What do you make when you go camping, or to the cabin?

[maplekitty]

I'm getting tired of the usual hotdogs, hamburgers etc.

Post some of your family favourites...

[beachlvr]

This past weekend we made chicken fajitas. We grilled the chicken and sliced it, and sauteed peppers and onions in a frying pan. We used the leftover chicken and peppers in quesadillas for lunch the next day.

We've also done kabobs with chicken or pork, grilled with mushrooms, peppers, and zucchini. Sometimes I'll marinate a flank steak before we leave and grill it when we get there. I serve it with garlic bread.

Chili mac is also popular with dh and the kids. I just use canned chili and mix it with cooked macaroni, then top it with cheese. We have that the first night we get to camp since it's so easy to make. I'm not a huge gourmet cook when we're camping, but I think we eat well enough.

[JayJay]

I second the fajitas...we do that also.

We also make up breakfast burritos beforehand, wrap them in tinfoil, and thrown them on the grill, or fire.

I usually just put sausage, bacon, eggs and peppers in mine...they seem to go over well with about everybody.

[strwbrygirl]

Spaghetti w/meat sauce & garlic bread (all quite easy to do over a fire with a pot, pan, and tinfoil to wrap the bread in). We've made chicken fajitas, sloppy joes, stirfry, and packet meals (put in lots of seasoning, some veggies, meat, and wrap it all up). Corn on the cob wrapped in foil w/butter & seasonings, mini-pies in pie irons, and of course: s'mores.

I also like to do "breakfast for dinner" sometimes-- french toast, bacon, eggs, whatever!

ETA: When we camp, we generally use a Coleman gas-powered cookstove for a regulated heat flow, and the campfire for things like s'mores, garlic bread, etc. That helps us to eat at a decent time without having some burned/some raw food.

[KarenS]

Sloppy joes. Pancakes and/or pigs in blankets (link sausage wrapped in a pancake). Fish (if we're fishing and catching). Huge, enormous pot of chili. Frito pie is easy - corn chips topped with leftover chili & cheese.

Hmm. We haven't been camping in ages. Now I want to go! :)

Karen

[JayJay]

packet meals (put in lots of seasoning, some veggies, meat, and wrap it all up).


I forgot about these! For some reason, they're called Hobo dinners where I live. We usually put a hamburger patty, sliced potatoes, baby carrots and onions, topped with a little butter (and some seasoning!) and wrap it up in tin foil. They are yummy!

[kk junebug]

anything w/tortillas is always easy and yummy.
we do quesadillas w/cheese, refried beans, chicken if need be...over an open flame...mmmmm.

bacon, eggs is great for bfast.

smores of course!

see, im a sucker for hot dogs and burgers so.....;)

[NicoleWisconsin]

Walking tacos...
Taco meat, salsa, sour cream, cheese, onions.. served inside a fritos bag

I read somewhere that you can make personal omelettes while camping by boiling a pot of water. Then, you prepare all your materials (slice, etc) You put two scrambled eggs in a ziplock and add your ingredients... then, you put it in the boiling water. Haven't tried it yet, though.

[maplekitty]

I read somewhere that you can make personal omelettes while camping by boiling a pot of water. Then, you prepare all your materials (slice, etc) You put two scrambled eggs in a ziplock and add your ingredients... then, you put it in the boiling water. Haven't tried it yet, though.

Ive done it, and it totally works - but you *have to* get the freezer bags, the normal "sandwhich" bags melt in the water!!

[blondetwin22001]

We use to go camping in Colorado every year with our family as kids and my mom would always make a snack mix we called "bird seed". It is mixture that has Cheerios, Fruit Loops, raisins, mixed nuts and M&M's. We loved it!

We are going camping and floating at the end of this month, so that will be something I definately take!:D

[myshel]

I second the "Hobo" meal Mrs. Jackson mentioned. We have this even when we aren't camping. We just cook it on the grill.

Mountain pie are also really great. You have to buy the pie irons, but you can find those at any camping store and I've even found them at Target. You can make pizzas with these (buttered bread, fill with pizza toppings, another slice of buttered bread), fruit pies (buttered bread, pie filling, buttered bread), and so many other things. I lived off of different mountain pie recipes during one particular week of camping.

[Katyanne]

I 3rd the hobo dinners!!! Must be a midwest thing ;)
We always have those when we go camping! And sometimes when we're in a big group 3 or 4 families we do "garbage pail dinners" We actually have a clean metal garbage can with a metal basket that holds all the hobo dinner stuff.. The guys usually watch it for the hrs that it takes to cook and then everyone can chow down when its done. Lots of fun.

I also recommend the hobo pie makers We make pizza's ham/cheese or grilled cheese sandwiches and a bunch of different fruit pies.. My favorite is cherry pie filling with a square of hershey's chocolate.. It melts while the pie is cooking and YUM!!! Its good stuff..

My family loves to go camping but part of the fun is the munchies and the food when we're there.. Carrot cake (Mom has a motorhome so refridgeration is not a prob) shrimp and coctail sauce.. homemade mac and cheese, corn on the cob, soak that in a bucket of water husk and all and then toss on the coals until the husk is black, serve with plenty of butter.. YUM!!

Can't wait to go camping in a few weeks!!
Katie

[elladee]

Our camp stove is about the size of a coffee mug. Pretty much all we eat is instant noodles with foil pouch chicken mixed in. Oh, and instant oatmeal for breakfast.

[ummserious]

I recently found out that a "backpacking meal" I made was in regular rotation at our friend's house. Its even more constricting to cook that way because you can't carry anything that really needs to be kept cold at all.

It was basically made by cooking couscous but adding a veggie at the same time as the couscous was being cooked so that it got soft. Then while someone is boiling the water and doing the first part, someone else cuts up a summer sausage and eventually adds it. Very tasty and filling after a day of hiking. I also find couscous much easier to clean outdoors than a red sauce type dish that sometimes cakes onto the pot if the temp gets too high.

For regular camping I think we've had a lot of versions of what you guys are calling hobo meals, but I've never heard the term before. :cool: