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King Prawn & Tomato Fregola

King Prawn & Tomato Fregola

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

Easy Pizza Dough

Easy Pizza Dough

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!

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

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

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):

2025 Tour Dates (2026 Dates Coming Soon!)

📍 18th-21st Feb – Caravan & Motorhome Show | NEC, Birmingham
📍 14th-15th Mar – The Yorkshire Motorhome & Campervan Show | Yorkshire Events Centre, Harrogate
📍 24th / 26th / 28th / 31st Mar – The Ideal Home Show | Olympia, London
📍 3rd-5th May – Campervan Campout | South of England Showground, Haywards Heath
📍 10th-11th May – The Great British Food Festival | Arley Hall, Cheshire
📍 16th-18th May – The Southern Motorhome & Campervan Show | Newbury Showground, Newbury
📍 30th May-1st Jun – Vanlife Festival | West Midlands Showground, Shrewsbury
📍 14th-15th Jun – The Great British Food Festival | Holdenby House, Northampton
📍 21st-22nd Jun – The Great British Food Festival | Dinton Pastures, Berkshire
📍 18th-20th Jul – The Norfolk Motorhome & Campervan Show | Norfolk Showground, Norfolk
📍 2nd Aug – The East Dorset 40th Celebration Rally | Warren Park Farm, Alderholt
📍 15th-17th Aug – The Western Motorhome & Campervan Show | The Three Counties Showground, Malvern
📍 22nd-24th Aug – Vanlife Eats Festival | Dummer Down Farm, Basingstoke
📍 5th-7th Sept – The South West Motorhome & Campervan Show | Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet
📍 19th-21st Sept – The Motorhome & Campervan Show | Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln
📍 16th-17th Oct – Caravan & Motorhome Show | NEC, Birmingham
📍 3rd-5th Oct – The Getaway Show | P&J Live, Aberdeen
📍 24th – 30th Nov – The Ideal Home Show | Olympia, London