Access our kitchen 24/7 One of the biggest (and underrated) benefits of cruising is that your stuff travels with you, including your kitchen. This means we can make a marinade while cruising and cook the chicken at anchor that night. Or knead a loaf of bread underway to make sure it’s ready to bake the next day. Plus, you never have to worry about forgetting olive oil or spices when on a trip. Spending time and experiment- ing in the kitchen helps break up those long cruising days too, all while rewarding us with a tasty meal once we reach our destination. Know the steps ahead of time to plan a meal One quirk of our galley is we can only run the oven or the stove, as our propane system can’t support running both at the same time. As a result, it requires knowing the recipe and its steps in advance to ensure we have the right equipment and ability to cook the meal. If the meal is good enough to be part of the rotation, the steps become easier to remember the next time we cook it.
Learn what meals we can make quickly Just like land life, there are days when we may feel excited about prepping and cooking a more time-intensive meal, and others when we’re hungry, it’s 7:00 p.m. and we just need to get something in our stomach. In New York, that meant heading downstairs for a slice of pizza. That doesn’t work while cruising. Learning what meals take time (especially in Sweet Day’s kitchen) and what meals can be thrown together quickly (hello mac and cheese and tuna fish) is extremely helpful. When we’re stocking up on food, we make sure we have enough of those go-to meal items for those inevitable times when we just need something fast. To help you stock your galley, here are some of our favorite items: • High-quality all-purpose knife: Our Zwilling Santoku knife cuts pretty much everything we’ve cooked in the last year. • Dutch oven: This is perfect for baking fresh bread, making soups, rice and other meals. We store it in the oven while not in use.
• Stainless steel French press: We didn’t want to have to rely on electricity to make coffee, so our go-to is a sturdy French press. Plus, it’s fun to get beans from local coffee shops. • New York Times cooking subscription: This app allows us to easily search tons of recipes and discover new dishes with ingredients we have on board. • Pre-cut parchment paper: I learned this from my dad. It keeps food from sticking to the pan and makes cleaning easy — a big plus on a tiny boat, where you may need to clean the pan quickly to put another item in the oven.
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