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Easy Camp Cooking Recipes

In search of some uncomplicated camp cooking recipes for your next camping trip? I’ve got some good ideas for yummy straightforward meals that will please your crew. Planning ahead tends to make the actual camp cooking a breeze and pressure free for the cook. I like to complete as much in my own kitchen before heading out. Some meals I cook all the way and freeze, others I just package items together and others do some of the prep at home to be completed off on site.

Tin Foil is Your Friend

Did you ever make hobo dinners as a kid? It’s an quick meal you possibly can prep at home or on site. This really is far more of a guideline than a recipe since you can alter the meat, vegetables and seasonings to suit your tastes and imagination. Use a double layer of heavy-duty tin foil. Do not skimp on the tin foil!

Layer:

Thinly sliced potato
Sliced carrot
Hamburger patty
Garlic seasoning
Sliced onions

Make a packet out of the tinfoil making sure it is sealed effectively and set in the coals on the fire. The potatoes will take the longest to cook so judge your time by them. Tin foil is wonderful to cook a lot of things around a campfire or in coals; fish, corn, sweet potatoes, bananas to name a few. Think of it as a uncomplicated camp oven.

Dog on a stick

Little children will need supervision with this but it is a fun main dish that everybody gets to cook for themselves.

Sharp green sticks or hot dog/marshmallow skewers
Biscuit mix, refrigerated or produced from mix. If made from mix keep it fairly thick in texture.
Hot dogs or other sausage

Skewer the hot dogs. Roll the biscuit dough into a strip and wrap around the hot dog on the skewer. Pat in place so it’s on really well. Roast over coals, turning so the biscuit dough cooks evenly around the hot dog. Finished when the biscuit dough is cooked through. Serve with mustard and relish for dipping. No need for buns!

Most camp cooking recipes are meals we make just about every day but just adapt to outdoor cooking over a fire or cook stove. Some recipes we never make at home, but maintain for just for camping out which tends to make the trip plus the food special.