Search the web for "Hobo Dinners" - my kids love making and eating these. Basically foil packets of hamburger and various veggies...

Here is my list from our latest camping trip. My favorite was the foil packets. We had quesadilla in foil packets, and I also cooked and cut up potatoes and onions in a foil packet.

Dinners
Friday quesadilla packets, mac and cheese, peas
rice, bread and butter
Saturday steak with blue cheese & a-1, potato foil packets
corn on cob rice or macaroni noodles
Sunday brats, little weines
potato salad, baked beans, mac & cheese
rice or macaroni noodles

Cooking on fire is fine - no need for propane unless you are weak. Water will take a long time to boil.

My favorites - potatoes: slice, add a splash of olive oil, garlic and season. Double wrap in foil and place in embers.

Steak or schnitzel is good. Prep can be done there. Sausages and corn are also good and easy. Pasta and pesto. For salads I take a dressing of mustard, salt, pepper, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Anonymous wrote:Omelets in a bag. I premake breakfast burritos (scrambled eggs, cooked sausage, cheese, frozen cubed hashbrowns), mix all together, roll up burrito style, wrap in foil. throw them over coals to reheat. HUGE hit

I want to camp with you! My wife always takes advantage of camping trips by going somewhere else with her friends.

If cooking meat, you need 2 coolers. One for drinks and second one for frozen raw meats. Never had good luck combining into one cooler.

We use coleman stove and propane.

Can't really cook on just a fire.

Things that work with propane stove

- spaghetti
- macaroni and cheese
- hamburger helper
- chili
- sausages/hot dogs
- hamburgers

Best to do one dish type of meals.

Also I would let your husband pack if he is doing the cooking so he knows he has everything. It is all the extras that become a pain, just go with one pot dishes.
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and for an open fire I'd avoid stuff like pasta, etc. that is very easy with a propane grill

I've brought all kinds of foods camping.

for their first trip I'd just keep it simple. hot dogs, s'mores, packets of oatmeal, pbj, starbucks via instant coffee, milk boxes, etc.

try to avoid foods that need to be refrigerated - it's tough to keep things cold (<40) for three days with a cooler and without fresh ice. you can do it, but you need to plan it out.

Kebabs (marinate ingredients in ziploc bag en route; spear on site). Baked potatoes cooked in foil on the coals. Ditto corn on the cob. Tortellini is easy. Sandwiches and fruit for lunch while you hike, etc.

Omelets in a bag. I premake breakfast burritos (scrambled eggs, cooked sausage, cheese, frozen cubed hashbrowns), mix all together, roll up burrito style, wrap in foil. throw them over coals to reheat. HUGE hit

OP -- has your husband ever camped before? Does he plan to build a campfire out of sticks and cook over that? Or is he bringing a propane camp stove? Or charcoal?

Will other people be camping or just your husband?

What does your husband want to cook?

There are several ways a beginner can cook when camping. Either build a fire and let it burn down to nice hot gray coals, then cook over that (put food into aluminum foil pouches, or over a grill that is present at the campfire site) or else bring a camp stove, and cook over that the same way you'd cook over a gas stove at home.

Camp stove is quicker, and better in the event of rain. I find campfire is slower, but much more fun, and "campy".

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes we make a dough out of bisquik and water then put it on the end of a stick. When it's cooked we fill it with butter and honey, peanut butter, jelly or whatever else we feel like.

How does it stay on the end of the stick? This sounds good.

Bisquik and water makes a sticky batter. Make it thick.

For this I use sticks that we find on the ground. For hot dogs and marshmallows we use long wire forks that cost about $2 for a pack of four at Walmartnor Target. We also have a grill that we put on rocks over the fire for hamburgers and chicken. And we have a jiffy pop holder for that late night snack.

For burgers, I shape the meat into burger patties at home and pack it in ziploc bags. I prefer not to have to handle meat too much because usually the campfire isn't super close to a handwashing spot.

Sometimes I pre-slice tomatoes, cheese, etc. and pack it like that.

Pancake mix that you only need to add water to is good.

Anonymous wrote:Pp - when you say hamburgers, Mac and cheese, spaghetti - are these premodern at home and cooked/heated up at campsite? This is what I'm trying to understand.

Not premade. All you need to be able to do is boil water at the campground to make pasta dishes. Also cook the hamburgers there. I think a cheap stove makes all this much easier but can all be done with a campfire too.

Are the sticks used for cooking ones you find on the ground at the campsite?