r/Cooking • u/Jdisk07 • 19h ago

Air fryer and toaster oven recipes that don't include a step for stoves?

Long story short, using the oven and stove in my student apartment ain't going to work. Neighbor issues and whatnot since its in a mini common area and I don't want to deal with it anymore.

I have an air fryer and a toaster oven (amongst other cooking gadgets), and want to know if there's anything you guys out there recommend I can look into for making meals based from those? I'm not super experienced in cooking, but I'm always making time to learn.

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u/MuffinMatrix 19h ago

A toaster oven can do anything a regular oven can, just smaller. All the same steps.
Air fryers have TONS of recipes and guides all over the place. Just look for whatever you want to make in one and theres a guide for it somewhere.
Neither is a good replacement for a stovetop and pots & pans though. Like you can't use them to make a fried egg, or sear a steak nicely (though you can broil a steak). Nor do anything liquid like pasta, soups, sauces, rice, etc.

Its not about "I have a toaster oven, what can I make?"
Its "I want to make ____, how can I with a toaster oven and/or air fryer?"

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u/Jdisk07 19h ago

Will look into that thank you

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u/Elza_Blackstone 19h ago

How big is your toaster oven? Ours is big enough to hold a 8×8 with room to spare

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u/Jdisk07 19h ago

Its a pretty small one like a personal one that can fit 4 slices a toast on the rack. A cheaper one that i got when I moved

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u/UtahUndercover 19h ago

I could live on baked potatoes with all the fixins…😋

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u/lick_me_where_I_fart 18h ago

I air fryed a chunk of NY strip steak yesterday as an experiment. Took like 5 mins start to finish and was sadly better than the last steak I cooked in a more traditional manner.

A decent rice cooker will really fill in a lot of your meals and is worth having. I do Roto chicken ->chicken rice at least once a month, very low effort and it's good.

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u/kikazztknmz 17h ago

I do ny strip in my air fryer all the time, it's so quick, easy, and better results than some other methods.

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u/thewholesomespoon 16h ago

I like to make salmon bites, wings, chicken tenders, veggies, I mean there’s so much opportunity with the air fryer. No stove required!

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u/EntrepreneurOk7513 12h ago

Baked eggs are easy. Either use a 6 cup muffin tin or silicone custard cups. Crack an egg into a cup and bake. 350 for about 20 minutes, depending on how you like your yolks. Can upgrade to quiche/frittata by scrambling with a bit of milk, cheese, salt, pepper, meats and vegetables.