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After purchasing our Pennine Fiesta in July which is fantastic best thing we ever did, in fact we can't stay at home on weekend the children love it we love it!! We just keep packing up and going.  So for our 3rd weekend away in a row we are running out of food ideas and I've got no idea why.  Just wondered if anyone can give some fresh ideas our way please so we can eat something different. Thank you.

A cooked chicken couscous & salad is a quick & easy meal

spag bol

chilli

camping sausages- tined toms, beans & new pots, sliced cooked sausages chopped ,diced onions & mush rooms oxo cube,mixed herbs & crusty bread

chicken & choizo stew   http://www.netmums.com/family-food/recipes/a-z-of-family-recipes/chicken-chorizo

chicken hot pot  http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/9200/chicken-hotpot

For camping, boil-in-the-bag rice is a must. We too keep a stock of cook-in sauces in the camper, along with tinned toms / sweetcorn / peas / new potatoes / tuna.

sallymorgan - thanks, I might try the chicken and Chorizo stew - looks nice!

There are two types of cooking we do when away. Which one we use depends on where we are going and for how long.

If we are "out in the sticks" where there is limited food shopping available, then we will take a couple of coolboxs full to the brim with frozen meals and freezer blocks and although, at home, we would microwave these, when away they are defrosted on a daily basis and oven cooked as necessary. The coolbox/freezer blocks, if opened only briefly, will keep frozen meals for about 4 days.

If we are somewhere where food shopping is good, then we like to eat fresh, locally sourced produce, especially if it is special to that area.
Camping in an area where the fish, poultry, meat, veg, grain and dairy products were living and growing around you days before you are preparing it for your evening meal is an almost unique experience in these days of high tec, factory prepared meals filled with dubious ingredients.

Camping gives us the opportunity to take our preferred lifestyle to the source of some of the best food in the world.

This is an easy favourite of ours which the kids love.  We use bacon lardons rather than pancetta; cheaper & less chopping, and don't use thyme unless we've remembered to pack any.  So is this, with sundried toms (jar), red onion and balsamic vinigar.  Dead easy & quick too!

Another camping favourite is Leek & Tarragon risotto.  When camping we use stock cubes and stick all the liquid in, put the lid on and drink the rest of the white wine whilst it blubs away, trying to remember to stir it every once in a while!

One of the above, plus a bbq makes for nice noshing on a weekend away!

Quote: Originally posted by farrer on 21/8/2012

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Thanks everyone I don't know why I'm finding it a stumbling block probably because one of our children can't eat dairy, we mainly had bbq potatoes salad etc...

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