I need some camping meal ideas!

[loislane]

We're taking another trip in the new-to-us pop-up this weekend and all my kids ever suggest for meals are burgers and hot dogs. Well, this momma wants something different! LOL.

For this trip, we need 2 dinners, 1 quick breakfast and 1 leisurely breakfast. For the leisurely breakfast, we usually do pancakes and bacon, so that one's covered, as well as the quick one which will be pop tarts/yogurt/cereal - take your pick.

What I really need are dinner ideas - not just for this trip, but in general for all our camping trips. I have, at my disposal, an outdoor 2-burner stove, 3 burners inside the camper, the tiny oven, a microwave, and a small table-top grill.

 

[2goofycampers]

Here is a camping recipe thread. MMMMM

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1064017

I'm sure some will chime in with their favs.

 

[Willa]

One of my favorite, super easy, easy enough even for tent camping meals, is what we call Campsite Nachos.

We bring a can of black beans to heat up on our camping stove, and we sprinkle fajita seasoning in with them as they heat.

Put your tortilla chips on a plate or in a bowl and sprinkle shredded cheese on them. Spoon boiling hot beans on top of them, and the heat from the beans will melt the cheese. Top with sour cream, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, or whatever you like on nachos. Easy and delicious.

 

[iheartpeterpan]

I make spaghetti sauce before I go, then freeze it in a ziploc bag. The frozen spaghetti is great in the cooler to help keep it cold, then just heat it up and boil noodles. You can do garlic bread in aluminum foil over the fire, and then salad.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

1) When we camp, we try to do a couple of non-burger meals.
2) We prepare them at home, zip-bag them, then reheat in a pot.
. . . beef stew
. . . stir fry
. . . pot roast

 

[Jedana]

fajitas (precook and then freeze chicken or steak--peppers and onions cook while reheating the meat)

tacos (again--precook/freeze and reheat slowly w/taco seasoning)

If you have a fire, foil meals! potatoes in foil, hot dogs/hambugers in foil, veggies in foil....even desserts in foil!

Chili cheese fritos (served in the fritos bag!)

If you have a dutch oven and charcoal--think cobbler! Butter and dry cake mix, (split in two--some on top and some on bottom, or use two boxes if a big oven) and 2-4 cans pie filling in the middle (just please, not fruit cocktail--our CM loves it, but no one else will touch it). Put the charcoal under and around the oven and on top of the lid, and rotate the coals every 10-15 minutes to avoid hot spots. Cook for 45 minutes or until the cake is done.

 

[luckycharm19335]

I make spaghetti sauce before I go, then freeze it in a ziploc bag. The frozen spaghetti is great in the cooler to help keep it cold, then just heat it up and boil noodles. You can do garlic bread in aluminum foil over the fire, and then salad.

Cook your pasta before you leave home.
Toss it with a little olive oil and freeze in a Ziploc bag.
Then just put the bag in the Microwave to heat.
This way you don't have all the mess of boiling pasta in your RV or at your campsite.

 

[skkreat]

We have a pop-up ourselves. Hit up Walmart and pick up slow cooker liners! Bring a Crock Pot. Lil Smokies, little bit of worcheshire sauce, honey bbq sauce, and a little mustard. High temp for @ 5 hours on the table outside ur site under an awning or tent. Serve with block of sliced cheese and crackers. Easy meal.
Meatballs subs. Meatballs done in the crock pot.
Anything that can be made in a crock pot easily. Just dump it all in and go to the pool for a few. The liners are disposable so the is no clean up other than the crock pot lid.

 

[loislane]

Great ideas!

I'm definitely going to pick up those crock-pot liners.

For this weekend's trip, I'm going to make some pulled pork in advance and just heat to serve for one dinner and they kids requested ziti for another.

 

[nenner1]

We are having chicken teriyaki breasts (marinade in baggie then pop on grill) and rice cooked in the crock pot and steak and chicken kebabs (again marinated in the baggie and straight to the grill) and grilled corn on the cob!

The recipe thread is dangerous! LOL!

 

[Betty Rohrer]

crock pot and liners mean easy ready dinners when returning from what ever we are doing. beef roast with 3 can of cream of mushroom or celery soup, no water added. add minute rice to gravy while cutting beef. we do any easy ressie that family likes in crock pot.