Holiday cottage meals

gt568

This is a bit embarrassing.....

Family of 4, off for a weeks holiday in the lakes at a cottage. But I've got a complete blank of what meals to cook/take....

I've already made up a ragu and cottage pie mix to take with us. Need some ideas for easy to make or prep in advance meals please!

Thanks

~Chameleon~

What would you normally eat?

nlj1520

Tuna bake...either as ingredients or pre-prepared? A cooked gammon for evening meals or sandwiches at lunchtime? If you take peppers, onions, courgettes,chillies, garlic and turkey steaks and a pack of wraps you could make tortillas. Really quick. Other vegetables , meat and noodles for a stir fry? A pre-prepared lasagne and a bag of salad? That part baked bread that you finish off in the oven and a selection of cold meats, cheeses and salads? That is the sort of thing I take. Don't want to spend your time cooking.......it is your holiday too! Have a lovely time.

happy35

i usually make a curry base before I go, onions garlic ginger and spices cooked and blitzed in the food processor and keeps a few days, then fry off with chicken add tomatoes and water and leave to simmer, if you like creamy add some yoghurt.

I also make a basic tomato sauce to take with me and then you can either add pasta or buy some meatballs, put on cheese and bake in the oven

Fajitas are quick but I have also taken flatbreads and a Pataks fusion paste stirfried veg and chicken in the paste and put in flatbreads

I also always take a lasagne and we usually have that when we arrive. What about some nice pizzas, these are quick and you only have to make a salad and buy some coleslaw etc

have a good holiday, and dont spend too much time in the kitchen as it is your holiday as well

[Deleted User]

I go with my DD and family 7 all told every year on holiday and we always take a pre cooked chicken,(I usually cook it the night before) so we can either have it with salad or even sliced up for sarnies.I also take a cooked gammon ham (about £5-6 worth)for slicing in sarnies or to use with pasta.We also take large bags of pasta,rice,and any decent sized cartons of cereal etc.I have a tinned good box that i start filling with odds and ends from around now (Our holidays are always the last fortnight in August)We take stuff like ketchup and washing up liquid as well as anything we take saves our holiday cash for fun things.We have been going to various holiday houses for the past 10 years and as my DD has 5 children its the most easiest and inexpensive way for them all to get a holiday.The two dogs come as well and even the hampster in its cage :) we have two cars stuffed full of kids, dogs, hampsters, fishing rods,cricket bats footballs and boxes of food :)We also save any nectar points between us and our Tesco clubcard points if we have any get pooled.On the last night of our holidays as we have used up most of the food by then we treat ourselves to either a meal out or a take away so we rarely bring anything home with us.Holidays cottages are great for families and we always seem to have a terrific time.Most cottages have a few games for children but we always take scrabble and a pack of cards as well just in case
Have a great time and I hope the sun shines down on you all (take your wellies if you have space just in case :)
JackieO xxx

pickle54

I tend to get an asda/tesco delivery planned for when I arrive and on that include all breakfasts, picnic lunches and 5 dinners (I plan for 2 meals out), drinks, crisps, sweets - it is hols after all! I take some h&m fairy cakes

I tend to stick to meals that do not involve too many ingredients or saucepans

Pasta bake
Fahitas
Fish fingers/cod and potato wedges and beans
Sausages and mash and beans
Salmon, new pots, salad

Lunches are left over pasta bake and fahitas, rolls, sausage rolls, cakes

Breakfasts - cereals, toast and a fry up one day

gt568

Thanks guys. Keep the thoughts coming!

Might make a sausage casserole in advance too.

Seanymph

Why not go shopping once you get there?

gt568

Seanymph wrote: »

Why not go shopping once you get there?

Don't really want to waste precious holiday time in supermarkets.

JIL

lots of people who go away in mobile homes are now using slow cookers.

putting it on in the morning and going out for the day, back in the evening to a cooked meal.

clarryd

hearty soup and crusty bread is always a winner.