Blissful Convection Cooking

A few weeks ago our oven died and I was so happy that it did.  We were fortunate that it decided to sing its last hoorah about a month before our home warranty was up.  This allowed us to upgrade our oven to a convection and it was a great decision.  I truly have found bliss in convection cooking.  I continue to giggle with delight each time I use it at the low temperatures and faster cooking times.

These banana Nutella muffins were baked in 13 minutes at 325!

This ratatouille spent a mere 12 minutes in the oven

Dark chocolate chunk cookies were only 8 minutes at 325 from frozen balls (yes, I forgot the after picture).  Let me just say that these cookies were even better that I expected.  I thought cooking with a Silpat made fabulous cookies, I didn't know that a convection oven would make them even better!

If your in the market for the new oven I highly suggest consider the additional investment in a convection oven.  While I don't know how to calculate it, I know there is going to be an energy savings given that the oven is on for less time at a lower temp.

If I had the room I'd definitely take two.

The good, the bad, and the polyvore.

Really, polyvore.com could be an awesome site to help women better utilize the clothes in their closet.  Most of the time that is what I do.  I see a "set" with an item I have or something very similar and I get a brand new outfit idea, no money spent, just using what I already have by thinking about it in a new way.  The problem is when I am introduced to a new item that would just go soooo well with what I already have in my closet.  Of course if it is so versatile it is truly a justifiable purchase right?  The goal should be to select pieces for our closets that serve multiple purposes, right?  Well at least that is what I am telling myself.  Check it out for yourself.  Here is a link to one of my favorite "set-makers" My4Boys on Polyvore.