It is a constant - coming up with plans, snacks, and groceries. However, the challenge has mostly been a positive adventure so far. We've enjoyed learning...cooking and cleaning up together.
We've learned...to cook fast breakfasts cause we're all starving. So - pancakes are made at lunch or supper...like at Pancake Bay (cause you have to eat the right food there!). Oatmeal (cooked, baked, overnight, steel cut) is our main breakfast go-to along with a variety of fruit.
Mid-morning second breakfast...we have a large snack around 10 am. Almonds, sandwiches, apples, eggs...
Having a camper pulling behind your vehicle means a kitchen at any moment...therefore, lunches are an easy event at any location or stop. We pulled into a campground near Rossport and had healthy plates ready after the Children played on the beach.
Instant pot...this is our new favourite thing (cue the music). My Friend had been encouraging me for several years to get one cause it revolutionized her cooking...but I'm slow to buy kitchen gadgets cause I see so many new items at the Sally Ann. Well...I researched what it could do and decide to try it. And it's a win (with a few exceptions in the learning like a pot of exploded perogies, chocolate cake that was more like a soup and an hour of scrubbing after a failed egg dish)...from breakfast cereals, to lunch soups, to supper potatoes, rice, meats, stews or casseroles - we've been experimenting thanks to Pinterest.
We bought a smaller camper that works well for our truck and budget...but doesn't have an oven. Before we left home, we did some trial BBQ baking - had some wins and some burns. Mostly, learned that double pan-ing is a good plan to keep from burning our baked oatmeal. A pizza stone on the grill makes great cookies, quesadillas and fast lunch naan pizzas...and regular pizza too!
Induction single burner...another way to cook and be outside too! The history behind this item: we had a failed tent camper purchase last summer in preparation for this year (the metal cables snapped on our second camping trip and we came to the realization that for this year we needed a space that didn't have set up or take down and we could cook in on the road - got it fixed and sold it), however the one thing we really liked about tent trailer camping is the outdoor cooking. So we bought a little collapsible table and an induction burner that can be set up outside under the awning. Bonus, great place for the kids to wash dishes and we have two cooking stations - chopping, prepping and then passing outside to cook without the heat inside.
Tonight...we pulled into our site late - and while Arden took the kids to shower, I made pasta and meatsauce along with a Ceasar salad. Yum!!! Comfort food for a day that needed a bit...
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