We have taken frozen daal makhani, frozen chicken curry, fried potatoes, and frozen pea pilaf. For a Mother’s Day picnic for 45 people. Everything was reheated on site, and we also made onion, tomato, cilantro raita.

This is our go to for food in the outdoors.. We freeze food and it remains frozen for a long time. Depending on how long you have to travel, freeze food in small or big containers.

Hot dogs for sure.

We have this grill basket: https://www.amazon.com/Coghlans-8982-Grill-Broiler-Basket/dp/B001OPGX4W/
It cooks about a dozen hot dogs at a time; they cook up really fast over a campfire. 3-4 batches and you're good.

Put out buns, ketchup, mustard, sauerkraut. If you want to be a bit fancy, bring kimchee. Big bags of potato chips. If you want a veggie, I recommend grabbing a couple of bags of precut coleslaw and dressing it on site (you can probably get away with having the veg out of the cooler for 24h).

Watermelon is also a great idea as you don't have to keep an uncut watermelon cold.

Many good ideas here, but one I haven’t seen mentioned is beef stew. We freeze stew meat in zip loc bags, and pre chop all the veggies (onions, garlic, potatoes, carrots), bring some frozen beans and corn, canned tomatoes, & pre-measure the spices (I use thyme, bay leaves, and some Cajun spice). Brown the beef (which will be thawing by the time you use it), throw in the onions and garlic, add veggies, tomatoes & spices. It’s a tasty way to get some veggies in the mix.

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Anonymous wrote:Taco bar - you can even brown up the meat in advance and reheat it in a large pot. Then just pack soft tortillas, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.

A camp favorite version of this (although not the most healthy) is tacos in a bag. Put the meat and fixings in a bag of Fritos or Doritosch, break up the chips, and eat directly from the bag. That eliminates having a dish to wash.

That's called Frito Pie.

Or Walking Taco.

Gross. Just because you are camping doesn’t mean you have to eat garbage. This is high school concession stand fare.

Maybe your high school concession stand served garbage, but my high school made Frito pies with awesome home made chili. Sorry you grew up in a culinary wasteland.

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Anonymous wrote:Taco bar - you can even brown up the meat in advance and reheat it in a large pot. Then just pack soft tortillas, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.

A camp favorite version of this (although not the most healthy) is tacos in a bag. Put the meat and fixings in a bag of Fritos or Doritosch, break up the chips, and eat directly from the bag. That eliminates having a dish to wash.

That's called Frito Pie.

+1. Taco in a bag? GTFO.

Maybe it's regional? Many people call it that.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20852/taco-in-a-bag/

Omg, thank you for posting this! I have never heard of it. I haven’t eating Doritos in a decade, but we are camping with another family next month and I think the kids would LOVE this.

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Anonymous wrote:Taco bar - you can even brown up the meat in advance and reheat it in a large pot. Then just pack soft tortillas, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.

A camp favorite version of this (although not the most healthy) is tacos in a bag. Put the meat and fixings in a bag of Fritos or Doritosch, break up the chips, and eat directly from the bag. That eliminates having a dish to wash.

Erm, this sounds really disgusting. People actually eat this?

Do you not eat tacos?

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Anonymous wrote:Taco bar - you can even brown up the meat in advance and reheat it in a large pot. Then just pack soft tortillas, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.

A camp favorite version of this (although not the most healthy) is tacos in a bag. Put the meat and fixings in a bag of Fritos or Doritosch, break up the chips, and eat directly from the bag. That eliminates having a dish to wash.

That's called Frito Pie.

Frito pie is chili with fixings (in a frito bag).

Anonymous wrote:Time to practice mindful fasting OP. Most of the ideas posted seem barf-able!

I'm kind of a food snob, but 30 people + camping friendly makes it pretty difficult, so I'd lower my standards for some simplicity.

Any better ideas to offer?

Chicken tenderloins would be much cheaper for 30 people. Need 3 each person. Canned corn in foil. Canned baked beans in foil. I marinade my tenderloins 2 hours in ziplock bag of olive oil, soy sauce, onions, and lemon juice. Should be dark tan color mixed.

Hot dogs and steaks. You could pack steak frozen then let thaw. Side dish of canned corn wrapped in foil on fire.

I agree with the hot dogs and chips idea. Anything fancier and you're causing yourself a ton of headache.

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Anonymous wrote:Taco bar - you can even brown up the meat in advance and reheat it in a large pot. Then just pack soft tortillas, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.

A camp favorite version of this (although not the most healthy) is tacos in a bag. Put the meat and fixings in a bag of Fritos or Doritosch, break up the chips, and eat directly from the bag. That eliminates having a dish to wash.

Erm, this sounds really disgusting. People actually eat this?

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Anonymous wrote:Taco bar - you can even brown up the meat in advance and reheat it in a large pot. Then just pack soft tortillas, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.

A camp favorite version of this (although not the most healthy) is tacos in a bag. Put the meat and fixings in a bag of Fritos or Doritosch, break up the chips, and eat directly from the bag. That eliminates having a dish to wash.

That's called Frito Pie.

Where I'm from, Frito Pie is made in an actual pie dish with a crushed Frito crust and many layers of deliciousness.

Recipe? That sounds awesome.

We've always called the frito bag thing "walking tacos".

Time to practice mindful fasting OP. Most of the ideas posted seem barf-able!

Bring frozen hamburger patties and a variety of chopped up veggies and seasonings to make hobo packets (basically food wrapped and cooked in foil over the fire). A fun activity and people can customize their meal!