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Welcome To The Compact Cook

Travel, Lifestyle and Kitchen Hacks

This site is very new, but you can read our latest tips, tricks, and musings below.

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Balkan Road Trip Itinerary, Highlights and Interactive Map

Looking for inspiration and the best places to stop on your Balkan road trip? If you are planning a road trip in the Balkans then hopefully you will find this…

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buying your first dslr

A Guide To Buying Your First DSLR (For The Complete Amateur)

Do you get completely confused by all the specs, model numbers and just sheer choice that is available in the DSLR world? I completely understand! Because just this week I…

A Guide To Buying Your First DSLR (For The Complete Amateur)Read More

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Motorhome Essentials Checklist: Campervan Equipment And To Do Lists

Are you a list maker? Not everyone is. Some people just like to wing it and see how they get on. And let’s face it, at the end of the…

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Motorhome Kitchen Essentials

Motorhome Kitchen Essentials: Campervan Kitchen Must-Haves

Motorhomes, Campervans and Caravans come in all shapes and sizes, but unless you have one of those absolutely massive RV things with wind-out sides then you will share the same…

Motorhome Kitchen Essentials: Campervan Kitchen Must-HavesRead More

Family Eating In Motorhome

No Oven? Our Ultimate Guide To Motorhome and Campervan Cooking Without An Oven

How do you cook good food without an oven? This is a question we see you ask repeatedly on motorhome forums and campervan facebook groups. Because when you head off…

No Oven? Our Ultimate Guide To Motorhome and Campervan Cooking Without An OvenRead More

Collapsible Salad Spinner

The Best Salad Spinner For A Small Kitchen Or Motorhome

The best salad spinner? In a small kitchen? You may well be thinking … is there even a place for a salad spinner in your tiny kitchen? And why, when space…

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Travel Diaries

Why Travel Blog? 10 Great Reasons To Start Right Now

Why travel blog? Well, let me share a story with you. A fellow motorhomer messaged me and asked for the name of a stopover place near Zaragoza, Spain. He was…

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How Instagram Transformed My Photography For The Better (I Hope!)

Late to the party (again), I only started using Instagram in anger earlier this year. This was entirely for my own benefit, as currently I only have a handful of…

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coffee cup and coffee beans

Caffeine Fix: In Search Of The Best Portable Coffee Makers

According to the Buddha, it is better to travel well than to arrive. And it goes without saying that for coffeephiles, travelling well involves plenty of coffee. Wherever your latest road…

Caffeine Fix: In Search Of The Best Portable Coffee MakersRead More

15 Small Kitchen Essentials

How To Equip A Small Kitchen: 15 Brilliant Essentials

Our post on how to equip a small kitchen has been a long time in the making. Over the years we have found some absolute gems – and made some expensive…

How To Equip A Small Kitchen: 15 Brilliant EssentialsRead More

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