Let’s transform your camping food before your next camp trip!
Camping is such a fun part of summer that brings families together. Growing up, thanks to my foodie relatives, we ate like kings. Delicious dutch oven chicken, potatoes, and scones, bounteous breakfasts of eggs, bacon, and pancakes–you’d never know you were “roughing it.”
Camp food doesn’t need to mean hot dogs and hobo dinners. With a little creativity (and some mouth-watering photo inspiration), you too can make gourmet meals in the wilderness!
1. Campfire corn on the cob
2. Dutch oven lasagna
3. Melt in your mouth campfire strawberries
I can personally attest to the divine deliciousness of this heavenly little morsel on a stick. If you are anywhere near a campfire this summer, this is THE ONE treat you have to try!
4. Dutch oven Lemon Cheesecake Coffee Cake
Make this breakfast even more simple by using Pillsbury refrigerated cinnamon rolls! With extra filling in the layers, this is incredibly tasty!
5. Fire grilled sandwiches
6. Camping nachos
7. Raspberry double dutch
8. Tin foil gourmet steak dinner
9. Breakfast burritos
10. Dutch oven caramel apple pie
11. Curly dogs
12. Chili cheese tin foil fries
13. Potato boat tin foils
14. Tin foil barbecue chicken and fries
15. Dutch oven cobblers
Finally, camping just isn’t camping without delicious, hot fruit cobblers. I particularly like this recipe because it uses simple ingredients you can pack with you (cake mix, lemon-lime soda, whipped cream, and your choice of fruit), and it gives great step-by-step dutch oven cooking instructions.
Do you have any camping favorites or camp cooking secrets? Please share!
Becca says
We make lasagne all the time while camping. It’s one of our go-to dinners. The strawberries and fries look awesome. I can’t wait to try those.
Tobhiyah says
Hey there, I LOVE your blog! I would also love to Pintereststalk you lol I imagine you have many, many wonderful ideas I would love to check out if you’re willing to share your boards…plus we’re almost neighbors!! I’m just outside of Meridian in Boise!
Donna Valdez says
I HIGHLY recommend taking fajitas. I sliced the beef at home, placed it and some dry seasonings in a zip bag with oil. In a separate bag, I placed sliced bell peppers. Both baggies into the ice chest. Take a whole onion and some tortillas. I grilled the beef, added peppers & freshly sliced onion part way through, and tossed onto a warmed tortilla. I cooked on my stove, but could be done over a campfire. The meal cooks quickly because of the smaller pieces and prep work at home. Great after a day of hiking! 😉 Throw a can of beans on the heat if you want a little more sustenance and a side dish. Super filling and other campers will be jealous of the yummy smell.
DIna says
Ziplock omelets and chili Fritos! Yum
Judy Reese Meade says
I like to make stuffed green peppers w/ hamburger, hamburger helper w/ rice, drained yellow corn, tomato sauce, onions. Parboil peppers first, cook meat separately at home, stuff, wrap in foil then throw on the fire!!!
Kelly Miller says
Love making campfire lasagna! I’ll change it up and use chicken instead of beef but I always pre cook the meat so it doesn’t take an hour to cook.
My share would be making grilled angel food cake with warm berries. I use raspberries, blueberries and blackberries or banana. Just mix them in a foil packet with a tablespoon of sugar to cut down on the tartness. Heat berries till warm then put chunks of angel food cake on the grill for 3 to 5 mins flip to put grill make on both sides. Spoon warm berries over cake. Then devour! I promise you’ll make it everytime you go camping!
Katie says
Yummy!! Thanks for sharing!!
kathy says
i make onions and green beans. take a old foil pan. i use old pie pans. and chop onion, ruff, large. place in bottom of pan. add salt and pepper and garlic powder. cover with about 2 lbs of cleaned green beans.salt and pepper again.. seal in foil. place in ashes of cool fire. or cool on grill. takes about 2 hours on ashes. or 1 hour on the grill. indirect heat. love foil wrapped potatoes and onions. and in a loaf foil pan. frozen corn and mushrooms are great also. you can pack this food already prepard at home. freeze it. .not potatoes they dont freeze well.
Robin says
These look great!
Theresa says
I am wondering how we make the marshmallow topped strawberries since it does not have a recipe link.
The Real Person!
It’s super easy Theresa! Just cover a strawberry in marshmallow cream (Jet-Puffed or generic brand) and slowly roast the strawberry over the fire until the marshmallow is toasted a golden brown. It is delicious!
Diane says
Hi, The Lasagna looked wonderful, but didn’t give the recipe. Any ideas? Thanks!
Percy says
I love stale sandwiches when camping….we love them tuna and cheese.