"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
> > "AC" > wrote
> >
> > > Nancy Young wrote:
> > >
> > >> Actually, I have been toying with the idea of getting a
> > >> toaster oven, no, not to make toast, but I'm going to look
> > >> at them. I think I'd really like one in the summer, especially.
> > >>
> > >> Or for the occasional leftover eggroll.
> > >
> > > i love my toaster oven nancy. i use it all the time. it goes on the
back
> > > porch in the summer so i bake / roast small stuff without heating up
the
> > > house. i routinely roast a chicken leg quarter and a potato in it at
the
> > > same time. great for biscuits too!
> >
> > Thanks! I am going to get one, that sounds perfect for me.
> > I'll have to check out what features they have. Probably won't
> > get anything fancy.
> >
> > More I think of it, I have forgone roasted garlic in mashed
> > potatoes, even baked potatoes themselves because I couldn't
> > justify heating up the big oven just for that. You made up my
> > mind.
> >
> > nancy
> >
> >
>
> Oh.
>
> God.
>
> Nancy, you definitely decided me now!!!!!!
> --
> Om.
>

I absolutely LOVE my toaster oven for things like roasted garlic. I hadn't
had a "mini" oven in over a year until this Christmas; hubby bought me one.
I can honestly say, we've used our "big" oven ONCE since we got the toaster
oven, and that was only to cook a ham. The toaster oven gets used every
day. The hubby never saw the need for a toaster oven until we got one. Now
we have hot ham and cheese baked bagels, warmed up leftover pizza, broiled
shrimp kababs, baked fish.......... you name it. It's endless. Get a
toaster oven. The lack of counterspace isn't worth worrying about compared
to what you can prepare in a toaster oven.

kili

In article >,
"kilikini" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >
> > > "AC" > wrote
> > >
> > > > Nancy Young wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Actually, I have been toying with the idea of getting a
> > > >> toaster oven, no, not to make toast, but I'm going to look
> > > >> at them. I think I'd really like one in the summer, especially.
> > > >>
> > > >> Or for the occasional leftover eggroll.
> > > >
> > > > i love my toaster oven nancy. i use it all the time. it goes on the
> back
> > > > porch in the summer so i bake / roast small stuff without heating up
> the
> > > > house. i routinely roast a chicken leg quarter and a potato in it at
> the
> > > > same time. great for biscuits too!
> > >
> > > Thanks! I am going to get one, that sounds perfect for me.
> > > I'll have to check out what features they have. Probably won't
> > > get anything fancy.
> > >
> > > More I think of it, I have forgone roasted garlic in mashed
> > > potatoes, even baked potatoes themselves because I couldn't
> > > justify heating up the big oven just for that. You made up my
> > > mind.
> > >
> > > nancy
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Oh.
> >
> > God.
> >
> > Nancy, you definitely decided me now!!!!!!
> > --
> > Om.
> >
>
> I absolutely LOVE my toaster oven for things like roasted garlic. I hadn't
> had a "mini" oven in over a year until this Christmas; hubby bought me one.
> I can honestly say, we've used our "big" oven ONCE since we got the toaster
> oven, and that was only to cook a ham. The toaster oven gets used every
> day. The hubby never saw the need for a toaster oven until we got one. Now
> we have hot ham and cheese baked bagels, warmed up leftover pizza, broiled
> shrimp kababs, baked fish.......... you name it. It's endless. Get a
> toaster oven. The lack of counterspace isn't worth worrying about compared
> to what you can prepare in a toaster oven.
>
> kili
>
>

Good point... ;-)
And I just got done re-organizing the kitchen a bit, so could easily
make counter space now on the other side of the stove.

I had one when I was in college, and I do remember how handy it was!

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:33:23 GMT, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>I absolutely LOVE my toaster oven for things like roasted garlic. I hadn't
>had a "mini" oven in over a year until this Christmas; hubby bought me one.
>I can honestly say, we've used our "big" oven ONCE since we got the toaster
>oven, and that was only to cook a ham. The toaster oven gets used every
>day.

We use ours every day to make toast, and fairly often to make baked
quesadillas. Also, James likes his hot dogs cooked in there (he eats
fat-free hot dogs when he needs protein), and I do make lots of stuff
that's too small to bother with the oven for. But my big oven still
gets a lot of use. Last night, I baked veggie burgers in a
mushroom-and-onion sauce. The night before, a potato casserole. Etc.
I should see if I can fit one of my loaf pans in the toaster oven. If
I can, maybe I'll start making casseroles in there.

serene