Comments on: Food on the Road

By: iron water filters

iron water filters — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:26:14 +0000

iron water filters…

I got a lot of good information from reading what you posted. Thanks….

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:53:13 +0000

Hi Sara, I was recently introduced to your blog & website from Serenity, and am so very stoked to see you guys living deliberatley and doing it in such a fun and adventuous way!! My husband (also names Matt – great minds marry alike LOL) and I are on a similar mission, scheduled to take place in 2010, so I will be following your tour closely and looking forward to your visit to Portland OR should you make it here. I do have a question for you… In regards to a budget for your trip, how exactly did you go about creating one?

By: livelightly

livelightly — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:04:34 +0000

Rene…we use almond butter just like anyone else would use peanut butter. Bella is allergic to peanuts, so we use it as a substitute. It’s healthier too…it’s raw almond butter as opposed to roasted peanut butter (raw = good)

With the Bisquick…I’m avoid partially hydrogenated oils like the plague, so it’s no go for us. Last time I checked…Bisquick still had it in there. You’re right about it being easier though!

Yes…veggie cooking is easy! I love it. Your recipe idea sounds delicious!

By: Rene

Rene — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:44:50 +0000

Your fridge and pantry could be ours, we have almost identical stuff in our RV (except for almond butter…what do you use it for?).

We gave up on reusable coffee filters. Sad but true. Now we use a Melita one-cup (Jim drinks it, I only occasionally). If you don’t want to give up the press, try rinsing the grounds in a bowl of water, then dump the water in your fire pit. It’s eco OK as far as I’m concerned.

One idea; get a jar of hoisin sauce, mix with soy sauce and brush it on veggies for grilling, serve over noodles. Yum!

One other compromise I’ve made in the kitchen; I use Bisquick. I never used this at home, but it’s much easier and lighter than carrying flour, soda, powder, etc. around, and it works at any altitude w/out adjusting. Very versatile.

As a vegetarian, cooking in an RV is MUCH easier than if you were all meat eaters. Jim’s content with the occasional slab of flesh but cooking it outside only on the RVQ. Otherwise it would stink up the interior, which would drive me nuts.

By: livelightly

livelightly — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:34:28 +0000

Melissa…Bella does not eat meat because I don’t want her to for the same reasons as I don’t eat it (mostly health…hormones and other nastiness…and ethical and environmental reasons too).

Diane…we actually do have nice stove. Thanks for the ideas! I love to grill too.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:58:49 +0000

I’m assuming that the RV doesn’t have an oven – If you have a BBQ with a top, you can make a great pizza. Here’s a shot of our pizza in Homer, AK. http://www.visionmetrics.com/excellentadventure/images/kenai-page/pages/IMG_2585.htm

We put rocks on the top of the grill (a make-shift pizza stone) to hold the heat and cooked the pizza in a pan set on that.

It’ll work for anything baked – we made things like brownies on serveral occasions too.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:28:08 +0000

Hi – I just discovered your blog – fun!

I too love cooking in our trailer and have been intending to post more recipes on “trailer food” to our blog… For now, you might like this recipe for grilled vegetable fajitas on nights when you want to break out the grill (and not make a mess in the kitchen):

http://www.63flyingcloud.com/2007/06/camp_food_grilled_vegtable_faj.htm

By: Mariah

Mariah — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:28:54 +0000

I’m not sure about this, but I’ve heard that plants love coffee grounds. I swish mine around with a little water and while it’s still swirling pour it into the base of a plant. The grounds are caught in the swirling water and get poured away–you have the keep the water moving, though or they sink again! You many know more than I do about the compatibility of coffee grounds, soil, and plants. Anyway, when the swirled water/grounds are poured out it’s clean and only needs a rinse. By the way…I saw the mention about Tucson…that’s where I’m originally from. Small world!

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:57:28 +0000

Sara-I noticed on one of your blogs or flickr that Matt is a meat eater. Does Bella not care for it or do you prefer she not eat it? BTW her interview on her blog with your brother was priceless. Especially the part about soy milk. I took it she uses the “I want a drink “to keep from going to bed? With your love of food have you ever considered doing “how to cook vegetarian” type cooking classes to your service list?

By: Kristy

Kristy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:35:44 +0000

I have been reading your blog for a couple of months now and just love it. I find it so interesting when you talk about Minnesota. Our family lives in Minnesota – a hour or so north of the Twin Cities.
You have been such an inspiration in so many ways.
Would you be willing to share your recipe for red sauce and your cilantro lime sauce. They sound so yummy!
Thanks much.