Camping Menu
Weekend
Here's a ready-made camping menu of easy and tasty meals for your next weekend camping trip, from Friday to Sunday.
You can follow this meal plan exactly, or you can modify it to suit your own family's preferences.
Meal planning tips
Bring lots!
Everyone eats a lot when they are out in the fresh air. Bring more food than you think you'll need. You can always take the leftovers home.
Choosing healthy, homemade foods rather than calorie-packed convenience items means that you can eat heartily and feel good at the same time!
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Think ahead
If your meals are carefully planned, your trip will go smoothly. Here are some things to keep in mind.
First night at camp
You'll be busy setting up camp - and everyone will be hungry.
It's a good idea to plan to have a cold meal so that you don't have to fire up the stove or build a fire. This makes it faster!
Cold chicken picnic supper
Breakfasts
Breakfasts need to be hearty enough to fuel the morning's adventures. My family tends to eat more for breakfast when we are camping than we do at home. Plan something substantial - like Pumpkin Pancakes or French Toast.
Your last day
By noon, you'll probably be thinking about packing up - but you'll want to make the most of your last hours. You won't want to spend them at the stove!
Serve a big breakfast, and for lunch set out an assortment of "serve yourself" foods on the picnic table.
Arriving home
Be sure to make a plan about what you'll eat for supper when you get home. Make sure that all the ingredients are in the house before you set off on your trip.
Camping Menu
Here's a camping menu that covers all of those bases! The recipes in bold are in Good Camping Food.
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Packing List
In the vehicle
- sandwiches
- water (or your favorite drinks)
In the food box
- mix for pancakes: 2 cups flour + 2 tsp baking powder + 1 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp cinnamon (multiply as needed)
- canned pumpkin
- Banana Snack Cake
- Blueberry Muffins
- Corn Muffins
- Slice and Bake Cookies
- Trail Mix
- potato chips
- macaroni or rotini
- canned tuna
- turmeric and/or curry powder
- eggs
- bananas
- cinnamon
- bagels
- salt and pepper
In the cooler
- Oven-Fried Chicken Legs
- Quinoa Salad
- Chili (frozen)
- Hummus
- breakfast sausages (frozen)
- tomatoes
- avocados
- cherry tomatoes
- snap peas
- cucumber
- apples
- grapes
- oranges
- bottled lime juice
- mayonnaise
- can of frozen orange juice concentrate
- frozen peas
- maple syrup
- tetra packs of juice (one cold, and the rest frozen)
- cream cheese
- milk
- butter
For even more help with your menu planning, check out Good Camping Food.
Are you planning a longer trip? Here's a menu for a week-long camping vacation.
Now that you have a good weekend camping menu, visit this page for even more easy camping food ideas.
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