8 Easy and Delicious Camping Food Ideas
Planning a few camping trips during the warmer months? Me, too! But I always get kinda stuck when thinking about camping food ideas. Hot dogs are fine, but I love to cook delicious food at home and I want to eat good food while camping. I did some research and found so much information out there on camping food ideas! I’m excited to share these ideas with you.
1. Foil Packs
These nifty camping meals that are cooked in foil are also called hobo packs or hobo stew. Basically, you add a little oil (or butter) in heavy duty foil, add meat, veggies, and then wrap it up and put it on hot coals. Open it after the meat is cooked and dig in! So easy.
You could use hamburger patties, ground beef, pounded chicken, meatballs, or even fish as your meat. Many campers add potatoes, but you could also add red pepper, onions, tomatoes, corn on the cob, zucchini, and whatever else that can be cut up and put in a foil pack. Bring along your favorite condiments to add to your hobo stew.
Looking for more information on foil packs? Here’s a very clear step-by-step on how to assemble a hobo pack and how to wrap the foil just right. And here’s a delicious-looking breakfast that’s cooked in a foil pack!
2. Breakfast Tacos
If you don’t know what a breakfast taco is, it’s a tortilla packed with scrambled eggs and whatever else you like with your eggs: sauteed veggies, chorizo, bacon, potatoes, and/or cheese. A great camping food idea is to prepare your breakfast tacos ahead of time and wrap them in foil and put them in your icebox. When it’s time to eat breakfast, heat them up a little bit over hot coals and eat!
You can do the same method with breakfast sandwiches if that’s more of your thing.
3. Campfire Quesadillas
Quesadillas are very kid-friendly, so this is one of my favorite camping food ideas. Prepare the quesadillas ahead of time with your favorite filings and wrap them in foil. Heat them up over the grill and then consume. This sounds perfect for lunches!
4. Kabobs
Kabobs are great for grilling and fun to eat. These qualities make them a good addition to any list of camping food ideas. Put your chopped meat in marinade in a zip lock bag and toss in your chopped vegetables in another zip lock bag. Bring along bamboo skewers and assemble when it’s time to eat. Camping food ideas don’t get any easier than this.
5. Breadsticks On a Stick
Camping is fun and this camping food idea is definitely a lot of fun. Send everyone into the forest to search for the perfect stick and have them wrap a long strip of bread dough around their sticks. You can make your bread dough ahead of time or buy ready-made dough in a can that you pop open at the campsite.
Turn this appetizer into a sweet dessert by rolling the dough in some butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Mmmmm.
6. “Baked” Sweet Potatoes
Maybe you’re sticking with hot dogs and burgers for dinner, but you’re looking for a side that’s healthier than a bag of potato chips. Try grabbing a couple of sweet potatoes on your next trip. Around 20-30 minutes before you’re ready to eat, poke them a couple of times with a knife and wrap them with foil. Put them over hot coals and turn them every 5 minutes until they become soft to the touch. Then open the foil and cut them down in the middle. So good, without any seasoning needed!
You could bring precooked shredded chicken and an avocado and pile that on the top of the sweet potato. Delicious, filling, and healthy!
7. Campfire Cones
You just can’t go camping without gorging on smores, at least I think so. However, I have a toddler who would probably have a hard time eating a traditional smore. That’s why I really love this clever camping food idea: campfire cones! You put peanut butter, marshmallows, chocolate, and chopped banana in a sugar cone, wrap it in foil, and heat it until everything is melted and gooey. Okay, I’m officially hungry now.
8. Easy Cobbler in a Dutch Oven
If you’re really serious about camping and go with your family often, you might want to consider investing in a dutch oven. There’s a lot of great information here and there’s also some recipes there for you to try.
Have a dutch oven already? Try this crazy easy cobbler! All you need is some fresh blackberries, a can of blueberry pie filling, classic yellow cake mix, and cut up butter for the top. Cook until it’s done and EAT.
I’m officially ready for our next camping trip, food-wise. I hope you feel the same!
For more camping ideas, check out 25 Fun Camping Ideas for Families!
Featured image courtesy of Domestic Geek Girl.
I’m Elisa and I live in Austin, Texas with my husband and our two little girls. I used to teach reading and writing, but now I stay at home with my two kiddos and read and write in my spare time. I also love to undertake DIY projects, find new recipes on Pinterest, and dream about someday finally completing our home. Above all, I love to learn about new things and sharing my new-found knowledge with others.
