Combining 2 of my 3 passions (rugby excluded on this occasion), when you go caravanning what do you have to eat?
(My other 2 passions being caravanning and cooking). To start the ball rolling, the other weekend when I was cooking tea at home on a Thursday night, I also roasted a piece of pork (had to eat the crackling there and then), made cauliflower cheese, carrots and mashed potato. Once cooked laid it out in 1 dish covered in foil. On the Saturday night having had a great day out on our bikes, stopping at the pub on our way back, returned to van, popped dish into oven, and 40 minutes later, yum yum!
we are new to caravaning so im looking forward to doing some tasty meals in our new caravan. I brought a slow cooker today for home and am hoping we will be able to use it also in the van.
When we tented hubby has a Cadac and a large paella dish so got to be Paella on the cadac is a firm fav for us !
My wife always prepare a couple of meals before we go away just in case of a problem. We use a Beauclaire when its not raining. Depending on my mood and weather, I will either grill, stir fry, bake, paella or whatever takes my fancy. The Beauclaire is a really good piece of kit.
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We are always looking for new things to cook whilst away - its always tricky as our 6yr daughter is inanely fussy -we've tried everything with her but normally she ends up eating separately grr! Last year we invested in a pizza stone for our Cadac after the French takeaway the year before serving soggy pizza at 14 euros and had great fun with the kids making their own pizza bases and adding their own toppings!!
Very yummy!!
Our other favourites are slow cooked lamb stew, chicken noodle, fish & wedges and lamb hot pot - not forgetting of course a nice roast dinner!
my favourite when away is creamy garlic mushrooms and toast
i place my mushrooms in a container along with crushed garlic and leave preferably overnight.
when cooking them i put them in a pan with a little butter and oil and "sweat" them off. i then place fresh double cream in and bring to the boil .turn down heat a little and stir frequently until sauce thickens.i prefer them when they are near to caremelizing .
serve with warm toast. DELICIOUS
a word of warning
make plenty cos they shrink to very little
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When we go away we do a lot of walking on the fells or on the daless so a full english breakfast is the order of the day every morning, lunsh is a sandwich or a snack from the rucksack, evening meals we usually plan ahead before we go away, some cooked in advance like a stew or corned beef hash, a quick easy meal is fresh filled pasta, pasta sauce and a couple of chicken fillets with some fresh crusty bread, morrisons always have a bogof offer on them (full, quick, easy tea for under £2 a head)
obviously followed by a few tins of the old amber nectar just to help me sleep
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This is making me feel hungry, and it's only 10am. Being not at all original, we love to BBQ. We always have a 'sandwich' type lunch - half cooked baguettes available at many supermarkets are often the order of the day for lunch (pop them in the oven while clearing up from breakfast) use with various fillings - goes down nice with a pint - sneak pint out of the pub and back to the car.
David, I also use my bbq a lot. All the normal stuff, but have also roasted a shoulder of lamb (pretty cheap) nice and slow and then everyone dives in, meat falls off, and a few crispy bits if you like them; plus a fresh loaf of bread and green salad. Also roasted a duck like this. Dan
My favourite meal is breakfast cooked on the cadac - Mushroom omelette (made with goose or duck eggs when available) , bacon , sausages & black pudding
Lunch is normally warm bead, cheeses (various) ham, black olives and a bottle of wine
Dinner is varied according to our whim but spare ribs or a decent steak are high on the list.
I know its a bit basic but we ARE camping LOL
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I have the body of a greek god - its in my freezer
I usually prepare quite a few meals before we go and freeze them in tin foil dishes I put as many as I can in the freezer in the caravan and as near to the freezer as I can then I use them in order of defrosting as its just the two of us I normally have enough for four or five days and it all helps to keep the fridge very cold for a drop of the amber nectar lol. I always do a full cooked breakfast yum.
What ever you eat it tastes better cooked over a real fire!
Last trip
we cooked spare ribs in Reggae Reggae Jerk sauce in the dutch oven over the fire, wow they are tasty ( can be done in a slow cooker too)
Favourite though has to be a sirloin steak from a local farm shop 2 minutes each side on a very hot griddle over the fire again as it makes no mess then. With home made chips cooked in a deepfat fryer outside the awning, you have to par boil them first to make the best chips ever!
I don't like to get takeaways as I am more often than not disappointed that it never tastes as good as we can make ourself, {except fish and chips by the sea!} I love cooking when we are away, OH usually does most of it at home due to work times. But as I actually have the time to get the ingredients I want and time to cook it. I enjoy doing the cooking and give the misses a rest.
We eat mostly the same meals as we have at home really.
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I have recently bought a slow cooker (on special offer at Sainsburys) and have used it a lot at home. I am thinking of taking it with me to the van as I could then prepare a meal before we go out for the day and come back to tea already cooked!
How do you cook the spare ribs in the slow cooker? I always thought it needed liquid with any meat or veg. Would be interested to know how it's done as my lot love reggae reggae sauce
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What ever you eat it tastes better cooked over a real fire!
Last trip
we cooked spare ribs in Reggae Reggae Jerk sauce in the dutch oven over the fire, wow they are tasty ( can be done in a slow cooker too)
Favourite though has to be a sirloin steak from a local farm shop 2 minutes each side on a very hot griddle over the fire again as it makes no mess then. With home made chips cooked in a deepfat fryer outside the awning, you have to par boil them first to make the best chips ever!
I don't like to get takeaways as I am more often than not disappointed that it never tastes as good as we can make ourself, {except fish and chips by the sea!} I love cooking when we are away, OH usually does most of it at home due to work times. But as I actually have the time to get the ingredients I want and time to cook it. I enjoy doing the cooking and give the misses a rest.
We eat mostly the same meals as we have at home really.
Ah that looks good Floggit even though Im just looking at a black pan hanging over a fire but you can bet what's going on inside is yummy!! I bought a similar stand from Lidl early last year and had big ideas but OH wasn't 'feeling it' ho hum so it was sold!
We are the same, take away food can be very disappointing so unless its a quick fix we tend to make our own - nothing like the fruits of your own labour as they say!
Crock pot easy meals - virtually any meat plus sauces.
Can be traditional possibly beef or chicken casserole. Best purchase for us recently £5 for microwave steamer. Lots of veg in the steamer 5 mins when you get home almost no waiting for dinner and no saucepans or steamed up kitchen!!
Or use crock pot for curry - just add rice
or spag bol - just add pasta
I don't like cooking at best of times so I don't want loads of different pots and ingredients in the small caravan space!!
I like to prepare vegetables and salads before I go put them into tupperware in the fridge and just pop them plate or in the steamer with no hassle as we need them.
Tesco do small roast type dinners - two chicken breasts with bacon sausage stuffing and gravy just pop in oven and serve with vegetables. Easy and healthy.
Not exactly recipes for you OP which is what you asked for but we get by ok with minimum effort and usually eat pretty well really. We are on a tight budget at the moment too so this sort of food helps with the budget too!
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Topic: What`s for tea
