Starting with making the dough
You need:
200-250 grams of flower
1 table spoon of oil
125ml water
Some salt
And if you like you can add garlic powder
A big bowl and a little wet towel
Quick, Fresh Pasta Sauce
’Alessio family is pretty serious about their sauce. Jen grew up watching her grandmother cook pasta sauce on the stove all day. Although a 4 hour marinara is delicious, sometimes a quick, fresh sauce is a bit more practical. Here’s our version of a garden fresh pasta sauce.
Emilly’s Warming Pumpkin Dahl
One pot dinners will forever be a winner in the van. Less dishes and a whole lot of flavour is what we like best!
Easy Chicken Ramen
When travelling in a van you want to be out seeing what the big wide world has to offer not cooking in the van for hours at a time. This recipe is fairly quick to make without compromising any of the delicious flavours associated with a good ramen dish.
Dumplings
Dumplings
Quick creamy salmon pasta
This is a really simple dish to add more or less of the main ingredients, such as the pasta and smoked salmon, you can also fry different mushrooms with a little garlic paste to make it a veggie dish. I use different veg depending what I have, such as green beans, peas and sweetcorn
Omnia Hash browns
Omnia Hash browns
Moroccan Style Beef Curry
A simple and easy take on a beef curry with Moroccan seasoning. We love the flavour of this and it has become a regular meal all year round.
6 Ingredient Healthy Crockpot Banana Bread with Peanut Butter
It’s probably the most moist, sweet banana bread I’ve ever made which makes sense as the only dry ingredient besides baking soda is oatmeal.
Otherwise, you’ve got sweetness from 3 ripe bananas and honey. A couple eggs to bind it together. And did I mention PEANUT BUTTER for an extra creamy sweetness and added protein.
It’s honestly the banana bread that has it all…or rather it’s the stuff it doesn’t have that makes it so great… and it all comes together quickly in your blender or Magic Bullet!
Potatoes, Eggs & Black Bean Breakfast Scramble
This is one of our favorite breakfasts and we have eaten it multiple times per week, for several years. Eggs are essentially the perfect food. Tasty, nutritional, and very inexpensive. When scrambled with the satisfying starch of a potato, some black beans and your favorite hot sauce on top, you’ll look forward to having it day after day. With the cost of this meal being less than $2 per portion, you really can’t go wrong!
Turkey, Rice & Veggie Skillet Meal
We make this meal several times a week! Ground Turkey, pre-steamed rice, and any kind of veggies you want make this meal super versatile and easy to cook. As another one-pot meal, it’s incredibly simple to make, and relatively inexpensive. We like it because it’s really nutritious and also very filling. When we’re extra hungry, we just add more vegetables or meat.
Easy Ramen Noodle Soup
Instant Ramen is not only incredibly cheap, but it’s durable, lasts forever, and those salty noodles are super satisfying. We’ve dressed it up a little to make it more filling and nutritious, but still kept the cost down with this recipe. You can use any instant ramen you prefer, and we recommend trying a brand from an Asian market, as the noodles are much better. Maybe you can even break out your chopsticks for this one!
2 ingredient Flatbreads
Yes you read that correctly, 2 ingredient Flatbread, yep, just 2! All you need to cook it is some heat and a pan!
In a van kitchen storage, ingredients and cooking facilities can be limited so recipes with minimal ingredients are ideal. You can vary the flavours in this and there are optional extras to make it even more tasty. Plus it can be cooked on an open fire so even those with no cooking facilities can enjoy this meal.
This is recipe is a Turkish flatbread known as Bazlama and it’s about to rock your world!
Serves 4-6
Carrot Greens Pesto
Carrot Greens Pesto
Pizza Bread
Pizza with a difference, this is cooked over an open fire giving it a nice crisp texture & smoky flavour
Curry Risotto
The curry flavour in this recipe gives a different take on a risotto, but it’s still just as delicious.
One-pot Jollof Rice
Though this is by no means a Chilean recipe, it was the rice dish we made the most in Chile by far, as it uses ingredients which are easy to find all over the country, and only requires one pan.
It’s also delicious cold, so we always make double portions, to avoid having to worry about lunch the next day.
Southwest Salad with Sweet and Spicy Chicken
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.
Creamy Chicken and Corn Chowder
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!
Omnia Vegan Shepherds Pie
Vegan Shepherds Pie
CHICKEN WITH MANGO & AVOCADO SALSA
CHICKEN WITH MANGO & AVOCADO SALSA
BANANA & OAT PROTEIN PANCAKES
BANANA & OAT PROTEIN PANCAKES
Bucatini all’amatriciana
Bucatini all’amatriciana
Simple Flat Bread Pizza
This is one of my favourite quick lunches to have in the van. Personally I love the simple margarita but you have endless options to add for additional toppings
