I've never done that with spaghetti squash. Be interesting.

No, I'll have 2 chickens....
 

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What do you say you guys average for meal prep and cook time for dinner most nights?

15 min prep

30-45 cooking time

Gee, I never thought of that. I just liked the way it looked. I'm thinking of serving a soup before Thanksgiving this year in a white pumpkin shell. Perhaps a pumpkin bisque? Or trying to find a bowl size clam shell for a lobster bisque 'cause they had lobster at the first Thanksgiving. It was New England afterall. I can't make up my mind. I just want a cool looking tablescape this year.

Depends. Most of the time about an hour total. But some other meals are work like a whole afternoon. Plus due to my food allergies I can't just use any quick stuff. Usually something is in it that I can't have.

That squash recipe was easy. Slice in half. Place in pan with water underneath. Some brush with olive oil and goof off on CP while it roasts. LolQ
Then it's just a matter of scooping out the insides, tossing away seeds. The sautee of the tomatoes is quick as is the chicken. As for how much activity I had to be in, it was probably twenty minutes max if that. Just time roasting which is pretty much do-less.

I used to try to cook most nights when child was growing up as it was the only time for everyone to be together. Not so much now. It's if I am interested in a recipe. Tonight was an easy fast meal.

I really REALLY look for time saving recipes. Things I can cook in several conveyances and bring together at the end. My big three are the stove top, rice cooker and the Flavorwave.

An optimum meal has rice or pasta cooking in the rice cooker, while protein cooks in the convection of the Flavorwave, while sauces and veggies simmer on the stove.

An example would be chicken curry, where I slather the chicken breast in spiced yogurt and cook it in convection, rice cooks in my Breville, and curry with onion and potato simmers in the stove.

Or I'll cook a steak in cast iron, while I heat up water/milk/butter for instant potatoes in the microwave and brown asparagus under cheddar in the Flavorwave.

Also, my microwave is a convection oven, just not as fast as the Flavorwave, giving me a little extra flexibility.

Is that the same thing as a Turbo Oven?

Like this: http://products.mercola.com/turbo-oven/

That's an idea come to think of it.

Pretty much the same idea.

Heating element, circulating fan and a moderate sized bowl --> small form factor convection oven.

I was googling them last night. Some are called halogen. Cooks by a halogen light. Some are huge.

Man I want one of them now. They seem awesome. Just want to know what the differences between the different names. May be none.

I was gonna get a new slow cooker but this caught my interest.