Top Ten Gluten Free Camping Essentials
Amélie’s Larder loves camping. In the summer holidays, come rain or shine, you will find us firmly entrenched in a field. As you can imagine trying to avoid cross-contamination in a tent is very difficult, everything is closer together and storage space is limited. But finally, after four years of trial and error, we have produced a practical and robust list of essentials for providing a GF camping environment.
- Chopping Boards: Keep to the code! Green chopping boards for gluten free and red chopping boards for foods containing gluten. Cross-contamination is even more of a threat in a windy field!( for more info see cross-contamination)
- Tea-Towels: Again, red for gluten and black and white for gluten free ( just as it is at home). I make sure that each tea-towel is on/in the appropriate food cupboard so areas can easily be identified.
- Food Cupboards: We have two food cupboards so gluten free and gluten foods can be stored separately. They also have their own work surface so food can be prepared separately as well.
- Grill: This year we finally bought a new stove with a grill and quite frankly the ability to make toast was a life-saver! Also broadens your menu that little bit more.
- Tin-Foil: Brilliant for using on the grill pan, especially when making toast.
- Wet-Wipes: I cannot live without them, great for wiping away unwanted crumbs. Billy automatically wipes his hands now whenever he has touched a product with gluten in it.
- Oil Tablecloth: Most camping tables have grooves in them, just right for collecting lots of unwanted crumbs. So, I decided to place an oil cloth over the table, crumbs are now very easily wiped away and unwanted spillages are quickly wiped up.
- Labels: I label all of Amélie’s food which prevents products accidentally becoming contaminated and helps everyone in the tent to stay safe.
- Flour: I refuse to take a set of scales camping , so I pre-prepared 4x 200g of gf plain flour and placed in separate bags. All I had to do in the tent was add milk and eggs for gf pancakes.( Amélie & Billy’s favourite)
- Measuring Jug: This is an essential item, especially for getting the right mix for the pancakes.( for more info see Tips)