Six nutritious recipes for small appliances
SPONSORED CONTENT BC Hydro’s West End Substation project is sponsoring the 2025 West End Farmers Market.
On hot summer days, turning on your oven can feel like turning your entire home into an oven. Using a toaster oven, Instant Pot or air fryer instead can keep your kitchen cooler and uses up to 75% less energy than cooking the same meal with your stove or oven.
There are thousands of delicious recipes online, and you can pick up many of the ingredients at the farmers market. Here are some dynamite small appliance recipes.
Toaster oven portobello pesto burgers
The mighty portobello mushroom shares some characteristics with the burger you know and love. And while it may not have the juicy mouthfeel carnivores crave, pesto and goat cheese guarantee this is no ordinary portobello burger. The recipe from delish.com also includes a tangy carrot-fennel slaw as a side dish.
Toaster oven skinny black bean flautas
Skip the frying usually associated with flautas and reap the benefits of lower calories without sacrificing taste. Let’s hope your toaster oven is big enough to make enough of these nutritious treats, filled with black beans, cheddar and green chilis. The recipe on skinnyms.com also suggests a healthier, homemade alternative to store-bought taco seasoning.
5-minute miso-glazed toaster oven salmon
Take an axe to the time, cleanup effort, and the fishy-fry smell – along with energy use – with this quick and easy miso-glazed salmon recipe from seriouseats.com. This one’s all about the marinade, but the recommendation is to either cook it right away after applying the marinade or refrigerate it for up to a day.
Instant Pot chicken with quinoa, pistachios, and apricots
There are many great ways to cook chicken in an Instant Pot, but this Food Network recipe gets downright creative to add a dizzying variety of flavours to the mix. In addition to quinoa, pistachios, and apricots, there’s serrano chili, ginger, and rosemary, plus mint and scallions for garnish.
Crispy garlic parmesan air fryer brussels sprouts
While bacon is so good with brussels sprouts, the garlic and parmesan in this air fryer recipe from joyfulhealthyeats.com boasts an eye-popping 12-minute cooking time. Bonus points for not leaving that fried brussels sprouts odour lingering, and for using olive oil to caramelize this underrated veggie.
Healthy air fryer chicken and veggies
Chicken breast can be at its best when roasted. Toss in the likes of garlic, broccoli, and peppers, and you’re in for a treat. This recipe from gimmedelicious.com suggests doing it all in the air fryer to make it quick, easy, and healthy.
About our sponsor
BC Hydro powers the province with clean electricity, powered by water. It’s planning a new West End Substation to ensure it can continue to deliver reliable power to homes and businesses in this downtown Vancouver community. Read more about this project, and sign up for updates, on the West End Substation project webpage.
