We're about to go away for 2 weeks camping and really need to keep the costs of feeding ourselves down. Has anyone got any good tried and tested recipes that we can add to our chilli, bangers & mash and corned beef hash repertoire?
* meatballs with rice or pasta * "roast" dinner (pan fry or BBQ meat, steam veg and potaoes and then fry potatoes to make them crispy and make some gravy) * paella * chicken and vegetable fajhitas * curry and rice * spaghetti bolognese * stew and dumplings * stir fry * full English
thanks for the advice, i've been and bought some things now that will hopefully make our diet a little more interesting. i actually bought some mircowavable rice as it only takes a couple of minutes in a pan.
Whisk up a couple of eggs, & add a few handfulls of grated cheese & some black pepper- leave to one side.
Boil some finely chopped onion in a big pan of salted water till it's nearly soft, add macaroni (or other pasta) & continue to boil till soft.
Simultaneously fry chopped bacon & mushrooms in just a little oil.
Drain the cooked pasta & add it to the frying pan containing the bacon / mushrooms, (over lowest heat) then quickly stir in the egg/ cheese so that it coats the pasta & the ingredients are well combined. When the cheese is melted, your quick macaroni cheese is ready to serve.
I never weigh the ingredients - just go by eye to make it to my own taste.
(Omit onions and / or mushrooms if you prefer, or add sliced up sausages or peppers or parsley, or whatever you fancy).
Quote: Originally posted by Magicman2 on 31/7/2010
Helen, let me know when you will be doing the fajhitas or the full english and I will be around like a shot!!!
You would be very welcome to come and dine with me Steve - I love cooking and enjoy it even more when I'm camping. Last time we went away another camper came over and was shocked but impressed to see me dishing up a full sunday "roast" dinner!!
It's amazing what you can cook with minimal equipment and you can't beat starting the day with a full English brekkie!!
Spanish omelette. Save some boiled new potatoes from a previous meal and slice thinly. Fry onions, bacon, mushrooms, pepper slices until soft, add potatoes, heat through then pour over seasoned beaten egg, cook 'til set, turn over if you can to brown the other side. Serve with crusty bread, preferably from the local boulangerie!
Something else we eat whilst camping is couscous, it doesn't need to be boiled, just add boiling water to it in a bowl and leave to stand whilst you prepare the rest of your meal. Any left can be eaten cold with a salad.
And our late arival standby, pasta with tinned tuna and a bottled tomato sauce.
Top tip... Cook a stew/casserole of any description, but with more water than usual, then just bung in pasta or rice when it's done, to cook in the same pot. Means you can cook on one ring and in a single pot. The rice/pasta absorbs the stock and tastes fab.
As well as the chilli, bolognese, paella and fajitas, we also cook kedgeree - works a treat. Also, we sometimes take chilli / bolognese that we have previously made at home and frozen. The frozen pack can then thaw out in the electric cool box, so it is all ready for warming through without having to start from scratch every day.
We always take rice with us, boil it, add butter, cheese and chopped spring onion, tomato or whatever we have, salt and pepper, delicious and somehow extra tasty eaten in the fresh air! Could also add any leftover sausages chopped, ham or whatever.
Basic (and negotiable) Ingredients:
White Beans (Haricot, Cannellini or similar)
Tinned Tomatoes (Chopped)
Tomato puree
Garlic puree
Lardons (or chopped-up smoked bacon)
Diced pork
Chorizo sausage or other good continental sausage/salami
Onions
Black Pepper
Mixed Herbs
Red Wine
Method:
Soften onions, add garlic puree (and, if you have them, diced peppers); throw in diced pork and brown.
Add diced bacon (lardons) and any sausages that you have and brown. Add chopped chorizo.
Drain as many tins of white beans as you think you will need (three tins fed 10 last Saturday evening) and a similar number of tinned tomatoes. Add a small tin of tomato puree and herbs and pepper to your taste. Add a glass of red wine and reserve the rest of the bottle for "chef's privileges".
Let it simmer for about half an hour or so, each ladle that you serve will be full of taste; eat with French bread.
I did this meal on Saturday for six adults, four teenagers and a toddler using three tins of cannellini beans and three tins of tomatoes, adding a dozen chipolatas to the mix above. Result: clean bowls all round; only one empty saucepan, a chopping board, chef's knife and ladle to wash up!
Boil some tatties (potatoes) and once soft mash them up (add milk & butter). Once mashed add tuna (drained), heat tuna & potatoes for a few minutes and serve. Squirt some tomato ketchup and its bliss.
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Topic: Camping food
