good camping recipies to feed the wife and 2 kids?

Question

got no oven. only 2 burners and a grill

Answer 1

I like stuff that you heat water and then hydrate the food. My experience also has been backpacking so I wanted travel friendly lightweight stuff. I also was cooking over a campfire which is why I don't like cooking food directly on the fire. Heating water you can't burn anything.

Some good proteins:

Beef jerky
Can or pouch tuna
Can or pouch chicken
Canned ham
Beans
Peanut butter
Hillshire farms smoked sausage if you carry it frozen and eat it first.
Summer sausage
Canned cheese or cheese whiz or velveeta
Parmesan cheese
Powdered milk
Peanuts
Soy nuts
Sunflower seeds
Lentils

Some good starches:

Tortillas
Bagels
Pitas
Crackers (if you keep them from getting smashed)
Fresh whole potatos
Mashed potato flakes
Stove top stuffing
Instant oatmeal
Grape Nuts
Granola
Minute Rice
Couscous
Grits

Some good veggies and fruits:

Oranges
Cabbage
Carrots
Raisins
Dried cranberries
Dried apricots
Dried cherries
Apple chips
Banana chips
Corn on the cob
Onions
Garlic cloves

Condiments and spices:
Fast food packets of salsa, mayo, ketchup, mustard, salad dressing. Most places will give you a few extra of anything with purchase if you just explain that you are going camping.

Salt, pepper, sugar or sweetner

Cinnamon, chili powder, Tony's, seasoned salt, butter buds, and boullion cubes are all very versatile for almost anything. You probably have other favs.

You may need some oil to cook with, whatever you choose, make sure it is well sealed.

These are mix and match ingredients that you can do anything you want with.

For drinks, remember that in the wilderness, water is more important than anything. Stay hydrated and everything else about your trip will be better.

For camp coffee you can do any number of things. You can make a mix out of coffee crystals, powdered milk, sugar, and creamer that rivals Starbucks and is easy easy. Email me for specific directions. I LOVE this stuff. This is if you don't like black coffee by the way, if you like black, just the crystals in a plastic container is great.

You can also get the folgers singles, or carry General Foods instant coffee, or use a french press and regular ground coffee.

For family drinks, there is koolaid, iced tea, crystal light, gatorade, all available as a powder or prepared. Prepared juice boxes, fruit juice concentrates, etc are good too.

Watch the alcohol as it dehydrates, and also impairs judgment, and you need to be alert when you are outside.
Foil pack cooking is really good as well.

For packing and storing food, a frozen package of meat will keep other things cold but you want to use it fast, and then you won't have it to continue as your ice pack...so plan well.

Ziplock bags and recycled peanut butter jars are really great for all kinds of food prep.

If you have a vacuum sealer, it really comes in handy for a camping trip. You can remove anything from a can and vacuum seal it, protect fresh meat from spoilage, even package up fresh produce that wouldn't make it on other camping trips, like leafy greens for a salad.

Answer 2

Hi there, by now you have loads of great ideas,,, if I was you, I would go along with Tiggers ideas, very practical,esp rissoto, you can add whatever you like,, either on its own with just a salad to go with it, or you can have wonderful marinated, or not, grilled meats of your choice, with it. Just for fun,,, you are camping afterall,surely you will have the opportunity to make or use an open fire,so why not as a late night, or even just as an excursion break, make yourself some bread dough to take; easy peasy to make, kids will love to help I bet.
Shove it in a plastic bag for easy transport. Then when you have found your place to make your open fire, send the kids off to find some sticks,they should be around a foot long and reasonably straight-ish! Now you get to make your "Twisties" as we called them, tho am sure there will be many other names and variations of the same. Everybody now has a stick right, (try not to be too precious about dirt, it adds to the flavour ;-) ) Now, just make sausages out of a hunk of the dough, wind the sausage around the stick,giving just a little bit of a squeeze together so all stays on the stick, and tenderly twist and turn your bready creation around and around over the glowing coals, till reasonably well browned, all possible accompaniments go with twisties,, butter&jam, my fav, but if stinking hot, butter may not be practical, maple syrup is another favourite, imagination is the best.... Don't forget, a good old sausage is always brilliant over the hot coals, for big and small...
Please don't be too serious about nutrition on a camping hol, it's only a week or two out of your life,have fun and just have salad with everything else...

Answer 3

you can always make just about anything with foil over the grill. Things like a roast or whatever. Just cut up some meat, thow in some veggies and make sure it's wrapped up really well in some tin foil. You can stick it right on top of the grill or into the coals themselves.

You can google camping recipes or check out on allrecipes.com or foodnetwork.com for some other recipes.

Answer 4

The whole idea of camping is to keep things simple and relax. For these recipes you can have your kids help you. Try to make them remember the camping trips and want to do it more. For breakfast you can do the works hashbrowns, eggs, bacon, sausage, make it interesting by throwing all of it in the frying pan. My dad and I call this Garbage but you and your kids can give it your own name. For lunch make sloppy joes or brats. And dinner make shishkabobs. Have the kids put the stuff on the skewers. If they dont like greenpeppers or onions you can put pineapple, apples or whatever on them they on the grill they go. For the meat get stew meat dump it in a zip lock bag with some bbq sauce and have the kids shake it up hope this helps
PS If your kids are young, the things that you make now are the things that they will want to make on every trip.

Answer 5

When I used to camp a lot we'd always do fresh blueberry or other fruit pancakes for breakfast with some fruit in the pancakes and more on top. These are easy and full of carbs for a days hiking. Lunch we'd do sandwiches or other no-cook foods. Dinner we'd do fish if we were fishing - reheating premade stews or heavy soups with cornbread muffins. If you've got a covered cast iron pot you can do all sorts of moist cooked meats that you don't have to pay much attention to. Mostly we'd take simple homemade stuff to heat up and spend our time doing activities rather than cookiing. We always took plenty of fruits & raw veges and granola bars to snack on. Be sure you've got plenty of protien for each day or you'll all get tired easily.

Answer 6

Toast, soup, hotdogs, spag bol, hotpot, tuna pasta - dead easy, cook pasta in one pan do veg in the other. Drain the veg, make up some instant cheese sauce, drain a can of tuna and mix the whole lot together then add 1 x Oxo Italian cube or a teaspoon of italian seasoning, stir then drain pasta, add to tuna, veg and cheese mix.
Anything you can buy in a can is a great starter. Then think what you cook in a pan at home and do that. Having two burners means you are one up on what we have so pasta/rice/potatoes in one, sauce in another. I always make at least one meal at home freeze it and put it in the cold box with all the chilled stuff to help keep everything chilled. That lasts for about 2 days. Thought about bacon sandwiches, boiled eggs and soldiers even!
Have fun!

Answer 7

Whenever I go camping, we love to make "Hobo Joes" over the fire. Take 4 good size pieces of foil. In center, place hamburger patty, boneless chicken breast or pork chop. Add chopped potatos, onions & carrots. To that, add 1/4 can cream of mushroom soup. Add 1 tbsp worchester sauce & a pat of butter. Fold into pouches and cook over fire or on grill about 30 - 40 minutes or til done. Serve with bread.....

Answer 8

When we went camping, we had soup some you can take some covent garden ones with you.

You could also take some of those straight to wok noodles with you and then you could also take a sauce and then if you have some chicken with you you could just grill or strir fry that with your noodles.

Pasta with a nice sauce
Curry
Risotto
You could do scrambled egg on toast with bacon, or poached egg on toast. Bacon sandwiches. Baked beans on toast. Sausages and burgers in a bun. Hot dogs in a bun.

Boiled potatoes, with grilled chicken and carrots

Answer 9

Here is a fun one, you will need a cast iron skillet, but its easy. Heat some oil or shortening in the skillet. While that is heating take a couple of containers of cheap buttermilk biscuits. Flatten each biscuit as much as you can and add to the hot oil until golden then flip and cook the other side. Each one only cooks for about 1 min. Remove to papertowels to drain then dip in cinnamon and sugar or powdered sugar. Its like elephant ears while camping. Delicious and a lot of fun.

Answer 10

The good old days....we love camping...kids grown and gone now...boy do we miss it....But when we camped, lots noticed the smells coming from the food we cooked, it was enticing to many of our neighboring campers....

In a large pot...
Start with 4-6 little nibblers boiled corn....
next, place 4 scrubbed whole potatoes....
Next....4 med chicken breast....
on top....add anything else you want...
I like 2 or 3 whole peeled onions....maybe 2 or 3 whole squash...
Anything else you want....Add 4 cups water, salt, pepper, any seasonings you like to any layers....then cook on burner until chicken is done....Its a meal in one with 1 pot to clean

Also.....Poorboys...
In a large piece of heavy duty aluminum foil place a hamburger steak.....add baby carrots, potato wedges, onion. Then take 1 can of creme of mushroom soup....spoon equal amounts over each....salt, pepper and fold together and seal edges....Cook over med grill heat until done.....

Go ahead and buy the already baked biscuits, either in deli or freezer....
Whip up some bacon or sausage, then gravy....
Cut the biscuits in half....Melt butter in another skillet and lay the biscuits middle side down in pan to warm and brown them....throw a little butter or jelly on them and they are super!!!!! Everything tastes better when you're camping....

Don't forget....grilled cheese...or grilled bacon and cheese sandwiches....fry the bacon first and put it on with the cheese before you grill them....

Make some chili before you leave....grill a few hotdogs and have chilidogs....with cheese
With a grill, you're possibilities are endless....we bake potatoes on the grill and wrap little nibblers in HD foil with some butter and
throw them on the outside of the grill so they don't take direct heat....turn a couple of times and in a few minutes you can have a steak, potato and corn....
Planning ahead helps....freezing chili, stews, etc in throw away freezer bags....if you pack frozen meats in a cooler together, layer them in the order you'll use them.....the first on top...and so forth...then you don't have to lose you cold temp digging....Where we camp is Elkmont in the Great Smokies....primitive camping...in a popup and tent without electricity and water hookup....we usually have to ice the cooler down on the third day.
Of course, you can never beat hamburgers grilled....or chicken, or pork chops....and always have a few cans of campbells soup in case you want that grilled cheese and soup.....Makes me want to go camping!!!!! Food is so much better when you are camping!!!! HAVE FUN!!!!