WELLNESS
Off-grid cooking: cosy winter inspiration for your escape.
There’s something especially grounding about cooking when you’re off the grid – no Uber Eats, no scrolling for inspiration, just you, your ingredients and the slow rhythm of a tiny home stay.
May 2025
Autumn and winter invite heartier meals, comfort food, and nourishing recipes that warm you from the inside out. Whether you’re using a stovetop, campfire, or cast-iron pan, cooking in nature becomes part of the experience, not just a necessity.
Our tiny homes also feature the Slow Road cookbooks, which are beautiful to flick through and gain recipe inspiration.
Embrace one-pot wonders, slow-cooked stews, roasted veggies, or pan-fried gnocchi with sage and butter. Root vegetables, leafy greens and warming spices are your best friends in cooler weather. We keep staples like olive oil, salt and pepper in the tiny home kitchen.
All of our tiny homes feature fire pits, BBQ grill plates and Joseph Joseph pots and pans. Our grill plates and firepits are perfect for smoky campfire cooking, or stay cosy inside and stir soups mindfully on the pots and pans.
A few recipe favourites include grilled corn with chilli butter, damper bread on sticks, or foil-wrapped mushrooms and garlic roasting in the coals.
Start your day with porridge topped with stewed apples and cinnamon, shakshuka with crusty bread cooked over a fire, or a breakfast hash cooked in a cast iron pan. Stir and brew chai in the saucepan, or boil the cast iron kettle to enjoy a hot cup of St ALi coffee.
Enjoy mindfully. Take time to slow down and be still.
Make s’mores by the fire, bake banana bread ahead of time to bring with you (and toast over the fire!), or stir together a simple hot chocolate with milk of your choice, cinnamon, dark chocolate and flakey sea salt.
Cooking off-grid is about more than food, it’s a sensory experience. Put on your favourite jumper, play soft tunes, pour a glass of wine or tea and cook with presence. You’re not rushing, you’re nourishing.
Before your escape, stop at a local fresh food market or nearby farm gate to stock up on seasonal produce, baked goods, preserves and essentials. It’s a beautiful way to support regional communities and add extra flavour to your meals.
With most of our tiny homes we also offer Add Ons where you can stock up on beautiful grazing boxes and platters that are delivered straight to your tiny home, ready for your arrival.
Chop veggies, pre-mix pancake batter, or marinate proteins at home so you spend less time prepping and more time enjoying time in nature (and off-grid cooking!).
Feeling inspired? Nature is calling you.
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