig on the other hand is a must have! Good luck with your remodel, been there, done that, and don't envy you!!! Kim Ohhh I could not with 5 kids live without my frig. I shudder to even imagine it!

I have no problem washing dishes in the bathroom and I have a woodstove that I often cook on…the frig on the other hand is a must have!

Good luck with your remodel, been there, done that, and don’t envy you!!! Kim

]]> By: Leila Abu-Saba http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/03/09/help-i-have-no-kitchen-with-organic-roll-up-recipe/#comment-4876 Leila Abu-Saba Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:17:42 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2732#comment-4876 I am not one for counter-top appliances much, but seems to me you could stand to borrow or purchase any one or all of the following: slow cooker - for chicken soup at the very least; poule au pot is very good in this as well. Many basic tagine recipes adapt very well to the slow cooker. Electric skillet; yes I know, teflon, I don't use it either. Borrow one for the interim? Ventilate well while cooking? Can steam/saute veg in it as well as do braises, skillet suppers. Rice cooker with steamer insert - I wouldn't buy one of those deluxe ones but perhaps a friend can lend you one? big one with an insert so you can cook up a grain and steam a veg on top, all at once. If not, then at least a basic rice cooker - try cooking brown rice with a 1/4 cup of lentils, broth or bouillon cube, olive oil: pilaf! Garnish with chopped cilantro, onion and possibly hot sauce. And last but not least - a hot plate. I made great meals in a Cairo, Egypt kitchen equipped with one hotplate. Fed 8 people for a dinner party. My favorite dish was chicken, sweet peppers and tomatoes skillet saute dish that was a relative of chicken Marengo. That and some whole grain rice or burghul in the rice cooker makes a hot, nourishing meal. Ooops, should have added great post! Waiting on your next one! I am not one for counter-top appliances much, but seems to me you could stand to borrow or purchase any one or all of the following:
slow cooker – for chicken soup at the very least; poule au pot is very good in this as well. Many basic tagine recipes adapt very well to the slow cooker.

Electric skillet; yes I know, teflon, I don’t use it either. Borrow one for the interim? Ventilate well while cooking? Can steam/saute veg in it as well as do braises, skillet suppers.

Rice cooker with steamer insert – I wouldn’t buy one of those deluxe ones but perhaps a friend can lend you one? big one with an insert so you can cook up a grain and steam a veg on top, all at once. If not, then at least a basic rice cooker – try cooking brown rice with a 1/4 cup of lentils, broth or bouillon cube, olive oil: pilaf! Garnish with chopped cilantro, onion and possibly hot sauce.

And last but not least – a hot plate. I made great meals in a Cairo, Egypt kitchen equipped with one hotplate. Fed 8 people for a dinner party. My favorite dish was chicken, sweet peppers and tomatoes skillet saute dish that was a relative of chicken Marengo. That and some whole grain rice or burghul in the rice cooker makes a hot, nourishing meal.
Ooops, should have added great post! Waiting on your next one!

]]> By: Leila Abu-Saba http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2009/03/09/help-i-have-no-kitchen-with-organic-roll-up-recipe/#comment-4873 Leila Abu-Saba Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:36:29 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=2732#comment-4873 I am not one for counter-top appliances much, but seems to me you could stand to borrow or purchase any one or all of the following: slow cooker - for chicken soup at the very least; poule au pot is very good in this as well. Many basic tagine recipes adapt very well to the slow cooker. Electric skillet; yes I know, teflon, I don't use it either. Borrow one for the interim? Ventilate well while cooking? Can steam/saute veg in it as well as do braises, skillet suppers. Rice cooker with steamer insert - I wouldn't buy one of those deluxe ones but perhaps a friend can lend you one? big one with an insert so you can cook up a grain and steam a veg on top, all at once. If not, then at least a basic rice cooker - try cooking brown rice with a 1/4 cup of lentils, broth or bouillon cube, olive oil: pilaf! Garnish with chopped cilantro, onion and possibly hot sauce. And last but not least - a hot plate. I made great meals in a Cairo, Egypt kitchen equipped with one hotplate. Fed 8 people for a dinner party. My favorite dish was chicken, sweet peppers and tomatoes skillet saute dish that was a relative of chicken Marengo. That and some whole grain rice or burghul in the rice cooker makes a hot, nourishing meal. I am not one for counter-top appliances much, but seems to me you could stand to borrow or purchase any one or all of the following:
slow cooker – for chicken soup at the very least; poule au pot is very good in this as well. Many basic tagine recipes adapt very well to the slow cooker.

Electric skillet; yes I know, teflon, I don’t use it either. Borrow one for the interim? Ventilate well while cooking? Can steam/saute veg in it as well as do braises, skillet suppers.

Rice cooker with steamer insert – I wouldn’t buy one of those deluxe ones but perhaps a friend can lend you one? big one with an insert so you can cook up a grain and steam a veg on top, all at once. If not, then at least a basic rice cooker – try cooking brown rice with a 1/4 cup of lentils, broth or bouillon cube, olive oil: pilaf! Garnish with chopped cilantro, onion and possibly hot sauce.

And last but not least – a hot plate. I made great meals in a Cairo, Egypt kitchen equipped with one hotplate. Fed 8 people for a dinner party. My favorite dish was chicken, sweet peppers and tomatoes skillet saute dish that was a relative of chicken Marengo. That and some whole grain rice or burghul in the rice cooker makes a hot, nourishing meal.

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