How do I cook two seperate dishes with only one conventional oven?!
Answers: Is there some sort of heat/time formula?
If you have 2 dishes that need to cook at different temps, I would suggest heating the oven to a temp between the two temps called for.
For example, if you're cooking chicken at 400* and a vegetable at 350*, set the oven to 375* and let the vegetable cook a little shorter than called for and let the chicken cook a little longer. Get it?
hmm just one at a time
are they the same time, or temp, if so put them in together, time it for the longest time but watch the clock for the other one
you could put one thing on one side and one on the other. Make sure you keep checking on it.
Tell me what you are making, and I can probably help you. I also only have one conventional oven, and I cook every day, so it can be done. There is a system if you have to cook at 2 different temperatures.
find recipes that call for around the same temp. try allrecipes.com.
It depends on what you are making. Some recipes (like souffles) aren't very forgiving. Others are more so. There isn't a formula, but there is common sense. For many (not all recipes) you can find a middle ground on the oven temperature and try to adjust the cooking time accordingly. It works in many cases, although you have to be more alert and aware to what is going on in your oven. You may have to make adjustments.
You can also use the fact that most ovens have "cold" and "hot" spots. Find out where they are in your oven and you have an additional tool to use.
START WITH THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE DISHES TEMPERATURE.
COOK LTD, TILL DONE.
CONTINUE COOKING DISH REQUIRING HIGHER TEMPERATURE LONGER UNTIL DONE.
USE A THERMOMETER.
Cook one at a time. Cook the easiest meal at first. Then the oven will surely at the right heat and you cook the other meal which will take some time to cook . Time and organizing the cooking would somehow help you to maximize the use of the oven in efficient and effective manner. Hope this help.