Anonymous
08/17/2021 09:00
Subject: Planning food for camping
If you have a good cooler (and it doesn't even have to be that good for two days):
First dinner: hot dogs, chips, fruit, s'mores or whatever dessert you like
Breakfast: fruit and cinnamon rolls you bake over the fire in a cast iron skillet or a pre-made box you brought (think minis from WF or big ones from IKEA). Bacon if you're adventurous. Coffee (Starbucks instant is great). Shelf stable horizon milk boxes.
Lunch: Repeat the hot dog situation, maybe with a can of Amy's chili. Or canned soups (love Amy's) and a baguette. Add cut veggies for fiber at this point.
2nd Dinner: Grilled cheese (bread, various cheeses, butter), fruit, pickles, chips. Slice up apples or arugula or fig jam for the grilled cheese to make them interesting. World Market has some small cool condiments you might like to try.
2nd Breakfast: Repeat the first day if you're sticking around for a while, or have some cereal mini boxes or granola and peanut butter on the go.
First dinner: hot dogs, chips, fruit, s'mores or whatever dessert you like
Breakfast: fruit and cinnamon rolls you bake over the fire in a cast iron skillet or a pre-made box you brought (think minis from WF or big ones from IKEA). Bacon if you're adventurous. Coffee (Starbucks instant is great). Shelf stable horizon milk boxes.
Lunch: Repeat the hot dog situation, maybe with a can of Amy's chili. Or canned soups (love Amy's) and a baguette. Add cut veggies for fiber at this point.
2nd Dinner: Grilled cheese (bread, various cheeses, butter), fruit, pickles, chips. Slice up apples or arugula or fig jam for the grilled cheese to make them interesting. World Market has some small cool condiments you might like to try.
2nd Breakfast: Repeat the first day if you're sticking around for a while, or have some cereal mini boxes or granola and peanut butter on the go.
Anonymous
08/17/2021 08:54
Subject: Planning food for camping
Much easier to control temp.Anonymous wrote:Question -- why would you take charcoal when you can get firewood at the campsite? What's the functional difference in cooking your meat over charcoal versus over wood?
Anonymous
08/17/2021 08:51
Subject: Planning food for camping
You can make an egg scramble at home, wrap it in foil and freeze it. Cook over the campfire and eat with warmed up tortillas (or make breakfast burritos and freeze them). We do a lot of pancake breakfasts too- we have a camp stove and it makes things much easier.
Anonymous
08/17/2021 08:21
Subject: Planning food for camping
Question -- why would you take charcoal when you can get firewood at the campsite? What's the functional difference in cooking your meat over charcoal versus over wood?
Anonymous
08/16/2021 22:49
Subject: Planning food for camping
Anonymous wrote:First, prep for keeping cold food cold for two days. When and where? Fall isn't so bad, but if temps will be over 85, I'd work on keeping dairy and meat cold. Take a couple of large containers - plastic gallon milk jugs, OJ containers, or gallon Ziplocs. Fill 80% with water, seal, and freeze. These are your main ice blocks - put one on each end of your cooler, and pack the food in between. Fill any empty space with a bag of ice from the store.
Breakfast:
- Instant oatmeal, fruit
- dutch oven biscuits or cinnamon rolls, if you are up for a challenge and slightly charred biscuits or cinnamon rolls.
- If not, a dutch oven egg casserole - cook some diced onion and bell pepper in a dutch oven, add a bunch of chopped ham, shredded cheese, and a bunch of scrambled eggs. Cook with the lid on, and some charcoals or burning wood set on the lid, for 30-40 minutes until cooked through. Remove the lid to stir occasionally.
- cereal, yogurt, granola bars
Lunch:
- sandwiches
- sandwiches
- did I mention sandwiches? Maybe with some chips and watermelon.
Dinner:
- make a batch of chili ahead of time. Reheat in a dutch oven while you cook foil-wrapped potatoes in the coals. At sour cream, shredded cheese.
- foil packet dinners. Tons of recipes online. A BSA staple.
- most campsites have either a charcoal grill, or a campfire that you can lower the grill over (or both). Take charcoal. Grill chicken, steaks, veggie kebabs.
- make a batch of sloppy joe mix ahead of time. Reheat over the campfire or camp stove, serve with buns and cole slaw.
It's not a problem at all with a yeti. I've had the yeti actually dip thr food below freezing and take fresh food and turn it into ice blocks.
Anonymous
08/16/2021 22:47
Subject: Planning food for camping
Anonymous wrote:Will you have electricity? A griddle is a great help.
Yup. We drag out our blackstone and a propane tank. We also have an yeti and can keep food cold for 5 days.
We do pretty much the same food as at home. It's easier because I do all the prep before we leave.
Anonymous
08/16/2021 22:25
Subject: Re:Planning food for camping
I make chili or beef stew and freeze it. It acts as ice in the cooler and is super quick and easy to reheat over the fire. As a bonus, when I’m preparing I make a huge batch and freeze the extra to keep on hand.
Anonymous
08/16/2021 22:23
Subject: Planning food for camping
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:First, prep for keeping cold food cold for two days. When and where? Fall isn't so bad, but if temps will be over 85, I'd work on keeping dairy and meat cold. Take a couple of large containers - plastic gallon milk jugs, OJ containers, or gallon Ziplocs. Fill 80% with water, seal, and freeze. These are your main ice blocks - put one on each end of your cooler, and pack the food in between. Fill any empty space with a bag of ice from the store.
Breakfast:
- Instant oatmeal, fruit
- dutch oven biscuits or cinnamon rolls, if you are up for a challenge and slightly charred biscuits or cinnamon rolls
- If not, a dutch oven egg casserole - cook some diced onion and bell pepper in a dutch oven, add a bunch of chopped ham, shredded cheese, and a bunch of scrambled eggs. Cook with the lid on, and some charcoals or burning wood set on the lid, for 30-40 minutes until cooked through. Remove the lid to stir occasionally.
- cereal, yogurt, granola bars
Lunch:
- sandwiches
- sandwiches
- did I mention sandwiches? Maybe with some chips and watermelon.
Dinner:
- make a batch of chili ahead of time. Reheat in a dutch oven while you cook foil-wrapped potatoes in the coals. At sour cream, shredded cheese.
- foil packet dinners. Tons of recipes online. A BSA staple.
- most campsites have either a charcoal grill, or a campfire that you can lower the grill over (or both). Take charcoal. Grill chicken, steaks, veggie kebabs.
- make a batch of sloppy joe mix ahead of time. Reheat over the campfire or camp stove, serve with buns and cole slaw.
Omg. This makes my head hurt. But good for you all who are able to be organized enough (and enjoy) this
+1
Kudos to you all. I love not camping.
Anonymous
08/16/2021 22:19
Subject: Planning food for camping
Anonymous wrote:First, prep for keeping cold food cold for two days. When and where? Fall isn't so bad, but if temps will be over 85, I'd work on keeping dairy and meat cold. Take a couple of large containers - plastic gallon milk jugs, OJ containers, or gallon Ziplocs. Fill 80% with water, seal, and freeze. These are your main ice blocks - put one on each end of your cooler, and pack the food in between. Fill any empty space with a bag of ice from the store.
Breakfast:
- Instant oatmeal, fruit
- dutch oven biscuits or cinnamon rolls, if you are up for a challenge and slightly charred biscuits or cinnamon rolls
- If not, a dutch oven egg casserole - cook some diced onion and bell pepper in a dutch oven, add a bunch of chopped ham, shredded cheese, and a bunch of scrambled eggs. Cook with the lid on, and some charcoals or burning wood set on the lid, for 30-40 minutes until cooked through. Remove the lid to stir occasionally.
- cereal, yogurt, granola bars
Lunch:
- sandwiches
- sandwiches
- did I mention sandwiches? Maybe with some chips and watermelon.
Dinner:
- make a batch of chili ahead of time. Reheat in a dutch oven while you cook foil-wrapped potatoes in the coals. At sour cream, shredded cheese.
- foil packet dinners. Tons of recipes online. A BSA staple.
- most campsites have either a charcoal grill, or a campfire that you can lower the grill over (or both). Take charcoal. Grill chicken, steaks, veggie kebabs.
- make a batch of sloppy joe mix ahead of time. Reheat over the campfire or camp stove, serve with buns and cole slaw.
Omg. This makes my head hurt. But good for you all who are able to be organized enough (and enjoy) this
Anonymous
08/16/2021 21:52
Subject: Planning food for camping
First, prep for keeping cold food cold for two days. When and where? Fall isn't so bad, but if temps will be over 85, I'd work on keeping dairy and meat cold. Take a couple of large containers - plastic gallon milk jugs, OJ containers, or gallon Ziplocs. Fill 80% with water, seal, and freeze. These are your main ice blocks - put one on each end of your cooler, and pack the food in between. Fill any empty space with a bag of ice from the store.
Breakfast:
- Instant oatmeal, fruit
- dutch oven biscuits or cinnamon rolls, if you are up for a challenge and slightly charred biscuits or cinnamon rolls.
- If not, a dutch oven egg casserole - cook some diced onion and bell pepper in a dutch oven, add a bunch of chopped ham, shredded cheese, and a bunch of scrambled eggs. Cook with the lid on, and some charcoals or burning wood set on the lid, for 30-40 minutes until cooked through. Remove the lid to stir occasionally.
- cereal, yogurt, granola bars
Lunch:
- sandwiches
- sandwiches
- did I mention sandwiches? Maybe with some chips and watermelon.
Dinner:
- make a batch of chili ahead of time. Reheat in a dutch oven while you cook foil-wrapped potatoes in the coals. At sour cream, shredded cheese.
- foil packet dinners. Tons of recipes online. A BSA staple.
- most campsites have either a charcoal grill, or a campfire that you can lower the grill over (or both). Take charcoal. Grill chicken, steaks, veggie kebabs.
- make a batch of sloppy joe mix ahead of time. Reheat over the campfire or camp stove, serve with buns and cole slaw.
Breakfast:
- Instant oatmeal, fruit
- dutch oven biscuits or cinnamon rolls, if you are up for a challenge and slightly charred biscuits or cinnamon rolls
.
- If not, a dutch oven egg casserole - cook some diced onion and bell pepper in a dutch oven, add a bunch of chopped ham, shredded cheese, and a bunch of scrambled eggs. Cook with the lid on, and some charcoals or burning wood set on the lid, for 30-40 minutes until cooked through. Remove the lid to stir occasionally.
- cereal, yogurt, granola bars
Lunch:
- sandwiches
- sandwiches
- did I mention sandwiches? Maybe with some chips and watermelon.
Dinner:
- make a batch of chili ahead of time. Reheat in a dutch oven while you cook foil-wrapped potatoes in the coals. At sour cream, shredded cheese.
- foil packet dinners. Tons of recipes online. A BSA staple.
- most campsites have either a charcoal grill, or a campfire that you can lower the grill over (or both). Take charcoal. Grill chicken, steaks, veggie kebabs.
- make a batch of sloppy joe mix ahead of time. Reheat over the campfire or camp stove, serve with buns and cole slaw.
Anonymous
08/16/2021 21:34
Subject: Planning food for camping
Yes! I bring Early Riser Banana Bread that gets eaten with fruit/coffee for folks waiting for the fire to get going.
Breakfasts
English muffins stuffed with cheese, sliced hard-boiled egg, hot sauce. Wrap in foil and toast to melt the cheese. Add cooked sausage if you feel like exerting the effort
Ramen, hard-boiled egg, seasonings
Lunches -- my go-to is pita bread, hard cheese, salami, and pickles.
Dinner -- hotdogs, corn and potato chips. Any kind of pre-made soup or stew that you can warm through (protip -- freeze this and it will keep your cooler cold for longer).
Breakfasts
English muffins stuffed with cheese, sliced hard-boiled egg, hot sauce. Wrap in foil and toast to melt the cheese. Add cooked sausage if you feel like exerting the effort
Ramen, hard-boiled egg, seasonings
Lunches -- my go-to is pita bread, hard cheese, salami, and pickles.
Dinner -- hotdogs, corn and potato chips. Any kind of pre-made soup or stew that you can warm through (protip -- freeze this and it will keep your cooler cold for longer).
Anonymous
08/16/2021 12:50
Subject: Planning food for camping
Anonymous wrote:If you have visions of doing a hot breakfast (bacon and eggs, pancakes, hash browns, etc.) I highly recommend doing this as Breakfast Part II, with a cold or shelf-stable Breakfast Part I (cereal with individual milks, granola bar, yogurt) available when kids wake up. Takes away a lot of the early-morning whining and hangries.
This is good advice!
Anonymous
08/16/2021 12:50
Subject: Planning food for camping
I always cook over the campfire:
Kebabs (beef & veggies, marinate and skewer at home)
Tacos
Foil packets (veggies & chicken)
Hot sandwiches or grilled cheese in a pie pan
Hotdogs
Burgers
Eggs, bacon, and toast
Dutch oven biscuits and sausage gravy
Breakfast burritos
Kebabs (beef & veggies, marinate and skewer at home)
Tacos
Foil packets (veggies & chicken)
Hot sandwiches or grilled cheese in a pie pan
Hotdogs
Burgers
Eggs, bacon, and toast
Dutch oven biscuits and sausage gravy
Breakfast burritos
Anonymous
08/16/2021 12:45
Subject: Planning food for camping
If you have visions of doing a hot breakfast (bacon and eggs, pancakes, hash browns, etc.) I highly recommend doing this as Breakfast Part II, with a cold or shelf-stable Breakfast Part I (cereal with individual milks, granola bar, yogurt) available when kids wake up. Takes away a lot of the early-morning whining and hangries.
Anonymous
08/16/2021 12:17
Subject: Planning food for camping
We only cook for dinner, so breakfast is muffins or cereal or something else easy like that. Lunch is usually sandwiches or wraps.
For dinner, we tend to keep it simple: burgers, hot dogs, nachos with (prepackaged) pulled pork, salmon cooked in foil packets. Sometimes s'mores but sometimes not.
For dinner, we tend to keep it simple: burgers, hot dogs, nachos with (prepackaged) pulled pork, salmon cooked in foil packets. Sometimes s'mores but sometimes not.