Ridgemonkey Compact Sandwich Toaster XL

  • Lightweight die-cast aluminium pans
  • Fluoropolymer non-stick coating
  • Ridged exterior for even heat transfer
  • Cool touch removable handles with magnetic lock
  • Unique detachable hinge design

Description

THE BEST JUST GOT EVEN BETTER!

Super compact, lightweight design featuring a unique detachable hinge system that allows the pans to be used independently if required, one-touch removable handles that securely store at the back of the utensil tray that comes included with every toaster and a fluoropolymer non-stick coating that is second to none, the new RidgeMonkey Connect Compact Sandwich Toasters raise the cookware bar once again!!

Perfect for preparing a variety of snacks from a humble toastie right the way through to a full meal and everything in between, a choice of two sizes is in stock and AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW!!

SPECIFICATION

Lightweight die-cast aluminium pans

Fluoropolymer non-stick coating

Ridged exterior for even heat transfer

Cool touch removable handles with magnetic lock

Unique detachable hinge design

Sleek GunMetal Grey finish

Can be used on all traditional stoves

Full utensil set & neoprene case included

Protected registered design

AVAILABLE IN:

Standard or XL

Wonderbag – Non Electric Thermal Slow Cooker

Enjoy slow-cooked meals in your van with this non-electric slow cooker.

  • No electricity required
  • Eco friendly
  • Cooks for up to 12 hours
  • Charitable donations with every sale

Description

Wonderbag is a revolutionary and award-winning eco-friendly thermal oven, designed to give you hearty slow-cooked meals.

As the oven requires no electricity the Wonderbag is an ideal solution for Vanlife and for outdoor adventure.

Part cook your meal, place it in the eco-friendly oven and it will continue the cooking process for up to 12 hours.

Read our full review here

FlavorStone Induction Pan Set

Chosing the right pan for your van is really important. When we discovered the FlavorStone we were blown away with just how versitile it is. Best of all it has replaced 3 pans from our cupboard making it a super space saving choice.

  • Non Stick Frying Pans – The unique diamond infused, super tough, super non stick pan enables you to just wipe clean and cook without oils, fats and butter.
  • Induction Hob Pan Set – This induction frying pan works on all cooking surfaces (Gas, Electric, Ceramic, Induction). This stove to oven cookware is oven & grill safe.
  • Square Shaped Large Frying Pan – This 24 cm oven proof frying pan has extra deep walls to prevent spills & splashes and a square shape that gives you 25% more space than round pots and pans sets.
  • Full Featured Non Toxic Cookware – This frying pan with lid, cooking basket, silicone steamer and the detachable handle is the perfect oven pan, fry pan, cooking pan, deep frying pan & egg frying pan
  • The Pan That Can – Includes: 1 x FlavorStone Diamond 24cm, 1 x Tempered Glass Lid with Steam Vent, 1 x Quick Touch Detachable Handle, 1 x Cooking Basket, 1 x Silicone Steamer, 1 x Recipe Book

The Ultimate Non Stick Surface

The amazing non stick coating means there’s no need to add oils, butter or fats while cooking and it’s super easy to wipe clean with no flavour or odour transfer.

Fully Compatible

FlavorStone Diamond pans are fully compatible with induction, gas, electric & ceramic hobs. Additionally, thanks to the detachable handle, the pans are all fully oven and grill safe!

Unique Square Shape & Detachable Handles

Square pans have 25% more cooking space compared to circular pans and the detachable handle makes storing FlavorStone Diamond pans easy & tidy making more efficient use of space in your kitchen.

Cooking Basket

Deep fry your own healthier chips or boil fresh pasta. It fits perfectly in your FlavorStone Diamond pans and you can fold the handle down for easy storage.

Silicone Steamer

Retain the nutritional value of your food as well as the colour, texture & flavour by steaming your vegetables. No oils, fats or butter needed, making healthier meals

Read our full product review here

Kampa Cuccina – Stove Top Hob and Grill

A simple twin stove top and grill that is suitable for just about any cooking in your van. Its our stove top of choice and you’ll see us using this for most of our recipes.

Description

Specifications

  • Two high speed 1.5 kW burners
  • Stainless steel burners and hob top
  • 1.4 kW high speed grill
  • Piezo ignition for hob and grill – no need for matches
  • Folding lid
  • Large cooking area suitable for larger pans
  • Built-in windshields
  • Complete with grill pan
  • Folded dimensions: H19 x W54.7 x D36 cm

Joseph and Joseph Portable Scales

Do you bake in your van? We do quite often and these portable scales by Joseph and Joseph have been a space saving luxury.

They fold up neatly to be stored away in our cutlery draw making them perfect for any tiny kitchen such as that of a campervan.

Description

This digital scale brings a whole meaning to the concept of space-saving kitchen gadgets. When open, it is three arms provide a stable platform on which to place bowls and other items for weighing. When closed, the unit folds down to an extremely compact size, enclosing and protecting the screen and controls, which makes it ideal for storing in a kitchen drawer. It has an easy-to-read LCD display, touch-sensitive controls and an auto power-off feature. A convenient add and weigh function also allows multiple ingredients to be measured in the same bowl during recipe preparation. The scale weighs/measures in the following units: gms, lbs, ozs, fl.ozs and mls.

Maximum capacity: 5 kg/176.4 fl.oz/11 lb/5000 ml. Wipe clean with a damp cloth.

Care instructions:
Wipe clean with a damp cloth.

Box Contains

1 x Triscale compact folding scale

Dometic Waeco CRX 50 Compressor Fridge

As featured in all our recipes, videos and images.

  • Overall Size: Height 53.4 x Width 38 x Depth 50 cms
  • Provides a 3-in-1 solution: refrigerator, freezer or both at the same time!
  • Temperature control and compressor speed control ensure high energy consumption
  • Compressor Fridge Operates On 12/24V
  • Refrigerator capacity 43L – Freezer Capacity 5L

Description

The CRX 50 (Black) compressor fridge freezer has a 48 litre capacity that can be easily expanded by removing the freezer section. You can then run the unit as a full fridge or as a full freezer unit. The door can be hinged on either side to allow left or right it features a double locking mechanism along with the ability to leave the door partially open to allow venting when not in use. This fridge can be run of mains with addition of a MSP35 mains power unit J40440.

  • Dimensions:
  • Overall Size: Height 53.4 x Width 38 x Depth 50 cms
  • Recess Without Frame: Height 53 x Width 38 x Depth 44.7 cms
  • Recess Standard Frame: Height 53.6 x Width 38.4 x Depth 44.7 cms
  • Recess Flush Frame; Height 53.6 x Width 40.6 x Depth 50 cms

Zyliss – Easy Pull Food Processor

  • Manual food processor mixes, chops, blends and purees food by simply pulling the handle; pull 3-5 times for a coarse chop and 8-10 for a fine chop.
  • A truly versatile gadget for simply chopping ingredients for coarse or fine results or creating recipes like salsa or smoothies from multiple ingredients.
  • Patented Swiss design blades cuts through the toughest of ingredients and give you even chopping every time.
  • The bowl has 750 ml capacity and features a non-slip base for stability in use
  • Sweeper arms keep the food in the path of the blades, giving ideal results on small or large quantities of produce.

Product Description

The Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor is a manual food processor that has a patented design allowing you to chop food with ease and consistency. This kitchen tool is a must have and will change your cooking experience, making chopping, mixing, blending and pureeing easier and more convenient without the need or fuss of electric tools and gadgets. More than a tool for chopping, this gadget can be used to prepare salsa, smoothies, cocktails, coleslaw, crumble, ice cream, mince for burgers, breadcrumbs and soups. Pull the easy grip handle 3-5 times for a coarse chop or 8-10 times for a fine chop. The sweeper arm sweeps the bottom of the bowl, ensuring food is kept in the path of the blades for consistent results.

Designed to Delight

With more than 60 years of experience in designing high-end food preparation tools, utensils and gadgets, it is easy to see how Zyliss has become an internationally respected brand, favoured by everyday cooks as well as gourmet chefs.

Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor

The Zyliss Easy Pull Food Processor is a manual food processor that has a patented design allowing you to chop food with ease and consistency. This kitchen tool is a must have and will change your cooking experience, making chopping, mixing, blending and pureeing easier and more convenient without the need or fuss of electric tools and gadgets.

More than a tool for chopping, this gadget can be used to prepare salsa, smoothies, cocktails, coleslaw, crumble, ice cream, mince for burgers, breadcrumbs and soups. Pull the easy grip handle three to five times for a coarse chop or eight to ten times for a fine chop. The sweeper arm sweeps the bottom of the bowl, ensuring food is kept in the path of the blades for consistent results.

Read our full review here

Omnia Oven – Stove Top Oven

Introducing the legendary Omnia stove top oven! Know as being the best campervan stove top oven.

Bake on a single hob in your van. Cakes, roast potatoes and even pizza! Thats right crispy potatoes and a non soggy pizza!

Check out some of our Omnia recipes to find out what is possible to cook in this stove top oven.

Vanlife Eats Omnia recipe list

Applying Omnia is easy and requires no installation. The oven is tested and works on almost any hob (not suitable for glass ceramic hobs). The user manual (English language not guaranteed) can be found under the item number on www.Frankana.de. Material: Sheet steel, aluminium. Dimensions: diameter 250 mm, total height: approx. 140 mm; weight: approx. 0.5 kg; volume capacity: approx. 2 litres.

  • Contents: 2 litres.
  • Dimensions (W x H): 250 x 140 mm.
  • Weight: 500 g.
  • Gross weight: 812 g.

Check out our full product review here

Featured Vanlifers. @alfredsrollingkitchen

Meet Vanlife Eats featured vanlifers @alfredsrollingkitchen. Just who are featured vanlifers @alfredsrollingkitchen? Let’s find out….

Our latest featured vanlifers @alfredsrollingkitchen are made up of Anne, Pascal & van dog Shiraz. You may have guessed by now that their van is called Alfred! This couple have a passion for travel as well as cooking.

Campervan parked in a scenic spot in front of the sea

Who are @alfredsrollingkitchen

Well you already know their names, so let’s find out some more about them! Pascal & Anne have always been foodies and really enjoy cooking. They saw no reason why this passion shouldn’t continue on the road. Their Instagram account illustrates this perfectly. Every meal looks like a beautifully presented piece of art, and super tasty!

The couple are from Switzerland originally and although back there at the moment they enjoyed a month travelling the island of Mallorca. Their future plans include travelling the South of Switzerland & Northern Spain. When limitations from the pandemic ease they would like to travel more of Europe. Alfred may even end up taking a trip to South America if their dream plans go ahead!

Close up of someone making Spätzli in a campervan kitchen

Why vanlife for these vanlifers?

Pascal has always had a real sense of wanderlust. After travelling the Greek Islands in their previous campervan ‘Bertha’ the decision to travel full time in their van was an easy one. Anne admits she wouldn’t have done it alone but she didn’t take much convincing that it was the best thing for them to do. She loves the sense of freedom this lifestyle brings & experiencing new cultures. So it is pretty ideal for both of them.

They purchased Alfred in November 2019 and had to wait for him to be imported from Germany. The conversion started in January 2020 and the couple did the conversion themselves. Pascal took on the building inside the van while Anne took on the task of making a van homely. They made the step to full-time vanlife of January this year.

There was one member of their family who was not keen on the nomadic lifestyle however – not Shiraz! The couple had a cat “Frau Büsi” (Ms Cat), she decided tiny living was not for her. Instead she decided farmlife was much more suited to her, and so abandoned the couple for a new life. They still visit her regularly though, just to remind her what she’s missing.

A large burger in a toasted bun with a bottle of wine in the background

Their van kitchen

Being as cooking is something this pair are so passionate about, naturally their van kitchen had to accommodate this. The kitchen is a big part of their tiny space and so was important in their build. They really make the most of finding different markets, buying some fresh produce & making some yummy food! A big part of their joy in cooking in the van is the great views to enjoy whilst cooking – as well as the odd parking lot.

To ensure they can store all the lovely fresh ingredients they get from the local markets, they have a big fridge. Like, mahoosive in terms of a van kitchen – it’s a regular household fridge – plenty of room. This is one part of their van kitchen they love, as well as their 5 flame gas stove. Luxury right there, most vanlifers only have 1 or 2 pans!

A man cracking some fresh pepper over bacon in a pan whilst frying some eggs in the pan next to it

One of the limitations they say they face in their van is not having an oven. Due to this Anne left her precious KitchenAid in storage at home. As a passionate baker this was difficult for her. Although this is her favourite kitchen gadget the couple have some favourite vanlife kitchen accessories. What foodie would be complete without a good knife? This is one of their van kitchen essentials. Being as they love to take photos of their culinary concoctions, different crockery for their photos is another must.

So what do these self confessed foodies like to have in stock in their van pantry? They love a pasta dish and so pasta is always in supply. They also have garlic and olive oil as this is all they need to make a yummy pasta dish. Besides that they like to make sure they have coffee and milk in stock – definite vanlife essentials.

A woman sitting on the step of her campervan holding a bottle of beer. The sign next to her reads 'this home runs on love, laughter & lots of strong coffee'

You may have guessed from their pooch’s name, these guys appreciate wine. Due to this Alfred has been fitted with a wine cellar! That’s something you don’t see everyday. They like to make sure they have a bottle of white and red in stock for the end of those hard days or to complement a good meal.

Obviously these vanlife foodies haven’t had any cooking disasters in their van, except when snacking on meat & cheese platters and then not being hungry for a proper meal later. They couldn’t pick a favourite meal, so why not head to their instagram and let them know which one is your favourite. They have shared their delicious macaroni recipe with us right here though!

dish of cooked pasta with bacon in a cheese sauce, topped with crispy onions

Tips for fellow vanlifers…

Cooking tip Nr. 1. – Always put a bit of the pasta water into the sauce – due to the starch it makes it much more smooth.

How to find our featured vanlifers

If you want to see more of the fantastic food they create in their van be sure to head to Instagram and give them a follow.

Instagram: @alfredsrollingkitchen

Man standing smiling beside his campervan in the snow whilst a small dog runs toward him.

If you enjoy reading about fellow vanlifers and their experiences and travels, check out our previous featured vanlifers.

Image of previous featured vanlifers

Want to see the most beautiful editorial style photos of vanlife? These guys definitely deliver. Read their feature here

Image of previously featured van;lifers

Want to know how a family of 8 travel in their van? Read their feature here

Älpler macaroni à la Alfred

dish of cooked pasta with bacon in a cheese sauce, topped with crispy onions

Älpler macaroni à la Alfred

alfredsrollingkitchen
Meat Based
This recipe is a firm favourite of featured vanlifers @alfredsrollingkitchen. Anne & Pascal are big fans of pasta recipes whilst on the road. Pasta is easy to store in the van with a long shelf life. It is also easy to purchase anywhere, making it a favourite for vanlife. This dish has a sweet element by the addition of cooked apples, which add to the flavour beautifully. Here's a tip from the cooks themselves: Roast some onion rings with a bit of oil in a pan and put it at the end on top of the Macaroni - it is delicious <3
5 from 1 vote
Stove top meal
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dinner, Main Course
Servings 2
Diet Meat Based

Equipment

  • Pans
  • Stove-top

Ingredients
  

  • 2-3 cups Macaroni Penne can also be used if that's all you have in your cupboards!
  • 2 Potatoes (large) or 4 small ones
  • 2 rashers Bacon
  • 1 Onion
  • 1/2 Savoy Cabbage
  • 1.5 cups Milk
  • 1.5 cups Water
  • 0.5 cup White wine optional
  • 0,5 tsp Cinnamon optional
  • 50-70 g Gruyère or other strong swiss chesse
  • 2 Apples

Instructions
 

  • Roast the bacon and some chopped onion in a pot.
  • Cut the potatoes in pieces (2cm pieces) and put it with the pasta together in the pot. Add some milk / water (half/half) till everything is covered and cook it for 20 minutes after adding some salt and pepper (careful, don’t use as much salt as for a normal pasta water, as we do not pour off the water at the end).
  • While the pasta is cooking chop the apple into pieces and put it in another hot pan. Add a bit of white wine or water and cook it till the apple pieces are soft. We also love to add a bit of cinnamon to it or if you are a sweetie you can add also something to sweeten it.
  • Try the Potatoes and Pasta, as soon as they are nearly al dente add the copped savoy cabbage in the pot. If you feel like it needs some more liquid just add it.
  • As soon as the pasta are cooked to your liking add the grated cheese and mix it well.
  • Eat it together with the apple mash and be happy.

Nutrition

Calories: 1088kcalCarbohydrates: 171gProtein: 40gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 406mgPotassium: 2274mgFiber: 21gSugar: 41gVitamin A: 2897IUVitamin C: 124mgCalcium: 626mgIron: 5mg
Keyword italian, pasta, Simple
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