Recipes for family camp cooking?

[juliema]

Does anyone have any recipes you might want to share that are kid/family friendly for camping trips or that could be adapted for camping? I'm working on a project putting together a cookbook for family car camping and was trying to get some recipes from those that might have some tried and true ideas on the subject. The more the better!

 

[Pink18]

Our family eats natural foods so for vacations we stay at the fort where we are able to do most of the cooking.
Last year we made:
Breakfast: Waffles and pancakes (with hot apples or strawberries), biscuits, turkey sausage and bacon, eggs, toast and had cereal and milk on hand.

Lunch: Sandwiches: Turkey, Tuna, Chicken salad. We barely ate lunch at the fort.

Dinner: Chicken kabobs, steak fajitas, chicken quesadiilas, pasta with homemade sauce, chilli, salmon on cedar planks, grilled chicken sandwiches, turkey hamburgers and of course deli turkey hot dogs for the kids.

If anyone wants recipes, let me know!

 

[ORLCampers]

Check out this thread which has lots of good ones:

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

Also, if you search for "recipes' using the search feature you'll come across a number of other threads as well.

Happy Eating!

 

[juliema]

Thanks guys!!

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Does anyone have any recipes you might want to share that are kid/family friendly for camping trips

1) Wait.
2) You mean "camp foods" actually have recipes?
3) We are just so used to dumping "stuff" into one pot.
4) When it is done, we discover what we cooked.

 

[Born 2 Fish]

You will find a lot of really good recipes here,

http://www.rvusa.org/dev/forum/viewforum.php?f=42

 

[MickQuinn]

If you google "dutch oven campfire cooking" there are tons of links with some great recipes. We love to make mountain man breakfast... yum!

Basically, anything you can make in a 350 degree oven can be easily cooked in a dutch oven with 18 coals on top and 9 on bottom. I make campfire cake with strawberry pie filling topped with yellow cake mix (according to pkg directions). It puffs up beautifully and is so moist from cooking in the cast iron.

We also like to twirl yeast dough and cinnamon sugar on a wooden stick over the campfire.. really good too.

Now I am so looking forward to camping!!!

 

[mikron]

1) Wait.
2) You mean "camp foods" actually have recipes?
3) We are just so used to dumping "stuff" into one pot.
4) When it is done, we discover what we cooked.

Eggs fried in maple syrup.

 

[BradyBz12]

We're big fans of anything you can cook in aluminum foil - either on the grill or campfire. Super easy and NO DISHES! Heavy foil works best, but you can use whatever you have. Depending on the ages of the kids, grown ups can do the cutting and kids can assemble.

A few faves...

Sliced potatoes with peppers & onion - layer with pats of butter or EVOO, S&P and toss on the coals/grill until tender.
- also works with summer squashes, sweet potatoes, mushrooms...

You can do something similar with fruit for dessert - stone fruits and apples work great. No need to peel, just core/pit, cut into wedges and layer in foil with either sugar (white or brown) or honey, cinnamon/nutmeg to taste and a pinch of salt. If you're feeling adventurous, put a grind of black pepper on there. Toss on the grill until the fruit is tender. Really delicious with a scoop of ice cream on top!

Banana boats (fun for kids!) - peel a small strip of the peel off on the inside curve of the banana (about 1" wide), leaving the rest of the skin intact. Put a slice in the middle of the banana's flesh, careful not to poke through the skin on the other side. Now the fun part...

Stuff it! Chocolate chips (or other flavors) or bits of candy bar, mini marshmallows, m&m's, peanut butter.... use your imagination! Wrap the entire banana in foil and put on hot coals (or the grill). Cook until the banana is soft and the stuffing is melted and delicious. Add ice cream or whip cream and eat right out of the foil with a spoon.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Eggs fried in maple syrup.

1) So THAT is what is was ?!?!?!?!?!
2) We had guesses that were close, but not on-the-buttom.
3) Next, MYSTERY MEAT !

 

[5stljayhawks]

Tools required - Fold Together sandwich maker. AKA Take the concept of the fold over action of a george forman grill make it the size of a slice of bread and add 24" handles. A frying pan will work as a last resort as well, little more messy

Required -
two slices of bread,
pizza sauce
cheese
pepperonni
squezable butter.
Cold Beer

1) Open beer
2) Make pizza sandwich
3) squirt butter onto both sides of maker insert pizza and cook over med heat. Heat can come from Campfire or RV gas stove
4) finish beer get new one for cooking
5) Be Carefull not to burn your pizza
6) Eat enjoy drink more beer

BTW - Peanut Butter and Jelly is also a great alternative.

 

[retired and happy]

Since you mentioned "Family Car Camping" , there was a trend years ago to put a pot roast and veggies in aluminum foil (used to be called tin foil) and put it on your engine. In 2-3 hours of driving it would be cooked and ready to eat. Now that's "car cooking".

 

[Disney Bunny]

Since you mentioned "Family Car Camping" , there was a trend years ago to put a pot roast and veggies in aluminum foil (used to be called tin foil) and put it on your engine. In 2-3 hours of driving it would be cooked and ready to eat. Now that's "car cooking".

Don't know about putting it on your car engine, but I did this last summer and threw it on the small gas grill we keep in our 5th wheel. Turned out great.

 

[DisneyFreq]

Just got our camper but I found breakfast burritos were really easy and super filling. Cook and crumble a package of Chorizo...add your favorite veggies (green onion and bell pepper are good) and let caramelize in the meat drippings. toss in your whipped eggs and cook. Add to warm tortillas, top with cheese and salsa and you're ready to go! I like to serve sliced fruit for everyone to munch on while they wait impatiently for me to get done.

 

[juliema]

You guys are really making me want to go camping - and Eat!! Thanks so much for all the suggestions!

 

[disney4dan]

Since you mentioned "Family Car Camping" , there was a trend years ago to put a pot roast and veggies in aluminum foil (used to be called tin foil) and put it on your engine. In 2-3 hours of driving it would be cooked and ready to eat. Now that's "car cooking".

My wife (girlfriend at the time) thought I was nuts for wanting to try that when we bought a '55 Chevy in Arizona and drove it cross country back to Massachusetts in 1989. At least in a '55 there is plenty of room (could roast a pig beside that engine if you could get a rotisserie rigged up) and with the straight six engine, the exhaust manifold made a perfect table top on the drivers side of the block.

We have a pork roasting in our Dutch Oven on the woodstove right now and it smells kind of like camp cooking right now!

 

[JennHales]

I love this for camping.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Taco-in-a-Bag/Detail.aspx
Jen

 

[disney4dan]

Let me be the first to say that a Dutch oven makes very crispy and tasty pork fat; mmmmm.b

I highly recommend this for camping. Just try keeping the kids away!