I love the Pioneer Woman recipes!

Me, too, except for the way she never stops rambling. She has a blueberry cobbler recipe I plan to make at some point in the future. And her cinnamon roll recipe (which is what originally led me to her site, because it was linked from somewhere else that I can no longer remember) looks totally kick-ass.

Starting this Monday I'm not going to have a working stove or sink (except for the bathroom sink and tub upstairs) for about 6 weeks. I'm trying to figure out things I can in the microwave and/or toaster oven.

I would make the following and freeze for warm up in the microwave:

meatloaf, lasagna, casseroles, soups, chilis, banana bread, (blanched) dark greens and green beans

I've gone for weeks (okay, maybe just week, singular) where every meal I've eaten at home was made in the microwave -- chicken tenders, baked potato, frozen veggies, burritos (thank you, Trader Joe's!), etc.

This is, perhaps, not the ideal way to eat, but there it is.

t edit You can make oatmeal in the microwave (not instant -- although you can make that, too -- I mean the old-fashioned oats that come in the cannister), as well as scrambled eggs, although their consistency isn't as good as pan-scrambled. You can also make bacon in the microwave.

Basically, I believe that there's very little you *can't* microwave.

Again, this is perhaps not the best way to view sustenance, but whatev.

School being what school is, I'm about to have 15 students I've never met before in my room for an hour, during which time I'm supposed to have them play a game. Which seems to have five player pieces.

Oh, standardized testing. What a fun world you've made for us!

The world of toaster oven and microwave is a fertile one indeed. Join us!

msbelle, how do you make your banana bread?

I can get you the recipe once I am home, do not know it by heart.

It's still not lunchtime.

I would make the following and freeze for warm up in the microwave:

That had been my plan but I don't think I'll have time to do much cooking between now and Monday. I am co-hostessing a big baby shower most of the day Saturday and I have to do a long, long ride (40 miles I think) on Sunday morning. And I have to get everything out of my downstairs bathroom and kitchen (figuring out if it's trash, yardsale, keep but put away, keep but need during redo).

Oh, man, I'm freaking out a little now.

chicken tenders, baked potato, frozen veggies, burritos (thank you, Trader Joe's!), etc.

I'll be doing a lot of Trader Joe's I think. Although my other concern is that I'll be in training for this huge bike ride in mid-May so I have to be eating with that in mind. healthily.

The timing isn't great but this is when my friend the contractor could fit me into his schedule.

Fortunately, I do have good friends who live near enough that I can make food at their houses and bring it back to mine.

I can get you the recipe once I am home, do not know it by heart.

Thank you! I was looking for one.

It's still not lunchtime.

True. Soon to be dinnertime.