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

Breakfast Burritos

Almost Olive Garden Salad Dressing

Cajun Seasoning

Easy Smooth Hummus

Breadfruit Curry

Pumpkin Squares

Boatmeal

Truffles are true chocolate decadence and very easy to make!

Chocolate Truffles

Lin Pardey's Mussel Chowder

Ginger snaps are easy to make without a mixer, delicious, and helpful for queasy stomachs. Perfect for a boat!

Ginger Snaps

Chili

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

Whole Roast Chicken Recipe

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

Shrimp & Artichokes

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

Turtle Brownies

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

Beef & Banana Curry

Drop Biscuits for the Omnia Oven

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

Cold-Brewed Iced Tea

Greek Salad - LCHF and keto

Low Carb Beef Marinade

Hot Buttered Rum

Keto/LCHF/Gluten-Free Bread

Drew’s Jambalaya

Reuben dip on a cracker

Reuben Dip

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

Mini Sausage Quiche

Low Carb 8-Hour Salad

English Muffin Bread for the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Dill Pickle Dip

Firecracker salad--easy to make ahead and has a big bang of flavor on the boat.

Firecracker Salad

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

Gingerbread Cake

A tasty fruit topping you can serve many different ways. Plus a way to make it even if you don't have a refrigerator on your boat.

Fruit Topping

Sweet & Sour Cabbage and Bacon

No-Bake Booze Balls

Sweet Potatoes with Black Beans

Pimage of black bean and corn salsa

Black Bean and Corn Salsa

Quick Biscuits

Creamy Corned Beef Dip

Roasted Brussels Sprouts for the Omnia

Crab Cakes

Brownies in the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Basic Muffin Recipe

Mexican Layered Dip

Green Bean Casserole - From Scratch

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

Coconut Macaroons

Veggies on the Grill

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

Linguine and Scallops

Maple Pecan Chicken Casserole

Chicken Bruschetta is quick and easy and great for entertaining.

Chicken Bruschetta

Carolyn's Easy Vinaigrette

Keto Bean Salad

Baked Tuscan Chicken

Pan-Fried Fish

Tropical Beef Chunks

Breadfruit Chips

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

Swedish Rye Bread

Mincemeat Cookies

Tuna Bruschetta

Mixed-Up Lasagna

Oatmeal Spice Cake

Pork Chops in Cider

Spicy Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Cucumber Dressing or Dip

Spicy Canned Corn

Rehydration Drink

Orange Cranberry Coleslaw

Hand-Mashed Potatoes “Recipe”

Sami's Shrimp Tacos

Boiled Shrimp

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

All Purpose Marinade - For Meat & Veggies

Vegetable Salad a la Que Tal

Streusel Coffee Cake for the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Basic Yogurt Recipe

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

Italian Beer Bread

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

When you want an appetizer just a little bit special but still easy to make on a boat--try my easy crab rangoon recipe. And no frying!

Crab Rangoon

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

Faux Hot Apple Cider

No-Knead Bread - Omnia Stove Top Oven

Roast Veggies in the Omnia Stove Top Oven

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

Sugar Cookies

Grilled Garlic Bread

Spicy Pork Rub

DIY Dog Treats

Buffalo Wings Dip

Healthier Zucchini and/or Carrot Bread

Baked Praline French Toast

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

Couscous Chicken

Un-Rolled Egg Rolls

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

Carolyn’s Variation on The Embers’ Pork Chops

Broccoli-Cauliflower Salad

Spinach and Tomatoes

Chocolate-Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

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

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

Barbecue Sauce - Kansas City Style

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

Tuxedo Soup

Greek Salad

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

Company Coleslaw

Fish or Chicken Tacos

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

Gyro Burgers

Making homemade mozzarella cheese is easy and fun.

Make Your Own Mozzarella

Sour Cream from Non-Refrigerated Ingredients

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

Gazpacho

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

White Chicken Chili

Taco Seasoning

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

Peanut Butter Cookies