Need Ideas for Cooking While Camping

Chicken roll ups. Either take frozen chicken or cook it ahead of time. Grill it and put it in a high-fiber, no-fat tortilla with romaine lettuce, red pepper (cut up matchstick-style), green onion, ranch dressing, bar-b-que sauce and roll it up. It's a high-protein, low fat, delicious alternative for camping.

Also, I'm a big fan of chipoltle blackbean burgers - very flavorfull and a nice alternative to a burger.

BLTs are good too. Easy to make. You can either make the bacon there or cook it ahead of time as it travels easily in a tupperware container.

We also do canned veggies/beans on the grill. Just open the top, set the can on the gril and heat. Drain the veggies before eating.

Have fun!!

Hi D.!

You can do some cooking ahead so you can enjoy your trip too.

My favorite is to make shishkabobs on bamboo skewers then put them in a gallon baggie. Add a marinade & freeze them flat. They can thaw in your cooler and you can serve them the second day out. It's especially nice because you will actually get yummy veggies while camping, something that often doens't happen. You will probably need to double bag them as the pointy ends will probably pierce the bag. To make kabobs, chop up large bite-size pieces of chicken, pork or steak, and veggies you like to eat grilled - mushrooms, bell peppers, vidalias (they rock grilled!), zucchini & summer squash, grape tomatoes. whatever you enjoy eating grilled. The construction is a little time consuming but worth is. I've found it's easier to flip them if you double up on the skewers per kabob that way the food won't just spin on the skewer when you try to flip it.

Another option is to pre-beer boil your brats & get them ready for the grill. To do this you put half a pot of water & a can or bottle of beer into a pot. Pierce your bratwursts & put them in to boil until they're cooked. Later you grill them to make them brown & a little crips. Serve with grilled corn and you're all set!

I like to pre-bake my chicken for the grill so it cooks faster and you don't get the yucky red parts near the bone. You could pre-bake chicken so you can just plop 'em on the grill and add your favorite bbq sauce.

If you don't already have one, I HIGHLY recommend a grill pan for your veggies. They're excellent. I chop up whatever we're eating and put them into a gallon baggie then add a little olive oil & seasoning. When the grill is hot & the pan is ready, you shake up your bag & pour it onto the pan on the grill. That way the oil doesn't end up on your counter and they shouldn't stick as much to the pan. Vidalia onions taste sooooo good grilled. So do mushrooms, red peppers, zucchini & summer squash, red onions, green peppers. YUM!

For a treat, my dh's family does a great thing they call pies - you get pie irons in the camping section of any big store (Target has them). They're bread-sized things on a long stick with a handle. You butter the outside of the bread, put one in the bottom (butter side against the pan), add some yummy canned pie filling, or dh has since learned he likes peanut butter with chocolate chips, what can I say he's a big kid! lol. Anyway add your filling, then put the other piece butter side up and seal the top of it & cook in a bonfire. They're a lot of fun for kids of all ages. I bet they'd work for grilled cheese, too, now that I think of it.

Have fun!
D.

I took some frozen homemade spaghetti sauce with us on a recent camping trip. It slowly thawed as we traveled and was ready in time. A box of spaghetti and some garlic bread and we were set for our spaghetti feast!!

Polish sausage on a stick and cook in the camp fire. Serve with some french bread and a salad etc.
Get the sausage from a polish store, the sausages that you buy at regular grocery store in a package do not taste half as good as the real thing....

Wrap potatoes in aluminum foil and then throw them in the camp fire as you are finishing burning it for the night. Just throw them into the ashes while they are still hot. By the morning the potatoes will be cooked, serve with sour cream.

If you go fishing, you can filet the freshly cought fish, add butter and seasonings and cook on the grill or wrap in foil and hang above the camp fire. Healthy and yammy!

If you get tired of s'mores, here is another dessert option. Take bananas and leave the peels on. Make a slit longways through the peel and partially through the banana. Fill the slit with some mini chocolate chips and mini marshmallows (don't overfill). Now wrap the banana in a couple pieces of heavy duty aluminum foil. Throw the wrapped bananas in the campfire for a few minutes. Then enjoy a warm gooey treat! Yum.

Anything you can make on the stove at home can be made while camping. We used to do the pie irons as a kid and they're not just for dessert. You can make grilled cheese, warm PB&J or even hot ham and cheese with them.

To add to what Yvette said, take those baked potatoes that you baked in the coals and let them chill. In the morning, shred (or slice) them into a grill pan with a little butter for easy hash browns.

Pre-boiling or baking meats ahead of time will save time and help you to know they're cooked through. Good luck!

Pasta is really easy and great. Make the noodles before you leave for camping and then store in a tupper wear container. You can easily heat it up on the stove and then just add the sauce. Also you can precook the meet, pre-cut the veggies. I suggest do as much prep work before you go as possible. Have a ton a fun!!