Readers' top tips for holiday cooking

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The competition to share your best tips for holiday cooking is now closed. We received many fantastic and smart tips for the motorhome/caravan/boat/summer cottage, and we have compiled them in this post.

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Congratulations to the winner!

We also say Big Congratulations to Cicki who wins a smart kitchen gadget from Pufz (designed silicone trivets, anti-slip cloths for trays or a set of spatulas and spoons). She gave two really good tips with this description:

"If you're in a caravan park or camping, a muurikka is a great cooking tool. You can use it to make everything! Casseroles, sauces and frying everything from delicious pancakes to bread and buns. While travelling, the large "clothespins with holes for the glass" are absolutely outstanding for holding your drinks."

Cicki

Do you also want to find innovative and smart products for your holiday kitchen? Among our products for the kitchen and home you'll find trivets, coasters, spatulas, dishcloths, pot holders, tea towels, cake tins, wine corks and more for your holiday home, motorhome, caravan or boat.

Cooking simple food

Here are readers' top tips for simplifying life in the holiday kitchen:

• Bring ready-made food from home and recipes for easy meals. Include frozen ready-made meat sauce, taco meat and casseroles - easy to defrost when it's time for dinner.
• Bring semi-finished productsFor example, a Mexican casserole where you only add minced meat etc. if you are in a hurry or perhaps standing somewhere and may not have a full fridge or be close to a shop.
• Omelette is a simple and cheap lunch dish. which can be varied according to taste and what "leftovers" you have in the fridge.

Fixing the food in all situations

The readers also provide tips on how to prepare for different situations that may arise during your holiday:

• Keep a stock of emergency food, for times when things don't go as planned or if you don't get a chance to shop. Emergency food can be soups and tinned food. You should also have emergency food that you can eat even without access to a stove.
• Bring long-lasting food and can be used for many things: smoked ham, eggs, pasta, rice, potatoes, tinned tomato sauce, tubular cheese, caviar, smoked sausages, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and carrots.
• Have products at home to spice things up: liquid margarine, bregot, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, mustard, ketchup, chilli sauce and spices.
• Bring a fishing rod to help fix dinner.

Get creative in the kitchen - and have fun!

Readers also think it's time to get creative and have fun in the holiday kitchen:

• Make dumplings on the barbecue! If you have potatoes left over, slice or chop them and put a knob of butter underneath in/on aluminium foil, add some vegetables you like, and salt and spice a little. Top with a piece of salmon and squeeze some lemon on top and season to taste. Pull the dumplings together and place on the grill. Delicious!
• A muurikka is a great cooking tool!. It can be used to make everything: casseroles, sauces, fried foods, pancakes, bread and buns.
• Taking turns to cook is a wonderful way to avoid cooking and have nice company, there are always more people at the campsite who think it's nice to take turns offering dinner, so at least you don't have to stand at the stove one evening.

Be smart in the small/mobile kitchen

Last but not least, readers provide tips on how to make life easier in a small or mobile holiday kitchen:

• Packing plates and glasses in cloth-lined baskets so it doesn't rattle.
• Put Easter stickers on opened bags with dry goods so it doesn't leak out while driving.
• Use large "clothespins with holes for the glass", which is absolutely outstanding for keeping your drink in while travelling.
• Be sparing in creating a lot of dishes. For example, use the coffee mug from breakfast more than once.
• Frozen food works well as a freezer bulb, including wholemeal bread.

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