Stuck run

[Sunshine]

Just a quick question to those that camp. What food do you cook whilst you are there for evening meals? For breakfast we usually have sausages, bacon and eggs or toast. Lunch a sandwich if we are at the site but most of the time we eat out for lunch. However we are struggling for things for tea-we have pasta and a tomato sauce for one night, but can't think of anything else for the other 2 nights.So i was hoping that people will have some good suggestions because a lot of people seem to camp on here.

 

Thank You

 

Emma

 

By the way-We have one of the cookers with two hob rings on

[BeckyBoo]

Well my children are little so we ate a lot of sausages and beans and mash with bread and butter this time, but when OH came with me we cooked fresh mackerel on the barbie and had potato salad and stuff with it. Pasta is always good, either meatballs or tomato sauce, Chilli and rice, anything really that you can cook in two pots or on a barbie as thats all we ever have with us

 

Mrs B

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I sent OH and YS camping a few weeks ago (they wanted to go, I didn't force them ) and had to buy lightweight stuff as they were carrying everything on their backs.

 

I bought stuff I wouldn't normally use but it worked! Instant dried noodles, cup-a-soup, Herter frankfurters, jellies in plastic pots, oatcakes & mini packets of cheese.

 

We tried out packet macaroni cheese before they went but it would've taken a lot of washingup afterwards, so it was left behind.

[MedusA]

I second the vote for pasta dishes. We like to take a jar of pesto sauce to mix into cooked pasta. A sprinkle of grated cheese and there you go!

[Tina C]

We usually manage to find a local deli or shop that sells nice quiches (we are vegetarian) and have that with veg, salad, new potatoes, crusty bread etc.

 

We also do curry and chilli/tacos and have a number of quick pasta dishes. Couscous is another quickie (with tomato sauce plus veg or stir fried veg). We have at least one BBQ (we have a small bucket BBQ that we can also take to the beach) - veg burgers for the children plus veg kebabs with halloumi for the grown ups.

 

We also like to get fresh veg/strawbs from the side of the road - this year that included Samphire (seaweed) - the kidlings loved it.

 

Fruit salad is nice. We also try and take a home-made choc cake and flapjack with us.

 

OH gets fresh fish, local sausages (the only non-veg) and is allowed to cook on the barbie after the veg food is done.

[Tina C]

Forgot to say - you can cook and freeze something in advance and take it frozen in the cool box to reheat and eat on day 2!

[Clur]

Risotto is always a hit with our lot - easy to do if you've got a couple of burners and pans.

[Lewis]

We always take instant mash as its easy to do with boiling water.

I second the pasta aswell as noodles, you can buy "mug shots" from Morrisons/Tesco and they are basically instant pasta you pour into a cup and leave for a couple of minutes. The cheesy ones are the best

 

Lidl/Aldi can't remember which one sell instant risotto and pasta in black boxes, really cheap, really nice.

[chocchick]

You can buy a range of meals from camping shops that you heat up in the packet but were pricey. A lot nicer than I was expecting too.

If you have a frying pan you can do meat and sauce and do rice in a saucepan. That covers Chinese/Indian/Thai.

[chickencam]

We like rissotto and other rice and cous-cous dishes then you don't have the problem of what to do with a lot of sticky water after cooking because all of these will absorb their cooking water. Plus finding a pan big enough to cook pasta for 5 is not easy when camping and it uses a lot of gas to get the water boiling.

 

I too quite often take a homemade then frozen curry or something similar to reheat on day 2.

 

Noodles and stir-fry sauces are good too, quick and easy.