My Mum recently gifted me her favourite cookery books (I rewarded her with a fresh omnibus copy of the same set!), complete with her notes (see the yellow post-its!), and it got me thinking…
What kind of recipes are sitters making while they’re on a sit? Do you use recipe books belonging to your host, or do you have tried or tested recipes that are easy to make when you are using someone else’s kitchen?
I’d really love to know how you meal plan, sharing a recipe if you like, or even a photo of your latest culinary creation!
One dish meals. I try to keep it simple on sits as I now only do short sits by choice. Sometimes I prepare dishes at home and freeze them to bring. If cooking at host’s home I will bake salmon with vegetables all in the same casserole dish or chicken thigh with vegetables so the vegetables get the added flavor of the chicken juices while baking all in one dish. I tend to try restaurants recommended in the area of the sit and usually have extra to bring back for another meal.
Not a sitter, but we have a large and famous local food market downtown that publishes a cookbook. I leave a copy of that in the sitters guest room, with a small note inside of it that if they try any of the recipes to let me know how it turned out! No takers so far, at least that I know of
I make a lasagna. We live in a van and do not have an oven big enough for a lasagna. Usually we make one right before we leave so we can take it on the road with us.
Since we have a van to travel in again, we will mostly be looking for sits with full-size ovens.
I totally now understand the full size oven thing. I am a lasagna lover too. Wish you well, there things I know now as a host that I would accommodate better as a host. Used to be, sorry our HOA doesn’t allow campers/vans etc. Now that we are mobile in an RV, I would probably find a way to accomdate. I wish you well and maybe we’ll cross paths on the road Happy trails and Happy Lasagnas!
This sounds absolutely delicious! I think I’m going to give this a try, along with the Anzac slice shared by @Crookie
My “make anywhere” dish is marmite and peanut butter pork udon. I tend to use chicken mince or vegetarian mince though. It’s easily made in one pot so saves on the washing up!
. I’ll have to try it for a nice lunch for myself - my husband would not be ok with any amount of harissa or coriander. Sigh