As long as we’ve been here, I haven’t tried out the actual stove in this RV. Usually, I use the electric hotplate or my crockpot. I’ve been a little nervous trying out the oven here, for fear that I would blow something up. Propane tanks are dangerous, yo.
I’ve gotten a little braver though, and today tried the oven. Turn on the gas, light the pilot, and heat it up. Not too different than a house oven, just smaller. It seems to heat faster than a regular oven, and cook faster too. But with a careful eye on it, I was able to make my first real oven food. And of course, it was cake.
OK, so it was originally banana blueberry bread. I made a few changes and put it in a bunt pan instead of a loaf pan. But it was good, very good. The kids ate it up as fast as they could and begged for more. Even the dog we were watching today gave the sad eyes as I dished up slices.
The recipe was incredibly easy to make, too.
- 2 cups flour
- 2 mashed bananas
- handful fresh blueberries
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- dash of cinnamon
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
Mix it all together, pour into the bunt pan, bake at 350*F for 20 minutes
It was a great first try in my oven. Next I am going to try to make a loaf of bread and see how well it turns out. I’ve been looking at how to bake bread on a stovetop, but I have limited cookware right now to do it. I’m hoping that after Christmas I can find a couple extra big pans at a thrift store, maybe a new cast iron dutch oven if I’m lucky.
So, now that I’m getting braver, what are some simple recipes that you like for RV cooking? It was to be small, use as few pots and pans as possible, and be easy to clean up. Oh, and it has to pass the kids’ taste tests.
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Amber
@ AmberStrocel
on Dec 11th, 2010
@ 6:40 PM:
I have no recipes, but I am thinking good thoughts for your continued attempts.
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melissa
on Dec 12th, 2010
@ 9:42 AM:
I would get a bread machine, very few ingredients, no preservatives, no dishes! and you just plug it in!
Bluebirdmama
on Jan 9th, 2011
@ 12:44 PM:
Hey Summer
I haven’t been as good at following blogs the last few months so I had missed the development that you were in an RV now…just wanted to say that the whole propane thing gets a lot less scary over time. Soon you’ll find that you cook all the same things that you used to cook. I’ve done roasts, chicken, cookies, cakes, muffins, pies, biscuits. I never did bread because we hadn’t started baking bread back then. Definitely grab roasters, baking pans at the thrift store whenever you see smaller ones (& you have the spare cash) because they are often harder to find. We had some small pans that had been for a toaster oven and they were awesome.
Good luck!!
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