Anyone Else Pre-Cook ?
Wondering if anyone else precooks food for camping trips.... for long race weekends trips I'll pre-cook bacon & breakfast sausage (at home) and then use our FoodSaver to vacuum pack it in "daily" p...
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We are travelers, not really campers. We put 34K on the RV since December. I have a class B, and allergic to smoke. So cooking outside in a campground is not really an option for me because of all the campfires, so I have had to adjust. We precook everything and portion it out for the 2 of us. We have also found many of the Trader Joe's food items in the pre-made section and in the freezer section are better than average. We also precook bacon and freeze it because that smell will never come out of the fabrics in the RV.
If precooking seems really labor intensive, when you cook these items at home for dinner, double the recipe and freeze one.
Breakfast:
Burritos-Make up the burrito, wrap in plastic wrap, then put in zip loc bag or aluminum wrap. Take out of bag or foil, microwave for 2 minutes from frozen.
Sausage, egg, potatoes, black beans,cheese
Bacon, eggs, potatoes,cheese
Taco meat, eggs, Mexican rice, black bean cheese
Sausage, egg, cheese biscuits
Lunch and dinner
Lobster mac and cheese
Regular mac and cheese
Hamburger Mac
3 kinds of lasagne
Chili
Vegetable Soup
Cuban White Bean Soup
Butter Bean Soup
Tacos
Beef Bourguignon
Beef Stroganoff- use creme fraiche or make sauce when you heat it up, sour cream separates when frozen. Precook egg noodles-1 minute underdone. Coat with a little butter and freeze.
Beef Stew
Fajitas- from a local place. The fajitas, rice and shells freeze great
Ravioli with the sauce frozen separately
BBQ-Pork, beef or chicken. Already in sauce.
BBQ Ribs
Meat Loaf
Chicken Perlo- South Carolina one pot meal-Rice will get a little mushy.
Chicken Pot Pie
Beef short rib stuffed baked potato
Twice baked potatoes
Ham and potato casserole
For rice dishes like arroz con pollo, paella, and risotto, where mushy rice does not work: I precook the base, like onion, garlic, peppers, etc. Freeze. Shell the shrimp, clean lobsters or crab, then freeze them in correct portion. The liquid is boiled down to very concentrated to save space-add water
If precooking seems really labor intensive, when you cook these items at home for dinner, double the recipe and freeze one.
Breakfast:
Burritos-Make up the burrito, wrap in plastic wrap, then put in zip loc bag or aluminum wrap. Take out of bag or foil, microwave for 2 minutes from frozen.
Sausage, egg, potatoes, black beans,cheese
Bacon, eggs, potatoes,cheese
Taco meat, eggs, Mexican rice, black bean cheese
Sausage, egg, cheese biscuits
Lunch and dinner
Lobster mac and cheese
Regular mac and cheese
Hamburger Mac
3 kinds of lasagne
Chili
Vegetable Soup
Cuban White Bean Soup
Butter Bean Soup
Tacos
Beef Bourguignon
Beef Stroganoff- use creme fraiche or make sauce when you heat it up, sour cream separates when frozen. Precook egg noodles-1 minute underdone. Coat with a little butter and freeze.
Beef Stew
Fajitas- from a local place. The fajitas, rice and shells freeze great
Ravioli with the sauce frozen separately
BBQ-Pork, beef or chicken. Already in sauce.
BBQ Ribs
Meat Loaf
Chicken Perlo- South Carolina one pot meal-Rice will get a little mushy.
Chicken Pot Pie
Beef short rib stuffed baked potato
Twice baked potatoes
Ham and potato casserole
For rice dishes like arroz con pollo, paella, and risotto, where mushy rice does not work: I precook the base, like onion, garlic, peppers, etc. Freeze. Shell the shrimp, clean lobsters or crab, then freeze them in correct portion. The liquid is boiled down to very concentrated to save space-add water
