Alternative Cooking Method with a Shabuki Pot & Bluetti Power Station for Van Life

[@BoxVanDee]

Yummy!

[@lilliantittle944]

Your soup looks delicious. I love to cook and use what I have even if my husband thinks he won't like it 😂 most of the time he does

[@DesertSagetheBeagle]

Luckily my dad eats ANYTHING nom nom nom 🤤😂

[@VanLifeVoyages]

Thanks Lillian...it is really good. I make soup often & just throw leftover meats & veggies in there 😋

[@minnesotamerry8672]

Looks delish

[@annholland5176]

Looks good. Glad you 2 were able to get together.

[@VanLifeVoyages]

It is always a treat when we get to camp together!

[@ForkNLeans]

Awesome 😊

[@amandajustchillin2517]

That looks like a great little pot! And the soup looked really good too!

[@MoBangFoYoBucks]

Ooooh I like that cooker! You do have lots of food in the van!😁

[@hawkinsfamilyadventures5341]

That soup looks so yummy

[@VanLifeVoyages]

Thanks Sandra!

[@feedingit]

Oooo those California grills (in your intro!). Ooo I never heard of a Shabuki pot. That’s nice for the RV

[@VanLifeVoyages]

Yes that's a Santa Maria grill. Custom made for my husband's wheelchair . I use my Shabuki pot to boil water for my coffee when in the van daily too. Thanks for watching 😊

[@ForkNLeans]

What about lentils how long would lentils take

[@VanLifeVoyages]

It will take the same length as a stove typically does.

[@feedingit]

Love the bluetti demo, too! I’ve been wondering about it. P.s., i have some extra ground beef already cooked off! I’ll be using my instant pot, prolly some spinach but not cilantro (gives me soap feels😢) Serendipitous finding your channel today! Woot woot! ❤❤❤

[@VanLifeVoyages]

It's funny how some people's have the gene to dislike cilantro. I pretty much always have ground beef meal prepped as well.

[@BoxVanDee]

Forgot you are Pacific time

[@VanLifeVoyages]

Yep...it confuses everyone!

[@lewisbale1]

Me too

[@EfficientRVer]

Looks tasty, and having 250W/600W choices lets you use it with more inverters and power stations. Around Black Friday, I finally gave in and bought an electric cooker for car camping. I got a little "5 cup dry, 10 cup cooked" (but that is 5x 6oz Asian rice cups, not 8oz US cups) rice cooker with stainless removable pot. It is 375W and I stole it for $22. I decided to try it as a poor-man's version of your setup, and if it's only good for rice and heating water, I'm fine with that, also. Then I won a $15 Amazon gift card on Dee's live stream, and found the 3qt Instant Pot on sale for $50 the next day, so got that too. It is 700W. My power station is only 300W, and my little car inverter is only 300W, but I fixed that problem by buying a 2000W pure sine wave Redodo inverter on Black Friday for $140. I love doing most of my year's gadget shopping at steal prices around the holiday season. So, we'll be seeing what different sorts of cooking I do on my next Prius trip. I'll be practicing cooking in them at home before deciding which one to take on the road, or both.

[@VanLifeVoyages]

It's cool that you got so many good deals on Black Friday. I have to be careful of power usage with appliances not necessarily for the inverter (the inverter on the van's house battery system is 1200watts) but because I don't have lithium house batteries & only have 200 amp hour battery storage which is pretty much dedicated to my fridge. That's where the Bluetti backup power station comes in. I only have a 100w panel on the roof but also have a 200w portable solar panel. So, for me, I can't have anything that uses a bunch of power because in winter, it can be difficult to recharge everything when boondocking. And I mostly boondock where I don't leave for at least a week. But what I live about this community is how different everyone's setups are & how we learn from each other!

[@ForkNLeans]

If you watch bong bong camping she has some cool camping little gadgets as well if you want more ideas to add

[@ForkNLeans]

It's in Korean so you would have to turn on CC for English

[@freedomdove]

That's a nifty little cook pot. I would consider buying one if I didn't already have a mini Instant Pot, though I don't like that there's no inner pot that can be taken out and washed. I would cook the carrots and onion with the ground beef to get them cooked through more, instead of adding them after the beef was done. I've never had avocado in a soup. Sounds interesting! I do love guacamole. 🤗 Yep, soup is good all year. I personally don't really like to eat it when I'm dying of heat, though. Lol. It's one of the easiest things to make if you're a good cook with common sense in the kitchen. It's all about the spices and quality ingredients, IMO.

[@VanLifeVoyages]

Yes, I should have put the carrot in first & the only reason I used the Lipton Soup packet is to show others who aren't typically good cooks how easy it can be. I typically use a bunch of seasonings & never measure anything which makes it difficult to show people on a video. They want measurements & that isn't the way I cook. I'm a dumper & taster rarely following recipes. Yes, having a pot to remove would be good. I, however, like how it doesn't use much power. I'm not sure that I could use an Instapot on the road. I think it may use too much power. I have to conserve my power especially in the winter without lots of solar to replenish my batteries. But I do need to see how much power a small Instapot would use. 🤔

[@freedomdove]

@@VanLifeVoyages My little IP takes less than 1000w. And it doesn't run at that power level the whole time. I can use it on my two bigger power stations.

[@annholland5176]

For one. Lol. That pot holds enough for at least 3 maybe 4. .. i live in a house. But we do camp. That soup i would make. But would make my own soup base. The package have (gluten ) which i have to stay away from . Dang girl you made me hungry 😊

[@VanLifeVoyages]

Yes I eat it for a few days. The pot is actually made for a house not camping. It is marketed as a way to cook or re-heat your lunch easily at work, etc. I love it. It heats water quickly even on low.

[@danidthesupersupporter]

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[@danidthesupersupporter]

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