Food In A Caravan

[I Love Snow]

We are a family of four and are having a caravan holiday for 4 nights. Having never been in a caravan could anyone help me with easy and possibly cheap meals. I will take cereal and eggs for breakfast,a packed lunch for lunch so it's more for dinners . Thanks in advance.

[Zacs-Master]

Of it's a static caravan, or even a large mobile one, you can cook the same things you do at home.

[ummmm]

Modern caravans have fully functioning kitchens. Have you checked the facilities?

[RATTER15]

Anything you can cook at home!

[mikey4444]

I have a 5 berth Tourer caravan, and its now 10 years old, but it has a fully functioning kitchen, albeit a bit on the small side. So you can have anything you like really.

Once or twice a week, I buy a ready cooked chicken from a supermarket and eat it with boiled new potatoes, and some veg.

[Khandro]

We once took two daughters and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel to Ireland in VW campervan and I remember we ate quite a lot of Cadbury's Smash (mashed potatoes) - is it still made? With corned beef it makes a great quick meal and tastes good as the rain lashes down around you. :0)

[ethandron]

Whilst you could have anything you'd have at home, bear in mind that there will be a minimum of basic kitchen equipment, and a caravan oven is the most inefficient gadget you're ever likely to come across.
As you're only going for four days I'd keep it very, very simple, one pot meals are good but allow extra time in the oven. Salads are also good, as is pasta with a jar of sauce maybe with garlic bread, anything which requires the minimum of actual cooking.
Perhaps work out in advance what the four of you actually like and make a menu plan for the four days, including one takeaway.

[mikey4444]

Khnadro....as a boy, I ate my share of Smash, when camping, until I realised much later that it had all the taste and texture of wallpaper paste.

Remember those Vesta meals ? ....the ones where you had to buy a meal for two, as the single ones were so tiny !

[roopower]

I'd go for 'one pot' meals, Bolognese, chilli, curry etc. If you really want a kitchen break go for jars of sauce and microwave rice - they aren't too bad

[Khandro]

mikey we never ate wallpaper paste so I don't know what it tastes like, you must have been really poor, LOL
I've just checked and I don't think Smash is manufactured any longer, but ;

[ethandron]

And don't forget to take tomato sauce or any other condiments your family can't live without, and maybe some washing up liquid & handwash.

[ummmm]

You can still get Smash.

[kvalidir]

You can cook anything you can cook anywhere else. We used to have full scale roast Sunday dinners when we were kids in our caravan, just cook what you'd normally cook :)

[Khandro]

ummmm/ you're right, and selling 140 million helpings a year!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_(instant_mashed_potato)

I Love Snow; Ignore what mikey says, listen instead to what the Smash Martians say in the above ad. and take some - it's great, in fact I'm now going to try to track some down myself.

[gingejbee]

Not only branded stuff, Smash...most supermarkets do a (much cheaper)own-brand.....

[Patsy33]

Most caravans have microwaves too. Are you taking all your own food? Is their shop/ supermarket nearby?

[ummmm]

Khandro...I tried some not too long ago and the recipe is much improved.

[corylus]

Eat out.

[Khandro]

ummmm; That's good, however my girls and I were happy with the original, perhaps when you are camping, your tastes become less fussy, in fact the only way to survive is to be less fussy about lots of things, maybe that's what it's all about and why it can be such fun?

I'm not talking about a luxury caravan though, which is more like a small flat, I'm talking about 4 people and a dog in a VW campervan in Irish weather!

[hereIam]

I once stayed in a caravan in Wales with a friend and he cooked a lovely meal most evenings, usually a curry or a steak dish - no problems at all ....

[ummmm]

I had a craving for Smash when I was pregnant so thought I'd try it again. It's not bad. Not the kind of food I'd normally eat but good enough.

I'd like to know what type of caravan I Love Snow is staying in.