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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

by | November 11, 2020 |

This is our absolute favorite cookie recipe! I made it all the time in the early years of our marriage, before we left for Vanlife. And I was delighted to learn that I could make cookies on a propane stove top with a covered pan!

If you are like us, and don’t have an oven in your van, you will need a lidded pan to make these cookies. It creates an oven effect on your stove top. If you don’t have a pan lid, perhaps you could try a dinner plate!

If you have an electric mixer, you would be fine just using softened butter. I melt my butter to make mixing easier. I didn’t bring my hand mixer, since we boondock most of the time, and rely completely on our solar panels and battery bank. Fellow boondockers, I know you understand!

Creamy Chicken and Corn Chowder

Creamy Chicken and Corn Chowder

by | November 11, 2020 |

This soup is pure comfort food, and perfect for a cold night in the van! I love making a big pot of soup, and having the leftovers the next night. I always serve this soup with homemade garlic toast, which I make by toasting bread slices in a pan, buttering them, and sprinkling them with Garlic Salt. Bon Appétit!

Guacamole loaded Sweet Potatoes

Guacamole loaded Sweet Potatoes

by | November 11, 2020 |

I never would have thought of combining sweet potatoes and guacamole until I saw the idea on Pinterest! The flavors pair together really well, and we love this meal! It’s quick and easy to make on a week night after work. And it’s quite filling, especially with a salad. But, I will sometimes serve it with a side of quinoa, as well.

Southwest Salad with Sweet and Spicy Chicken

Southwest Salad with Sweet and Spicy Chicken

by | November 11, 2020 |

This has been a go-to meal for years for us, and it has translated really well into Vanlife.

I was playing with seasonings one night as I cooked chicken to put in a salad for dinner, and I loved the sweet and savoury heat it added to our salad!

The tortilla chips and Ranch really compliment the flavors of this dish.

You can modify this salad to your own tastes!

Perhaps you’re not a broccoli fan, or you hate black beans. That’s fine!

The beauty of a salad is you can toss it together your own way! Play with it, and have fun!

If you don’t have all of the ingredients, use what you do have! I often make a simplified version with no black beans, corn, tomato, or avocado-just a simple salad with chicken and tortilla chips on top.

Make pizza in the van yourself (Non-Omnia-edition)

Make pizza in the van yourself (Non-Omnia-edition)

by | November 11, 2020 |

Since we are two huge pizza fanatics, this was the ultimate criteria for our vanlife. If we can’t make a pizza without an oven or Omnia, then we would be forced to let our dream of vanlife die. But we wanted to travel so badly!

So we sat down, tinkered and finally developed a really cool recipe, which we would like to share with you. And we can now rightly say, especially since we now have an Omnia, that we stick to the pan-pizza method. It is the best pizza you can make in a van!

If you want, you can watch our pan pizza tutorial on YouTube in advance (german, English subs are following):

Lemon Tahini Sauce

Lemon Tahini Sauce

by | November 11, 2020 |

The sauce is the boss! My favorite way to make sauces and dressings is to shake it in a mason jar to combine the ingredients thoroughly and easily store the leftovers.

Spiced Red Lentil Mini Burgers

Spiced Red Lentil Mini Burgers

by | November 11, 2020 | ,

A burger-less burger. That’s my idea of heaven. I’m a vegetarian and I don’t eat bread so I am just used to avoiding burgers altogether. These little micro burgers are so useful for bite sized sustenance you can grab and eat when you are busy. They can be made ahead of time and store well in the fridge. Likewise you can freeze the ‘dough’ to make them quickly at will, handy for spontaneous camping trips or BBQs. The addition of quinoa makes them hearty and filling, and their size makes them versatile for snack boards or picnics or sliders.

They make a great lunch spread with Handmade Hummus, Summer Tomato Salad and Golden Flatbreads.

Vanlife Secret Santa

Vanlife Secret Santa

by | November 1, 2020 |

We are proud to be hosting the vanlife secret Santa of 2020. We will be setting a fun new theme and encouraging global entries. Here is how you...