Self-catering meal plan ideas?

YORKSHIRELASS

We camp in a trailer tent with electricity. The slow cooker gives you so man options and if you dont have one you can buy one for less than £15. Throw everything in before you go out. Examples are:

Ready made meatballs in a jar of pasta sauce
Diced chicken breast in curry sauce/sweet and sour/white wine etc
Chilli with microwaved jacket spuds
Spag bol

You can do a casserole if you can be bothered with the preparation and even cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker.

I hate food shopping on holiday so try and plan in advance and take as many ingredients with me as possible. We usually try and budget at least one meal out and one takeaway.

I tend to throw any notion of healthy eating out of the window on holiday. We dont eat many packet mixes or jars of sauce at home but definitely make use of these on holiday.

Lance_De_Boils

Maybe you could do some meals beforehand and freeze them if you have room?

We freeze them in foil containers/trays. We also freeze bottles of water and use them to keep the coolbox cold.

We do spag bol, cauliflower cheese, shepherds pies, lasagna, moussaka, chilli and roast chicken in gravy for example.

We take a frying pan too. We got sick of our full English becoming a half English with much of it stuck to the frying pan that they provide.

iammumtoone

Which site are you going to?

I always find the self-catering ovens at Bulitns are useless, everything seems to take ages to cook. If you can I would try to base your meals around foods that can be microwaved or done on the stove.

Also echo the above take your own frying pan and tin opener.

Not cooking related but depending on length of stay take extra toilet rolls, they give you two for your whole stay. When self catering this is also my kitchen paper (not the same roll :rotfl:) as its easier than taking both types. You will also need your own washing up liquid.

Dharma_Bunny

We'll be at Skegness. I think we did stovetop only meals the last time, so no idea about the ovens.

I am the only cook unfortunately, but figured if I plan easy enough meals it shouldnt be too much fuss.

iammumtoone

Dharma_Bunny wrote: »

We'll be at Skegness

The on site shop at skegness is reasonable so don't worry if you forget anything.

There is a fish and chip shop on site that we normally use for one night. The son and moon pub is ok. I haven't eaten in the others as they are expensive and my son wouldn't eat anything 'posh' from them.

There is a Morrisons within short driving distance that after 4pm they do one free childs meal per adult including drinks, you can eat one child and adult for £5.

I have eaten in the premium food court there (was an offer on, I couldn't afford full price) and loved it, no hassle taking food or cooking buts its not cheap and if I had to pay full price I would self-cater.

Snowy_Owl

Wow! What a find! Haven't been oont MSE for a good few months now and just back - we booked a self-catering holiday in Ireland for a week so have subscribed to this one with interest!

We (I ;-) ) sorted a basic box to take with us (cereal, UHT milk, teabags, coffee, microwave rice, toilet roll, kitchen roll). Also took some cans of Stella and a couple of bottles of wine -these in particular were a God send. Don't forget your beverages!

Snowy x

caronc

Snowy_Owl wrote: »

Don't forget your beverages!

Snowy x

Nor a decent corkscrew - though a screw top or even better winebox solves that one

Tigsteroonie

We always self-cater. We generally take one frozen batch meal (bolognaise) to have with pasta on the evening of arrival; and then head for the supermarket the next day to see what we fancy, particularly in terms of local/regional produce.

But I don't "meal plan" as such, I'm on holiday, who knows what we might find on that day's travels!