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Serenity
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06-28-2005

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does anyone have any good tried and true camping meals that they make?

We are going away this weekend and I thought it would be fun to try some new ideas rather than just have the same old hotdogs on a stick. We will have a coleman camp stove with us as well as using the fire pit. Any good ideas for tinfoil dinners, etc...??

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We make veggie "bombs"- wrap a bunch of veggies in aluminum foil with some butter and spices in it and toss it on the fire for awhile. We use broccoli, potatoes, green beans, zuccini, tomatoes, etc.

For quick and easy we also do quesadillas wrapped in aluminum foil to toss on the grill for a little bit.

Pre-cut and packages stuff for burritos, then on the stove just heat up some beans and mix in a little salsa- we toss the tortillas on the grill on low for a few seconds to heat them up too.

Pizza can be made on the grill- bring along a frozen pizza and when the coals are hot but not flaming, put it over the fire. Yum!

Corn wrapped in aluminum foil on the fire.

One pot meal- buy a box of couscous and some veggies to mix in it- it cooks really fast and is super easy.

A can of soup on the grill is easy. Grilled cheese sandwiches can be made like the quesadillas.

Sorry they're all vegetarian- i'm sure burgers and all that are obvious.



Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They also have those sandwich camping contraptions. They are long iron sticks with square at the end that you can put bread and whatever in (cheese, pbj, meat, cinnamon, etc...) and then you cook it like a hotdog on a stick. A very easy way to make grilled cheeses or ???

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, we don't have any sort of recipes but I always do breakfast burritos and sandwhiches or spaghetti for lunch.Dinner is always some sort of meat, but I bring along instant potatoes or Mac and Cheese-those are always really easy. We pack everything up in those Ziplock containers (like the harshbrowns, because if you don't then water gets into the bag or cut up tomatoes, lunch meat and cheeses for the sandwhiches)
If you pack things safetly and bring enough measuring cups and such you really could make just about anything. We always have those collapsable water jugs too that hold about 5 gallons. First thing we do when we get to camp is fill those up and they become our kitcken/bathroom sinks.
I used to hate washing dishes ans such when I was camping, but now that the kids are older we put them to work on it. The grown ups cook the meal the kids have to clean it all up. It always turns into great fun for the kids even though back at home it seems like a chore.

We are going camping on Labor Day and I can not wait! All of our friends are flying in for the trip. We always do a camping trip once a year and meet up (since as we each grew up and started families everyone has scattered off to other states) this year we get to have it in our state! Yay!

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cast Iron!!

I love Cast Iron cooking!! You can make pizzas, coblers, breakfast casseroles, endless possiblities!!

We also do the boil n bag method!! For a breakfast break your egg in a freezer zip lock bag, add cheese, or salsa or anything - then toss in a boiling pan of water till cooked...

ShishKabobs are good too... marinate your meat at home, put it in a frezzer ziplock bag, and then when its time, on the fire/grill it goes!!

website for cooking campfire

I made a cookbook for scouts, not sure if its in a pdf file still... couldnt find it, I'll have to ask dh!! Have fun, Keep It SIMPLE!!

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
PS, We made the banana recipe for desserts as in the above website, you have to be careful, sometimes it comes out perfect, sometimes the banana is too firm and the marshmellows burnt...

I also like to take an apple, core it, fill it w/ brown sugar and cinnamon, a tad of butter, wrap in foil, and in the coals - the new reynolds wrap is great for this btw!!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is another good website for Camping Recipes (The site loads slowly because there are so many recipes). The recipe for ham dinner looks good...

Ham Dinner Packets
For each packet:

Sliced Ham
Sliced potatoes
Sliced Carrots
Canned pineapple slice
1 teaspoon brown sugar

Place the ham, potatoes, carrots, pineapple, brown sugar on double layer foil. Sprinkle with pineapple juice from can. Fold up packet and place in coals for about 20 minutes turning every 5 minutes.


Secretsmile
Member

08-19-2002

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OH BOY! LOL, I spent so many years cooking outdoors I don't think there was anything I didn't fix on a camp stove or over a fire. You can cook anything on a camp stove that you cook on your stove top at home, it may take longer. You can cook anything in a cast iron dutch oven that you can in your oven at home.

One suggestion, I always made a meal ready to eat for the first night. Usually by the time we got to the place and were set up we were all very hungry. I learned that if I made a beef stew, or even sloppy joe mix ahead of time, put it in large zip lock bags, I could reheat it while we were setting up. It may seem like too much work the day before but I was always thankful not to have starving campers hovering over me while I tried to cook the first night.

Have a wonderful trip and remember, the mishaps are the funny memories years from now so relax and enjoy.

Serenity
Member

06-28-2005

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you so much for all of the great ideas! I will get some of those cast iron sandwich maker things. I heard from a friend that you can make pies in them.

The website links are also helpful - Thanks TVCHers! Now we won't be eating the same old stuff as usual. I get tired of burgers and hotdogs.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They might be called pudgie pies.... ????

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pudgie Pie Breakfast
A camping recipe from Jan.
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 egg
* 1 slice ham
* 1 slice cheese
* 2 slices bread
* salt and pepper, to taste

PREPARATION:
Press one slice of bread into pie iron. Place ham slice on bread. Place cheese slice on ham. Place egg on top. Place second slice of bread on top. Salt and pepper to taste, close pie iron, and cook over campfire or grill approximately 5-8 minutes depending on how hot your fire or until egg is cooked.


Serenity
Member

06-28-2005

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Secretsmile- great tip about having something ready to eat by the time we get there. After a long car ride and set-up I know my boys will hungry!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pudgie Pies
A camping recipe from Sarah. For this one, iron "pie makers" are needed; and they don't have to be just for dessert! You can make pizzas too with sauce, cheese and toppings of your choice. Experiment and find a favorite of your own!
INGREDIENTS:
* bread, any type will do
* butter
* pie fillings of your choice

PREPARATION:
Spread one side of bread with butter and place the buttered side into the pie maker. Spread with pie filling. Butter another slice of bread and place it butter side up on top of the pie filling. Close the pie maker and trim excess bread from the sides.

Serenity
Member

06-28-2005

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Julie, Good one! We make a version of those in the fry pan at home - call them "nest eggs". I'll have to try them while camping. Thanks again.

Serenity
Member

06-28-2005

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie, Either I type slow or you type fast. ! LOL.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh! Those sandwich things! I've never had one, but we had them on the canoe trips I took every year in my high school and we made deserts with them- bread and a can of pie filling. They were pretty good.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
http://www.explorers-guide.com/recipepubill.html

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    




Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This isn't a meal, and it's fairly simplistic but being the lousy cook I am I was impressed (doesn't take much for me really, lol.)

Whenever we go camping with sis and bil, she takes zuccini, slices it into not quite thin nor thick slices, and then marinates it in a ziplock bag with italian dressing for an hour or two. Then when they get to cooking (I've seen her do this over both a bbq grill and camp fire in cast iron) she tosses it on and lets it cook for awhile (being the lousy cook I am I couldn't say how long, lol.) Comes out awesome. She prefers to do it on the bbq grill but when there isn't one available she makes do with the skillet over the fire. Funny thing is at home none of the kids will touch zuccini, but whenever we go camping, they ask for more!

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We spent one entire summer cooking on a charcoal grill when we were remodeling the house. Take a small roast (or slice it up), put it in heavy duty aluminum foil w/chunks of carrots, potatoes, and onion -- add a wee bit of water in the bottom then salt, pepper, garlic powder or any other spices you like. Seal the foil and let cook for 2- 3 hours in the outer edge of coals or on a "low" grill -- DELICIOUS! The meat was never dry, and the veggies were just delicious!