Caravan, camping and holiday cookery

xxlouisexx56

Things like supernoodles for lunches? Eggs? Might be a bit better to buy the eggs there!

good_advice

Hiya, when we go on this type of holiday I take George grill and frying pan. Bowl and dish drainer. = makes life a lot easier.

Food wise = Bacon, sausages and eggs for breakfasts.
Rolls, cooked meat and fruit for picnics. I bake a fruit cake too .

Dinners = sometimes take aways from site or buy food in local shops.
Last time we went I cooked pork chops on my grill and one pot boiled potato's and fresh veg.

Hot chocolate is good in a flask when out.

Consider taking a small electric fire as it is still very cold.

Have a good trip.

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how about rice/pasta very cheap and healthy you can chuck in a tin of any sauce to go with it. In this weather pack enough towels for showering/swimming (indoors, if your going) as they take ages to dry. If your self catering, tea towels, take the things you would all normally use on a day to day basis. Edited just to say when my youngsters were at home and we went on haven/butlins/pontins we used to go food shopping before we left for our holls. Packed snack, biscuits etc as the shops on site a expensive.

medusasmummy

we love caravan holidays in our house.

non food related
2 sets of towels for each person is a must in my opinion, one for swimming, one for showering.
tea towels
washing up sponge
tin opener

most of it you can buy when your there washing up liquid, bread butter etc. but one thing we do is to buy the plastic pint glass from the pound shop to take with us as the glass are usually tiny, and to buy them from the site shop is robbery (£2.50 for 10 in weymouth)

food related
we usually have evening meals in on alternate days, unless we are out on a trip. we have simple pasta and sauce, chilli (from a tin) and rice, burgers, other microwavable ready meals just so im not cooking for hours.

we take a picnic everyday for lunch, sandwiches, crisps, sausage rolls, cakes, bottle of squash, flask for coffee

things we take from home are salt and vinegar, tomato sauce, brown sauce etc. as i hate having 2 on the go when we get home

Steve059

Try this ...

THREE TIN BEEF STEW

Cheap, quick and easy, and also delicious, warming and filling. Useful as an emergency meal, especially if you have no water supply, as it uses the water in the tins. Also useful for camping or caravanning. Not recommended for backpacking, though.

Makes 4 x 250ml bowls

INGREDIENTS

1 tin of stewed steak in gravy
1 tin of new potatoes in water
1 tin of sliced carrots, sliced mushrooms or garden peas in water

METHOD

Open the tin of steak. Put the steak and gravy into a saucepan.

Open the tin of potatoes. Drain the water into the saucepan. Cut the potatoes into 2cm (1 inch) pieces. Add the potatoes to the saucepan.

Open the tin of carrots, mushrooms or peas. Add them and the water to the saucepan.

Stir thoroughly.

Put the saucepan on a medium heat. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat until it is just boiling (simmering). Put the lid on the saucepan and continue to cook for 5 minutes until the potatoes are cooked.

ADDITIONS & ALTERATIONS

Add a beef stock cube.

Add a teaspoon of dried parsley.

You can, of course, use more than two tins of vegetables.

TIPS

If any of the potatoes are damaged, mash them up and add them to the saucepan. They will help to thicken the stew.

THIRZAH

If you can manage it I'd take as much as possible as often the shops on site carry a limited range and are usually more expensive than larger supermarkets.

We always take tea, coffee, sugar etc plus pasta and rice. I'd take cereal too if your family eat it plus things like butter and bacon.Multipacks of crisps, chocolate biscuits etc.We take cooking oil in a jam jar -saves packing a large bottle.A couple of stock cubes and a small jar of curry powder might be useful.

I often take something like chilli for the first night-make in advance and freeze -and always take a couple of cakes.

I like to support local shops and will happily pay for things like good bread, cheese and meat but hate paying more for "ordinary" things that I have in stock at home

pigpen

When I was a masochist and went on these awful 'holidays' we would take a couple of boxes of cereal, teabags, sugar milk, bread. A packet of ham, block of cheese, jar of jam, a bag of pasta and a jar of pasta sauce.

That meant we could have dinner when we got there and breakfast and lunch for the next day and we went to shop and bought food while we were there.

Have fun.. Last time we went I came home on the 4th day.

maman

I've only stayed in houses abroad so I'm not sure of Haven's facilities.

We always take tea bags but that's because it's hard to get decent stuff abroad. Definitely buy snacks and drinks for your child (and maybe for adults too if they like them?) as getting those in service areas is a huge rip-off.

I always take my own potato peeler and a couple of kitchen knives as those supplied in self-catering are usually rubbish. Things like wipes, J cloths and kitchen roll are very useful both in the house and when out and about.

If you plan to do any washing I'd take powder (tablets are easier) and a small bottle of w/up liquid as you're unlikely to get through a whole bottle.

If you have room in the car I'd shop before you go as you know where to find the best bargains and you don't want to waste your holiday trailing round shops.

Penny-Pincher!!

Can you not make a few meals the day beforehand and freeze when you get there? We generally have a roast or what we would usually have at home.

Penny-Pincher!!

You can always get a Tesco or Asda delivery to your Haven accommodation and maybe select more prepped foods or ready meals? Use a voucher and you'll save another £12.