Coming up with dinner ideas is tough when you don't have an oven or a stove.

Last week a surge caused my oven, stove, microwave, washer, and dryer to all die.

At first I thought it was a problem with the general electricity in the house but, alas, it was a lot worse than that.

The heating element was cracked in a few places and it looks like electricity struck the inside of the oven.

I then went and bought a really long electric cord which was super expensive and ran it all the way across the street to my neighbor's house who had given me permission.

Neither the washer nor the dryer would come on in his house either.

Normally I cook a couple of times a day. I love to cook.

When I have a break during the day I might get some chicken and some hamburger meat and make a dual dish in one pan with some veggies and potatoes.

I can usually prepare it in like 5 minutes then bake it for 45 minutes while I take a nap in between shifts.

Whichever item I had on top can be eaten and the bottom item can then be heated up again when I get home.

Easy, fast, and healthy.

Not being able to use the oven or stove makes lunch and dinner a heck of a lot more difficult though.

I can't even make a pizza.

So it's been sandwiches and chips for dinner every night until I can figure this out.

I don't even have any tools to make a baked potato right now.

Some dinner ideas that I have for this week are as follows:

Cold chicken salad.

Sandwiches.

Hummus and pita chips.

Nachos with unmelted cheese.

Fruit.

That's all I got right now.

I'm just not used to living like this.

Humorist