camping food any recipes?

[Mummyof2wifeof1]

Hi
I was wondering if any of you have some great recipes you would be willing to share with me that are healthy that the kids love when out camping. They don't all have to be healthy if you have a great one. I would really appreciate any help you can give me. I have one firepit with a tripod to cook over and one gas ring.

Thanks

Not really a recipe, more of a tip. I always take my steamer which means I can cook potatoes and two or three veg on one gas ring. On the first day, I take a pre-roasted chicken or gammon to eat with the potatoes and veg. On other days, I buy sausages or burgers and cook them on a disposable BBQ.

Chocolate orange cakes

Take two good-sized oranges, cut tops off (save these) and scrape insides out. Eat insides. Break an egg into a cup and beat it up with a fork. Pour half of the egg into each orange. Add a rounded tablespoon of self-raising flour, and mix inside the egg. Push some chocolate drops into the mixture. Put the orange tops back on. Put each orange on a piece of foil and bring the foil up around it so that the lid is held on tightly and there is a bunch of foil to use as a handle. Place in very hot coals for 5-10 mins. Eat straight out of the orange. Mmmm....

Oops forgot the sugar! Add a scant tablespoonful if sugar when you add the flour.

Paella
Fajitas
Stroganoff type thing!
Baked Camembert
Jacket spuds

Curry, with a tub of pilau rice fried in wok or pan and chicken in a Patak or similar sauce on other ring. Nan breads too.
Chili and rice
Fajitas
Spaghetti Carbonara or bolognaise
Stir fry with wok noodles

If truth be told and you are not too fussy about presentation, most meals can be cobbled together while camping. Obviously some require more gubbins than others and also require you to actually enjoy the challenge rather than seeing it as a chore. I would recommend that you pick your favourite recipes then think how you could adapt them to fit the facilities you have, rather than looking from scratch for things that might be suitable.
Cutting corners WRT pre-prepared veg & salad, pre cooked meat will save you time and with good prep you can take two to three days food ready prepared. Also start to pad out your meals now with fresh bread, this way your family will not bat an eyelid when you can't be arsed to cook much and use fresh bread rather than rice or potatoes :o

I usually take a big pot of chilli for the first evening - we eat it with bread and salad. We barbecue at least one night, just simple stuff and as fantastic says eat lots of bread!

I find pasta hard work when camping - takes ages to boil enough water ime - but couscous is quite easy.

I make the chilli at home before we go btw.

Use fresh pasta and stick it in same pot as bubbling sauce adding a bit more water as you need it. Takes a little longer than usual but much quicker and easier than a separate pot of dried pasta.
I make a lot of crepes, savoury filled for tea and with every sweet and sugary thing I can find on wet days when the kids are fed up!!
A mug of plain flour, one egg and add milk till runny makes about 12ish!

A whole cooked chicken from M&S, shred it on site, add plum sauce, pre-chopped stir fry veg and a pack of pre-cooked noodles is our alternative first night tea. We're also either pre-cooked chilli or bolognese which has defrosted in car on way there.

One pot cooking..so pealla, risotto, chicken fried rice, stir fry use cooked packet rice and just add at end to warm
We do bolognaise, chilli, omelette filled with yummy things, meatballs in spicy sauce.
We serve with rice or new pots and salad
Simple and yummy

I should say we have a Cadac skottle so it easily copes with cooking most meals for 7 of us.
Another favourite is left over BBQ meat cut up, fried with new pots, onions and served with salad
Spanish omelette too

Packets of wraps or chappatis are very versatile. I make 'quesadillas' with slices of cheese, and / or ham, maybe a slosh of jar pasta sauce or some fresh toms and chilli sllices sandwiched between two wraps (can be seeded or whole meal) and fried, and then cut in quarters.

Wraps and chappatis keep well in their sealed packs.

Things we barbecue or cook over open fire: corn on the cob, mushrooms (in my BBQ wok - marinaded in HP sauce or whatever is to hand), halloumi (to have in wraps with salad).

Vegetable parcels: roughly cut up veg such as courgettes, peppers, aubergines,tomatoes (go easy because of the juice), some green beans would be OK, finely cut red onion. Lay on a sheet of good foil, maybe doubled up, drizzle with olive oil, chuck in chopped garlic, mixed herbs, black pepper, maybe a squeeze of lemon, a sprinkling of sugar. Wrap parcel very well but not too tightly, bringing the sides of foil up with a seam along the top. Put on BBQ or in the edge embers of the fire for 20 mins or so. Eat with crusty bread and a BBQ'd sausage or whatever.

Not exactly cordon bleu but our favourite camping meal is corned beef (cold), tinned potatoes and baked beans!

We also like hot dog sausages in rolls.

Forgot to mention, copious amounts of tomato sauce on corned beef and hot dogs.

And don't forget hot chocolate to keep cosy of an evening.

Springbaby - that sounds revolting

Hahaha it's not something we have at home for sure. Not so much yummy as easy - and definitely a camping trip tradition!