Camping Recipes

Planning a camping menu doesn’t have to be scary, but a lot of people get turned off from camping because it is not something usually associated with good food. Hot dogs, marshmallows and more hot dogs usually fill the menu because they're easy. Whether you’re grilling, cooking over an open fire or using a gas stove, food prepared outdoors has a unique flavour. Food is a big part of the adventure for us. While we do like to cook the occasional sausage over the fire, we also like to treat ourselves, and take the opportunity to cook food we would normally eat, in ways that we wouldn't normally cook it. Here are some of our favourite camping recipes.

Breakfast Burritos

Ingredients:

tortillas

pre-scrambled eggs (such as egg creations)

pre-chopped onions and red pepper

salt and pepper

leftover sausage

pre-shredded cheese

oil for frying

Directions:

1. Fry onions and red peppers.

2. Add pre-scrambled eggs, then add sausage.

3. Once egg is scrambled, add cheese and allow to melt.

4. Add salt and pepper.

5. Wrap in warmed tortilla and serve.

Teriyaki Chicken 

Ingredients:

pre-marinated chicken thighs

Directions:

1. Wrap thawed, marinated chicken thighs in a double layer of aluminum foil.

2. Place packet(s) on a grate and allow to cook over the fire for about 2 hours.

Tip: Before the trip, add chicken and sauce of choice to ziplock bag and freeze. Not only will they be marinated when you are ready to eat them, they will also keep longer in the cooler if they are frozen.

Cheesy Potatoes

Ingredients:

mini potatoes, sliced in half

chicken bouillon cube

water

butter

pre-shredded cheese

Directions:

1. Place a pot or pant on a grate above the fire. Fill with water and allow to boil.

2. Once water has boiled, add the bouillon cubes to create a stock.

3. Add mini potatoes to stock and cook until slightly tender. Stock should be reduced.

4. Wrap potatoes in a double layer of aluminum foil. Add butter before closing packet.

5. Remove pan/pot from grate and replace with potato packet. Allow to cook over fire until soft.

6. Once potatoes are cooked, open packet and add shredded cheese. Mix until cheese is melted.

Even though you're camping, you still need dessert.

Cinnamon rolls

Ingredients:

Pillsbury cinnamon rolls

Directions:

1. Open the cinnamon roll can and remove individual rolls.

2. Wrap around a roasting stick. Make sure to only wrap one layer or it won't cook through.

3. Hold away from flame to cook (unless you like the taste of burnt cinnamon roll).

Beverages are of equal importance. Here are two of our favourites. 

Hot Toddy

1-2 oz of whisky or rum

1 pack of apple cider mix

hot water

Shandy

1 can of light beer

1/2 pack of lemonade drink crystals

And last but not least, to make these meals a success, don't forget about including these staples in your camping gear: reusable mug, aluminium foil, reusable cups, plates and utensils and salt and pepper.

What are your favourite camping meals? Do you have any tips for cooking outdoors?

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