Camping Recipes & Tips

Going camping is a great, fun and relaxing way to be with friends and family.
No stress of making appointments, lines, traffic or dealing with tourist traps & bad service.
You get away from internet, phones and the TV.

Everything is great as long as you have planned ahead! To that end I make a list of all the camping supplies and items that need to be packed each trip. Everything from sleeping bags & pillows to tooth paste & tweezers.
Then the next step that really helps is coming up with a menu and recipe plan.
I do Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner menu's allowing for some flexibility in what on what day.

Then I prep as much of it a home that I can. Not all food has to be made and assembled on site. Here is the Menu I used this camping trip.

Breakfast
Pancakes & Eggs
Breakfast Casserole
Cereal
Drinks - Milk, Chocolate Milk & Orange Juice


For the pancake mix, I mix my own batch at home pour into a clean squeeze container.
This will last 5 days in your fridge. 3-4 Camping if properly made and kept as cold as possible.

Lunch
Deli Sandwiches
Macaroni & cheese with hot dogs
Hot dogs/Cheese dogs & Brats

Dinner
Camp Sub's
Hamburgers & Hot Dogs w/ foiled veggie packs
Coke Chicken

Other Great Recipes for camping that I didn't use this time
Breakfast Burritos - toss on the coals to warm up
Southwest Soft Tacos
Teriyaki Fajitas

Also here are two sites that have a ton of great Camping Recipes
Quiet Journey
The Camping Source

Also I bag things into gallon freezer bags. Asthma items, toiletries, dog treats, dog food, bug bites & skin help, allergy & first aid.

Assemble all items before packing to double check that you have everything.

Coke Chicken

Coke Chicken 

2 lbs. Chicken Tenders
1 can Coca Cola
12 oz. Ketchup
1 lb. Baby Carrots
2 lb. smal red potatoes cut into thick chunks (halves or quarters)

Mis all ingredients together. Place into 1 gallon freezer bags & freeze (if saving for camping or once a month cooking). Unthaw.

To grill - wrap in tin foil (heavy duty - double the foil) place on grill cook for 40 minutes - turning over midway.

Dutch oven - Place chicken & veggies in Dutch oven. Mix coke & ketchup and pour over the top. 12 coals on top and 12 on bottom.
cook for an hour or until chicken is done and veggies are tender.

Slow Cooker - dump frozen bag or after mixing into slow cooker. Cook on low 8-10 hours. High 4-6.

For cooking once a month double recipe and make two batches. I took this camping and quadrupled the recipe since we were going to have such a large group.

 Super simple to assemble & freeze, easy to cook and great to taste!

Another camping and once a month cooking favorite!

I love how versatile this recipe is - can be cooked so many different ways! 

I am sure it can also be done on the stove top or in a dutch in the oven!

Camp Sub's

These are amazing!

Roast Turkey & Swiss Sub

1 French Loaf
1 pd Roast Turkey
6-9 slices of Swiss Cheese
3 Tbsp. Dijon Mustard
2 Tbsp. Butter

Other optional toppings, sweet peppers, onion, pickles, and anything else that you want that cooks well. I would avoid avocado, lettuce & tomato. They don't freeze well or grill well (after being frozen).

Melt butter, combine butter and mustard. Slather on cut bread.
Add cheese & meat.
Wrap in Foil.
If freezing also wrap in freezable cling wrap.
Unthaw.
Toss on the grill for 20 minutes, turning over in the middle to fully melt cheese.

Ham & Swiss Sub

1 French Loaf
1 pd Sliced Ham
6-9 slices of Swiss Cheese
3 Tbsp. Dijon Mustard
2 Tbsp. Butter

Other optional toppings, sweet peppers, onion, pickles, and anything else that you want that cooks well. I would avoid avocado, lettuce & tomato. They don't freeze well or grill well (after being frozen).


Melt butter, combine butter and mustard. Slather on cut bread.
Add cheese & meat.
Wrap in Foil.
If freezing also wrap in freezable cling wrap.
Unthaw.
Toss on the grill for 20 minutes, turning over in the middle to fully melt cheese.

 Assemble ingredients

Love this stuff! Works amazing when you need to freeze odd shaped items!

The end product was amazing this is most definitely a Camping recipe favorite!

Teriyaki Fajitas

Teriyaki Fajitas

1 pd steak cooked and cut into thin strips (I bought them pre-pkg from the store)
1 onion cut thin
1 pepper cut thin
1/2 bottle of Teriyaki sauce
sliced provolone cheese
tortillas

Add first 4 ingredients to a gallon freezer bag, shake and marinate at least an hour.
Cook ingredients on high heat until cooked thoroughly.
lay in middle of tortilla add cheese, fold, serve!
Easy and yummy!
Add cooked rice on the side or inside if desired.

Double recipe, freeze. Needs to be unfrozen before cooking, can be pan grilled, foil grilled or flame grilled.
Would make a good take and go camping recipe as well!