Cooking ideas please!
Discussion
We go to Le Mans every year and usually take all our food with us. Each morning we have a full English and each evening a decent meal.
Usually the evening meal will be spaghetti bolognaise, pie and mash, steak and chips (oven variety), sweet and sour chicken and on Sunday after the race a proper roast beef dinner with roast potatoes, veg, Yorkshire puddings, etc.
This year I'm at a bit of a loss for dinners for a change. Does anyone have any cracking and not much prep dinners that are your camping favourites?
Usually the evening meal will be spaghetti bolognaise, pie and mash, steak and chips (oven variety), sweet and sour chicken and on Sunday after the race a proper roast beef dinner with roast potatoes, veg, Yorkshire puddings, etc.
This year I'm at a bit of a loss for dinners for a change. Does anyone have any cracking and not much prep dinners that are your camping favourites?
Tyre Smoke said:
This year I'm at a bit of a loss for dinners for a change. Does anyone have any cracking and not much prep dinners that are your camping favourites?
We were in a rush last night and grabbed from Aldi a complete 'Thai Curry in a bag' from the frozen aisle. It was pretty nice, and I literally said last night that this would be an ideal thing to take camping for your first nights meal (having been throw in the cooler you presumably take). Perfect super easy but eminently decent camping food. It was tasty!
ColinM50 said:
Think you need to look into what food, if any, you're allowed to take into France from UK since Brexit. I believe, though not sure that everything is banned, you can't even take in milk, eggs and bacon, you have to buy it in France. Worth checking
You think they're bothered or checking? I've seen zero evidence and I'll take my chances on a busy June ferry. 
) or a thunderstorm under a gazebo with a BBQ and a glass of red I'll be outside! 
A favourite of ours on the cadac frying plate.
Tins of new potatoes sliced into thins.
Sliced onion
Bacon pieces.
Sweet corn off the cob
Steaks
Just fry the potatoes and onions, add the bacon, throw in sweet corn, then cook the steaks in the middle of it all.
Lots of salt and black pepper , for healthy option.
Tins of new potatoes sliced into thins.
Sliced onion
Bacon pieces.
Sweet corn off the cob
Steaks
Just fry the potatoes and onions, add the bacon, throw in sweet corn, then cook the steaks in the middle of it all.
Lots of salt and black pepper , for healthy option.
Our first night camp meal is invariably a packet of tortellini (Asda do an excellent Spicy Sausage one) and a tub of Arrabbietta sauce (same source), washed down with a rough red. Pan of boiling water, pasta takes 3 minutes, small pan for the sauce, same.
But camping in general (and especially at Le Mans) for me is all about the BBQed meat, a heap of chopped fresh tomatoes, and perhaps a leaf or two of salad.
Edited to add... Murguez, it isn't Le Mans without merguez!
Thems, and those blocks of pork/onion/pepper kebabs that you get in Carrefour
But camping in general (and especially at Le Mans) for me is all about the BBQed meat, a heap of chopped fresh tomatoes, and perhaps a leaf or two of salad.
Edited to add... Murguez, it isn't Le Mans without merguez!
Thems, and those blocks of pork/onion/pepper kebabs that you get in Carrefour
Edited by TwinKam on Sunday 8th May 16:19
TwinKam said:
Our first night camp meal is invariably a packet of tortellini (Asda do an excellent Spicy Sausage one) and a tub of Arrabbietta sauce (same source), washed down with a rough red. Pan of boiling water, pasta takes 3 minutes, small pan for the sauce, same.
But camping in general (and especially at Le Mans) for me is all about the BBQed meat, a heap of chopped fresh tomatoes, and perhaps a leaf or two of salad.
Edited to add... Murguez, it isn't Le Mans without merguez!
Thems, and those blocks of pork/onion/pepper kebabs that you get in Carrefour
Oh God I love merguez But camping in general (and especially at Le Mans) for me is all about the BBQed meat, a heap of chopped fresh tomatoes, and perhaps a leaf or two of salad.
Edited to add... Murguez, it isn't Le Mans without merguez!
Thems, and those blocks of pork/onion/pepper kebabs that you get in Carrefour
Edited by TwinKam on Sunday 8th May 16:19
Tyre Smoke said:
You think they're bothered or checking? I've seen zero evidence and I'll take my chances on a busy June ferry.
They certainly weren't when I went over in the camper at Christmas, they had a brief look but what they were most bothered about was that the gas was shut off (tunnel). I was slightly miffed as we'd specifically planned that we couldn't take things like dairy over, and that we had to go straight to our destination to quarantine (so no stopping by a shop on the way there), for no reason!On the way back they only cared about people, not even the bottles of unlabelled booze I had with me.
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