I love my new toaster oven!
This was a Christmas gift, but I’d been wanting one for a long time. In that inimitable way my husband has of figuring out what I really want for Xmas, he scored big this year!
I know, I’d read all the reviews about how toaster ovens don’t toast well, yadayada. Still, I wanted one, because I figured it would be a great help in the morning for my cheese toast – I have this almost every day, and it’s been a two-step process of toaster and microwave.
We also like garlic bread, toasted sandwiches of all kinds, (not to mention quesadillas!) and frequently find ourselves with one or two servings of something we just want to heat up. A microwave doesn’t always provide the kind of results we are looking for.
There’s also the issue of heating up the kitchen. Come summer, we try to come up with ways of having real food without having to raise the temperature in the house unduly with the big oven.
If you don’t mind if your toast comes out striped, and have limited kitchen space, a toaster oven may be the way to go for you, too. It’s a good idea to read through their (blessedly limited) user’s guide to ensure you’re using it right, as they’re a tad different from using a regular oven.
Never again having to trim oddly-shaped slices of bread is also a major selling point for me. When you do a lot of your own baking, or like the popular “artisan breads,� you know what I’m talking about here. ;>)
January 11th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Oh man, I have cheese toast from my toaster over like, every day. mmmm. I don’t even own a regular toaster! When I have a little sauce in the fridge too, I make my cheese bread into pizza bread sometimes. Either way…mmmm.