What extras do you take when self-catering?

zippychick

we have a few threads which may help

caravan camping and holiday cookery

travel food help please

travelling - food to keep me going

self catering from your hotel room

what extras do you take when self catering

we will merge this later

Zip

chanie

Teabags
Supernoodles
ice polls (the ones that you can freeze)
crisps
cereal bars

madtrekker

Bags of dried pasta and some stir-in sauces. Make sure the sauces are packed inside several carrier bags in case they burst in transit. You don't want oily tomato sauces over all your holiday clothes!

happy35

i usually take:
butter
cooked meats,packed with a skinny ice pack inside a towel
bacon and sausage as above
tins of tuna
cheese
packets of savoury rice
sachets of instant curry sauce and another for either a casserole or spag bol

the above should enable you to make meals for a few days, to help you not hve to spend much in the first few days of your hols while you work out the best places to eat etc

SailorSam

Asda do packets dried vegetarian things like falafel; meat free burger mix; nut roasts.
They want weigh heavy to take and with a bit of salad.

jcst104

Thanks Everyone!! Brillaint ideas, its not that we wont eat out its just cutting the cost of the odd night here and there.

I am super excited now! Didnt think of the ice pops thing and also had never considered taking meat with me. Also how could I forget teabags!!!!!

THANK YOU!!

lisa26_2

jcst104 wrote: »

Thanks Everyone!! Brillaint ideas, its not that we wont eat out its just cutting the cost of the odd night here and there.

I am super excited now! Didnt think of the ice pops thing and also had never considered taking meat with me. Also how could I forget teabags!!!!!

THANK YOU!!

I'd just be a bit careful with the meat....I'm pretty sure you're not actually allowed to take such things in your suitcase. I know someone in Ireland who used to take a load of bacon and sausage to the USA in their suitcase but they were always worried incase they were stopped and had it confiscated.

madnotstupid

when you are eating out lok out for set menus - less choiuce but way cheaper. Also it's usually much cheaper to eat out at lunch time than in the evening - might be worth having your biggest meal in the middle of the day

light things to carry (and quick to cook), as other people have suggested noodles, cous cous, cup-a-soups, different sauces in sachets - like colemans

enjoy your holiday!:beer: