Campers: What type of camp meals do you have when tent camping for about a week?

We鈥檙e a family of 3 %26amp; we鈥檙e going on a longer trip this time, %26amp; restaurants are far %26amp; few between. How do you manage meals %26amp; what type of food do you bring? Do you precook foods at home, bring them raw %26amp; cook them at camp, or frequent local grocery stores? Do you tend to eat a lot of canned food? Peanut butter sandwiches? Just looking for easy ideas %26amp; non-complicated recipes as space is at a premium w/ all the junk we have!!!Campers: What type of camp meals do you have when tent camping for about a week?
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches work fine for lunch, but if you're gone for a week, don't make them part of the dinner routine.



I would recommend that you pre-measure and prep before the trip as much as possible. Segregate stuff into zip-lock baggies and then just dump and mix once you are at the camp site. It makes life so much easier when you are trying to prepare the meal if you don't have to spend time cutting vegetables, measuring flour, spices, etc. Some recipes that work well include stews and cobblers. Don't be afraid to have a night roasting hot dogs. Do some searches for "Boy Scout Meals" to get some ideas.



Bring powdered drink mix like Tang, Lemonade, or Kool-Aid (leave the sugar free and low-calorie stuff like Crystal Lite at home as you and the kids will need the extra calories) to have with breakfast and lunch. Hot Cocoa works well for dinner.Campers: What type of camp meals do you have when tent camping for about a week?
Pork and Beans, s'mores, eggs, bacon, stuff like that. Sometimes we bring a cooler with meat and some bread. Then we make sandwhiches. Peanut butter sandwiches are good too! Canned stuff usually works...
It usually goes something like this for me. First is the raw meat %26amp; fresh vegetables stored in a cooler cooked over fire. This will last a few days. Precooked Hot dogs/sausage/bacon will last longer in the cooler than raw meat. Then it's into either Mountain House meals or canned goods. The newer coolers like the Colman Marine Cooler are better at keeping food colder longer than Walmart special coolers. Peanut butter is always a great go to food with a loaf of bread.Campers: What type of camp meals do you have when tent camping for about a week?
Go to recipegoldmine.com and click on camping/hiking on the left. They have great recipes.



All the meets I take are raw and frozen solid when I put it in the food cooler. As long as you keep ice on it your meet will be fine. Some things I like to take are Hot dogs, Hamburgers, Skinless Boneless chicken breasts, Sausage, bacon, eggs, Marshmallows, cereal, Granola bars, Pancake mix, potatoes, corn on the cob, stuff for mountain pie makers, Lunch meats and cheese, bread, and Ravioli's.
They make beef in a special package you can find at stores like Bass pro shops that does not need to be stored cold. You can use dehydrated food as well. Mountain house food is expensive but has a great variety, and it only requires you to make some water hot and read directions. The advantage of the dehydrated food is you only need to provide water, which is part of the planning process anyway for longer camping. If you must use canned food, then eat that meal first and crush the can flat. that will reduce the weight in the pack quickly, and reduce the amount of space it will take up as trash.

The Boy Scout troop I was an adult leader with spent a week in the Porcupine Mountains and carried with us enough food for all 10 people. the water we pulled from local streams using katydyne water filters. The packs weighed in at about 60 pounds apiece on day one and decreased each day as we went through our food stocks.Campers: What type of camp meals do you have when tent camping for about a week?
It depends on what kind of cookware you have as well as the type of cooler. If you have one of the newer coolers that can keep ice for extended periods of time, bringing along meat will not be a problem. Mixing everything together before hand is a great idea, else you might be doing it free handed (i've made some pretty good meals free handed, but with kids i wouldn't take the risk). Hot dogs are a classic. shove them on a stick, roast them over the fire, slap it on a bun with ketchup and mustard and you have a meal. Peanut butter and jelly are always good for these camping trips for a quick lunch or maybe a snack.



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Don't be afraid be bring canned foods because they won't spoil.



If you have a dutch oven you can make just about anything!
You can cook anything you want. I usually try to eat slightly better than I do at home. Makes camping special. Hot dogs and smores are staples but not necessary. I take pork chops and put them in a zip lock bag and add a cup of italian dressing and there you have marinated pork chops and they tast great! You can prebake potatoes also. and warm them on the grill or in the fire. If you are car camping the sky is the limit. If you are backpacking in you are going to want to go light. That is your only limiting factor. Don't go real cheap and easy because it lowers the experience. I like light lunches (salads, sandwiches), exciting dinners (steak, pork chops, beer can chicken) . All of this stuff is real easy and tastes great. Again this is car camping stuff. Have fun!
I try and prepare all that I can at home before we leave. Like washing veggies and even tin foiling potatoes. I also freeze all meats before leaving. I freeze 2 liter bottles with water and place them in my cooler. They last longer than anything else I have tried. We eat some canned foods and PB%26amp;J but I usually stick to the same foods each time. I recommend checking out: www.outdoorbug.com/all-about-camping

It is a site that has checklist as well as other great camping tips. Camping is the best!! Have fun!!
one pot meals work well look at hamburger helper and the markets have lots of precooked meals now days pot roast chili ETC also making some favorites from home and freezing them works especially Pasta but jar or canned works too.