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Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:03:20 +0000

[…] Fulltiming Doesn t Mean Major Eating Change Do fulltimers spend all their food budget in restaurants? Or are “TV dinners” more the fare? Check out results from a survey and some candid comments. […]

By: RVcuisine

RVcuisine — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:43:29 +0000

Boomers are definately not eating what their parents did. Canned stuff is out, fresh is in. No matter what size or type of RV you have, you can eat well without eating in a restaurant. However, even as good as RVers can eat it’s always fun to be waited on from time to time in a restaurant. Between your grill, crock pot and RV cooktop, microwave and oven you can cook just about anything. But it takes work, both prep and frequent trips to the grocery.

By: Maggie K

Maggie K — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:27:49 +0000

We cook with all fresh veggies, we make our own homemade bread (in a bread machine); we eat lots of salads with ‘made from scratch’ dressings. We don’t use the microwave for food preparation (only to reheat foods). What we have found difficult is the lack of counter space in the kitchen. The three burner stove is so small that it limits the number of items that can cook at the same time. We have pored over floor plans of many different RV manufacturers and have found this to be a consistent failing in design. The consequences are that we eat 1 or 2 course meals, rather than more, and the grill becomes more important for grilling or steaming foods wrapped in foil.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:06:22 +0000

The only thing I find a problem for most RV cooking recipes I’ve found is that they use canned vegetables (ugh)that I would never stoop to eating at home, frozen (soggy, tasteless and gross), canned soup for sauces (salty, fat laden and tastes absolutely disgusting) and salad dressings (also, full of fat, salt and chemicals and artificial tasting). I dislike using these things as, to my taste buds, they are all not worth eating. I like fresh vegetables, lean meats and no canned soups…absolutely none. I grew up with real food and never cultured a taste for those gloppy canned soups. If that’s RV cooking, then I pass. What we need is a cookbook that shows us how to cook without opening up canned vegetables, frozen vegetables or canned soup or salad dressings. Is there one out there that caters to us Baby Boomers who don’t cook like they did in the fifties? The last time I tasted canned mushroom soup in a recipe, I gagged.

By: karl and lois

karl and lois — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:59:08 +0000

We love to eat in. I cook a lot with an electric frying pan or crock pot. I bake small cakes in the oven and steam veggies in micro. Being a fulltimer we now have more fresh fruit and veggies. We buy in bulk and freeze for individual meals. By bulk I mean maybe a dozen or less. One of my favorite meals in a crock pot is just putting leftovers in a gallon-size baggie in the freezer and once a week add chicken or beef broth and making a soup. Mmmm. We love our pancakes and pick up specialty mixes on the road. We have real maple syrup and honey from the region we are in at the time. I eat my oatmeal every morning, sandwiches for lunch and a cooked meal. We go in spurts when it comes to grilling. Right now we are in the Rio Grande Valley and getting a lot of seafood. Dad used to make “hobo meals” for us kids. It was a seasoned hamburger, slice of onion, potatoes and wrapped in foil and put on grill. It takes about 20 minutes. Mix a salad and bake a cake and you have a good meal. Being Irish I make a lot of boiled dinners and stews. Cooking is good in an RV. Clean up is a cinch: just clean it up as you go and then all you have is your dishes you’re using. I also make cookie dough (double batches), then separate into dozen cookie dough balls. When Karl wants fresh chocolate chip cookies, I take out a bag from freezer and bake in couple of hours. I hope this helps someone eat good “in.”

By: Doreen Orion

Doreen Orion — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:09:02 +0000

We put one of those single drawer dishwashers in our rig, so we find cleaning up in not too much of an issue. Paradoxically, we found that we eat in a lot more on the road. In our stationary lives, we just didn’t have the time to cook. It was only once we started living in our rig that we discovered how wonderful cooking a meal together can be. We put on some music, pour some wine and make an evening of it.