Electric skillet might be useful.

How long do you think you will be there, I would conisder buying an induction burner cooker, they heat up incredibly fast/even and are very powerful for a single burner you can plug it. We used it all the time when we were renovating our kitchen to make big pots of chili/soup/etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Tacos

How do you do tacos in the microwave? Can you brown meat in there somehow?

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Canned beans, canned chilli, jarred salsa. Add some avocado and bags of greens and shredded cheese. Maybe some pre poked rice.

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This is a long shot, but any possibility you can buy one of these and do some light cooking, pasta, stews, etc.

Baked potatoes. Toppings of your choice. Salsa and cheddar cheese. Broccoli and cheese. Sour cream and chives. Etc.

Anonymous wrote:Tacos

How do you do tacos in the microwave? Can you brown meat in there somehow?

Tacos

Gotta get a toaster. Toast, bagels, toaster waffles, etc., in the morning. That also opens up the lox'n'cream cheese front--nice on weekends.
Also a good opportunity to increase the family's fruit intake. None of us eat enough fruit.

For a little more expense you get a little more versatility: toaster oven.

Hot dogs, Italian sausages, and most basic vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, greenbeans, etc.) are all micro'able.

Perhaps buy a crockpot?

I make quesadillas in the microwave. Black beans and cheese melted up. Any kind of fresh topping.

You can cook bacon and eggs in the microwave (grease a ramekin and put egg inside, puncture the yolk).

Maybe buy a crockpot and make stew or chili?

You could also buy rotisserie chicken and pull it off the bone. Use the meat as filling for tacos (heated in microwave). A little BBQ sauce and it's pulled chicken.

Good luck finding a great house!

Microwaved baked potatoes with microwaved steamed broccoli & other veggies topped with grated cheese, salsa or hummus is one thing that comes to mind.
You could maybe steam a piece of fish - season with a mix of soy & mirin for teriyaki sauce
Oatmeal in the micro is pretty good Good luck!

My family is staying at a suites type hotel while we search for a home and I'm interested in getting some supplies for dinners so we are not forced to always rely on takeout or going out to eat. We have a microwave and a small fridge. Any great ideas of real meals we can have that don't require conventional cooking methods? Something beyond sandwiches, salads, or microwaveable prepackaged food?