How to cook like a camper: the one-pot cooking tips we can use at home
Malachy Duggan, Carrie Budds and their daughter Easkey in their 1990 Volkswagen campervan
Postponed plane trips, cancelled overseas holidays and general uncertainty about travel outside of Ireland has led to a huge upsurge in camping. Narrow coastal roads are crammed with camper vans seeking campgrounds, tents are seeing a life beyond music festivals, and even back gardens have been pressed into service as overflow accommodation for overnighting friends and family. While finding a place to sleep is one of the most important things - stick to regular campgrounds if at all possible and, if wild camping, make absolutely sure that you leave no trace - eating well is also something that involves proper planning.
Camping used to be where all the cruddy food went, an unappetising diet of burnt sausages, lukewarm pot noodles and underdone, crunchy pasta, all cooked over a spluttery gas burner, with nary a vegetable in sight. But now eating well is a huge part of the appeal of camping and can be a brilliant way of getting newbies hooked on the idea of bypassing hotels.
