Culinary Lifestyle Tips for Summer Cooking – It’s All In The Planning
Summertime meals may be on the lighter side but that doesn’t mean to say we give up cooking all together in the summer. There are so many great ways to use your appliances for summer meals; a quick broil of meat, fish or poultry, a 30 minute-Convection meal, slow braised BBQ meats or a simple roast chicken, the key is knowing how to use the appliance features to your advantage. Once you learn how to plan your meals so that you can take advantage of the features of your appliances you will find the stress of day to day cooking is greatly reduced.
For example you know you can roast a chicken in the oven but if you understand how using Convection will enable you to also cook the side dishes in the oven, then the entire meal can be cooked with less effort than cooking part of the meal in the oven and the rest on the cooktop and clean-up will be much easier.
Roast or Rotisserie Chicken – rotisserie chicken is probably the single most popular take out food and with good reason. Not only is it delicious when fresh but also, any extra meat can be used for salads or sandwiches. It takes about an hour to roast a chicken and there are numerous flavor options to choose from.
Tip – season the chicken the night before so it’s ready to start cooking as soon as the oven is hot. For rotisserie chicken tie the chicken with butchers string so that it is ready to quickly load onto the skewer for cooking.
Cook a Complete Meal in the Convection Mode – cooking an entire meal at one time is simple and yields a great meal as well as providing you with free time while its cooking. Many stores sell prepped vegetables and meats that are seasoned, it might be convenience food but at least it’s fresh and natural food.
Tip - some wall ovens have a delay start feature that enables you to program the oven to turn on at a specific time, others have a Fast Preheat feature that will bring the oven to temperature in about 7 minutes. Remember to use these features so you can get the dinner cooking quickly.
Convection Broil – we use this mode frequently to make amazing salads with grilled meats, shellfish, fish and vegetables. The broiler provides direct heat to sear the food and the Convection fan circulates the heat helping retain moisture and reducing splattering.
Tip – check your oven Use & Care Manual for important information on Pre-Heat time, rack position and recommended temperatures. Always use an oven broil pan when broiling fatty meats so the dripping fat is shielded from the burner.
Summer Recipe Archive
The recipe archive features seasonal recipes for cooking complete meals that will feed 4 – 6 people, using Convection, Convection Broil and Slow Roasting, in addition new recipes are posted weekly on the Purcell Murray Blog. If you have questions about cooking in Convection or have a favorite Convection meal you would like to share please e-mail Larissa at ltaboryski@purcellmurray.com
Summer Recipe Archive (or Print PDF)
Blog Recipes
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