Thought it might be time to update you on what we have been
eating in the RV. The weather has remained cold – not surprising considering we
have been chasing the snow!
One dish we tried was cooking a whole chicken in the slow
cooker. The oven in the RV will, just, fit a whole chicken but with the cold
weather and the doors shut it gets quiet smoky if you had the oven on for an
hour of more. Anyway back to the slow cooker. It is very easy to cook a whole
chicken. Chop an onion into three slices – no need to peel it is just for the
chicken to sit on. Wash and pat dry the chicken and sit in on top of the onion.
Turn slow cooker to high and wait 6 or so hours. That’s it. You do need to take the skin off the chicken
as it is not crisp (if you have an oven you can put it in there to brown it at
the end). My other suggestion is get a plate that is not blue to serve it on. I
can’t seem to take a photo of any food on the blue plates that looks any good –
perhaps it is me.
We have a lot of zip lock bags of food in the freezer. One
of these tends to be chilli con carne. When we get sick of having it with wraps
or rice we turn to nachos – much to Symi’s delight. This makes for a very quick
meal. Spread the meat mixture and a bit of grated cheese between layers of corn
chips. Heat for a few minutes in a hot oven and then top with Symi’s guacamole
and some sour cream – yum.
Our other regular meal lately has been oven roasted salmon.
Salmon is relatively cheap here – cost about $7-$8 for a piece to feed us. I
microwave some potatoes and pumpkin so they are partially cooked and then finish roasting them with the salmon and some asparagus (99c a bunch) in the
oven. The result is always a winner for this family.
Symi and I have also been doing some cooking together. We
have been making sushi rolls for our lunches and pancakes with chocolate chips
for snacks. While we were up snowboarding Symi made some double chocolate
cupcakes. Symi did this herself but Rob and I happily assisted with the eating.
Somehow managed to unfollow myself on ur blog. All caught up now. It seems like you are learning awhole new language, bike speak and track speak. Still enjoying the cooking ideas. Leanne
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