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We tend to cook slowly- ie, say we're having steak, boiled new pots, saute mushys, peas, toms. Boil pots and cook mushys, put cooked mushys in thermos food jar, pots wrapped in foil, then newspaper, put to one side. Griddle plate on stove, grill steaks (mmmmmm), boil peas on spare bit of griddle.

With a bit of juggling, almost anything is possible with a simple stove. Summat else I discovered at xmas- (due to prepping some of xmas dinner to take to stepsons for the first 'away' xmas) I used our 12v coolbox as a 'hotbox', I left a kettle full of boiling water in it for 10 mins to preheat it, then (emptied the water out, obviously) put the cooked goodies in it- joint of beef, double wrapped with foil, then newspaper, same with roasties, then the stuffing, which had been transferred to a loaf tin then wrapped as before. Two hours later the stuff was still too hot to hold!! Tempted to buy a small cheap one for camping purely for this purpose.

Why don't you have a practise at home for a few weeks before you go. Just use the two burners and see what you can create.

Good idea to get a steamer, even to keep foods hot.

Still wouldn't be without my halogen oven. I rarely use the conventional oven at home now, except for Christmas

Quote: Originally posted by Slow Laner on 13/1/2011

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Still wouldn't be without my halogen oven. I rarely use the conventional oven at home now, except for Christmas

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Quote: Originally posted by Ronni54 on 12/1/2011

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We used to use a pressure cooker.  I have also used a slow cooker in the awning of a folding camper, but have to admit it was on a day when we weren't going off site. 

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Camper-Van-Cookbook-Wheels-Cooking/dp/1444703897/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295095276&sr=1-1

This book also looks good....

Cobb Barbeque is a brilliant method of cooking whilst camping - I cooked a small whole chicken, roasted potatoes and vegetables.  Brilliant!!!! Cooked chicken was very tender. Cooked in about 2 hours.  Anyone know any other recipes and cooking times for the Cobb please?