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I am looking at getting a cookbook or something for insperation for when we go away. It will be our first camping trip, but i dont want to be stuck to bog standerd food.

We have a twin gas burner & one of the party (me lol) is a veggie so im looking for ones that would be easy to change from meat to veg.

Any Ideas??

I've got a camping cookbook with photo's from the 60's in it, think it came from a garden centre, brought for me as a bit of a joke.  Not actually used it as most of the recipies sound revolting but it's in the glovebox in the car in case I need some strange inspiration!

Most of the cooking I do on campsites is pretty much the same as what i cook at home.  Roast dinner, spag bol, curry, fry up etc, sometimes just using slightly different ingredients to speed things up like tinned potatoes that just need warming through.  Don't need a cook book.

 Twin burner  LPG gas type stoves are commendable bits of kit but they are a bit limiting unless you are prepared to use a lot of gas “slow” cooking a casserole or something similar. They also need to be manned constantly. We have a double steamer which is quite good for doing potatoes and veg etc. on one burner leaving the other free for the meat/fish/tofu . I have seen people using woks for stir fries, I am not sure how effective they are though, but to be honest we mostly tend to stick to pasta and rice dishes with pasta or rice on one burner and “sauce” on the other. To ring the changes we buy disposable BBQs (about £3 each) and these really do widen the scope for creative cooking enormously.

Regards

Bert

Quote: Originally posted by dadsbeaniemad on 08/1/2010

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Just do what I do everywhere I go but especially on camping trips - take your own personal chef with you

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We tend to eat the same things we would if we were at home - pasta, curry, chilli, "roast" dinner, Spag Bol, full English.....

Half the fun is trying to work out how to cook everything using 2 burners and a grill!!
I always take my steamer with me - potatoes/pasta/rice go in the bottom with the boiling water and then the veg in the top 2 tiers all on 1 burner. That leaves the other 1 free for meat/fish/Quorn plus a sauce.
With EHU I like to use the slow cooker too.

Trying to convince hubby that I need a Remoska but fighting a losing battle at the moment!!

Quote: Originally posted by ginandtonic on 08/1/2010

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I've got the Cool Camping cook book. Lots of good ideas in there.

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