I recently got "The Storm Gourmet: A Guide to Creating Extraordinary Meals Without Electricity " which I've found to be extraordinarily helpful for creating a pantry and meals without refrigeration or stoves. It's aimed at people living in coastal areas who experience severe weather and outages but is very practical when applied to vanlife as well.
Hi Dee 🙋 For those glass bottles - grab a pack of kids tube socks. Fit like a glove! Baby socks work with the tiny jars. We also used them for stacking the sterno cans. Also when in a store ask for the cardboard seperators that are in the boxes they throw out. Can cut them to size & double them if you want a extra layer of protection. We've even used them to seperate the propane bottles.
You would have been a great person to have along on a wagon-train trip back in the 1820's to 1870's, traveling from Missouri to the western shores or gold fields. These people had no refrigerators and got to go shopping just once, which was at the beginning of their six-month trip!
While I'm in the fridge/freezer camp, I can understand and respect the simplicity of avoiding the need to worry about breakdowns and manage the required power. Some of my tricks with the fridge/freezer plus soft-sided cooler bag setup I use, can be used in some circumstances without a fridge or freezer. I put water and other drinks into the freezer, for later swapping into the cooler bag, creating a fridge. It also gives me partially-frozen water (or other uncarbonated drink) bottles to drink. That was a life saver in Quartzsite in July. You could so something similar with snow (or much better, denser ice) harvested outdoors, put in your cooler bag. A pound of snow and a pound of ice have the same cooling energy, the snow just takes up more space. If you can't find ice, pack snowballs as tightly as you can, lol. When you're somewhere that it goes below freezing overnight, or with lots of snow, you could lay out water bottles on the ground overnight on snow/ice, to get them at least partially frozen for use in your cooler bag. Likewise, harvesting ice/icicles from Nature, into Ziplocs could work. You could even pack snow around water bottles outdoors, both to cool the bottles and to melt the snow into a pan where it might freeze into ice. Loves seeing your lists of basic food staples to keep on hand. Some good ideas I'll try, though even after adding some, my own list in each category will still be shorter than yours. Try throwing an oatmeal packet into your pancake mix, I recently started doing that, plus substituting Aldi Strawberry/Kiwi juice ($1.25 per half gallon here, about half the cost of most of their other flavors) for water when making pancakes. Yum, and a very different texture.
👋👩🐞🙂I just love how organized you are ! Proof a person just doesn't have to have a refrigerator 🤔 I'm a vegetarian & I rarely use a refrigerator! 🙂 you're amazing! Thank you for sharing & all your helpful ideas on organizing & tips ! Stay safe/Stay happy ! 👍🤗 🙂
I absolutely love what you're doing I really do , I'm binge watching at the moment , but I have to say ..I struggle watching your promotion of many, many packaged items 😔 but you're such an inspiration that I can't stop watching you ❤
This was a surprise for me. The few things you bought that I refrigerate, you hang in a bag outside the cooler and you use your cooler for all things I leave on the shelf. Goes to show that simple whole ingredients make live simple. Thanks.
Just bumped into your channel and I subscribe. Living in a van without a refrigerator is great because I plan on moving into my vehicle and I don't want a refrigerator, so any which way I can find to live easily without having to worry about electronics and wiring of any kind, works is best for me. Plus I always love to see what other individuals who do not have Refrigeration or electricity or a jumble of wires lol...... have as far as food is concerned. Thank you for your video
BTW someone wished you a Happy Birthday. So I, too, wish you well on your special day. Best Wishes for a highly successful year for you and your great channel.
That was very interesting Dee. I want to challenge myself this year to live in my van for a longer time. I want to do that without a refridgerator (and without a stove) so this is very useful, but I need to 'translate' it for my situation in the Nethetlands.
Such great ideas from your video and from viewers! I have no fridge either and line my little cooler with sheets of reflectix. It doesn't really take up much space and adds a nice layer of insulation.
"You have an amazing spirit of adventure and resilience. Your full-time van life is a testament to your courage and determination to live life on your own terms. I admire your drive and dedication to make the most of every moment."
@@LadyBugout As a fellow traveler (not full time) I very much enjoy my own company and the beauty of these wonderful States and roads. I myself go more in the backcountry but the same rules apply. Thank you for sharing ideas.
Awesome tips, Dee! I use a portable Alpicool C20 just for the warmest months and I am boondocking a lot. Otherwise my Igloo cooler works fine and it holds 90% of my foods. It is also a great protection from insects, possible rodent invasion ( none in two years so far) and dust/dirt from old logging roads. My canned goods and sealable food packages go in slide out bins under my bed. Even resealable packages get placed in double ziploc bags for protection. I love your organizational skills. I have shopped at Ikea and found great storage items.
I like the life of the wild , I hope that I will have the opportunity to experience it. It is not just a way of life, it is a personal freedom that only those who have experienced this kind of life know.
Hello Dee. If you frequent 2nd hand shops or charities, I highly recomment you pick up a candle food warmer. Buy the candles with a high wall, so the flame sits under metal dish. I have boiled water and heated food in a metal dish on this. Plus you can put a bowl of water on this and a few drops of essential oil and your van will smell beautiful with health benefit of it as well. Use beeswax candles for use indoors......use parafin wax candles out doors with citronilla essential oils to keep bugs away. Very important to have as a back up incase you break or run out of fuel for burner camping stove.
This is great thank you. I don't like using glass containers as well but sometimes it is unavoidable. When I pack my glass, I tend to put items in cardboard or plastic between each glass container to cushion the glass and I have never had a breakage.
Awesome information. I don't, at this time, live off grid or go camping. But there are times during the year, because I live on the Gulf Coast, that we are without electricity because of hurricanes. Many useful ideas for living without refrigeration. Have a blessed week.
I new if I bought lettuce and a 🍅 today I could have salad tomorrow. It was still noticeably cool when I put it in the cooler. Lettuce that is .paper towel idea great
It varies. Anywhere from $100-200 depending on where I am and what I am doing and who I am doing it with lol. If the people I’m hanging with like to eat out a lot, I will gladly go over budget ☺️
If you are going to be parked at a spot where you can have a small campfire for a couple days you should make a teepee above the fire and you can use a rack from an oven and put it at the top of the teepee with a little bit of wire holding it.. and any mushrooms, vegetables or meats that you have that you aren't going to eat right away you can smoke them yourself over two days..after you smoke your veggies and whatnot you can save them in ziploc bags and they will last up to a year. When smoking your goods use punky dead for a while wood for the most smoke. You don't want to cook the items but you want them smoked so make sure your teepee is at least eye level away from the majority of the heat...I just sold my off-grid property here in Michigan to move to the Llano River in Texas hiking into the backcountry panning gold, hunting for boar, rattlesnakes, scorpions, fishing for fish and eel and trapping crayfish for the next year as an outdoor living enthusiast living the Native American Way..if you are ever in Texas, come hang out.
Great tips, I find tinned food is helpful, especially lentils, beans, tomatoes, fruits etc, also uht milk, rice and pasta and some packaged flat beads seem to keep better than regular bread.
In my country there are also little plastic pots for sale for like peanutbutter and honey. You can have the coconutbutter etc. also in smaller bottles. I assume you have all these bags so you can storage them better in your car, but you have a lot of waste in your car this way.
I always try to find what is most practical. I really don’t have a lot of waste in my car, though. I guess it’s a matter of perspective and availability of products that work for vanlife.
So much great info! Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks! I am very much looking forward to your recipes! I hope it’s a series! Happy Birthday! You look extra pretty today!
Remembering when I used to winter camp, my whole vehicle at night would become a refrigerator in the wintertime, literally. During the day, an ice chest 'without ice' would keep my semi-perishable foods cool for the most part. I always played it safe during the winter and would stay pretty close to civilization. Because of the cold weather in the single digits, I'd stay within a few miles of an auto parts store, just in case and also food store to buy perishable food items for immediate consumption. Take care, stay warm and travel on !!
Another wonderfully informative video Ms Dee I love how organized and neat you manage to keep ladybug in your travels Great ideas, tips and suggestions too A Very Happy Birthday Wish for you and many more 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 Have a wonderful day, take care and safe travels 🙏🏻 Looking forward to your next video 😃
Very cool! Thanks! And it appears from the comments that it’s your birthday. So, Happy Birthday! Watch your step today 😉 So surprised to realize that I’ve been following you for over a year as I remember last year at this time you had an unfortunate trip. (Sorry if you would rather not remember that 🫤) Stay warm and well!
Dear Dee wow just wow ..guess I am blessed to have the feeling of contentment..hope you keep finding what you have found…may you have a wonderful and blessed Christmas…looking forward to watching you in 2024! As always be safe and careful!
I always get such good ideas from your videos, even for regular meals. You reminded me to check out nutritional yeast, and I've recently discovered how useful egg substitute is! Hope you are staying warm this winter!
Happy Birthday Dee! [I still have a prezzie 🎁 for you from last year-one of these days…] That said, Trader Joe’s always has the little coconut oil packs-I use them as well because they are easy to store and keep really well.🌿
P.S. Our foodstuffs are virtually identical! I have a small dehydrator and I will dehydrate most fruits and vegetables for storage and space. I’m so used to doing this because of backpacking and pre-making most of my meals. The savings all around are dramatic. About 1/5 of the price of buying the meals or the dehydrated foods/snacks. I have a great fruit jerky recipe-let me know if you want it. 🌿
@@LadyBugout So…The fruit jerky is easy and delicious. This recipe can be used with most fruit and berries. I use a mini Bullet blender to purée my fruit and a low watt dehydrator. Apricot and Peach Fruit Leather Wash, cut, and purée fruit. Heat puréed fruit over low heat for 10-15 min. til fruit is mushy. You can add sugar if you like it sweeter. Line drying trays with parchment paper being sure to have the paper come up on the sides to keep purée from running off. Pour out fruit evenly on to parchment paper, dry at 154°F for 3 hours or til “leathery.” Store in airtight bag or container. Keeps for weeks. 🍑 The dehydrator I use is small and pretty energy efficient. 240w x3hrs on an inverter while I’m driving-the power is generated and “free.” Sent you a DM on IG with info.
Fabulous video lady🐞 out, perfect and always love the neatness and tidiness of your van❤️ we do not live in our camper van 1995 Gmc Vandura, it’s strictly for roaming around to wide open spaces beautiful places visiting family kids grandkids and anyplace our heart desires ❤️ and it’s perfect inside too, cozy tidy and what we need ❤️ thank you for always sharing your smile your kindnesss, and your ideas you rock and much ❤️ from Jeanne and Michael in Tehachapi, oh yes and for us we choose to not have a fridge, main reason we don’t live in our van and we can get by and or make due with out it 😇 happy travels to you have a lovely day and a message for everyone across the earth is ….. there is no greater feeling than reaching down and lifting people up….. remember to smile because it looks so good on you and will brighten someone’s day…..and oh yes I must brag that, my grandkids rock, God is great gave me life and huge family and 11 grandkids icing on my cupcake ❤️😇
I just added one of those bag sealers to my Amazon cart! Hehe I thought it was such a cool thing when you showed it in a different video but I forgot about it until this video. Anyway, I bought a 12v fridge a few weeks ago and I remember how excited I was to buy it. It's used but I only paid 80 after he marked it down from 120. It's nice and I'm happy but I'm glad I watched this. I'm not vegan, but I truly need to be for my health but I do know that there will be times I won't be able to charge my solar due to weather or whatnot so it's possible I could be without power so I plan to have things on hand like you mentioned but I did not realize you could get dried strawberries! So freaking cool! Lol I have fruit in my sticks and bricks fridge now that I'll never eat before it goes bad. I tell myself to stop buying so much but I somehow still do it. Crazy. However, I'm thinking I won't be as wasteful when I convert to van life. I know my water usage will go way down. I waste it when I brush my teeth for sure so that will stop. lol happy trails!9
Muchísimas gracias, I've enjoyed learning new shelf-stored products. I too can only eat certain things. I covered my cooler with reflectix which helps keep cold in as well.
I like to keep a good brand of peanut butter powder on hand--it makes a creamy milk that goes well on hot or cold cereals. Also, dried onions that I buy in bulk, Rye Crisp type crackers and always some dates!
Dee, I always love your how you do it videos! We have the same soft cooler. I love the outer pockets! I guess I should have said, I think we have the same one. 🤷🏻♀️. I also use the packages of cooked rice, beans, etc. because of watching you. They were never on my radar before. Thank you for doing this video.
Dear Dee so organized and healthy wish I was more like you…looking forward to video on your cooking…as always thanks for sharing and be careful and safe!
Here’s a tip not mentioned to store fresh foods for longer: Green bags! For some reason there’s certain plastic green bags you can buy that keeps fresh veggies longer. I can tell you it works. I’ve never researched why though… might do it now!
That's quite the haul! I have mostly everything that you've shown as I said before, you and I are very similar.....from our vans and age (I think lol), to our way of eating! Great video, Dee! Ty
Yea. Fruit and veggies go bad quickly. I haven’t had much go bad on me yet but I’ve decided that when I buy fruit in particular that I will only get a single serving (unless it’s blueberries which have to be eaten quickly). So, I’ll just buy one apple for example. I’m currently still in graduate school & live in a major city so I’ve decided that I don’t need to stock up on much. Better to keep as much space as clear as possible. There are grocery stores everywhere. If I were to go off grid I would switch my strategy.
Ok wow. At first when I seen ur video, female solo thingy by accident, well I thot u may be a lil crazy or kookoo. Darn it, I'm the biker, construction worker, exconvict, u r off the charts. Ok I bot my seven window bus almost 3 yrs ago. My kids n family tink I'm crazy and I keep making excuses for not getting that bus done. Then I see vids of u ladies just moving on! I love y'all's ideas. I can't wait to actually meet some of u guys in person. I used to b a traveling welder n can't wait to just be traveling n ridin me bikes. I need to start learning to live with the minimum. Y'all's take care. Yes, ur videos mean a lot to alot of us. Wether ur doing good or bad, I make time to read ur stories!
I recently got "The Storm Gourmet: A Guide to Creating Extraordinary Meals Without Electricity " which I've found to be extraordinarily helpful for creating a pantry and meals without refrigeration or stoves. It's aimed at people living in coastal areas who experience severe weather and outages but is very practical when applied to vanlife as well.
I’m going to have to look for this!!
@@ABCpdc Amazon of course. I have the Kindle edition.
Found it! Thanks.
Sounds awesome. I’ll have to check it out.
Do you have to have Prime to get it on Kindle App?
Hi Dee 🙋 For those glass bottles - grab a pack of kids tube socks. Fit like a glove!
Baby socks work with the tiny jars. We also used them for stacking the sterno cans.
Also when in a store ask for the cardboard seperators that are in the boxes they throw out. Can cut them to size & double them if you want a extra layer of protection. We've even used them to seperate the propane bottles.
Nice!!! Great idea🙌🏼
I love the idea of using kids socks! My grandsons are always losing socks, so I have a lot of odd ones on hand
that is very smart!
Great idea!
Girl after my own heart! Organic, minimalist, effective and efficient! Works for me SOOOOO well 👍❤️
Love it!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dee. A life worth celebrating ya’ll. 🎂
Thank you, Chrispy!
Happy Birthday!!!!!🎉🎉🎉
You would have been a great person to have along on a wagon-train trip back in the 1820's to 1870's, traveling from Missouri to the western shores or gold fields. These people had no refrigerators and got to go shopping just once, which was at the beginning of their six-month trip!
💪🏼
While I'm in the fridge/freezer camp, I can understand and respect the simplicity of avoiding the need to worry about breakdowns and manage the required power.
Some of my tricks with the fridge/freezer plus soft-sided cooler bag setup I use, can be used in some circumstances without a fridge or freezer. I put water and other drinks into the freezer, for later swapping into the cooler bag, creating a fridge. It also gives me partially-frozen water (or other uncarbonated drink) bottles to drink. That was a life saver in Quartzsite in July. You could so something similar with snow (or much better, denser ice) harvested outdoors, put in your cooler bag.
A pound of snow and a pound of ice have the same cooling energy, the snow just takes up more space. If you can't find ice, pack snowballs as tightly as you can, lol.
When you're somewhere that it goes below freezing overnight, or with lots of snow, you could lay out water bottles on the ground overnight on snow/ice, to get them at least partially frozen for use in your cooler bag. Likewise, harvesting ice/icicles from Nature, into Ziplocs could work. You could even pack snow around water bottles outdoors, both to cool the bottles and to melt the snow into a pan where it might freeze into ice.
Loves seeing your lists of basic food staples to keep on hand. Some good ideas I'll try, though even after adding some, my own list in each category will still be shorter than yours. Try throwing an oatmeal packet into your pancake mix, I recently started doing that, plus substituting Aldi Strawberry/Kiwi juice ($1.25 per half gallon here, about half the cost of most of their other flavors) for water when making pancakes. Yum, and a very different texture.
Great tips thank you!!!
👋👩🐞🙂I just love how organized you are ! Proof a person just doesn't have to have a refrigerator 🤔 I'm a vegetarian & I rarely use a refrigerator! 🙂 you're amazing! Thank you for sharing & all your helpful ideas on organizing & tips ! Stay safe/Stay happy ! 👍🤗 🙂
Love that! Yes, it’s not been missed at all🤭
A very helpful guide on how to incorporate healthy foods into living in a car or van. Thank you for sharing. 😁
You are very welcome.😊
Dee you are so creative and smart to adapt with out refrigeration. It is truly a sign of intelligence. Thanks for all the tips. God bless you.
You are so welcome!
Beer stubby holders are useful to protect bottles and also propane cans.
That’s a great idea!!! Thanks🤗
I absolutely love what you're doing I really do , I'm binge watching at the moment , but I have to say ..I struggle watching your promotion of many, many packaged items 😔 but you're such an inspiration that I can't stop watching you ❤
Thank you for watching. ☺️
This was a surprise for me. The few things you bought that I refrigerate, you hang in a bag outside the cooler and you use your cooler for all things I leave on the shelf. Goes to show that simple whole ingredients make live simple. Thanks.
That’s funny! I think moving around makes having things on shelves harder😝
Just bumped into your channel and I subscribe. Living in a van without a refrigerator is great because I plan on moving into my vehicle and I don't want a refrigerator, so any which way I can find to live easily without having to worry about electronics and wiring of any kind, works is best for me. Plus I always love to see what other individuals who do not have Refrigeration or electricity or a jumble of wires lol...... have as far as food is concerned. Thank you for your video
Thank you and welcome to the channel 💃🏻🚗🐞
BTW someone wished you a Happy Birthday. So I, too, wish you well on your special day. Best Wishes for a highly successful year for you and your great channel.
Thank you so much!
I love your sense of organization!
It helps with my sanity😜
Great tips for those that choose this option. As always happy and safe travels
Thanks, you too!
That was very interesting Dee. I want to challenge myself this year to live in my van for a longer time. I want to do that without a refridgerator (and without a stove) so this is very useful, but I need to 'translate' it for my situation in the Nethetlands.
Awesome! Tell me how it goes🤗
@@LadyBugout I will 😃
Such great ideas from your video and from viewers! I have no fridge either and line my little cooler with sheets of reflectix. It doesn't really take up much space and adds a nice layer of insulation.
Great idea! 🤗
Looking forward to your recipes. I’m also trying to find refrigerator-free options so this is very helpful. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful. I’m looking forward to sharing them too☺️
Love your Video's Take Care. Andy....
Glad you like them! 😊
The design and organization in your van is ingenious. You have an eye and flair for bringing it all together. You’re a cool lady. Roll on!
Thanks so much!💃🏻🤗☺️
"You have an amazing spirit of adventure and resilience. Your full-time van life is a testament to your courage and determination to live life on your own terms. I admire your drive and dedication to make the most of every moment."
Thank you!
@@LadyBugout As a fellow traveler (not full time) I very much enjoy my own company and the beauty of these wonderful States and roads. I myself go more in the backcountry but the same rules apply. Thank you for sharing ideas.
Great tips, A lot of those go for hiking too.Happy Birthday!!
Yes. Hikers and tent campers have a lot of great tips!!!
Awesome tips, Dee! I use a portable Alpicool C20 just for the warmest months and I am boondocking a lot. Otherwise my Igloo cooler works fine and it holds 90% of my foods. It is also a great protection from insects, possible rodent invasion ( none in two years so far) and dust/dirt from old logging roads. My canned goods and sealable food packages go in slide out bins under my bed. Even resealable packages get placed in double ziploc bags for protection. I love your organizational skills. I have shopped at Ikea and found great storage items.
Thank you, Alexander. Sounds like a great set up🤗
I like the low profile of the Alpicool 20 and the 15 because they will fit under a cot.
😀 GO Dee! thanks MUCH and stay warm :) Happy Birthday too, Cheers!
Thank you! Will do! 💃🏻
I like the life of the wild , I hope that I will have the opportunity to experience it. It is not just a way of life, it is a personal freedom that only those who have experienced this kind of life know.
Indeed! I hope you do too🐞💃🏻🚗
I agree! I love the old school power free alternatives to things. I get inspiration from how the Amish live life x
Yes, I think there is much wisdom there too!💃🏻🐞🙌🏼
Hello Dee. If you frequent 2nd hand shops or charities, I highly recomment you pick up a candle food warmer. Buy the candles with a high wall, so the flame sits under metal dish. I have boiled water and heated food in a metal dish on this. Plus you can put a bowl of water on this and a few drops of essential oil and your van will smell beautiful with health benefit of it as well. Use beeswax candles for use indoors......use parafin wax candles out doors with citronilla essential oils to keep bugs away. Very important to have as a back up incase you break or run out of fuel for burner camping stove.
Great tips. Thank you💃🏻
That's the best way to go! Things I am mindful of on my adventures are water, gas and DC power.
Yep! It’s crazy how much we have to think about those things😝
Thank you! Looking forward to your next video as well!
Thank you 😊
This is great thank you. I don't like using glass containers as well but sometimes it is unavoidable. When I pack my glass, I tend to put items in cardboard or plastic between each glass container to cushion the glass and I have never had a breakage.
That's a great idea!
Great informational video. Thank you Dee. Happy, happy birthday beautiful lady!!
Thank you so much!🥰
Always enjoy your videos! THIS one: Most Valuable!
I appreciate that!
This lady is inherently saucy. Perhaps that’s why she doesn’t need a refrigerator. 😂😂😂
😜
Very interesting - thanks for sharing! 💚
My pleasure!🤗
Awesome information. I don't, at this time, live off grid or go camping. But there are times during the year, because I live on the Gulf Coast, that we are without electricity because of hurricanes. Many useful ideas for living without refrigeration. Have a blessed week.
Glad it was useful ☺️
Happy birthday my friend 💯👍! U look FAB! ❤️
Thank you☺️
Good for you...being simple is the only way to go.
I do find that simpler is better for me most of the time 😛
I new if I bought lettuce and a 🍅 today I could have salad tomorrow. It was still noticeably cool when I put it in the cooler. Lettuce that is .paper towel idea great
Yes, indeed!!! Glad it helped☺️
Hello. Can you share the average cost for your food per month, including take out if any. Thank you so much!
It varies. Anywhere from $100-200 depending on where I am and what I am doing and who I am doing it with lol. If the people I’m hanging with like to eat out a lot, I will gladly go over budget ☺️
Hey, did you know
: the juice out of can of chick peas can be used as egg replacement, also. 🎁
Nice! Great tip☺️
Happy Birthday To You Dee 🎈🎂.
Thank you! 🤗
If you are going to be parked at a spot where you can have a small campfire for a couple days you should make a teepee above the fire and you can use a rack from an oven and put it at the top of the teepee with a little bit of wire holding it.. and any mushrooms, vegetables or meats that you have that you aren't going to eat right away you can smoke them yourself over two days..after you smoke your veggies and whatnot you can save them in ziploc bags and they will last up to a year. When smoking your goods use punky dead for a while wood for the most smoke. You don't want to cook the items but you want them smoked so make sure your teepee is at least eye level away from the majority of the heat...I just sold my off-grid property here in Michigan to move to the Llano River in Texas hiking into the backcountry panning gold, hunting for boar, rattlesnakes, scorpions, fishing for fish and eel and trapping crayfish for the next year as an outdoor living enthusiast living the Native American Way..if you are ever in Texas, come hang out.
Sounds like a fun thing to do!!!
Happy birthday!
Thank you🤗
Happy birthday to the girl with the best hair on RUclips ❤️☺️ Great video, Dee!
Hahahahah. 🤗Thank you so much!!
Thank you for taking the time to provide such an extensive “product info list”.
You are very welcome!🤗💃🏻🐞
Great Tips!!! Is it your Birthday?? Happy Birthday My Friend!! 🤗🥳😘
Yes it was on the 26th😝. Thank you.
Thank you for the awesome information and I'm looking forward to those recipes happy birthday
You are so welcome! I’m look forward to sharing them☺️
Great tips, I find tinned food is helpful, especially lentils, beans, tomatoes, fruits etc, also uht milk, rice and pasta and some packaged flat beads seem to keep better than regular bread.
Great tips! Thanks for sharing them☺️
Happy birthday 🎉🎈😊
Thank you☺️
In my country there are also little plastic pots for sale for like peanutbutter and honey. You can have the coconutbutter etc. also in smaller bottles. I assume you have all these bags so you can storage them better in your car, but you have a lot of waste in your car this way.
I always try to find what is most practical. I really don’t have a lot of waste in my car, though. I guess it’s a matter of perspective and availability of products that work for vanlife.
Thank you for showing this to the community. Great inspiration.
Glad you enjoyed it!😊
So much great info! Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks! I am very much looking forward to your recipes! I hope it’s a series! Happy Birthday! You look extra pretty today!
Aww thank you Debbie 🥰 I needed that!!!
Happy Birthday!🥳
Thank you💃🏻
Amazing.
Thanks! ☺️
Your fab diet reflects well in your lovely fresh, healthy glow. Xxx
Thank you😊
Really useful, thanks! And happy birthday :)
Thank you! 😃
Van Life without the fridge is the best!!! I missed that for sure.😁 I need my fridge to make eggrolls though!😆 Hope to see you down the road Dee!🤗
I hope so too! Ahh yes and nobody can do without your egg rolls Hehehehe 😋
You are one smart cookie, Dee!!
That is very kind of you ☺️
Thanks for sharing Dee! I love to see how options work, and I too like to keep things simple if I can. Great video! Have an awesome week!
Thank you! You too!☺️
Happy 2 you, thanks for another excellent video.
Thank you☺️
Remembering when I used to winter camp, my whole vehicle at night would become a refrigerator in the wintertime, literally. During the day, an ice chest 'without ice' would keep my semi-perishable foods cool for the most part. I always played it safe during the winter and would stay pretty close to civilization. Because of the cold weather in the single digits, I'd stay within a few miles of an auto parts store, just in case and also food store to buy perishable food items for immediate consumption. Take care, stay warm and travel on !!
Good tips. Thank you☺️
Another wonderfully informative video Ms Dee
I love how organized and neat you manage to keep ladybug in your travels
Great ideas, tips and suggestions too
A Very Happy Birthday Wish for you and many more 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
Have a wonderful day, take care and safe travels 🙏🏻
Looking forward to your next video 😃
Thank you! Glad it was helpful 🙌🏼
@@LadyBugout
You’re very welcome and Thank You again👍🏻🙏🏻😊
Very cool! Thanks! And it appears from the comments that it’s your birthday. So, Happy Birthday! Watch your step today 😉 So surprised to realize that I’ve been following you for over a year as I remember last year at this time you had an unfortunate trip. (Sorry if you would rather not remember that 🫤) Stay warm and well!
Lol yes, thank you💃🏻
Dear Dee what unusual new idea..it was nice to see something so unusual ..thanks for sharing..have safe day and as always be careful!
Thank you! You too, Vicki ☺️
@@LadyBugout oh forgot to tell you..stay warm lol
Dear Dee wow just wow ..guess I am blessed to have the feeling of contentment..hope you keep finding what you have found…may you have a wonderful and blessed Christmas…looking forward to watching you in 2024! As always be safe and careful!
Thank you so much, Vicki and thanks for being one of the OG viewers. It’s hard to tell you how much love and support I feel from you 🥰🫶🏼🥰
I, too, have glass jars and bottles in my van, and to protect them from breaking, I tie an old woolen sock from which I cut off the foot over them
That’s a great tip!!!
Precooked rice, curries in pouches are good, too
Yep!!! Love them.
Vanlife makes me think of playing house as a kid ..like a playhouse on wheels 😅
Lol… that’s probably why I love it so much😂
I always get such good ideas from your videos, even for regular meals. You reminded me to check out nutritional yeast, and I've recently discovered how useful egg substitute is! Hope you are staying warm this winter!
That makes me feel good to know it is helpful to you!!!🥰
Happy Birthday Dee! [I still have a prezzie 🎁 for you from last year-one of these days…] That said, Trader Joe’s always has the little coconut oil packs-I use them as well because they are easy to store and keep really well.🌿
P.S. Our foodstuffs are virtually identical! I have a small dehydrator and I will dehydrate most fruits and vegetables for storage and space. I’m so used to doing this because of backpacking and pre-making most of my meals. The savings all around are dramatic. About 1/5 of the price of buying the meals or the dehydrated foods/snacks. I have a great fruit jerky recipe-let me know if you want it. 🌿
Very cool! Sure… I can always use new recipes.
@@LadyBugout So…The fruit jerky is easy and delicious. This recipe can be used with most fruit and berries.
I use a mini Bullet blender to purée my fruit and a low watt dehydrator.
Apricot and Peach Fruit Leather
Wash, cut, and purée fruit. Heat puréed fruit over low heat for 10-15 min. til fruit is mushy. You can add sugar if you like it sweeter. Line drying trays with parchment paper being sure to have the paper come up on the sides to keep purée from running off. Pour out fruit evenly on to parchment paper, dry at 154°F for 3 hours or til “leathery.” Store in airtight bag or container. Keeps for weeks. 🍑
The dehydrator I use is small and pretty energy efficient. 240w x3hrs on an inverter while I’m driving-the power is generated and “free.”
Sent you a DM on IG with info.
Happy Blessed Birthday Dee🎉.
I loved this video; you have some great information here that I am sure will benefit many including myself 😊
Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful.
Great ideas! Thanks ❤️
Glad you like them, Kimberly!☺️
How you make your toothpaste? Your pecooked veggies , never saw it. Can you show us please. Thank for the video❣️
Will do soon
Bonjour Dee , Awesome , you are so smart & so healthy 🙏 Happy Birthday and 2023 with big warm hugs from New Zealand 🤗💌
Thank you for the encouragement and well wishes☺️
Fabulous video lady🐞 out, perfect and always love the neatness and tidiness of your van❤️ we do not live in our camper van 1995 Gmc Vandura, it’s strictly for roaming around to wide open spaces beautiful places visiting family kids grandkids and anyplace our heart desires ❤️ and it’s perfect inside too, cozy tidy and what we need ❤️ thank you for always sharing your smile your kindnesss, and your ideas you rock and much ❤️ from Jeanne and Michael in Tehachapi, oh yes and for us we choose to not have a fridge, main reason we don’t live in our van and we can get by and or make due with out it 😇 happy travels to you have a lovely day and a message for everyone across the earth is ….. there is no greater feeling than reaching down and lifting people up….. remember to smile because it looks so good on you and will brighten someone’s day…..and oh yes I must brag that, my grandkids rock, God is great gave me life and huge family and 11 grandkids icing on my cupcake ❤️😇
Thank you, Jeanne! You rock too💃🏻💪🏼🙌🏼
I love yogurt so for me I would need a fridge of some sort your examples are amazing thank you
You are so welcome! 😊
I just added one of those bag sealers to my Amazon cart! Hehe I thought it was such a cool thing when you showed it in a different video but I forgot about it until this video. Anyway, I bought a 12v fridge a few weeks ago and I remember how excited I was to buy it. It's used but I only paid 80 after he marked it down from 120. It's nice and I'm happy but I'm glad I watched this. I'm not vegan, but I truly need to be for my health but I do know that there will be times I won't be able to charge my solar due to weather or whatnot so it's possible I could be without power so I plan to have things on hand like you mentioned but I did not realize you could get dried strawberries! So freaking cool! Lol I have fruit in my sticks and bricks fridge now that I'll never eat before it goes bad. I tell myself to stop buying so much but I somehow still do it. Crazy. However, I'm thinking I won't be as wasteful when I convert to van life. I know my water usage will go way down. I waste it when I brush my teeth for sure so that will stop. lol happy trails!9
That’s a great deal. Yes, it’s always good to have back-up plan and redundancies for food and power and water.
Hi Dee. Happy Birthday
Thank you, Alan! 🤗
Happy birthday 🎉 I’m the 29th. Enjoy. Thanks for sharing your food ideas
Happy belated birthday to you!!!
Muchísimas gracias, I've enjoyed learning new shelf-stored products. I too can only eat certain things. I covered my cooler with reflectix which helps keep cold in as well.
Glad it was helpful!
I like to keep a good brand of peanut butter powder on hand--it makes a creamy milk that goes well on hot or cold cereals. Also, dried onions that I buy in bulk, Rye Crisp type crackers and always some dates!
Sounds yummy!!!
The view out your door is gorgeous. I like how you use the soft sided cooler to hold those times. Such a great idea.
Thanks so much! 😊
Smart cookie ❤😅
I appreciate that. It is something that works for me, but not for everyone 😝
Dee, I always love your how you do it videos! We have the same soft cooler. I love the outer pockets! I guess I should have said, I think we have the same one. 🤷🏻♀️. I also use the packages of cooked rice, beans, etc. because of watching you. They were never on my radar before. Thank you for doing this video.
Hey Rita! You are very welcome. I’m glad it’s useful information. My cooler has outside zipper in the front as well, so maybe it’s the same one.
Dear Dee so organized and healthy wish I was more like you…looking forward to video on your cooking…as always thanks for sharing and be careful and safe!
Thank you, Vicki ☺️
Always good to see you my friend much love❤️😻😎🐈
Likewise my friend🐞🥰💃🏻
I shared this on my Facebook page
This is really a "Bug Out" shelter 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞love your storage.
Thank you. I appreciate it!
Love to see your simple, nutritious method of eating on the road.
Thank you!
Here’s a tip not mentioned to store fresh foods for longer:
Green bags!
For some reason there’s certain plastic green bags you can buy that keeps fresh veggies longer. I can tell you it works.
I’ve never researched why though… might do it now!
Nice, I’ll have to look for them!
That's quite the haul! I have mostly everything that you've shown as I said before, you and I are very similar.....from our vans and age (I think lol), to our way of eating! Great video, Dee! Ty
That is awesome! Van twins ☺️
Sooo awesome!! I really appreciate you sharing this. 👏🏻 🙏🏻
You are so welcome! 🤗
Yea. Fruit and veggies go bad quickly. I haven’t had much go bad on me yet but I’ve decided that when I buy fruit in particular that I will only get a single serving (unless it’s blueberries which have to be eaten quickly).
So, I’ll just buy one apple for example. I’m currently still in graduate school & live in a major city so I’ve decided that I don’t need to stock up on much. Better to keep as much space as clear as possible. There are grocery stores everywhere.
If I were to go off grid I would switch my strategy.
Sounds like a great plan!
Ok wow. At first when I seen ur video, female solo thingy by accident, well I thot u may be a lil crazy or kookoo. Darn it, I'm the biker, construction worker, exconvict, u r off the charts. Ok I bot my seven window bus almost 3 yrs ago. My kids n family tink I'm crazy and I keep making excuses for not getting that bus done. Then I see vids of u ladies just moving on! I love y'all's ideas. I can't wait to actually meet some of u guys in person. I used to b a traveling welder n can't wait to just be traveling n ridin me bikes. I need to start learning to live with the minimum. Y'all's take care. Yes, ur videos mean a lot to alot of us. Wether ur doing good or bad, I make time to read ur stories!
I’m glad you enjoy the channel and that it is helpful. ☺️
God, I love alternative thinkers. Subscribed!
Awesome! Thank you! Welcome aboard🤗
Once again, you are an inspiration👍 I'm going to start car camping this spring so I can keep chasing waterfalls👍 thanks for the ideas.
Sounds great! Have fun💃🏻
Fantastic suggestions I am going to take some of those from now on.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing . I love these ideas❤You are soooo organized🤪
Lol- I have to be to find anything😜
@@LadyBugout I’m still rearranging my van. Did I tell you I am finally hitting the road on Feb 15! Wooot! Two years I’ve tried, lol
Such helpful information. Love how you think outside of the (ice)box!
Lol😂 thank you my dear!!!
i turned a cooler box into a fridge with Peltier devices and fans, 12v at 1,5amp. that's 18watts
Very ingenious!!!🤗💪🏼🙌🏼