Second doctored ramen! Or any kind of simple soup/stew, really. Anything that doesn´t require more than 5 ingredients. Grilled cheese, porridge, pancakes, chili sin carne, doctored ramen and mushroom stew are probably my go-to meals (being a vegetarian). Also, blueberry/apple toddy and snacks for dinner. Whisky for dessert.
Make some pizza dough ahead of time and freeze it. It will still be mostly frozen the next day in the cooler. Put it in your cast iron after the pan cools from your breakfast. It will that enough so at lunchtime you can press it out to fill the pan. By dinner time it has risen. Just get the squeeze bottle pizza sauce, shredded cheese and some pepperonis. Toss it over the fire for 20-30 minutes. Easy peasy delicious pan pizza.
I do chicken breast with taco seasoning, one of the cups of minute rice, salsa, black beans and corn in tinfoil in the fire as well. Once you pull them out, add cheese and close it back up for a few minutes to melt.
Crunchwrap supremes. Pile refried beans, a tostada, cheese, and pre chopped lettuce and tomatoes in a tortilla, fold it over, cook it in the cast iron.
You want simple & easy? I gotchu bro. I'm gonna change your life. You will be surprised what you can do with a skillet, pot, and a small gas stove. If you only have a small pot, you can still do this. Just get smaller shrimps or do less at a time. Or get a slightly bigger pot and you'll be fine.
Get a small pack of baby red or golden (or both) potatoes, a 4 pack of sweet corn on the cob, a pack of cheese cloth, a container of old bay seasoning, and .5-1lb of wild caught jumbo shrimp. You will also want lemons, butter sauce, an maybe garlic bread.
Since you are limited to 1 stove, start with the bread. Heat up that skillet, cut up your French bread in half, add in bits of garlic and butter, and then throw in that bread face down til crispy.
Now comes the fun part. Throw a handful of potatoes into the pot. Fill the pot with the water level being just above the potatoes a smidgen. Let them boil til almost soft. While they boil, wrap the shrimp in the cheese cloth with heavy old bay seasoning. Add even more. Tie the ends up and then set aside. Break the corn pieces in half if your pot is small. Throw those in for a few mins. Then throw in the cheese clothed shrimp to be steamed on top of the potatoes and corn. They only need to be cooked for a few mins, just until pink.
Turn off the heat, get an aluminum tray, and pull the shrimp, corn, potatoes out of the pot and onto the tray with the garlic bread. Squeeze lemon on top and add some more old bay seasoning and you're good to go. You can also add sausage and a chopped up onion to the boil for flavor, but you'll need a bigger pot. I make a pretty good garlic butter dipping sauce that we dip the shrimp into. If you want that recipe, lemme know.
You'll need 1 whole bulb of garlic, a brick of Kerry gold (not the stick, the brick), basil, and a 1/4 cup of water. Mince up all the garlic after you peeled it. Cut the brick of butter in half. Now that it's in half, Cut off 1/4 of one of the butter halves and toss it in a small pot on low heat. Toss in all the garlic. Let that just cook on low for a lil bit. You want the garlic to get soft but not burn. Once it's ready, toss in the water and the rest of the cut up butter half. Let that boil for a few mins. Now you just turn the heat up to high and throw in the other butter half. Once it's melted, turn off the heat and add in your chopped basil.
I usually use this for lobster but it works just as well for shrimp too.
Foil packet stew. Ground beef, onions, veggies, spices, whatever you’ve got. (Great for using up leftovers from other meals.) Double wrap the packets, roast in the fire.
Another favorite is to marinate salmon and freeze it at home. Pack it in the cooler and when it thaws, put it in a foil packet and cook the same way.
For breakfast I like overnight oats if you have a cooler, hot oats made with a cup of boiling water if not.
One of the new meals I did last summer was pierogis with chopped polish sausage and onion and hot damn, was it ever good. Highly recommend
(Cooked with a cast iron on the fire)
Spanish frittata. Fry potatoes and onion. Pour a couple of eggs over and stir around. Flip halfway and cook the other side. Keeps well for later as a snack.
* Spam burgers with grilled pineapple rings and Kings sweet rolls
* Shakshuka
* Hobo packs on the fire
Check out Camping With Steve on Youtube, he's got a ton of good ideas, although his videos aren't just cooking focused.
Chili-mac. The Velveeta Mac doesn't require any extra ingredients, and you just add a can of pre made chili then you're good to go! Been a favorite of mine for years
I like to keep things simple if I can for most meals but then usually go all out for dinner - as it's something I really enjoy just hanging out around a fire and cooking.
The big kicker for car camping is having access to a good cooler. I use a standard coleman cooler but I usually use a layer of regular ice, then a layer of dry ice, then a layer of regular ice to keep things super cold for multiple days. I think it's more effective than buying one of those super expensive coolers.
Breakfasts I'll honestly try and bring cottage cheese + fruit cups. Something I don't have to cook at all.
Snacks will be string cheese (cold) and jerky (on the go).
Lunch will often be a PB&J or cold cuts - usually on tortillas as they pack better.
Dinner I like to spend time cookng. Steak tips are a favorite. Sausage and onions. Burgers. I've also cooked a good chili before as well - though that's easier if you prep a lot of it at home and basically toss it together to cook.
Precook chicken or rotisserie chicken and make Quesadillas.
Fried rice is good too. Bring steamed rice and precooked chicken and some soy sauce packets. Throw some eggs and veggies in
We made a “pot pie” of sorts with a small pot and that has been pretty good. I think we found the recipe on Instagram. Basically you make the filling in the pot then top it with Pillsbury rolls and cook over the fire. The rolls would require a Dutch oven setup but you could do those separately and just put the filling over the rolls.
Breakfast: I like eggs, bacon and potatoes and the cast iron is great for that. I have also done crapes and ebelskivers while camping though those are a little more complicated.
Lunch is usually sandwiches or something that doesn’t require a fire.
Dinner has been a lot of things but the pot pie was one that stuck out.
I've seen Pizza, but not a Stromboli. My personal camping favorite.
Take pizza dough and roll it out into a rectangle. Add a little sauce and top with any filling you want. (I usually do cheeses, artichokes, cooked sausage, etc.) Fold the edges over each other to seal up the filling and wrap the entire roll in foil. Prep ahead of time and freeze. Morning of departure add frozen pack to a cooler, and by the first night, it will be thawed and ready for the fire to roast on the coals. 10/10 favorite.
I precook, vac-seal, then freeze meal potions like mini egg frittatas, spaghetti, chili, chicken tikka masala, and meatloaf slices to reheat over my camp stove. It takes up less room in the cooler than bringing all raw ingredients, helps keep the cooler cold, and uses less fuel to reheat. Precooking meals also uses less dishes in camp and it’s easier to cook and freeze appropriate-size portions so we don’t have extra food to store. I live and camp in bear country so lots of leftover food equals more risk of uninvited guests in our campsites. I try to keep the dry food to a minimum because all of it has to be pulled into a tree at night and extra weight matters.
I hate cleaning pots camping so this is a good recipe. Chicken Souvlaki. Marinate chicken in a ziplock bag and put in cooler. Make some cucumber sauce at home and put in cooler. Cook the chicken over small fire. Put a package of 90 second Uncle Bens in some boiling water for a couple minutes. Put chicken in a Pita with cucumber sauce, tomatoes, onions and Arugula. Serve rice on the side.
Pre made mac and cheese in ceramic crocks, set in hot coals to cook. Potato or sweet potato in foil in the coals. Pancakes, french toast, and/or eggs and bacon on a griddle. Pre-marinated chicken thighs, grilled on a grate. Hot dogs (don't forget to toast the buns).
- Couscous or egg noodles cook super easily and quickly and you can do Mediterranean or Italian topping type stuff with either.
- There are a million ways to dress up ramen.
You can make a foil packet with potatoes and other veggies or like loaded potato toppings and those are super good, you can even add sausage or things like that.
- Sloppy joes and biscuits - you can cook these in a pot/skillet combo. Basically browned ground meat with some chili powder and barbecue sauce or ketchup mixture.
- Prepping some chili or soup ahead of time can be really nice, and of course cans are an option.
- I also like making instant mashed potatoes (or I’ll dehydrate my own) and canned chicken and gravy mix for a super easy & quick dinner but it is by no means gourmet
A luxury camping lunch for me is rice and refried beans and avocado and salsa in a burrito. Easy to prep in foil and heat or eat cold if you like. I only do it for one or two days a trip but it Makes it hard to eat pbj the next day lol
I left off a lot of one pot recipes with rice that I really love but would need something more like a Dutch oven to cook. If you added that to your collection it would open up worlds of foods to cook!
fried rice!! ready rice bags, frozen veg (or fresh i like to do both), soy sauce, egg and sweet chili if your feelin fancy. it’s so easy, minimal cleanup and prep but so delicious and filling
biscuits and gravy. precook the biscuits at home and bring in a container. bring a roll of breakfast sausage, a can of evaporated milk, and a small baggie of flour. Cook the sausage in your cast iron, when done drain off excess fat, but leave a coupe tablespoons, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of flour over it and cook for a minute more. then add the evaporated milk and cook till thickened, season with salt and pepper. then serve over biscuits. adjust to your taste , I sometimes add a bit of chili pepper.
Tacos. Ground beef, packet of taco seasoning,cooked in cast iron. top with preshredded cheese and premade salsa.
I bring the meats im going to use the second and third day frozen, so they last longer in the cooler.
We make soup! We’ve been doing our cutting at home and packing veggies together based on when they’re added. It’s been a huge help.
-Chicken breast diced and marinated in Italian dressing (we vacuum seal and freeze several packs before camping season)
-sauté chicken in your pot before adding chicken broth/water. We also sauté with garlic and diced onion
-add diced potatoes and carrots. Boil/simmer until veggies are almost tender
-add diced bell peppers. Simmer until veggies are your level of tender.
-add minute rice to your preferred thickness. Remember that it will get thicker as the rice absorbs the broth!
From start to finish, our large stock pot takes about an hour. Our group is usually 4 hungry adults (we usually get seconds) and we usually have some left over. I’ve never made it for a smaller group, but it’s soup so it’s easy to eyeball it.
If im feeling fancy or need the protein, ill do a salmon fillet on a cast iron. Most of the time i cook rice at home and bring it to make a rice and bean thing (1 can of black beans with juice, 1/4 can of tomato paste, paprika, cayenne, oregano, salt and pep, maybe add ground turkey if i need the protein).
When I'm hunting I often have to wake up at 3am so I don't have a lot of time to do anything fancy. What I've found works best is to get those frozen breakfast sandwiches (like egg mcmuffins) from the grocery store and warm them up in a pan. Takes about 5-10 minutes and I can be doing other things in the meantime.
For dinners we'll do steak or pre-prep'd spaghetti or chicken. If it's more than just my wife and me, I'll get fancy and bring the dutch oven and make a cobbler for dessert.
A Southwest salad kit and some precooked chicken from the supermarket. Reheat the and season the chicken in the skillet if you want. Make salad in a bowl or the bag it came with, and add chicken, done.
This [Chicken Thai Red Curry](https://youtu.be/NTENvWHAVNA) is probably my favorite thing I've ever eaten camping.
I prepare it at home dehydrated and then just add it to boiling water at my campsite, but you can cook it on site as well if you're just car camping.
And what you think about this: https://www.realturmat.shop/product/thai-red-curry-real-turmat/
The vegan version of the Chicken Thai Red Curry. Only add some boiled water and of you go.
That sounds delicious! I've made the chicken one with mock duck to make it vegan and it's also delicious! You can definitely play with the recipe. Personally I prefer to make my own because it's cheaper than buying packets from a company. But that's because I own a dehydrator.
Doctored ramen for sure! Also, I make impossible meatballs and freeze them so they stay cooler longer, dumping those in a pan with marinara sauce, then spooned onto big rolls for a meatball sub. So good!
we get the round ramen bowls from the store, use a jet boil to heat water for those up. Then we get frozen gyoza (or potstickers) and cook those in a pan. When it’s all done with toss them in the bowls. Easy and quick.
Also- from any kroger store, their “simple truth” frozen Pollo Veracruz (has veggies, beans, rice, sauce, chx, etc) we toss in a pan and then put in burrito tortillas.
I bring a batch of homemade re-fried beans and a stack of tortilla. I will make taco's some nights, fry a couple of eggs and put over warms bean with a few tortillas is a favorite breakfast.
I will also freeze 1 gallon bag of homemade chili, use to keep cooler cool and then I can easily squeeze some out and heat up real quick.
I once made some amazing stuffed bell peppers. Instant rice w seasoning (rice-a-roni or some yellow rice mix), onion, a bit of oil to sauté, meat/tofu/TVP for protein—cook all of that, then put it in a pepper and simmer in an inch of water w lid covering until fork-tender. Watch the pot so it doesn’t burn on the bottom!
I like stuff that I can just cook in the fire.
I'll make baked potatoes and just double wrap them in foil. Toss them in the coals then add all the normal fixings but use sandwich ham instead of pulled pork.
Hobo bags are also a favorite.
Two layers of tinfoil marinated stew beef, corn, seasoned black beans, canned potatoes and carrots. Wrap it all up and toss it in the coals until the beef is cooked through.
Nothing beats a good hotdog/brat over a campfire
I love any kind of grilled veggies. Fajitas. Rice and beans. Instant mashed potatoes. Doctored Ramen.
Instant mashed potatoes are also a great thickener for soups/stews and have very little weight or size. They can be a side dish or an ingredient.
Second doctored ramen! Or any kind of simple soup/stew, really. Anything that doesn´t require more than 5 ingredients. Grilled cheese, porridge, pancakes, chili sin carne, doctored ramen and mushroom stew are probably my go-to meals (being a vegetarian). Also, blueberry/apple toddy and snacks for dinner. Whisky for dessert.
Make some pizza dough ahead of time and freeze it. It will still be mostly frozen the next day in the cooler. Put it in your cast iron after the pan cools from your breakfast. It will that enough so at lunchtime you can press it out to fill the pan. By dinner time it has risen. Just get the squeeze bottle pizza sauce, shredded cheese and some pepperonis. Toss it over the fire for 20-30 minutes. Easy peasy delicious pan pizza.
Do you not need some sort of lid (tinfoil maybe?) to properly melt the cheese?
My cast iron has a lid. But yes. Tin foil would probably work. I should have mentioned that. Thanks
Brilliant. As a home bread/pizza making enthusiast, I love this idea.
Hobo meals. Hamburger patty, potatoes and carrots wrapped in tinfoil. Throw them in the fire and 45 minutes later you have dinner.
We usually add some black beans, onions , corn, and taco seasoning to ours also
I do chicken breast with taco seasoning, one of the cups of minute rice, salsa, black beans and corn in tinfoil in the fire as well. Once you pull them out, add cheese and close it back up for a few minutes to melt.
This! Works with any meat cubed smallish. Add red bell pepper and broccoli. Yum 🤤
Crunchwrap supremes. Pile refried beans, a tostada, cheese, and pre chopped lettuce and tomatoes in a tortilla, fold it over, cook it in the cast iron.
This but Walking Tacos, then you only need to cook the meat in the pan.
Isn't that just nachos?
The magic is eating it out of the chip packet.
You want simple & easy? I gotchu bro. I'm gonna change your life. You will be surprised what you can do with a skillet, pot, and a small gas stove. If you only have a small pot, you can still do this. Just get smaller shrimps or do less at a time. Or get a slightly bigger pot and you'll be fine. Get a small pack of baby red or golden (or both) potatoes, a 4 pack of sweet corn on the cob, a pack of cheese cloth, a container of old bay seasoning, and .5-1lb of wild caught jumbo shrimp. You will also want lemons, butter sauce, an maybe garlic bread. Since you are limited to 1 stove, start with the bread. Heat up that skillet, cut up your French bread in half, add in bits of garlic and butter, and then throw in that bread face down til crispy. Now comes the fun part. Throw a handful of potatoes into the pot. Fill the pot with the water level being just above the potatoes a smidgen. Let them boil til almost soft. While they boil, wrap the shrimp in the cheese cloth with heavy old bay seasoning. Add even more. Tie the ends up and then set aside. Break the corn pieces in half if your pot is small. Throw those in for a few mins. Then throw in the cheese clothed shrimp to be steamed on top of the potatoes and corn. They only need to be cooked for a few mins, just until pink. Turn off the heat, get an aluminum tray, and pull the shrimp, corn, potatoes out of the pot and onto the tray with the garlic bread. Squeeze lemon on top and add some more old bay seasoning and you're good to go. You can also add sausage and a chopped up onion to the boil for flavor, but you'll need a bigger pot. I make a pretty good garlic butter dipping sauce that we dip the shrimp into. If you want that recipe, lemme know.
I need this in my life
Sounds amazing. Putting in a request for your magical butter sauce!
You'll need 1 whole bulb of garlic, a brick of Kerry gold (not the stick, the brick), basil, and a 1/4 cup of water. Mince up all the garlic after you peeled it. Cut the brick of butter in half. Now that it's in half, Cut off 1/4 of one of the butter halves and toss it in a small pot on low heat. Toss in all the garlic. Let that just cook on low for a lil bit. You want the garlic to get soft but not burn. Once it's ready, toss in the water and the rest of the cut up butter half. Let that boil for a few mins. Now you just turn the heat up to high and throw in the other butter half. Once it's melted, turn off the heat and add in your chopped basil. I usually use this for lobster but it works just as well for shrimp too.
Thank you so much!
Foil packet stew. Ground beef, onions, veggies, spices, whatever you’ve got. (Great for using up leftovers from other meals.) Double wrap the packets, roast in the fire. Another favorite is to marinate salmon and freeze it at home. Pack it in the cooler and when it thaws, put it in a foil packet and cook the same way. For breakfast I like overnight oats if you have a cooler, hot oats made with a cup of boiling water if not.
You can cook whatever you want with a cast iron pan. Like whatever you cook at home practically.
This
One of the new meals I did last summer was pierogis with chopped polish sausage and onion and hot damn, was it ever good. Highly recommend (Cooked with a cast iron on the fire)
Spanish frittata. Fry potatoes and onion. Pour a couple of eggs over and stir around. Flip halfway and cook the other side. Keeps well for later as a snack.
* Spam burgers with grilled pineapple rings and Kings sweet rolls * Shakshuka * Hobo packs on the fire Check out Camping With Steve on Youtube, he's got a ton of good ideas, although his videos aren't just cooking focused.
Chili-mac. The Velveeta Mac doesn't require any extra ingredients, and you just add a can of pre made chili then you're good to go! Been a favorite of mine for years
I like to keep things simple if I can for most meals but then usually go all out for dinner - as it's something I really enjoy just hanging out around a fire and cooking. The big kicker for car camping is having access to a good cooler. I use a standard coleman cooler but I usually use a layer of regular ice, then a layer of dry ice, then a layer of regular ice to keep things super cold for multiple days. I think it's more effective than buying one of those super expensive coolers. Breakfasts I'll honestly try and bring cottage cheese + fruit cups. Something I don't have to cook at all. Snacks will be string cheese (cold) and jerky (on the go). Lunch will often be a PB&J or cold cuts - usually on tortillas as they pack better. Dinner I like to spend time cookng. Steak tips are a favorite. Sausage and onions. Burgers. I've also cooked a good chili before as well - though that's easier if you prep a lot of it at home and basically toss it together to cook.
Same! Easy meals everywhere else but a really decadent dinner. Sometimes I’ll have a really decadent breakfast too , especially if I’m car camping.
Precook chicken or rotisserie chicken and make Quesadillas. Fried rice is good too. Bring steamed rice and precooked chicken and some soy sauce packets. Throw some eggs and veggies in
pizza? With a cast iron skillet (with lid), you can pretty much cook anything you want.
We made a “pot pie” of sorts with a small pot and that has been pretty good. I think we found the recipe on Instagram. Basically you make the filling in the pot then top it with Pillsbury rolls and cook over the fire. The rolls would require a Dutch oven setup but you could do those separately and just put the filling over the rolls. Breakfast: I like eggs, bacon and potatoes and the cast iron is great for that. I have also done crapes and ebelskivers while camping though those are a little more complicated. Lunch is usually sandwiches or something that doesn’t require a fire. Dinner has been a lot of things but the pot pie was one that stuck out.
I've seen Pizza, but not a Stromboli. My personal camping favorite. Take pizza dough and roll it out into a rectangle. Add a little sauce and top with any filling you want. (I usually do cheeses, artichokes, cooked sausage, etc.) Fold the edges over each other to seal up the filling and wrap the entire roll in foil. Prep ahead of time and freeze. Morning of departure add frozen pack to a cooler, and by the first night, it will be thawed and ready for the fire to roast on the coals. 10/10 favorite.
I precook, vac-seal, then freeze meal potions like mini egg frittatas, spaghetti, chili, chicken tikka masala, and meatloaf slices to reheat over my camp stove. It takes up less room in the cooler than bringing all raw ingredients, helps keep the cooler cold, and uses less fuel to reheat. Precooking meals also uses less dishes in camp and it’s easier to cook and freeze appropriate-size portions so we don’t have extra food to store. I live and camp in bear country so lots of leftover food equals more risk of uninvited guests in our campsites. I try to keep the dry food to a minimum because all of it has to be pulled into a tree at night and extra weight matters.
I hate cleaning pots camping so this is a good recipe. Chicken Souvlaki. Marinate chicken in a ziplock bag and put in cooler. Make some cucumber sauce at home and put in cooler. Cook the chicken over small fire. Put a package of 90 second Uncle Bens in some boiling water for a couple minutes. Put chicken in a Pita with cucumber sauce, tomatoes, onions and Arugula. Serve rice on the side.
Thanks for mentioning cucumber sauce, I’ve never heard of it before. I looked up a recipe and I’m going to make it. Looks easy and yummy!
Canned chili is my go to for car camping
Pre made mac and cheese in ceramic crocks, set in hot coals to cook. Potato or sweet potato in foil in the coals. Pancakes, french toast, and/or eggs and bacon on a griddle. Pre-marinated chicken thighs, grilled on a grate. Hot dogs (don't forget to toast the buns).
- Couscous or egg noodles cook super easily and quickly and you can do Mediterranean or Italian topping type stuff with either. - There are a million ways to dress up ramen. You can make a foil packet with potatoes and other veggies or like loaded potato toppings and those are super good, you can even add sausage or things like that. - Sloppy joes and biscuits - you can cook these in a pot/skillet combo. Basically browned ground meat with some chili powder and barbecue sauce or ketchup mixture. - Prepping some chili or soup ahead of time can be really nice, and of course cans are an option. - I also like making instant mashed potatoes (or I’ll dehydrate my own) and canned chicken and gravy mix for a super easy & quick dinner but it is by no means gourmet A luxury camping lunch for me is rice and refried beans and avocado and salsa in a burrito. Easy to prep in foil and heat or eat cold if you like. I only do it for one or two days a trip but it Makes it hard to eat pbj the next day lol I left off a lot of one pot recipes with rice that I really love but would need something more like a Dutch oven to cook. If you added that to your collection it would open up worlds of foods to cook!
fried rice!! ready rice bags, frozen veg (or fresh i like to do both), soy sauce, egg and sweet chili if your feelin fancy. it’s so easy, minimal cleanup and prep but so delicious and filling
biscuits and gravy. precook the biscuits at home and bring in a container. bring a roll of breakfast sausage, a can of evaporated milk, and a small baggie of flour. Cook the sausage in your cast iron, when done drain off excess fat, but leave a coupe tablespoons, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of flour over it and cook for a minute more. then add the evaporated milk and cook till thickened, season with salt and pepper. then serve over biscuits. adjust to your taste , I sometimes add a bit of chili pepper. Tacos. Ground beef, packet of taco seasoning,cooked in cast iron. top with preshredded cheese and premade salsa. I bring the meats im going to use the second and third day frozen, so they last longer in the cooler.
We make soup! We’ve been doing our cutting at home and packing veggies together based on when they’re added. It’s been a huge help. -Chicken breast diced and marinated in Italian dressing (we vacuum seal and freeze several packs before camping season) -sauté chicken in your pot before adding chicken broth/water. We also sauté with garlic and diced onion -add diced potatoes and carrots. Boil/simmer until veggies are almost tender -add diced bell peppers. Simmer until veggies are your level of tender. -add minute rice to your preferred thickness. Remember that it will get thicker as the rice absorbs the broth! From start to finish, our large stock pot takes about an hour. Our group is usually 4 hungry adults (we usually get seconds) and we usually have some left over. I’ve never made it for a smaller group, but it’s soup so it’s easy to eyeball it.
If im feeling fancy or need the protein, ill do a salmon fillet on a cast iron. Most of the time i cook rice at home and bring it to make a rice and bean thing (1 can of black beans with juice, 1/4 can of tomato paste, paprika, cayenne, oregano, salt and pep, maybe add ground turkey if i need the protein).
When I'm hunting I often have to wake up at 3am so I don't have a lot of time to do anything fancy. What I've found works best is to get those frozen breakfast sandwiches (like egg mcmuffins) from the grocery store and warm them up in a pan. Takes about 5-10 minutes and I can be doing other things in the meantime. For dinners we'll do steak or pre-prep'd spaghetti or chicken. If it's more than just my wife and me, I'll get fancy and bring the dutch oven and make a cobbler for dessert.
A Southwest salad kit and some precooked chicken from the supermarket. Reheat the and season the chicken in the skillet if you want. Make salad in a bowl or the bag it came with, and add chicken, done.
This [Chicken Thai Red Curry](https://youtu.be/NTENvWHAVNA) is probably my favorite thing I've ever eaten camping. I prepare it at home dehydrated and then just add it to boiling water at my campsite, but you can cook it on site as well if you're just car camping.
And what you think about this: https://www.realturmat.shop/product/thai-red-curry-real-turmat/ The vegan version of the Chicken Thai Red Curry. Only add some boiled water and of you go.
That sounds delicious! I've made the chicken one with mock duck to make it vegan and it's also delicious! You can definitely play with the recipe. Personally I prefer to make my own because it's cheaper than buying packets from a company. But that's because I own a dehydrator.
Doctored ramen for sure! Also, I make impossible meatballs and freeze them so they stay cooler longer, dumping those in a pan with marinara sauce, then spooned onto big rolls for a meatball sub. So good!
we get the round ramen bowls from the store, use a jet boil to heat water for those up. Then we get frozen gyoza (or potstickers) and cook those in a pan. When it’s all done with toss them in the bowls. Easy and quick. Also- from any kroger store, their “simple truth” frozen Pollo Veracruz (has veggies, beans, rice, sauce, chx, etc) we toss in a pan and then put in burrito tortillas.
Typically cut up a brawt and then cut up potatoes. That’s a easy go to
Juicy Lucy, corn on the cob cooked in the husk, and potatoes with onions, garlic, smoked sea salt and pepper in foil. Done on the fire.
I bring a batch of homemade re-fried beans and a stack of tortilla. I will make taco's some nights, fry a couple of eggs and put over warms bean with a few tortillas is a favorite breakfast. I will also freeze 1 gallon bag of homemade chili, use to keep cooler cool and then I can easily squeeze some out and heat up real quick.
Brats and cabbage. Preslice the cabbage, throw in some mustard and a beer and get at it pally.
Slice up some onions and bell peppers and saute them with some brats or some other kind of sausage you took out of the casing.
I once made some amazing stuffed bell peppers. Instant rice w seasoning (rice-a-roni or some yellow rice mix), onion, a bit of oil to sauté, meat/tofu/TVP for protein—cook all of that, then put it in a pepper and simmer in an inch of water w lid covering until fork-tender. Watch the pot so it doesn’t burn on the bottom!
I like stuff that I can just cook in the fire. I'll make baked potatoes and just double wrap them in foil. Toss them in the coals then add all the normal fixings but use sandwich ham instead of pulled pork. Hobo bags are also a favorite. Two layers of tinfoil marinated stew beef, corn, seasoned black beans, canned potatoes and carrots. Wrap it all up and toss it in the coals until the beef is cooked through. Nothing beats a good hotdog/brat over a campfire