First time camper, help needed! Food ideas?

[TiredBefuddledRose]

Hello, well technically it's not my first time camping as I went as a child and have had drunken camping weekends as a younger adult but this is my first time camping as the sole responsible adult with 3 little people!!!!

We've rented a tippee (at Longthorns Farm if anyone is interested) which comes with most of the equipment you need inc fire pit and a kelly kettle.

I would really appreciate any camping with younger children tips, starting to panic about late night / early morning toilet trips, the showers and also meals, what and how to make?
I'm looking forward to cooking on a camp fire as a novelty but other than (veggie) hot dogs and jacket spuds I'm stuck as what to make.
What do people have for breakfast?
What should I take? I know the big things but does anyone have any tips for little things I won't thought of?

So as not to drip feed, we won't have a car and the campsite is fairly remote (short taxi journey from a village train station) so it won't be easy to pop anywhere for anything and we're all vegetarians! Kids are 15, 7 and 7 (twins).

Incase anyone is wondering why the heck I'm doing this.... the campsite is right next door to Monkey World, you can literally hear the gibbons calling in the mornings and can walk through a field from the campsite to Monkey World - it's one of our favourite places to visit but is around 50 miles from where we live so is a mammoth day trip with kids and so was looking for somewhere close to it to stay for a few days.
Also they have alpacas that they let you take for walks in the forest, what better reason could there be?!

[Kahlua4me]

Wraps with veg stir fry, pasta and sauce and eggs for breakfast are all good with our dc.

Would recommend taking a loo bucket if it will fit in your luggage as will save having to leave the tent overnight!

[inappropriateraspberry]

Tins of beans and (veggie) sausages, eggs, jars of pasta sauce, pasties, etc. Easy, convenient food. Don't try and be a domestic goddess!

[SweetieBaby]

Tins of vegetable curry? Take some quick cook rice. Breakfasts we usually have cereal. Either buy milk fresh each morning from site shop or take cool box if shop will freeze ice packs for you. Even better if you have electric hookup as we usually take a camping fridge.
I've cooked pasta with a jar of ready made sauce and cheese.

Unless you can get to a shop easily you are going to be limited to tins, jars and packets and stove top cooking so fresh produce isn't really an option.

Tins of veggie sausages and beans with noodles? Savoury rice/risotto?
Try and think of meals that you would cook on the hob at home and then try and substitute the fresh ingredients for tinned or jar foods.

How long are you going for?

Also remember it takes longer to cook and preferably you want one pan meals as you won't be able to keep food warm while you're waiting for something else to cook

[SweetieBaby]

Midnight loo trips have never been a problem and we've camped with our children since they were very young. Make sure you all go last thing at night and take a torch just in case you need a night time trip. Campsites can be very dark at night and it's easy to trip over things.

[TiredBefuddledRose]

Thankyou ladies! We've rented a tippee so are more on the glamping side of things eg they supply all the equipment except for sleeping bags.
There is a coolbox in the tent that they change the iceblocks in daily, there's a farm shop onsite that has essentials and 'local produce' and an honesty cart for when the shop isn't open so I suppose if it comes to it we can muddle through.

How do people keep warm at night?
Lol guess I could zip 2 sleeping bags together and use a small child as a hot water bottle!!! 🤗

[Alexandra87]

Pinterest has some really good ideas/recipes on. TBH for my first time we did sandwiches and picnic food and thinks like mugshots and pot noodles as I wasn't sure how I'd manage cooking on the little stove. I'm gonna to be a lot more adventurous now after seeing others doing a full English in the morning and us sitting with our cereal bars

[profpoopsnagle]

If you've not got a car, you could think about having a supermarket delivery to the site. If you do go down this route, you'll need some bags or boxes to store food whilst you're there.

You could also make some meals to take- freeze a veg curry for instance, as it will defrost over a couple of days ready to have later.

If you do carry your food in, packet mixes are lighter than tins/cans. Although I find tinned potatoes useful. Tortillas keep better than other bread and are useful as the carb bit instead of pasta/rice.

[Skinandbones]

I would do one pan meal and add some easy sides, portage for breakfast, do the over night ones, my dd1 put banana and peanut butter in hers, but lots of different choices.

[TiredBefuddledRose]

Thankyou everyone for your ideas!

[Allington]

Cous cous is your secret food weapon. Pour on boiling water and cover, then leave while you heat up a pan of Other Stuff, and it's ready with no further effort.

Soya mince is good - easily turned into bol sauce, curry, chile con(sin) carne etc. Light to carry and no need for a fridge.