Caravan, camping and holiday cookery

exlibris

Have not read the thread yet - waiting for when I have more time so I don't know if this has been said before.

WE have a touring caravan and I keep a small notebook listing store cupboard items eg. coffee, tea, cereals, pasta, tinned fruit, tuna, soap, shampoo, toilet rolls, paracetamol etc.

At the beginning of a season, I check this list to fill the cupboards (all food removed at the end of a season).

I also find it useful for re-stocking for the next trip.

Fresh food is worked out before a trip, but I know I have at least 2 meals in the cupboard for emergencies.

Just had a thought, I shall add pages for standard clothing eg. underwear, t-shirts, trousers and skirts. I do have "caravan clothes" but if they are listed I will not forget to put them back at the beginning of a season.

Looking forward to reading the thread for more ideas.

MEB_3

If you are using the campsites then it waters-down the whole camping experience.
I would recommend SUPER NOODLES (bought from ASDA). This is because they are lightweight and can be cooked in minutes. Camping food that is bought from camping shops and not ASDA is much more expensive and should only be considered for proper camping experiences.
This is all down to weight though. If you are planning to drive to your camping location, and the boot of your car isn’t far off, then tinned food is excellent.
When I embark on my multi-day camping trips, I ensure that I have a couple of tins of 'All Day Breakfast' as well as my super noodles. This is for two different reasons. 1) They are a good source of protein and 2) they do not need heating up, which is great if you have nothing to cook with.
For cooking the food I would desperately recommend the camping stove from 'Highlander' model: GAS31. I am a great fan of this stove as it creates immense heat, uses little fuel and is compact. Clearly the best I have ever owned!
Don’t know if my post has made any sense but if you need me to clarify anything then please contact me.

-MEB

ravylesley

MEB wrote: »

If you are using the campsites then it waters-down the whole camping experience.
I would recommend SUPER NOODLES (bought from ASDA). This is because they are lightweight and can be cooked in minutes. Camping food that is bought from camping shops and not ASDA is much more expensive and should only be considered for proper camping experiences.
This is all down to weight though. If you are planning to drive to your camping location, and the boot of your car isn’t far off, then tinned food is excellent.
When I embark on my multi-day camping trips, I ensure that I have a couple of tins of 'All Day Breakfast' as well as my super noodles. This is for two different reasons. 1) They are a good source of protein and 2) they do not need heating up, which is great if you have nothing to cook with.
For cooking the food I would desperately recommend the camping stove from 'Highlander' model: GAS31. I am a great fan of this stove as it creates immense heat, uses little fuel and is compact. Clearly the best I have ever owned!
Don’t know if my post has made any sense but if you need me to clarify anything then please contact me.

-MEB

Waters down the whole camping experience!!

What fun is there in using behind a bush for a toilet and not washing for days?

I know I'm a softie but with 4 kids I want a reasonably comfy camping experience:rotfl:

Lesleyxx

seraphina

I'm now a veteran of several camping trips by motorbike so feel qualified to spout on about it:rotfl:

Anyway, space is at a premium for us so we did bite the bullet and bought a MSR Dragonfly stove - not very moneysaving as an initial purchase but the key advantage for us is that it runs on petrol, so we can fill it up from the bikes. It might not have been a moneysaving purchase to start off with but it uses tiny amounts of fuel, can boil a litre of water in well under 2 mins and should last a lifetime.

We looked at one of the collapsible camping saucepan kits from a camping supplier but then found Tesco had a fabulous, aluminium, three pan collapsible set for £9.99 and we bought that.

In terms of food, we shop as we go along. Most campsites we've stayed at seem to have chickens so we can always find eggs. A packet of instant noodles/person or packet dried soup is stashed for those days when we rock up at a campsite with no other food. We always have space in our pack for bread which we buy from day to day - if you pour soup on top of it it doesn't matter if it's slightly stale.
Usually we just shop as and when we need it, but usually relying on the end of day reductions in supermarkets:rotfl:

Goodgrub

I know the author of Caravan and Holiday Cookery and she was saying that she's tempted to revamp it, update the recipes and republish it as an e-book. She's one of these people who can look in a cupboard and find ingredients for a meal that's really good. None of your Delia Smith stuff, just good simple food that's easy to cook and tastes great.

tiff

Ooh, I would be really interested in that. Let us know if she does go ahead with it.

sarahh56

Me too!:beer:

MrsBartolozzi

Yeah me too!
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

lyndseyann

fantastic thread!!!!!!!!!! weve only had our caravan since august last year and been away once, but before that we had years of camping and its nice to have more tips about food ideas and i can help contribute if i can. good idea.ive got too young children as well so tips about the children as well.

Rebob

I usually take either my cobb bbq or double skillet. Using these gives me an oven so I can cook jacket spuds, pizzas.....

I often take some hm curry/stew/bolognese that I have frozen and use to keep things chilled in a cool box.