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Quick meals for cooking in a caravan

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Boobyroof · 17/08/2016 07:07

I wondered if anyone could help me with some ideas for meals please?
I am going away for a week with 2 other adults who won't cook (but that's a different story) and my children aged nearly 2 and 4. We are on a budget and every other time I've promised to cook to save costs we inevitably end up going to restaurants due to overrunning of time. So I need to be more organised, but wondered if anyone could inspire me with quick and easy meals with fairly limited resources in a caravan? My children also have fish, egg and nut allergies to complicate matters. My usual attempts are spaghetti bolognese using sauce from a jar and a bag of salad.
Any ideas gratefully received Grin

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YelloDraw · 18/08/2016 13:01

It is possible to cook up gourmet meals, but much harder when you are cooking for 5 and no one is helping you.

I woudl go super simple and not worry about veg and stuff too much -= buy a load of apples, bananas and carrots to snack on as they keep well.

Fresh tortellini with pesto - the packs keep for ages in the fridge, cooks in 3 mins, drain and return to the pan with pesto for give it a quick heat up.

Gallo risotto heat up water, add the risotto mix and heat for 12 mins giving it a stir. Easy peasy. NIce with a tomato salad and some parmesan cheese (take the 'dried hard Italian cheese' for camping ease).

Sausages on in the oven/BBQ with smash and baked beans and/or tinned peas.

Chicken in the oven with crusty bread and salad.

Chicken super noodles with tinned sweetcorn added. Also a soft boiled egg added is nice.

Tinned Stag chilli with rice, nachos and grated cheese.

'Spanish' stew - Fry an onion and some chorizo and a green pepper, add in 2x tin of toms, 1x tin of chickpeas or white beans and some spices if the kids will take them. Boil water and pour over 2 or 3 of the couscous packets (more expensive than buying a whole bag but much easier to just take with you). Serve the stew with couscous. Chorizo in a ring lasts ages out of the fridge.

Tinned minced beef with onions, add in drained tinned carrots when heating it up. Serve with smash and gravy if you like.

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YelloDraw · 18/08/2016 13:02

If you buy a cool bag and freeze in a block day 1 and day 2 dinner (something like bolagnaise, chicken stew etc) then those will stay fresh for day 1 and 2 even if you have a long drive. Maybe you could make 2x amounts of a normal family meal and freeze so no extra work?

this is amazing at keeping things cool.

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