Here's What's Cooking...

This is what I'm working with

 I have made it to rule not to deprive my family of good meals just because my kitchen has decreased in size significantly.  You can still have a "gourmet" (ha) meal on a camper.  You just have to modify things a bit.  Instead of using one dish to cook your casserole in use two.  That way it fits in your tiny oven all at once, or sometimes I will just cut the recipe in half since I don't have a lot of room in my fridge for leftovers and certainly not a lot of room in my freezer to freeze a meal for later.  If there are any leftovers they usually have to be eaten by lunch the next day.

The thing I hate most of all is throwing away food.  So I usually only grocery shop for two or three days at a time.  It makes shopping my getaway from the kids and I've really started to enjoy just taking my time and being smart about ingredients and comparing prices.

So here are a few of the meals I've cooked lately...

Pioneer Woman's Comfort Meatballs

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/03/bbq-meatballs-comfort-food-to-the-max/

 

I made mashed potatoes to go along with the meatballs.  I just boiled some diced red potatoes and added heavy cream, salt and pepper, and fresh garlic.  

100 Days of Real Food Crock Pot Chicken

http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2011/02/25/recipe-the-best-whole-chicken-in-a-crock-pot/

 

The best thing about this deliciously EASY recipe is that I use the leftovers for several other meals.  The next day we made chicken quesadillas and sometimes I'll make curry chicken salad for lunches.  The crock pot can be your best friend on a camper.  Most of the time you can make a one pot meal with very little mess and if you have kids you can make the meal during nap time and there is no cooking at dinner time in a small kitchen with kids running around.  It can get dangerous.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares

Here is one example of modifying your dish.  I used an 8 x 8 instead of a 9 x 13 so it needed to cook a little longer.