Any seasoned camper knows that cooking pasta and rice (the basic Slimming World staples) take about 4 hours whilst camping. Par-boil pasta and rice, pop into freezer bags and freeze to take with you. It’ll take a couple of minutes to cook through and is nice and filling. Boil in bag rice is FREE and it’s easier to cook when camping as it won’t be as hard to clean and you can reuse the pot right away.
Check out this brilliant recipe for syn free campfire stew pinchofnom.com/recipes/syn-free-campfire-stew/
You can also try Poor Man’s Ramen: 1 Egg noodle nest or block per person, soy sauce, an OXO veg cube per person, tinned peas, carrots, and tinned corn. Toss it all in a pot, crumble the OXO cube on top, and bring to a boil. Takes about 10 minutes. You can drain it OR have it soupy and use soy sauce to taste.
I also like to make up some SW barbecue sauce before we go and I use one of those lock n lock tube shaped containers for it. The balsamic vinegar preserves it. If you are taking a grill or can get one of those disposable grills, you could have a barbecue with quorn burgers, or you could even make the burgers on the camping stove in a frying pan. If I was doing a barbecue, I would cook corn on the cob (it’s probably very American! lol), heat up some beans (baked beans is also a big barbecue thing in the US), and fry some potatoes (or if you have a campfire or charcoal grill – stab potatoes and wrap them in foil, then bury them in the coals)
Quick to cook and syn free mug shots are also handy.
For breakfast you can make up your own instant porridge packs in plastic bags. 2 tsp of dried powdered skim milk is 1 Syn. Measure out 35g of porridge and 2tsp of dried skim milk into your bags and in the mornings pour into a bowl and add boiling water. You can add some frozen berries (use them as an ice pack as they thaw!) for some added S foods.
Make hash browns/fried potatoes. Get a tin of new potatoes, slice them or cut them into chunks, and fry with some fry light. Super easy, and they go great with some fried eggs, tinned tomatoes, and baked beans.
When camping, it's easy to overdo the booze which won't help your diet. Come prepared to make some cocktails such as Moscow Mule (Lime juice, soda water, diet ginger beer). Good old Gin free G&T (yes, it’s just diettonic water and a slice of lime, but it’s surprisingly good!). Make whatever concoction you fancy, minus the booze!