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Cooking
in Your RV
How you cook in your RV depends on several variables:
what kind of RV you have, with what kind of cooking facilities, and
your personal preference for how you use the cooking facilities available
to you at any given place and time in your RV camping.
Most modern recreational vehicles, be they small travel trailers or
large, luxury motorhomes, have some kind of a gas cooktop stove and an
oven of some kind. It can be a
full gas oven, supplemented by an additional microwave appliance, a
microwave, convection oven, or a microwave-convection combo oven.
Suffice it to say, most RVs have a gas cooktop and some kind of
available oven. Many RVers
also have a grill along, often of the outdoor variety.
RV parks and campgrounds may also have outdoor fire pits available
for campers’ use.
Food storage ability is another consideration for RV cooking.
This can range, again, from full dual-power refrigerators and
freezers all the way down to a tiny fridge, or none at all – just an ice
chest. Plus limited storage
for non-perishables.
A third consideration is cooking equipment.
Even luxury diesel pushers don’t have the ability to easily store
the full complement of a well-equipped gourmet kitchen.
RVing cooks learn to make the most of a more limited set of pots
and pans, mixing bowls, measuring cups, spoons, and bakeware.
In fact, when you’re shopping for cooking equipment for your RV,
look for items that nest together for storage, and can serve multiple
functions. For example you
might find a set of nesting mixing bowls which can also be used for
serving, and may even be ovenproof for baking.
Even better if they also have a set of snap-on lids for storing
leftovers as well.
Your large, at-home countertop mixer might be replaced with a
hand-held mixer, a battery-operated one, a rotary egg beater, or a whisk.
Depending on the way you cook, indoor/outdoor might also be a
consideration. Will that pot
function equally well on a gas stovetop and an outdoor grill?
Or, if a microwave is your only oven option, is your bakeware
microwave friendly?
Take a careful look at your cooking style and needs before you pack
your RV kitchen. Edit your
equipment. Plan your menus
ahead, if possible, and take only what you will need.
In the end you’ll spend less time on cooking and clean-up and more
time on what you bought your RV for – fun and relaxation.
All of the recipes in our RV cooking section have been chosen with
the above tips in mind. Some
work better in an RV kitchen, while others are best on the grill.
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