Thread: Easy bush meals

John,

Easiest way is to do a rough menu for the four weeks, or one week and duplicate it. Work out what you can take that will keep, what supplies you can replenish on the way.

On the road and transport sections, use convenience places for meals, such as the dreaded McD for brekkie, and save your food for when we get into the bush proper. Try to limit the snacks, (hard with bored kids) as you will balloon out by the end of 4 weeks.

I plan to do a menu plan for ourselves and portion and cryovac fresh things such as meat. Ready cut and portioned steaks, strips and diced.

Stirfry's are quick, easy and tasty with minimal clean up. Rice and noodles you can cook by pouring hot water over, replace lid and by the time you have cooked the rest your rice/noodles will be done.

Then again, I go stupid with cooking while away so don't listen to me.

CC

IMHO, your 5 year old can do a fair bit of the prep for cooking (except the chopping and hot bit) with some practice. e.g. my 4 year old makes fresh pasta with minimal input from me - he weighs the flour himself and loves getting "floury" mixing in the eggs etc... takes 20 minutes or so which is plenty of time for me to make a sauce and get everything ready to roll out the noodles or whatever. All you need is a big enough bowl to balance on their knees to do the mixing or a low enough table. Alternatively, it can be an exercise in reading the recipe to you as you/they gather the ingredients to cook and or getting the bedding sorted out for the tent/camper or whatever you use.

IMHO, don't underestimate the abilities of the kids and they can (and will) happily join in to help and actually make it a fun/educational cooking with them. After a day sitting in the back of the car, they want to get some "me time" with mum and dad - this is often the food prep or cooking in our house as it has to be done and the kids want our attention - drag em into it and while it might take a while longer, the time is a pleasure and no chore at all.

2 year olds are obviously less capable and a bit different, but they still love to participate, even if it is only carrying a tin of anchovies from mum to dad or whatever...

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What is wrong with the traditional drover's breakfast? A leak, a Havelock fine cut rollie, and a Bundy.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

What is wrong with the traditional drover's breakfast? A leak, a Havelock fine cut rollie, and a Bundy.

Right here. except I don't smoke.

We would often cook enough of some sort of stew for about three nights.
We might have it plain that night with fresh veges and freeze the rest in two batches.
The second night all we had to do was add a bit of curry, reheat and serve with pasta.
The third night maybe add even more curry and serve with rice.

We found it pretty quick and easy and provided a sort of Claytons variety or the appearance of variety when really there wasn't much.

That system seemed particularly suitable for those times when we were able to shop once or twice a week but would obviously need some modification for a longer time away from civilisation.

Originally Posted by hoadie72

I'd hate to spend a week or 2 camping with you lot!

Not saying that jaffles are the ONLY thing we eat.

i used my parrents dream pot? when i toured tasmania....top bit of kit, in the morning put all the the stuff for a stew in, boil for 10min, lid on, pack into car or campertrailer, pull up for dinner and your meal is ready to go.

same goes with a piece of corn meat, cooks while you drive......they have plenty of other meals that you can do as well