Recipes

Cooking on a boat is different, but boat-friendly recipes make great meals on your cruising adventures not just possible but easy (they’re great for camping and RVing, too). And a variety of options for dietary and equipment restrictions will please everyone — even on land!

Recipes designed to be mixed by hand
Grilling recipes to keep the heat out of the boat
No oven on your boat? Check out the Omnia Stove Top Oven recipes
Cruising without refrigeration? Yep, got recipes for that, too
Thermal cooking to keep propane usage down, cook when it’s convenient and keep heat out of the boat
Make-ahead meals for passages or weekends on the boat
Keto/LCHF for diabetics
Dairy-free (check the recipe notes for variations)
Gluten-free
From scratch, including making “ingredients” to use in other recipes

Main Dish

Sami's Shrimp Tacos

Almost Olive Garden Salad Dressing

Simple recipe for white bread with everything you need to know for great results even if it's your first time baking bread!

Homemade White Bread Recipe

Split pea soup recipe that is soooo good and easy! Perfect to take to work or on a hike. It cooks while you're doing something else and won't heat up the kitchen!

Split Pea Soup In A Thermos

Fast, easy recipe with lots of options. I tell the basic recipe and then how I changed it for a particular meal.

Beer Bread and Variations

This Chocolate Upside Down Cake is designed to be made without an electric mixer and tastes great -- perfect if you live on a boat, RV or off the grid.

Grandma Phila's Chocolate Upside Down Cake

Low-Carb/Keto Chili

A great way to make King Mackeral so it tastes just like crab. And you don't need a smoker.

Boiled Kingfish

Fish or Chicken Tacos

Greek Salad - LCHF and keto

Broccoli-Cauliflower Salad

Shrimp & Artichokes

Dill Pickle Dip

Spicy Pork Rub

Mincemeat Cookies

Pork Chops in Cider

No-Knead Bread - Omnia Stove Top Oven

Can't get BBQ sauce where you are? Or out? It's easy to make your own!

Barbecue Sauce - Kansas City Style

Not your everyday coleslaw, but still easy to make with readily-available ingredients. Delicious!

Company Coleslaw

Spicy Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Spinach and Tomatoes

Brownies in the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Craving hot apple cider but can't get cider where you are? Try this tasty alternative!

Faux Hot Apple Cider

Keto/LCHF/Gluten-Free Bread

Basic Yogurt Recipe

Making homemade mozzarella cheese is easy and fun.

Make Your Own Mozzarella

Quick Biscuits

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Mexican Layered Dip

Great all-purpose marinade recipe -- marinate beef, chicken, pork or even veggies. Adds lots of flavor!

All Purpose Marinade - For Meat & Veggies

Drew’s Jambalaya

Pan-Fried Fish

No-Bake Booze Balls

Low Carb Beef Marinade

Gyro Burgers

Crab Cakes

It's easy to make your own granola and the ingredient list can be flexible to accomodate your tastes -- and what you have available!

Maple Granola

Hand-Mashed Potatoes “Recipe”

Vegetable Salad a la Que Tal

Cucumber Dressing or Dip

Cooking dried beans in a thermos is an easy way to prepare them to use in another recipe - do something else while they cook. Less sodium and easier to store than canned beans.

Dried Beans In A Thermos

Chicken couscous is a tasty 5-minute meal, using couscous, canned chicken and tomatoes.

Couscous Chicken

Streusel Coffee Cake for the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Un-Rolled Egg Rolls

Pumpkin Squares

No-Knead Bread is simple to make and a treat to eat. Basic recipe, along with some tips for making it on a boat and ways to hurry it up.

No-Knead Bread

Buffalo Wings Dip

Easy Smooth Hummus

Baked Tuscan Chicken

Tuxedo Soup

Roast Veggies in the Omnia Stove Top Oven

A wonderful treat for a special occasion -- with a variation in case you can't get a German Chocolate cake mix.

Turtle Brownies

Boatmeal

Green Bean Casserole - From Scratch

Muffins

Basic Muffin Recipe

Looking for a special, make-ahead breakfast? Try mini sausage quiches.

Mini Sausage Quiche

Easy gazpacho recipe, perfect for hot days! Great to take along on hikes in a Thermos, too.

Gazpacho

My favorite quick and easy recipe for tender scallops and pasta. Make it in minutes and it's dairy-free.

Linguine and Scallops

A very boat-friendly and kid-friendly recipe for sugar cookies . . . and good any time of the year, not just Christmas!

Sugar Cookies

Chocolate-Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

Baked Praline French Toast

Keto Bean Salad

Healthier Zucchini and/or Carrot Bread

Mixed-Up Lasagna

Sweet & Sour Cabbage and Bacon

Spicy Canned Corn

Boiled Shrimp

Taco Seasoning

Breakfast Burritos

White Chicken Chili

Cold-Brewed Iced Tea

English Muffin Bread for the Omnia Stove Top Oven

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Black Bean and Corn Salsa

Gingerbread cakes brings the smell and taste of the holidays without all the work of gingerbread men. Tastes great anytime.

Gingerbread Cake

Grilled Garlic Bread

Truffles are true chocolate decadence and very easy to make!

Chocolate Truffles

Instead of roasting a turkey, how about a whole roast chicken for a holiday meal from a tiny kitchen?

Whole Roast Chicken Recipe

Cajun Seasoning

How to make a great rice or pasta salad for a group or to eat over several days--great make-ahead meal for passages!

Flexible Pasta or Rice Salad

Reuben dip on a cracker

Reuben Dip

Carolyn’s Variation on The Embers’ Pork Chops

Streusel Coffee Cake - Oh-so-easy and delicious recipe for a from-scratch coffee cake. Designed to be mixed by hand and bake in a tempermental oven!

Streusel Coffee Cake

Hot Buttered Rum

A light rye with a hint of orange--designed for a personal loaf, but easily doubled for a full loaf.

Swedish Rye Bread

Both savory and sweet, beef and banana curry is a delicious treat for cooler fall days.

Beef & Banana Curry

Make coconut macaroons with only a few ingredients. They're fun anytime.

Coconut Macaroons

Low Carb 8-Hour Salad

Greek Salad

Sour Cream from Non-Refrigerated Ingredients

Veggies on the Grill

Lin Pardey's Mussel Chowder

Tuna Bruschetta

Carolyn's Easy Vinaigrette