Recipes

Cooking on a boat is different, but boat-friendly recipes make great meals 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? Check out the Omnia Stove Top Oven recipes
No refrigerator? 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

Lin Pardey's Mussel Chowder

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

Carolyn’s Variation on The Embers’ Pork Chops

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

Whole Roast Chicken Recipe

Crab Cakes

Cucumber Dressing or Dip

Hand-Mashed Potatoes “Recipe”

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

Barbecue Sauce - Kansas City Style

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

Beef & Banana Curry

Pumpkin Squares

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

Boiled Shrimp

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

Sami's Shrimp Tacos

English Muffin Bread for the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Making homemade mozzarella cheese is easy and fun.

Make Your Own Mozzarella

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

Gingerbread Cake

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

Brownies in the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Easy Smooth Hummus

Hot Buttered Rum

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

Boatmeal

Almost Olive Garden Salad Dressing

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

Sugar Cookies

Un-Rolled Egg Rolls

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

Company Coleslaw

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

Gazpacho

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

Boiled Kingfish

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

Linguine and Scallops

Sweet & Sour Cabbage and Bacon

Sour Cream from Non-Refrigerated Ingredients

Carolyn's Easy Vinaigrette

Shrimp & Artichokes

Chocolate-Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

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

Greek Salad

Cajun Seasoning

Grilled Garlic Bread

Breakfast Burritos

Fish or Chicken Tacos

Basic Yogurt Recipe

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

Tuxedo Soup

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

All Purpose Marinade - For Meat & Veggies

Buffalo Wings Dip

Spicy Pork Rub

Keto/LCHF/Gluten-Free Bread

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

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

Swedish Rye Bread

Truffles are true chocolate decadence and very easy to make!

Chocolate Truffles

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

Couscous Chicken

Spicy Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Pork Chops in Cider

Drew’s Jambalaya

Mincemeat Cookies

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

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

Green Bean Casserole - From Scratch

Taco Seasoning

Pimage of black bean and corn salsa

Black Bean and Corn Salsa

Baked Tuscan Chicken

Healthier Zucchini and/or Carrot Bread

Roast Veggies in the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Pan-Fried Fish

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

Coconut Macaroons

Dill Pickle Dip

Veggies on the Grill

Cold-Brewed Iced Tea

No-Bake Booze Balls

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

Turtle Brownies

Spicy Canned Corn

Streusel Coffee Cake for the Omnia Stove Top Oven

Greek Salad - LCHF and keto

Quick Biscuits

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Mexican Layered Dip

Spinach and Tomatoes

Vegetable Salad a la Que Tal