What Are Your Favorite Camping Recipes?

[AKL_Megs]

We're going "old fashioned" tent camping for a couple days next week.

We WILL be cooking all of our meals by campfire, aside from maybe some hamburgers on the little portable charcoal grill that we have.

We WILL NOT have access to a fridge, so nothing premade for reheating.

We are relying mostly on these campfire "grillers"...

... And on good ol' metal "sticks" for hot dogs and s'mores.

We usually make the pocket pizzas and "pies" with the "grillers", but we are looking for some breakfast ideas, too, as well as some more dinner ideas.

Any ideas? Please share!

 

[Evi]

I'm a freak for cooking real food when we go camping. It is super important that you keep it cold though. I use a plug in fridge.

First night I cook whatever is most perishable. Usually I'll have marinated steak tips, baked potatoes and green salad. I buy precooked bacon, and shelf stable fruit juices. I also save up the little mayo, ketchup and mustard packs when we go camping because since they are individual they are shelf stable. Breakfast first day is eggs and sausage, day two bacon eggs, day three pancakes (the kind that come in a bottle and you add water to) and by day four usually bagels or I need to hit the grocery store. For lunch I do sandwiches, hot-dogs or sausage with potato or past salad and cut up fruit. Dinner usually steak, burgers, chicken some kind of starch and grilled veggies. I try to preseason meat before we go so everything is ready to throw on the grill. I also package diced things I'll use for cooking like onions, garlic, green peppers etc. I think we eat more meat heavy when camping then at home but that's because df swears its not right if he can't grill meat. I normally don't eat red meat more then once a week and tend to eat more seafood.

 

[PatsGirl]

Will you be bringing a pot or dutch oven? If so, I have plenty of great recipes

Seafood Bouillabaise (6 servings):

1 Pint of seafood base from the fish market (frozen)
2 Cans of diced tomatoes (with chilis or onions/peppers, whatever you like)
Diced onion
Diced garlic
Whatever spices you like or wine for flavoring

Put this all in the pan, bring to a simmer and add seafood in order that needs to be cooked:

Lobster claws (one per person), take about 8 minutes to steam
2# of white fish, 6 minutes or so and then add...
18 mussels
18 clams
18 shrimp (31-40ct)
1# Sea scallops

Steam another 4-5 minutes, dish into bowls and serve with hard-crusted bread for dipping. Easy, but not cheap

 

[monkeybug]

With the pie irons you can make lots of yummy breakfast sandwiches.
We've done stuffed french toast (two pieces of french toast, cream cheese and strawberry jam spread in the center), and put scrambled eggs, cheese, and bacon (crumbled) in between two pieces of crescent roll dough.

We also like to make campfire bundles and taco salads in the frito bag (you just open a small snack size bag of fritos, top with ground turkey, shredded cheese, beans, shredded lettuce and sour cream. website.http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Campfire-Bundles

 

[RayaniFoxmur]

We always take at least a cooler full of ice for a small container of milk or things such as eggs. We always love doing fried eggs or pancakes in a pan over the fire... I remember growing up to the smell of fried eggs and bacon with coffee all done over the fire.

We never used like a gallon of milk, but instead put our prescrambed eggs (If you want scrambled) or milk in containers like these:

Since you are speaking about hamburgers I would recommend the cooler full of ice anyway, though I am sure you are probably already thinking that!

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-70-Quart-Xtreme-Cooler/4807332 This one did us wonders on a 4 day camping trip in the middle of summer! Ice didn't all melt which was wonderful!

Also, if you do take some scrambled eggs, try spraying the pie pans with cooking spray, pouring in some eggs, putting in some shredded cheese and cubed ham and placing it very carefully over the fire. But be careful! It might spill out, like it did to my husband.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

We usually bring a cooler, so we do a lot of heating of prepared meals.

Some of my favorite recipes that don't requiring cooling:

1) Snickers bar - 1 Snickers bar, break wrapper, pull away the wrapping, eat.
2) Jiffy Pop Popcorn - Take off the cardboard cover part, stick it over a fire, shake a lot, curse the heat on your hand and yell for someone else to take over for a while, shake a lot more, remove from heat, peal up the foil, eat the pieces that weren't burned.

 

[AKL_Megs]

We usually bring a cooler, so we do a lot of heating of prepared meals.

Some of my favorite recipes that don't requiring cooling:

1) Snickers bar - 1 Snickers bar, break wrapper, pull away the wrapping, eat.
2) Jiffy Pop Popcorn - Take off the cardboard cover part, stick it over a fire, shake a lot, curse the heat on your hand and yell for someone else to take over for a while, shake a lot more, remove from heat, peal up the foil, eat the pieces that weren't burned.

LOL, I think this is my favorite so far!

 

[Explodo]

We like

Corn on the cob on the fire.

Just throw the corn with the husk on it onto the coals for a few minutes. Steams perfectly.

We also use heavy duty foil to great advantage.

WE'll dice up about three potato's, about a half cup of onion, 2 teaspoons of butter and salt and pepper. Then wrap it in foil, and throw it in the fire for a five ot ten minutes. I like to turn it over a couple of times with a stick.

You can also put steak on a stick and cook it over the fire like a marshmallow. Salt and pepper and garlic powder. Turns out great.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

My kid's favorite recipe:

1. Put a marshmallow on a stick
2. Put it over the fire
3. Watch it catch on fire
4. Wave it around dangerously while yelling
5. Convince mom to eat it

 

[Poohgirl]

One of your favorites is to use a foil bag and but in sliced potatoes and all sorts of sliced veggies we like; green beans mushrooms, summer squash, onion, peppers etc. then add olive oil, a pat or two of butter, salt, pepper, and whatever seasonings we had on hand like mrs dash, celery salt, parsley etc. seal it up and let it cook over the fire. Flip it once and a while. Comes out amazing. Easy to cook and clean up.

 

[I loveStitchnippyjon]

One of your favorites is to use a foil bag and but in sliced potatoes and all sorts of sliced veggies we like; green beans mushrooms, summer squash, onion, peppers etc. then add olive oil, a pat or two of butter, salt, pepper, and whatever seasonings we had on hand like mrs dash, celery salt, parsley etc. seal it up and let it cook over the fire. Flip it once and a while. Comes out amazing. Easy to cook and clean up.

I do exactly this (almost) but I throw into the bag with the veggies etc. some small boneless chicken breasts (in chunks) and a healthy squirt of Italian dressing for flavor. Also great on the gas grill at home!

 

[Magic Mom]

My kid's favorite recipe:

1. Put a marshmallow on a stick
2. Put it over the fire
3. Watch it catch on fire
4. Wave it around dangerously while yelling
5. Convince mom to eat it

You forget the optional step: while waving in air, accidentally hit the ground so some dirt sticks to the bubbling sugar.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

We usually bring a cooler, so we do a lot of heating of prepared meals.

Some of my favorite recipes that don't requiring cooling:

1) Snickers bar - 1 Snickers bar, break wrapper, pull away the wrapping, eat.
2) Jiffy Pop Popcorn - Take off the cardboard cover part, stick it over a fire, shake a lot, curse the heat on your hand and yell for someone else to take over for a while, shake a lot more, remove from heat, peal up the foil, eat the pieces that weren't burned.

We've gone tent camping a lot. I prepare a lot of food ahead of time and freeze it, then eat the food as it defrosts. We just use a cooler and freeze bottled water & milk in quart sized containers instead of using block or cubed ice. That keeps the cooler from getting filled w/water.

Favorites include: turkey taco meat, papas con carner (ground beef/potatoes), spaghetti, carne asada. We also make sloppy joes, steak, etc. You can boil potatoes ahead of time & then cook them over the stove for breakfast, etc. For breakfast we'll make eggs/potato/ham scrambled together or make chorizo & egg burritos (easy to make/easy to clean up).

Have fun.

 

[mamacatnv]

Hash browns, I like the Simply Potatos brand
Brown & Serve sausage links cut into pieces
Green onions diced
eggs
slice or shredded cheese
Salt & Pepper to taste


I do this in a frying pan over an open fire but you could mix it all up in a bowl and then put into your grillers (spritz with some Pam first)
If using a frying pan I brown the sausage, then add the potatos, cook until the hashbrowns are done then add eggs and green onions, cook until done. Top with cheese and serve.

I take several coolers
In one I put all the meat & milk. I freeze the majority of it ahead of time so that it is all really cold going into the cooler.

In cooler number two I put all the condiments, the cheese, coldcuts and the produce. To this cooler every morning I add in the meat for that nights dinner so that I don't have to try and cook frozen meat.

Cooler #3 has ice to replenish the food coolers as needed and to be used for drinks

We cook all meals on an open fire - we take the bbq just in case and rarely if ever use it. We do have a camp stove that I use for pasta, chili and french toast if that is on the menu

Have fun, we love camping and actually got in 3 trips this year that were 4 days each. Great family time!

 

[maslex]

I haven't been old fashion tent camping since I was a child but I remember my mom frying up some donuts on the fire. She had a dutch oven, I believe. She would fill it maybe 1/2 way will vegetable oil. Let it come to temp and then take those refrigerated Pillsbury biscuits (in a can, in the dairy section), cut them in 1/4's and drop into oil. Let 'em fry up for a few minutes until golden brown, take out and roll into sugar. MMMM

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Not recipes, but some campfire pictures to get you in the mood.

 

[smb6]

We like "boy scout dinners". We use hamburger meat (hamburger patty), sliced onion, carrots, and cut up potatoes. Wrap them in foil together and cook them. Delish! My kids like to dip them in ketchup...

 

[ilovepete]

We are going camping for the first time soon, thanks for all the great ideas!

And wonderful pictures, I love the last one!

 

[dawnandnala]

For dessert!
Banana Boats
Take a banana and peel back one strip and the scoop out part of the middle of the banana to make a "boat".
Fill the inside with chocolate chips and then mini marshmallows - fold the banana peel back to cover it and then wrap the whole thing in foil.
Place the whole thing on the fire or campstove and let it heat up.
Yummy!

I hope I described that well enough - we never had a recipe!

 

[Evi]

Will you be bringing a pot or dutch oven? If so, I have plenty of great recipes

Seafood Bouillabaise (6 servings):

1 Pint of seafood base from the fish market (frozen)
2 Cans of diced tomatoes (with chilis or onions/peppers, whatever you like)
Diced onion
Diced garlic
Whatever spices you like or wine for flavoring

Put this all in the pan, bring to a simmer and add seafood in order that needs to be cooked:

Lobster claws (one per person), take about 8 minutes to steam
2# of white fish, 6 minutes or so and then add...
18 mussels
18 clams
18 shrimp (31-40ct)
1# Sea scallops

Steam another 4-5 minutes, dish into bowls and serve with hard-crusted bread for dipping. Easy, but not cheap

I love your recipe its simple but sounds delicious. I want to go camping with your family.