Camping Out Ideas

Camping recipes?

Okay, I am a boy scout that needs All of you to help me fill this requirement. "Plan two breakfasts, three lunches, and two suppers that can be made over a campfire." Trevor

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1. Breakfast: Day 1~ Scrambled eggs, toast, bacon or sausage. Day 2~ A hearty oatmeal with granola mixed in and some raisins. Lunch~ 1~ Hotdogs and hamburgers, beans, cut up veggies. 2~ Grilled veggies and toasted bread. 3~ Sandwiches of some kind, can be heated and melted on the campfire, like a panini, just press with a skillet. Dinner~ 1~ Pasta with veggies in it, like zucchini or squash. If you can throw some chicken in it. 2~ Spaghetti and salad.
2. I won't plan the meals for you, but some foods easily cooked over a campfire are: Eggs Hotdogs/Hamburgers Beans Sausage Bacon Potatoes - wrapped in tin foil Chicken - wrapped in tin foil Fish - wrapped in tin foil Combine them in diffrent ways to make different meals. It's easy to reheat leftovers so you don't waste. Cooking while camping is easier than cooking at home sometimes.
3. the 2 breakfasts can be eggs toast and bacon or sausage ,ham lunches can be hot dogs in baked beans,ham and potates and cheese wrapped and cooked in foil,,hamburger ,potatoes with green peppers,and onion ,in foil...cool in the coals.corn on the cob,jiffy cake mix sprinkles over pie filling then wrapped and cooked over the fire,sommores,any veggies in foil,,hot dogs,
4. When I was a Brownie leader we made foil meals: Take a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil about 18" long. On that put a chunk of ground beef, about 1/4-1/3 pound, depending on how hungry you are, Some chopped up onion, Some chopped up carrot, Some chopped up potatoes, Salt and pepper. Wrap it all up, sealing the sides well. Wrap it in another piece of foil, too. Cook it over the fire for about 20-30 min. That cooking part was always the hard part for me, getting it done well, and not burned. There is bugs on a log if you want a snack/salad. Clean celery stalks and fill the rib with peanut butter then put raisins on top of the peanut butter. Those are really good and I even fix them for family holiday dinners.
5. I do alot of campfire cooking and the key to success is the prep. that you do at home. Breakfast is very easy, just pretty much cook with a pan over coals, My favorite is smoked pork chops and eggs, the fully cooked pork chops are already cooked and wont go bad on you as easy as raw bacon or sausage, also try some fryed spam and eggs with lots of potatoes. I dont ussually cook lunch, sandwiches are easyiest. Dinner is the best I cook alot of stuff in foil wraps, lots of potatoes, onions, carrots, garlic, maybe some cutup smoked sausages, with a nice size chunk of butter, salt and pepper, You can make these indiviual or one big one, make at home before ya go, goes great with a grilled tritip, or some bbq. chicked. Another good idea is to make a big pot of chilli at home, freeze it and you have a easy campfire pot of hot chilli. If ya catch some fish, do the foil wrap again with some butter, sliced onions, lemon and lots of seasoning, cook em longer then you think, leave the ends of the foil open so the fish gets some good smokey flavor from the campfire. Campfires cook meats better then a charcaol or gas grill, I beleive do to the higher humidity that a campfire produces. Always bring along plenty of canned beans, Use whatever brand of baked beans you like, add some bbq. sauce, a little brown sugar, salt pepper, and the secret is lots of bacon bits, the fresh kind, slowly simmer for at least an hour, there awesome. Heres another favorite, use a few cans of campbells bean with bacon soup, start with a small pot, melt some butter, chop up some red onions, toss em in, take some of the smoked pork chops I mentioned earlier, cube them up (use lots) these pork chops are in most stores and are really good. toss in the pork, cook until good and brown stirring alot, pour in a few cans of beans and simmer until good and hot, Trust me, This is easy and is always a hit. Another good thing to bring along is lots of corn on the cob, cook these guys right over the fire in the husks, turing alot, or you can clean em first and wrap in foil. good luck hope this helped a bit. remember dont cook over any kind of pine type wood until it is totally burned down, try to find hardwood like oak, apple, walnut, hickory, mesquite, almond, etc. Hope you have a good time, remeber prep. what you can at home.
6. CAMP FIRE BACON & EGGS 1 stick or roasting fork 1 paper sack 1 strip of bacon 1 egg Place piece of bacon in bottom of small paper lunch sack. Extend over coals of camp fire or charcoal fire using stick or roasting fork. Be careful not to let bottom of sack touch the coals. As bacon cooks the bottom of the sack will be coated with bacon grease. When bacon is almost cooked, break egg into sack. Continue holding sack over coals. When egg is cooked, peel back top of sack and eat out of the bag. BREAKFAST STEW - CAMPING FAVORITE Bacon or ham, chopped, 5 slices thick 2 med. cooked potato, chopped 1 or 2 green onion, chopped 1/2 green pepper, chopped 1/4 red pepper, chopped 3 mushrooms, sliced 1/2 c. cheese, your favorite 5 eggs, jumbo Garnish: chopped tomato Serve with toast or English muffin. Need 1 large fry pan, paper towel, and foil. Cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towel to drain, wrap in foil. Fry potato until almost crisp, add green and red pepper. Stir. Add green onion and mushroom, stir and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove to paper towel, wrap in foil. Scramble eggs, just when done, add cheese, bacon, potato mix, STIR ONE MORE TIME, serve and top with chopped tomato. CAMP FIRE GRILLED FRENCH FRIES 1 bag of frozen French fries 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. dried dill 2 to 3 tbsp. creamy Italian dressing 1 to 2 tbsp. minced onion 1/2 c. grated Cheddar cheese, RESERVE In large bowl, mix all ingredients (except cheese) and put in a double foil packet, sealing edges tightly. Grill over hot coals for 10 to 15 minutes. Turn packet over and punch holes in foil to vent steam. Grill 10 to 15 minutes more. Open packet carefully because of steam, place French fried in a warmed serving dish and toss with 1/2 cup of grated cheddar cheese. OUTDOOR CHEESE POTATOES 3 or 4 lg. potatoes, pared 1 sm. onion, chopped 1/2 lb. (2 c.) white American cheese, cubed 1/2 c. butter Slice potatoes onto a big piece of heavy duty foil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add onion and cheese cubes. Slice butter over all. Mix on the foil; bring edges up; leave a little space for expansion steam; seal well with double fold. Place package on grill. Cook over coals about 1 hour or until done, turning several times. HOBO DINNERS FOR CAMP For Each Dinner: A few carrots, sliced lengthwise A potato, sliced thick 1/2 onion, sliced thick Other veggies as desired Salt and pepper to taste Each person, young and old, fixes their own hobo dinner. In a large (15 inch square) piece of aluminum foil, place the hamburger patty and veggies. Season with salt and pepper and top with a part of butter. Seal the tin foil. Place about 5 inches from the coals and cook 40 minutes, turning once.
7. Let’s start with the breakfasts. Pancakes from a mix are easy and can be done over an open fire with a cast iron skillet. Start by cooking bacon (for the fat) or just use oil. Bacon and eggs (especially scrambled eggs) is easy over an open fire. Instant oatmeal is also easy (just boil water) and nutritious and a cold breakfast like cereal is always and option. You can easily add toast to any of these meals or by itself (I like peanut butter but with all the allergies these day maybe better not) For lunches you usually need a pot. Start with soup (packaged dry works well and is easy to carry) or individual cup of soup (again just boil the water), cheese sandwiches (grilled or cold), KD, a can of bean, spaghetteos, etc or again cold lunches like sandwiches or subs. Don’t forget fruit (fresh or canned) and cookies at this meal or yogurt/puddings if you think the kids need more dairy The suppers are the most fun. Try an all in one pan meal. We have one we called campfire supper, it was a mixture of canned beans, kidney beans, tomatoes (diced works best but have had used whole), some salt and pepper and seasonings. Throw in a few hotdogs or sausage and you’ve go a meal. Fry up some ground beef in a pan, add spaghetti sauce serve on a bun as a manwich. Try a slice of precooked ham with a slice of pineapple and thinly sliced potatoes. Wrap it all in foil and place it in the fire (not in the middle). This same meal works with a chicken breast, sliced onions and slice potatoes. Very easy to make, the kids can assemble there own and clean up is easy. There are also hotdogs (right over the fire) hamburgers in a pan or a grill place over the open fire. For drinks milk is difficult to carry so try powdered hot chocolate. Powdered koolaid is easy to carry and likely better than soda. Frozen orange juice or lemonaide work well and will help keep the cooler cold. This brings me to the thought you did not talk about mug up. No day camping is right without mug up. It couple be a simple as bug juice (mixed koolaid) and a cookie or hot chocolate or hot cider with a s’more or a spider hot (hotdog on a stick with the bottom cut to look like spider legs then cooked) I hope that maybe this gives you a few ideas. It really is easy as long as you are well prepare and with all the fresh air bring extra. I would suggest asking the kids what they like. Nothing worse than cheese sandwiches and finding out one of the kids has a milk allergy. Or hearing “I don’t like salad” (by the way a salad is really nutritious and really easy to cook and can be included with a supper or lunch)