What meals do you cook in your horsebox?

Pizza, jacket potatoes I think are the only things I've cooked. Sometimes will fry up for breakfast, but cereal bars otherwise. We always have a stock of cuppa soups, pot noodles and other pot meals in the wagon just in case you're away a day show and want some hot to eat thats quick and required no pre-thinking :)
 
I used to pre make stuff at home like a giant pot of chilli then just reheat it and use the boil in the bag rice sachets.
Or make stir fry/fajitas/pasta.

French toast is a nice change from a fry up and easy to do in the lorry.
For lunches we used to bring wraps and cold chicken, salad, coleslaw, grated cheese etc
 
Just come back from a weekend from bughley in the lorry, and with only hob and grill to use, we managed quite well :) we had faijatas friday eve, and a nice risotto on saturday eve.. brekfasts were sausage and bacon sarnies... if you plan in advance with your menu options you will be fine :)
 
Does anyone have a horsebox microwave rather than a hob?
I have a hob, which I dont use as have a total paranoia about gas type appliances (weird i know), but was thinking of having it removed and replaced with a 12V microwave which I thought would be a lot more useful.
 
imr said:
Does anyone have a horsebox microwave rather than a hob?
I have a hob, which I dont use as have a total paranoia about gas type appliances (weird i know), but was thinking of having it removed and replaced with a 12V microwave which I thought would be a lot more useful.
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I had a microwave in my last lorry and used it twice in 10 years! It only worked when on electric hook-up or when the generator was going, it wouldn't work off the batteries.

It is worth getting all tubing etc from bottles to your gas hob and/or oven checked, my system in last lorry was checked (I had a funny feeling about using it) and they'd used cheap tubing that had perished, the person who checked it was horrified that they'd cut corners like that. (supposedly reputable company too.)
A CO detector is a must too, and something a lot of us don't bother with...
 
yes best to get gas pipes checked, i had mine done before I went for peace of mind as never used gas in the lorry before and I did need a new pipe so thank goodness i had it checked!
 
Spag Boll is the norm!
Have done bangers & mash a couple of times
If you can plug into the electric, take a slow cooker, I once did a beef casserole in one with mash and garden peas done on the hob, I impressed myself that day lol
Chilli is easy to do too and tins of soup are always handy to have
Have a microwave but I very rarely use it as like Kerilli, it doesn't work unless we've got hook up
happy cooking :)
 
Fresh filled pasta (ie tortellini, ravioli etc) is one of our horsebox staples. Just chuck it into a pan of boiling water for a couple of minutes, drain, mix in pan with jar of sauce and add grated cheese!
 
First night away we usually take something pre-prepared, often a cottage pie or similar which can just be put in the oven to reheat without any fuss, second night on is usually pasta or rice in easy cook sachets with chicken in a jar of sauce - easily cooked on the hob. If we are somewhere with a hook up we sometimes use the microwave for the odd ready meal. Beyond 3 nights it tends to be a case of eating out as we don't have a freezer and so it's hard to keep enough in the fridge. As others have said a CO detector is essential as I've heard a few horrific stories about gas leaks.
 
Unless you class Gin and pringles as a meal...

It used to be pot noodles, and frankly I'm happy with that. However I bought this gadget at Blenheim http://www.thediablo.com/ which has been great so now I pack cheese, eggs and bread and live on toasties!!

Best of all doesn't appear to need much cleaning and if you get the timing right you can have an egg toastie with runny centre....
 
Hmm, just spent a week at scope. Gas BBQ is a must for sausages, burgers with ciabatta and mozzarella, salads, couscous just requires water adding, pasta and sauces, good quality chicken in white wine sauce in a can- heat on the hob and boil in the bag rice. Lots of bacon for sarnies and putting in pasta sauces like carbonara.

Fajitas go down well, soups of course, casserole made at home and heated on the hob.

Chicken and veg with new potatoes, filled pasta with cheesy sauce....trying to remember what else I fed us all for the 9 days on!!
 
Really, really good ideas, thanks all! :-)

Loving the pot noodle replies...funny! Haven't had those since I was a kid working in riding schools every weekend for free rides! :-)
 
Tortellini with a tub of sauce - so quick and easy. Also i can sometimes persuade my dad to make his amazing lasagne (i am not a fan of cooking) and take that just to heat through and some salad. I think that is all i have ever had in my lorry.
 
We had hob, grill and microwave in our 7.5 tonne lorry, no oven. Used to do ready meals but anything fishy would stink the living out for days!

We once cooked a bbq indoors on the grill and hob when it p****d down for 24 hours unexpectedly at Hartpury! Five people in the living, very hot and steamy but hilarious!
We did have a big fridge but it was always full of beer!
Since we've been using an equitrek we've given up trying to cook, use the venues' catering or local pub (one advantage of a towing vehicle) and taken two cold boxes full of beer :D
Love to be able to make a coffee in the morning on the Equirek's hob tho!
 
If needing an evening meal will take a pasty/pie or something like that and then some ready prepared veg from the supermarket that just need boiling to save faffing around peeling veg etc. Has also taken (hasten to add) pre made curry, pre made stew and heated those up. Then of course bacon, eggs, etc for breakfast, mid morning, lunch and most importantly cake for afternoon tea.

Have to keep the driver well fed.
 
I managed to cook curry for 15 on two gas rings once....There was a korma on one pan, and balti in another.

Naan bread under the grill, on a continuous loop!
 
Number one Favorite is shepherds pie then lasagne , stewing steak , chilli.
Did a fish pie once but the lorry stank after curry leaves a bit of after smell as well have also roasted chicken /lamb and have done chateaubriand when we where away and it was a friends birthday but I made the sauce in addvance I always take home made soup with me as well .
After years in a trailer eating burgers and crackers I love home cooked food in the lorry.
 
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