Disposable cookware
So I am moving into a new apartment tonight but the movers do not get here until tomorrow and I just realized that I forgot to bring any of my kitchen stuff down with me.
I have a set of nice cookware at home so I don't want to buy anything new that will just take up more room in my cupboards. I'd like to surprise my girlfriend with a nice dinner when she gets here - any ideas for what I could use in a pinch and then not feel bad about throwing out after?
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Assuming you don't want to do Uncle Ben's or Kraft Mac n' Cheeze in the microwave...
I would go with aluminum foil. For example, do a potato and root veggie foil packet. Add some fresh rosemary, thyme, oregano, whatever's on hand. Salt, pepper, garlic, oil, maybe a little wine, all wrapped up in foil. Throw in the oven and bake. I do it all the time on the grill and it works a treat.
You can even form tin foil into little dishes or sheet pans. Just fold up and roll over the edges like this, but bigger:
Then you could roast some chicken or cook some beef in the oven, as well.
For a main dish, maybe some sort of Fish en Papillote (sample recipe link). Some fish, wine, some herbs and veggies, some parchment paper, BLAM you're a hero. Cook it right on a homemade aluminum foil pan. An elegant, fancy dish without any pots or pans.
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Answer 2
A stove plate gets very hot, and cooking on a stove involves stirring. Both require a pan made from hard, thick metal with a high enough melting point, so I don't think anybody makes disposable stovetop pots or pans.
But the oven is much more forgiving. Manufacturers know that and sell disposable aluminium pans meant for an oven (or sometimes for a grill). Use one of those and you can make a stew or a roast. If making a roast, you will have to roast some vegetables as a side dish. Use a cold sauce you can create with just a knife and a disposable cup, for example tzatziki. (Sorry, I don't think you can cook anything without a knife).
Alternatively, bake something which needs no dish, placed directly on the rack or on baking paper. You could do a filled bread or some other savory baked product, or roast filled vegetables which will hold their shape such as zucchini.
Answer 3
I think you can bake rice with an aluminum foil container,and then decorate it become a Christmas gift?I think your girlfriend will be moved. Like these.
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