Some Favorite Camping Recipes

Don't be a slave to boy-scout treats and campfire favorites when you want to have more options for better tasting meals to eat on your outdoor vacations. You don't have to. This is because you may not know it, but there all kinds of great recipes perfect for camping as well as for cooking outside. Depending on how much room you have for food items, how long your trip will be, and the portable cooking equipment available for you to use.

The first recipe I will mention will be a breakfast recipe for your camp-outs. (I figured starting with breakfast would be appropriate.) Just like with your everyday life, when you are camping - your breakfast remains "the most important meal of the day." One of my friends introduced me to the beauty of beer pancakes. A perfect decision for a camper's morning meal, it is like a wonderful merlot with a delicious steak perfectly cooked to your taste. All you need to whip up these babies is a box of plain old pancake mix. There are a couple of mixes you can purchase that require little to no additional ingredients - just a little water. When you get a pancake mix which only requires moisture to turn powder into batter for cooking. "All ya gotta do," he told me, "is put beer in the mix instead of water." Tasty, light and fluffy. Not only are beer pancakes a great idea for camping - but the mix is simple to transport, it not affected by the temperature and the only other thing you need is a little bit of beer. Besides, you usually bring at least some beer along with you anyway, right?

Another breakfast food that is high in protein (just as pancakes are high in carbohydrates) is a boiled egg. These are also simple to make while you are camping. Of course, you will need an egg for this, but the only other thing you will need is a paper cup and a bit of water. Dig a ditch in the center of red coals from your fire. Place the egg in the cup and the cup in the hole. The water will actually boil without the paper burning.

"Foiled again," we always say. You can have meals cooked in foil for lunch and dinner without repeating yourself - even on a long trip. There really are a lot of recipes out there for cooking with basic camping equipment, using foil to aid the heat and the process of cooking without expensive equipment that is difficult to transport. One such recipe (and, as many recipes I will mention) is one of my personal favorites: fish fillets.

We caught some trout on a long, great day of fishing in the sun, and though we threw them all back in - cooking fish in foil is very simple. I had brought some salmon steaks in the cooler, and the first night decided it would be the best time to cook them, before the cooler was too warm. I took the salmon fillets, lightly coated with a mustard/dijon and mayonnaise mix. I wrapped them in foil and cooked them slowly over red hot coals. You want to watch them close so you can turn the fillets frequently. The salmon came out flaky and delicious.

The process will take thirty to forty minutes if you are using salmon steaks a thinner slice will take less time, of course, and the process will be (aside from that) exactly the same. I often check fish perhaps more frequently than I should - but it is easy to accidentally overcook them. You can also cook steaks the same way, or stew, cut into squares along with chunks of yummy vegetables and basted with gravy. You can cook more than hot dogs without a grill.

Let's think about it a moment, in the same manner in which people pick out which kinds of fine wines go best with which kinds of foods. Ask ourselves, what is the very best, easiest, and tastiest kind of food to eat while camping? There are definitely more possibilities out there than you think. As a matter of fact, this article will only be able to cover a few of them. So check out more of my favorite recipes some of my other articles about camping cuisine!

Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, fashion, and home decor. Her background includes teaching, gardening, and fashion. For more of her articles on camping and lighting, please visit campinglanterns.net, supplier of high quality Solar Camping Lanterns and Camping Lanterns.

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