Caravan, camping and holiday cookery

elsien

I stayed in a haven caravan once, and it had better cooking facilities than I expected - including a microwave. I can't remember if it was standard or not, but you could phone or email them to double check. http://www.havenholidays.com/contactus/general/

You'll have the hob rings and the oven/grill anyway, which should give you quite a lot of flexibility - all the usual pasta/noodle/rice dishes should be pretty straightforward.

Enjoy your hol - with any luck the sun might even be out by then.

Edit - there looks to be a microwave on this piccy of a standard caravan as well.
http://www.havenholidays.com/haven-experience/offer/accommodation/selfcateringaccommodation/caravans/standard/

Gangstabird

You should have a grill, oven and stove thingy.

You could do

tinned curry & rice that you cook (get the M&S ones your are on hols)

pilchards on toast

Egg on toast

sausage & mash

Meat (from a tin) and boiled veg & tatos

If you have an oven it shouldn't stop you cooking what you cook at home really, the only problem is having a freezer.

Can you take an already cooked Shepherds pie or lasagne from your freezer.

Teria

I lived in a static caravan for about 2 years, ages ago. It had everything, gas oven, microwave, washing machine, tumble dryer... that's more than I've got now

slm6002

Thanks to you all - will email and asked about freezer and microwave i think and start writing what we could have so i can get some bits and pieces ready

savvy

Not sure, but this site might help, we've used it for when we go camping to get ideas

Penelope_Penguin

Hi there, there are loads of tips here: Caravan, camping and holiday cookery. I'll add this thread to that one later.

Have a great holiday, Penny. x

Belt-tightener_2

We are off for 5 days 4 nights in a borrowed camper van now space is minimal for the 4 of us 2 adults 2 children its smaller than a transit van for cooking there is 2 gas rings and a very small fridge we will have electric hook up so I'm thinking a slow cooker is a good idea but to be homest the only thing I've made in mine is rice puddings.

So I have to think of veggie meals for us for 4 breakfasts 4 lunches and 4 evening meals (my son won't eat cereal he hates the texture but loves eggs in every shape and form) if the weather is nice we will have lots of salads and sandwiches I plan a pasta and sauce for a least one tea and packet soup and potatoes for 1 lunch but I'm struggling with the rest.

Any hep and tips would be great I'm thinking towards if I do a pan meal then I'll serve up a slow cooked desert and vice versa. If it was just me and dd it would be siple as we love most stuff but dh and ds are fussy with vegtables and to add to it it could be very hot of very wet so hard to plan

M.E.

Lucky you.
We had a camper van when the children were small and I was able to go away all summer with them. Fantastic.
With a camper van you are not limited to cooking back at the campsite. You can literally stop and eat whenever you wish.
Ideally we always stopped near playgrounds. I would cook the tea and the children could play on the playground. Brilliant.
In the evenings we would go to a pub and when the children were tired they would pop into bed and we would drive back to the campsite.
Often we would drive, still in jammies, down to the uncrowded beach before breakfast. Have a swim or paddle and cook up breakfast with no one around.
MAGIC
Tell us how you get on

Belt-tightener_2

We are on a fairly big holiday site with access to the beach and a parks etc so we do not plan to take the camper off that much its just my parents have bought it to replace the tourer they have had in the past, I'm not happy driving it so it will be down to my husband and the only time we plan to move it is on the last day when we will go off to the Deep at Hull on the way home.

liz545

Maybe ryvita or crackerbreads could be another breakfast option if your son doesn't like cereal; you could top them with jam/peanut butter/pate/cheese; also yogurts - you could top them with jam, fruit or granola to make them more substantial.