Christmas dinner in the caravan

Mrs K tells me that if she was cooking Christmas Dinner in the van, she would be making life as easy as possible, especially if only catering for 2.

Her suggestions......

Stuffed turkey breast roast, chilled or frozen roast potatoes, ready prepared vegetables  of your choice , little sausages, bacon rolls, ready made carton  or packet of  bread sauce, same for the gravy, and a jar of cranberry sauce.

Disposable foil dishes for oven.

Starter of your choice if you wish, we usually have prawns and/or smoked salmon, and a light dessert such as sherry trifle, cheesecake, or fruit salad, all  available ready prepared  from your favourite supermarket.

Wine of your choice with the meal, and biscuits  and cheese with coffee (much) later.

...Thats going to be our standby this year as we are in Cornwall and Daughter and partner are "doing dinner " first time!!in rented cottage, we are on cl 9mls away

Hmmm,  only  just  discovered  this  thread  so  I've  selected  the best  bits  ==>

Baste  the  bird  in  red  wine,  prepare  sherry  gravy,  Bottle  of  good  'Red'  whilst  cooking,  chilled  "bubbles"  with  meal,  Brandy  cream,  Rum  sauce,  Sherry  trifle

Throw  the  food  away  &  drink  the  residue  !  Thank  you  and  Hic  night 

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HM,  just  discovered  this  thread

so  I've  selected  the best  bits  ==>

Baste  the  bird  in  red  wine,  prepare  sherry  gravy,  Bottle  of  good  'Red'  whilst  cooking,  chilled  bubbles  with  meal,Brandy  cream,  Rum  sauce,  Sherry  trifle

 

Throw  the  food  away  &  drink  the  residue  !  Thank  you  and  Hic  night 

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 sounds good to me

What cooking facilities do you have above three gas rings?

Write your comments here...The cooker has an oven, grill, three gas rings on the hob and one electric ring. We also have a two ring electric hob in the awning. We also have an 800 watt microwave.

We were thinking of buying a frozen whole turkey from Tesco. Not sure how long to allow for defrost? Will a whole turkey fit in our caravan oven? Disposal oven trays seem like a good idea. Our caravan oven tray might be too small to fit a turkey. How long cooking time for the turkey? I know roast potatoes are 45 minutes and roast parsnips 25 minutes.

The reason for a whole turkey is we would like it to last for a few days so that the following day we could have a cold turkey salad and also use the leftovers to make sandwiches to take to work after Christmas Day is over. Also the possibility of making turkey fried rice for another day's meal or turkey curry as we have some vindaloo curry sauce.

The reason for a whole turkey is we would like it to last for a few days so that the following day we could have a cold turkey salad and also use the leftovers to make sandwiches to take to work after Christmas Day is over. Also the possibility of making turkey fried rice for another day's meal or turkey curry as we have some vindaloo curry sauce.

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Go for it if your heating is off it may take a while, check the inside of the carcus .. as you would at home , buy a bird suitable for your oven , measure yr oven , and the bird maybe , follow guide line for cooking , guess it will takeca bit longer , Enjoy .

We were thinking of buying a frozen whole turkey from Tesco. Not sure how long to allow for defrost? Will a whole turkey fit in our caravan oven? Disposal oven trays seem like a good idea. Our caravan oven tray might be too small to fit a turkey. How long cooking time for the turkey? I know roast potatoes are 45 minutes and roast parsnips 25 minutes.

We never have a whole turkey, even with the family here.  Everybody prefers the breast meat, so we find a ready stuffed (or unstuffed) breast joint or a crown is much better,

If you want leftovers for other meals, just get a larger joint or crown.  Most will say on them how many they will feed.

If doing a whole bird, only a small one would fit in the oven, but remember you also need space to cook the potatoes etc.

I would preferably go for a fresh joint or bird, the frozen ones need many hours to defrost.

Defrosting instructions and cooking instructions will be on the packaging.

I would try to avoid too many leftovers, they will take up a lot of fridge space.

If having a turkey it would have to be a small one to cook properly in the caravan oven. My personal choice would be a good quality free range chicken.  Not cooked christmas dinner in the van but have cooked a full roast for 4 people including home made Yorkshire puddings. It does take a bit of organisation, cook what you can the day before so it can be heated up on the day. 

Whatever you have Malcolm enjoy, and share the washing up.

Asda have good offer on for Christmas Day tea / supper, buy one get one free...............Yes, Hot Cross Buns.