Camping recipes

Cath has devised a selection of delicious camping recipes for adults and children that are ideal for cooking and eating outdoors

Chana masala

This chickpea curry will serve four people if other curries are on the table. Ingredients 1 jar or tin of chickpeas, drained (my favourites are El Navarrico) 1 tomato, deseeded and chopped 3 tbs plain yogurt 1 onion, chopped 1 tbs garlic and ginger paste 1 tbs garam masala 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely…

Garlic and ginger paste

Make this at home and use in curries, Moroccan and Chinese dishes. Ingredients Equal quantities of garlic and ginger, peeled and roughly chopped Water 1 tbs vegetable oil Method Finely chop the garlic and ginger, use a mezzaluna or a food processor, add a splash of water. Store in a jar for a week or…

Making pasta with kids

Cooking with kids doesn’t have to be all fairy cakes and chocolate rice krispies. Cath discovers that, with the right tools, pasta making lends itself to little nimble fingers. Read the full article at 4Food.

Puy lentils and spicy sausage stew

Serves 4 Sausage stew was the first meal we cooked when camping, made with red table wine from a plastic bottle and a Mattesson’s sausage that Math’s Mum had pushed into his rucksack. Things have moved on since then but the principle remains the same: a warming and easy dish that does not require finesse.…

Paella

Serves 4 You can buy an outdoor paella pan but that would too extravagant for us.  But you will need a large frying pan with deep sides to cook this dish. Paella can accommodate different seafood and meat – such as rabbit – but this is a basic recipe with chicken and prawns. The dish…

Fish stew

Serves 4 This is a nod to the bouillabaisse I ate on the balcony of the Peron restaurant in Marseilles, which hangs over the sea.  Perfect if you are staying near a market and can pick up a variety of fresh white fish.  Ask the fishmonger to skin and bone your fish if necessary, as…