Kitchenless Cooking: Unique Techniques for Cooking Large and Thrifty in a Small Space

By Susan M. Otsuki

Are you starting out on your own, starting over, or setting up your first apartment? Are you moving into a dorm, dreaming of retirement on your boat or motor home, or just wondering how you can make the most of your small space? If so, Kitchenless Cooking can help.

For years, Susan Otsukis life as an International Flight Attendant and commuter required her to spend much of her time in a small apartment that didnt have a kitchen. Through her resourcefulness she made up for limited space. Now, she shares her very best tips, recipes and suggestions.

She shows you how easy it is to set up a small but efficient kitchen starting with six small appliances and explains the basics of customizing your pantry, so youll always have the core ingredients to make delicious and healthy food.

Inside youll be inspired to create easy entrees, snacks, dips, soups, casseroles and desserts including:

Easter Brunch Pie Cheesy Pesto Dip Leapin Lentils Grandma Ps Chicken Paprikash Coffee Cup Macadamia Nut Chocolate Cake and more!

Kitchenless Cooking proves that you dont need a big kitchen to prepare delicious and healthy meals without red meat or breaking the bank.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Nov 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9781475918670

Susan M. Otsuki

For many years, Susan M. Otsuki lived the exciting life of a busy International Flight Attendant. In between flights and commuting she taught herself how to live comfortably in a small apartment that didn’t have a kitchen. A Canadian by birth, Susan spent many years in the beautiful “Aloha State” of Hawaii. She now enjoys retirement dividing her time between Lake Tahoe, Nevada and Southern California.

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iUniverse rev. date: 11/17/2012

CONTENTS

Pre-Departure

Prepare For Takeoff

Cruising Altitude

Breakfast

Eddie’s Irish Oats With Apples And Cinnamon

Breakfast Fruit ’N Yogurt

Raisin Panini With Coffee Cup Chive Cream Cheese

Breakfast ’Wiches

Easter Brunch Pie

Pupus, Dips And Sauces

B Island Spinach Rolls

Tabouli Spread

Hungarian Sweet Onion Dip With Pan-Roasted Garlic

Fresh Ranch Dressing

Garlic Dipping Oil

Easy Everyday Mayo

Pickle Dillies

Dr. M’s Cheesy Pesto Dip

Lynn’s Lava ’Choke Dip

Soup’s On

Hungarian Pink Clam Chowder

Kobacha Pumpkin

(Or Acorn Squash) Soup

Creamy Mushroom Soup

Nina’s Chicken Soup Ambrosia

Cool As A Cuke (Chilled Cucumber Soup)

Salad Days

Onolicious Hawaiian Style Macaroni Salad

Erik’s Egg Salad

San Francisco Curry Chicken Salad With Sun-Dried Cranberry Pesto

Juice E Salad

Patriotic Potato Salad

Sans-Egg Salad

On The Grill

Winner, Winner Turkey Dinner

Aloha Grilled Fish Tacos

Grilled Zucchini

Broccoli/Cheese Quesadilla Dinner

Shoyu Chicken

Crispy Veggie Burgers

Into The Pot

Grandma P’s Hungarian Chicken Paprikash With Pappardelle Noodles

Simba’s Pasta

Retro White Clam Sauce And Spaghetti

Zorba The Greek Pasta

Temecula Valley Dinner Pasta

Forget Me Not Pasta

Veggie Chili

Curry Chicken Stew

Ovenless Cooking

Mrs. Z’s Casserole

Upside Down Chicken Enchilada Suiza Casserole

Cauliflower Mash

Easy Everyday Thanksgiving Feast

Leapin’ Lentils

Unfried Beans

Catch A Wave

Kiwi Kababs

Double Stuffed Unbaked Potato Boats

Unfried Bean Burritos

Coffee Cup Collection

Coffee Cup Cream Cheese

Coffee Cup Guacamole

Coffee Cup Hungarian 1001 Sauce

Coffee Cup Kiwi Mint Sauce

Coffee Cup Mango Cream Salsa

Coffee Cup Southwest Salsa

PRE-DEPARTURE

Welcome Aboard . . .

Just starting out on your own? Heading to that college dorm? Maybe you’re an Empty Nester thinking of downsizing or a Retiree heading to that dream boat or motor home? Then, THIS is the book for you.

Hi, my name is Susan Otsuki and I am a retired International Flight Attendant. I have been commuting out of small maid’s quarters/ mother-in-law/ohana apartment without a kitchen for years.

How do I do it? Great question. Let me show you how to get started, prepare delicious and healthy meals (for one or two or more). In addition I’ll offer some Travel Tidbits, which is really just advice from all my airline adventures, ideas with Tips of the Day and much more.

So, sit back, relax and . . . . as everyone says as we are cleared for departure and the engines rev up . . . . here we go . . .

PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF

Before we can get started cooking and living large in a small space, let’s go shopping. You’ll need what I call the basic six key appliances to start out:

• a fridge—even a tiny one—with a small freezer

• a non-stick rice cooker/steamer

• a stove or a hot plate

• an indoor grilling machine

• a mini-food processor

• a small microwave

You won’t use the microwave too often, but it will come in handy occasionally. If you can’t get all six at once, start out with the fridge and the rice cooker/steamer as your first two purchases.

These six are just the basics; as time goes along, you can add to your appliances—a small toaster oven and a slow cooker will come in handy—if you have the space. You may want to look for a French press coffee maker, too. It will make delicious coffee and is definitely space-efficient.

Aside from the appliances you’ll need some tools:

• a plastic water-filter jug

• a small plastic cutting board (One that rolls up will work great and save space.)

• a knife (I love the serrated type, as you don’t need to sharpen them.)

• a wooden spoon

• a plastic spatula

• a can opener

• a corkscrew

• a vegetable peeler

• a potato masher

• a small box grater

• a small microplane (If you can’t find this, you can use your box grater, but it really saves time on cleanup.)

• a small whisk

Your plastic water-filter jug is especially useful when you "are on