Help what to cook on a canal boat

tired_mum

Hi we are away for a week on the norfolk broads and i know there wont be too many shops around the boat does not have a freezer or microwave just a freezer compartment in the fridge i can take my george Grill just got no idea what to do there are 5 of us
HELP :eek:

Seakay

cous cous - dry and light to carry and just add boiling water and leave to soak.
Jazz it up a little by adding a sock cube, bouillon powder, dried herbs etc.
Serve with pan fried veg, packet curry sauce, tinned frankfurter sausages, whatever you fancy.

ubamother

does the barge a cooking ring? if not could you beg/borrow one of those small camping gas rings? If so, this would widen the options a lot

remmie

We always used to have holidays on the Broads when the children were young. I found that if I took frozen food eg chicken breasts, chops, mince etc and put them in the fridge as soon as we got on the boat they would defrost slowly giving meals over a few days. Tins are a godsend for emergencies, and packets of rice and pasta. Havent been on the Broads for a few years now but remember we always managed to find shops to stock up. HTH

Andraste

If it's a hire boat, I would imagine that it will have a full-sized cooker and fridge. I've got a narrowboat, and we never have any problems cooking on it, just finding room for groceries!

Just a thought, but have you actually checked that you can take a grill with you? A lot of boats, especially hire boats, only have 12v electrics, hence no microwave or freezer.

PetuliaGristle

We used to have canal holidays several years ago and we'd take a frozen meal for the first evening. Then we'd start each day with a cooked breakfast or bacon/sausage butties before we got going. Sandwiches for lunch as we'd be on the move then fill up in the evenings. HTH.

CLARABEL

I have to say that you would need a gas camping stove or similar, but otherwise you'll be incredibly limited!

• omlettes
• stir fries
• noodles
• pasta pesto
• salads with cold meats
• tinned ravioli ( lidls is good! )
• steamed fish over boiled spuds

morag1202

How about taking a cooked chicken and a cooked ham with you? Great for lunches as well as stir fries, fried rice, curry etc. Also eggs and salad stuff. Agree that taking frozen meat/meals is the way to go - and sausages can be used for lunches and main meals.

Enjoy the holiday and don't do too much cooking!

juliapenguin

Tuna pasta - tinned tuna, tinned toms, fried onion/pepper/ tinned sweetcorn if you like, salt/chicken stock cube, pepper, glug of wine if there's any knocking about, big bag of pasta. Cheap and very cheerful.

What about those Dolmio stir in pasta sauces? Not something I'd eat every day but quite nice and really easy.

Barbecue on the canal banks: disposable bbq if necessary, buy fresh sausages/ burgers when you see a little shop and cook them straight away, no need to freeze.

Fried egg sandwiches, or fried tomato sandwiches with lots of salt and pepper.

I've only been on a canal boat once and you definitely couldn't plug in a 'George', but there was a proper cooker with an oven and a grill.

Rowan9

Hope the weather is good for you!! Lots of salad things maybe - stuff like pasta salad, rice salad and then adding other bits to them - tinned ham, or tuna, hard boiled egg etc. There should be quite a few villages etc to stop at where you can hop off and get some meat from butcher etc. Do you have a plan of where you're going or are you just going to go with the flow?
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ktpie

We've had lots of boating holidays, barbeques are great on the tow path. Otherwise we just have fairly similar stuff to what we would have at home. Does it have an oven/hob? Think that is fairly standard. Not sure about the george grill, if it is anything like the boat we go on you would need to have the engine running to generate enough electricity, otherwise it is 12V.
Have fun, I love going boating!