Quick and easy supper........

The older I get the less I enjoy preparing meals.  I would be happy to live off sandwiches or soup.  However, as I am more than capable of preparing meals, I feel like I should make an effort every now and them.  Oh and just in case you're new, hubby does not cook!

On a Saturday afternoon we go and watch the boys at their swimming lessons, and it's close to 5pm when we get back, so I like to have supper cooking in the oven so it's just to pull out when we get back in.  Also a warm meal is better when the temperature is cold out.

I made this tray bake last week and it was very tasty and super simple to make.

I added 1lb of cut up baby potatoes, some frozen Brussel sprouts, a chopped up red onion and yellow pepper, a sliced carrot, and chopped up some Kielbasa Sausage.  I drizzled on some olive oil and seasoning and tossed it all until coated.

I buy this seasoning mix from Costco.

I covered it with tin foil, and popped it in a 375 oF oven for around 75 minutes.  It was really tasty.  Will make this again.

I lined the pan also with tin foil, so to make cleaning up a breeze!  Hubby washes up; that's his job!

Favourite Things #6

So this week it's my stove.  Not the whole stove, just my upper oven.  Let me explain.  Generally here in Canada this is what a stove looks like. This is just a random one I picked from Canadian Appliance.  It has a large oven and underneath it there is a drawer which is either a warming drawer to keep things warm, or a drawer to store pans/baking sheets etc. in.

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Now mine looks like this; it's a KitchenAid one, which matches my fridge.  Instead of having just the one oven, mine has a double oven.

The top oven is half the size of the bottom one; top one has one shelf, bottom can have two or three shelves in it.

I use the bottom one if I am baking cookies or need the multiple shelves.

The upper one I use many times a week.  As there is only the two of us at home, we don't bake huge quantities.  This size is perfect for us.  I had thought about getting one of those air fryers, but would prefer to just use my upper oven.  I had one of these type stoves in the UK, but they are not as common over here.

The one thing I hate about this stove and one of the reasons I wouldn't buy one again is the cook top.  Here it looks just fine.

Turn on the light of the fan and this is what it looks like.  However hard I try I cannot get or keep it clean.

I would never buy KitchenAid appliances as you are paying for the name.  If I had to buy another stove again, I would make sure I bought one with a double oven, I love that and couldn't live without it.

Cough, cough

Dh is at work today and as today is cheap hydro/electricity day, I thought I would put my oven onto self clean.

For those of you not in the know, what happens the oven heats up to some crazy temperature and turns all the stuck on bits to ash.  Three hours later when the door has unlocked you take a cloth and wipe it all out.  NO chemicals, just a lot of heat......

However despite no chemical smell and despite my oven not being overly dirty it still stinks while you are doing it, and I have to have the extractor fan on, so that is why it's helpful that dh is not about with his bad chest.  I love my self clean option as it kills my hands having to scrub things by hand now.

Do you have a self clean oven or do you have to clean it all by hand?