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    I was afraid if I posted in my earlier camping post no one would see this so...

    I need food ideas. My dumb ass was like sure! Ill make a list, etc for food! Its all bad.

    I dont want to eat hot dogs and hamburgers everynight, sandwiches every lunch and Eggs every morning. Ive done some searching online but I swear its camp food for the culinary genuis which I am not. Simple!

    Does anyone have some ideas for simple (cheap) breakfast, lunch or dinner ideas.

    We will have a gas bbq and a 2 burner cooktop. I need 9 days worth of meals. Stuff that can be done a couple times... like I have tacos and hamburgers because they use some of the same things (onion, hamburger) so its simpler and keeps the grocery bill down.

    Any and all ideas will be greatly appreciated!

    I did think up silk soy milk since you can buy it and it doesnt have to be refrigerated until open maybe I AM a culinary genius. Other than that and some basics, corn, watermelon, sloppy joes and smores im lost.

    I need 4 more dinner ideas (heavy filling foods) and a ton of breakfast and lunch ideas.

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    Default Re: Simple, easy food ideas (for camping)

    How about breakfast burritos - you can fill them with scrambled eggs, sausage, home fried potatoes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cherry_sin View Post
    How about breakfast burritos - you can fill them with scrambled eggs, sausage, home fried potatoes.
    Good one... things I already have on my list! Sweet!

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    my co-worker went camping this past weekend and she told me they made loaded potatos. They wrapped them in foil and threw them in the fire. Then when they were ready, they opened them up and put cheddar cheese, broccoli and sour cream in them, then closed them back up and threw them back in the fire for a few more min to make the insides melty and yummy.
    Then they got stoned and forgot about the taters.

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    Oh my god! Can you imagine how happy they would have been if they'd remembered?!?!

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    Cannot even IMAGINE.

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    yeah. just cut some potatos into slices, add some salt, black pepper and chili powder, and a bit of cumin and butter then wrap them in foil and set them by the fire to cook for awhile. real good french fries right there. corn in foil is real good too, with butter and black pepper and cumin or paprika.

    bring a jar or two and you can make any sort of vegan stew you like, and it will keep pretty good for however long you are in the woods.

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    Some buddies and I go elk hunting in the mountains every year we use this site to plan meals. see if it helps ya...

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    Butternut squash. Cut it, clean it out, put butter in it, put it back together, wrap it in foil, and stick it in the fire. Way good.

    Hobo meals. Give everyone their own piece of tin foil, and set out some veggies and meat and salt and pepper. Fill up your foil, wrap it up real good, throw it in the fire, and come back and eat it in an hour.

    Breakfast - just add eggs to whatever's left over from the night before. I call it omlette soup.



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    I went out to visit my Sunday Night Boys the other night. They all went camping, but I have to work, etc. We had chicken thighs in Stubbs Marinade, diced taters with rosemary onions and garlic and some brussels sprouts. We fed 4, heartily, and it couldn't have been much more than maybe 10-12 bucks.

    Another good one my friend brought up is baked zucchini, camp style. Cut a squash in half, core out the seeds, throw in some mozzarella and tomatoes and whatever spices you need, wrap in foil, boom.

    Also, my fave camp dessert EVER. Buy a whole pineapple. Cut the top off, core it, but keep the top. Throw into the cored out space a bar of your fave chocolate broken up. we always just used a Hersey bar), a few raisins, a couple of marshmallows, some cinnamon, etc. Put the top back on, wrap in foil, place in coals on the side of the fire for awhile. It gets all melty and amazing and yuuuuuuuuuum. Scoop out the warm sugary mess onto plates and enjoy.

    Someone already mentioned it, but campfire/grill roasted foil-wrapped corn is one of life's treasures.
    waffles are just pancakes with little squares on them.

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    Skewers. Buy some chunks of beef, chicken, seafood, shrimp, plus peppers, onions, squash, whatever you want. Stick them on the skewers, grill, eat. Done!

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    ^Skewers are awesome, but I hate that the veggies are burnt long before the chicken/beef is done. I started cooking them on separate skewers a couple of years ago. Burnt squash + raw in the middle chicken= no fun. Shrimp is fast, though. And hey if you're veggie/vegan...no worries, just do the veggies. Throw a slice of mango on there, too. The juices are nice.
    waffles are just pancakes with little squares on them.

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    My mom always did separate skewers of meat and veggies for that reason.

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    When my ex-husband and I went camping years ago we bought one of those pans you can use on the grill. We made eggs on it. I believe we purchased it at Wal-mart in the camping section.

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    Also peanut butter and jelly for lunch.

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    tuna sandwiches is a good lunch
    cereal for breakfast
    I suggest marinating meat beforehand if you have a way to keep it cold, so throw a bunch of chicken and some italian salad dressing in a freezer ziplock bag, a london broil and some terriyake sauce in a another bag, ect. Salmon and honey dijon mustard is another good one.
    THis way you just grab it out of the cooler cook and eat, simple and tasty!



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    Rice krispy treats are something we used to make camping too, when we got sick of smores



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    ^^ lol... thats the best part of camping. Oh, and being lazy for a week...

    Thanks everyone - the "hobo dinner" I call foil packets and have been making them for years on my bbq!

    Other Ideas are great. I really like the Zuccini and Squash ones - some veggies I forgot about. I make zuccini and add browned hamburger with spices then top with cheese to bake so I can incorporate that into a meal. I can probably do spaghetti because well have the stovetop thingy. Im usually a baker so I have th *thinnk* about stovetop meals.

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    make some potato wedges and wrap them in foil to cook,then cook some bacon and and heat some baked beans up. Put them all together and top with cheese mmmmmmmmmmmmm
    you can also add canned tuna and sweetcorn instead of bacon : )
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    OK, Im all set

    Thanks guys!

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    Don't forget one of these!!!

    http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr...ductId=2275666


    It's perfect for grilled cheese, pizza pockets and dessert with pie fillings!! Two pieces of bread with endless filling options

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    I used to have one of the electric ones - bread, cherry filling and powdered sugar. Yummmmmmmmmmmmy

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    These are great suggestions. Also, we used to make bagel pizzas when I was at summer camp. Spread a bagel with spaghetti sauce, top it with cheese and whatever you want, and toast it next to the fire or put it on the grill.

    You could also pre-make some acidic salads like cucumber salad and mustard slaw ahead of time and take it with you.

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    My shopping list for camping... I think Im good

    Shopping List

    Foil
    Large Baggies
    Garbage Bags
    Skewers
    Plastic Wrap
    X Large Plastic baggies (for egg cartons)

    Beer
    Vodka (gallon)
    Cranberry Juice (unrefridgerated, 3)
    Water - bottled
    Soda

    Ketchup
    Mayo
    Mustard
    Salt & Pepper
    Garlic Powder
    Cooking spray
    Veggie Oil
    Terriyaki marinade

    Brown Sugar
    Graham Crackers
    Marshmellows
    Hershey Bars

    Cherries
    Corn
    carrots (baby)
    potatoes (bag idaho)
    onion (2)
    mushrooms
    Oranges
    Watermelon
    bell peppers
    strawberries
    grapes

    Coffee Creamer
    Butter
    Milk (soy in box, non-refrigerated)
    Eggs ( 2 - 18 pack)
    Cheese

    cereal
    pancake mix
    oatmeal

    Bacon
    Sausage
    Ham (breakfast)
    Lunch Meat (turkey and ham)
    Hot Dogs
    Hamburger (4 meals)
    Ribs
    Chicken (2 meals)
    Bratswurst

    Potato salad
    Macaroni salad

    Spaghetti noodles
    Spaghetti Sauce
    Sloppy Joe Mix
    Baked Beans
    Canned pineapple chunks
    peanut butter
    jelly
    tuna

    Hot dog buns
    hamburger buns
    Garlic Bread (2)
    Bread
    White corn tortilla
    Burrito Tortillas

    Already Have

    Chips (individual packets)
    Beef Jerkey
    Granola Bars
    Fruit Snacks
    Capri Sun
    Svenhards
    Cracker/Cookie packets
    1 - 30 pack bottled water

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    Oh, oh, oh, I almost forgot! You have to make !

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