Full-time kitchen questions

MookieKat wrote:
As I consider the possibility of full-timing, I have a lot of questions that come up. Would love to hear from you full-timers on how you deal with these things.

1. How do you deal with those tiny sinks on a full-time basis? I am so used to the large residential sinks that I wonder...Adapt..make due with what you have. My RV sink is an acrylic 2 bowl, one med, one very small. I put soapy water in the small one and wash, moving larger items to the larger one as needed and rinse in the larger sink. I put a small drainer in a dish pan beside the sink to let dishes dry which leaves all sinks open for use. It all worked so well I had no trouble adapting.

2. How do you feel about washing dishes by hand forever after you have been used to a dishwasher in the house? I used to have a dishwasher, did for decades but in the MH do not and in our new barn home did not get one. I do not miss a dishwasher. The main issue...a DW in the MH takes up a lot of space I want for other items.

3. Does anyone have an extra freezer in their rig or in the basement? I hear some do but we found the RV freezer held a lot of frozen food, enough we did not even consider a second freezer. If you are traveling you will most likely not shop the same as you do at home. Shop for what you have room for. It's been our experience that an RV freezer will hold enough meat and other frozen goods for at least 2 weeks.

Because we live in a very rural area, we make monthly trips to buy our meats in bulk at Whole Foods and I realized that we could never store that food in the tiny freezers in the RVs. If we are on the road, the WFs are few and far between, so we would need to buy in bulk...not for one month, but at least for a couple of weeks. Or is there another way to deal with shopping for healthy and organic foods?

Thanks in advance!

I'm sorry I did not know how to change the text color of my added comments.

Fulltiming or even weekend trips in a MH or any type of RV with a smaller kitchen is a matter of getting used to it and learning to be more efficient in the kitchen.

Some motorhomes do indeed have weird sinks and my pet peeve is to have a larger stainless steel sink.

I do all my food prep 1st before I get out any pans or begin cooking therefore I leave one sink open and put the cover on the second for more space. Then I can begin cooking. The second big tip is to clean up as you go. I wash and let my dishes air dry always. The most important thing is to "keep things simple" and "less is best"! I found I didn't need a whole kitchen full of appliances, pans, casseroles, bakeware and dishes. Take bare essentials. Even though most rigs will hold a ton of stuff if you take too much in time you'll regret it.