italian

This Potato Gnocchi recipe is a total game changer! If you thought the store bought stuff was good then this will be a...

The popular and delightful sauce known as Pesto alla Genovese comes from Genoa in Italy and has found a cherished place in the heart...

When I said I was going to make a cake in the Omnia, everyone was shocked! However, my cakes are not quite the...

This Ligurian stockfish stew is a simple one pot dish, making it ideal for vanlife. Liguria is a region in North-West Italy. Liguria is...

Vanlife is all about embracing the simple joys of life on the road, and that includes enjoying delicious homemade meals from the comfort of...

Originating from Tuscany, Italy these dumplings are incredibly delicious. Really quite easy to throw together and can be served in a buttery sauce,...

Creamy chicken with sun-dried tomatoes over pasta This delicious recipe is a favourite of featured vanlifer @vangirl_cooks. This recipe is quick and easy to prepare and...

Älpler macaroni à la Alfred This recipe is a firm favourite of featured vanlifers @alfredsrollingkitchen. Anne & Pascal are big fans of pasta recipes whilst...

As good Italians we couldn't help but try to make pizza !! Super easy to do, and super fast! Only 1 hour of leavening/proving. The video can be found on our Instagram page! @vwt4_furbone_ Remember to grease the stove well with oil, so it will come off perfectly, at least if you have no silicone element.

Where Italy meets Louisana. This simple, hearty and flavoursome campervan recipe will knock your socks off and leave you comfortably warm on the inside.

During our vanlife adventure in Sardinia we discovered Fregola, tiny pearls of pasta made by hand which originate from the Italian island. Fregola is a very versatile ingredient and can be used in soups, stews, salads and in this recipe made into a risotto-like pasta dish. It is one of our favourite campervan kitchen staples. So much so we brought plenty back with us! However, you can find it online (amazon), in posh supermarkets and Italian delis. Although you could substitute it for Orzo or Arborio rice, you may need to add more stock/water. This recipe can be easily adapted to suit your tastes, camper kitchen supplies and diets - it can be made totally vegetarian and vegan. Recipe from Meg, from Flora & the Novice Explorers

When Italy meets Mexico. I like to do Bruschetta with Pico de Gallo on top. Quite similar but it is a little different.

Spaghetti and homemade meatballs

Tuscan Ribollita Stew

VAN PAN PIZZA

Lasagna in the Omnia Oven

Meat Free Vegan Spaghetti

I have been using this pizza dough recipe for years! I’ve tried new dough recipes since, but I always come back to this one. It is so simple and always turns out great! Imagine my delight when I realized I could make homemade pizza on our propane stove top in the van! When I photographed this recipe, it was during the COVID-19 quarantine, so the grocery store was out of organic all-purpose flour. I tried making it with organic quinoa flour, instead. I didn’t realize quinoa flour is like a whole wheat flour. That’s why the crust has a darker color. I do NOT recommend using a non-white flour with this recipe! The quinoa flour made the dough difficult to work with, and the crust too crumbly. Plus, the flavor was blah at best. This recipe works best with white flour, and turns out ah-mazing every time with it!

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):

Bucatini all’amatriciana