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Subject Topic: How to keep the food bill down
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14/1/2015 at 7:07pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Campernic on 11/1/2015
One method of cutting down the work load is to make those things (curries, chilli etc) at home and freeze them. Then they act as extra cooling in the coolbox and by day two and three they are ready to reheat.



We do this I make as much as possible then freeze it .


14/1/2015 at 10:31pm
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Quote: Originally posted by HEJC72 on 11/1/2015
Gosh that is a lot of money! I don't spend that much to feed a family of 4 for a week - usually spend about £60 a week on food.
I cook the same sort of foods we would eat at home:

Stew and dumplings
Curry and rice
Chilli con carne
Spaghetti Bolognese
Stir fry
"Roast" dinner
Full English
BBQ
Paella
Stroganoff
Risotto
Fajitas/wraps
Sausage and mash
Baked fish
Cous cous
Steak

And for dessert:
Baked apples
Damper bread filled with jam and cream
Baked bananas with chocolate and rum sauce
Orange muffins
Crepes/pancakes
Deconstructed fruit crumble

Half the fun is trying to work out how to cook the meals when you only have 2 gas burners and a BBQ!
I have cooked all the above using a 2 burner gas stove with my stainless steel steamer and a barrel BBQ.



That's almost the same as our menu but I take scones, fruit cake and rocky road for deserts.

What on earth do you eat Christina spending that amount of cash.



17/1/2015 at 7:54am
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Quote: Originally posted by Francais on 12/1/2015
Friday night is Curry night, and Saturday is Pizza with Monday being chilli.



That's quite spooky we always have curry on a Friday and usually chilli on a Monday too!


Quote: Originally posted by Christina-o on 11/1/2015

Thanks for this. I cook a lot of those things at home, but it just never occurred to me that I'd be able to make it work while camping!



The trick is to try at home. If you think a recipe will work on site, try making it with only one pan, one ring on the hob and use the utensils you take camping.
For added authenticity, you could also have a rally powerful fan on in the kitchen whilst you cook and someone standing on a chair with a hosepipe spraying 'rain' at you, but that might be taking things a bit too far!

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