The Artwork of Airstream Residing and On-the-Highway Cooking with Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks

Heidi Swanson is a bestselling cookbook creator and a tastemaker. A James Beard-award double winner who focuses on pure, plant-based vegetarian and vegan recipes, she gorgeously chronicles what comes out of her kitchen at 101 Cookbooks. We’re longtime followers, and it was on Heidi’s web site that we first caught glimpses of her and her husband Wayne’s travels of their Airstream trailer. Subsequent, Heidi introduced “meal in a jar” and “simply add water” recipes impressed by their roadtrips, however interesting to us for on a regular basis.

“We’ve accomplished loads of tenting in tents, in vehicles, and in our Airstream,” writes Heidi. “On the meals entrance, the aim is at all times the identical: scrumptious meals with out loads of fuss, gear, or cleanup, bonus factors for having the ability to prep parts forward of time.” We wanted to see and listen to extra. Heidi responded to our queries with a household picture album of trailer life and a slew of ideas and methods for tiny-space dwelling. Summer time, we’re now prepared for you.

Images by Heidi Swanson (@heidiswanson).

Experiences Heidi: “We have been first going to purchase a brand new, single-axel Airstream, however whereas that one was being constructed—it may well take months—this one got here up on the used market at A to Z Motors and we grabbed it. It’s bigger than we had envisioned and has a double axel, which makes it trickier to tow, nevertheless it’s been nice for us.” They park it 10 minutes from their home and tow it with their Ford F-150 pickup—”navigating by way of LA in seven lanes of visitors isn’t for the faint of coronary heart. We’re mainly the slowest factor on the highway.”