I’ve been working on this project for some time now. In fact, I’ve even enlisted the help of several other very talented bloggers! You see, we were planning a memorial day weekend camping trip, and all I could think was…. ‘What are we going to eat??’ I get tired of the generic hot dogs & sandwich’s, and wanted to switch things up a bit. I searched and searched, but everyone seemed to be offering the same things….
Which lead me to this post… Over the next SEVEN days, I will be providing you with some of the most amazing recipes, and some great tips that I’ve learned, and other’s have taught me!
I figured I would cut out the search time, and help put together ONE amazing list of adult, and kid friendly recipes!
Before we get started, I want to share a few important tips.
Get all of your prep-work done at home. Trust me. It’s much easier to just have things ready to go when you are out enjoying your vacation. You don’t want to fuss over cutting potatoes, or slicing up your chicken.
And last… invest in a camping stove. You can get fancy and buy portable grill like this one: HERE, or stick with a simple over the fire version like: This One! They are both great to have on hand!
OK. Are you ready to get this party started?
Here is how it will work…
I will be posting recipes every day for the next seven days. With the exception of one day where I will be posting tips for camping with toddlers, and a list of snacks to keep on hand for your kiddos! If you have a recipe to add to the list, I’ll have a link party up the end of the event, but for now,
THE CAMPING RECIPE LIST
I’m linking up @: Get Your Craft On, Tip Me Tuesday, Take a Look Tuesday, Show Me What Ya Got, Tuesday Tutorials, Turning the Daunting into Do-Able, Tatertots & Jello,
Topsy Turvy Tuesday, Our Thrifty Ideas, Sew Cute Tuesday, SNAP ‘Show & Tell’, Me Oh My Desserts, A glimpse inside, Somewhat Simple, The 36th Avenue, The Crafty Blog Stalker, At the picket fence, Friday Flair
Couldn’t have found this at a more perfect time! Very excited to follow the party and gather some new camping recipes
Thanks! Andrea
this is great! we love camping. One of our favorite meals is to do taco salad. I need to do some camping related posts!
This is great! I’m compiling a list of road trip recipes and will use many of these as inspiration!
Check them out: http://lovinthewoods.wordpress.com/
I recently saw a muffin baked in an orange rind that was done over the campfire. I have never done this, but it sounds really yummy! Maybe a blueberry muffin or even a corn muffin.
I would love to try these for my boys! We are campers too and would love any flavor of healthy snacks
Thanks so much for including my tortellini salad. We LOVE to have it while camping, too!
Campin is definitely a way of life in our family. Some items I would add to the list are tin foil dinners and the couscous salad. And of course the smore’s. I will definitely mark this to refer to. Coming to you from Take a Look Tuesday.
I’m always on the lookout for great camping recipes. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Did this at a scout camping trip once.. FANTASTIC. Brought the idea home to my husband to try. He was skeptical, but once he tried it, he was IN LOVE.
Just a quick tip from a fellow blogger: Now that your blog is being passed around Pinterest, you may want to seriously consider correcting your grammar throughout the blog. And apostrophe S (‘s) should only be used to symbolize posession (Jesseca’s blog) or to abbreviate (It’s getting hot in here). The apostrophe S should never, ever ever ever ever ever ever be used in plural situations. (ie wrong: potato’s right: potatos.. wrong: recipe’s right: Recipes).
It actually lowers your credibility in (not situation’s) situations like this
Emily,
If my apostrophes are reeeeeaaaaally that big of a deal, by all means, come and fix my blog for me!
To be honest, I really don’t think it lower’s my credibility all that much. I’m a food blogger. So what if I have some grammar errors. I do this as a hobby, not so much to make a ton of money, or have a HUGE impact on the blogging community. I like what I do, and I love the friends that I meet. Period. I’ve had a million and ten people tell me that I needed to fix my apostrophes, and I went through and fixed a bunch. The ones in the photos are just going to stay that way, because I would much rather spend time with my son, then worry about what people think of my grammar.
I appreciate your concern, but the reality of the situation is that I just don’t care enough to change every little mistake that I have made. However, I will take it into consideration for future posts. I think my loyal readers will continue to come back, even if they realize that I’m not perfect. :0)
I think Emily meant well…….just maybe a little bit of control issue there…..lol. Your ideas were great!
Before you offer to correct other peoples grammar, you have to be very careful in your own spelling and wording. For example- more than one potato is not spelled potatos, it is spelled potatoes. LOVE these recipes, thank you for compiling them
Lighten up everyone and just enjoy the conversation and recipes. We aren’t in school anymore!!
Found your blog on Pinterest … didn’t even notice (or care about) your apostrophes until ‘Emily’ commented on them! LOL …. course, Emily it’s best when correcting others that you make sure your own grammer (and spelling) is accurate.
(ie wrong: potato’s right: potatos.. wrong: recipe’s right: Recipes).
Potatos …. WRONG. PotatoEs ….. RIGHT.
See! Everyone makes mistakes!
Excited to try out some new food ideas for camping this summer! Especially thrilled about the suggestions for toddlers! Thanks for the post!!
I love the post! Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for. We are constantly looking for camping meal ideas to get away from cereal bars, sandwiches & chips. And, no worries about grammar/spelling errors. Your “fellow blogger” made a few in her own comment to you, as well. I find you credible, as long as you are posting from experience. Oh, and I found you on Pinterest!
Happy Camping!
I appreciate the time and effort you put into what you do. Nothing more, nothing less. For anyone to comment on your grammer, shows lack of class on their part. If an individual is actually concerned, I would think the ” proper way ” to address the issue would be in a private message. Not looking for any type of feedback, just stating my opinion.
Thank you Brenda!! You have no idea how much that means to me!
-Jesseca
lol….it’s grammar, not grammer….at least I think so…..and I’m just messing with the whole idea of correcting someone’s food blog…now if you wrote “add a pinch of arsenic”, I might have to say something….
LOVE, love, love this!! You have some wonderful ideas, I found you on pintrest while searchin for ideas for my son’s camping themed bday party. New follower and liked your fb!! Great site. kat
These tips and recipes are wonderful! We just got back from a camping trip in which I made the breakfast burritos, chicken kababs, and tinfoil dinners. My husband LOVED the breakfast burritos! Adding the cream soups to the tinfoil dinners made the difference between my eating them and not! LOL! The kabobs were so good that we made them again when we got home from camping! Thanks!!
Love this idea, but I guess I’m not as smart as I thought I was. I’m having trouble figuring out whAT the seven days of recipes are exactly. Is the Camping Recipe List meant to be a link? I only saw pictures for other postss for several breakfasts and dessert and only 2 or three ideas for dinners. What am I missing? Can you explain to me how I’m supposed to use this to get the seven days of recipes? Sorry for being dense! I’m going campning tomorrow and thought I would try these ideas. Thanks so much!!
Stacy, sorry for the confusion! I posted different types of recipes every day for seven days.
I just signed up to start receiving your newsletter. Found you on Pinterest, and am looking forward to your camping menu ideas. I agree 100% with one of your helpful tips: prepare as much as you can before leaving home. I even precook some foods, like breakfast potatoes, and bacon-cheese bisquits , so there’s less work to do once we get campside. We want to spend more quality time camping, fishing, hiking, etc., and less time preparing meals. Precooking some items at home saves money on camp stove propane too. Some campgrounds we go to in California won’t allow open fires, fire pits or barbeques because of the fire hazards. Propane stoves are handy, but the fuel cannisters can get expensive and take up valuable space in our campbox. By preparing as much as I can at home, we can usually get by with just one propane cannister during our camping trip. I can hardly wait to get my first newsletter. Nice web site Jesseca. Keep up the good work.
Gosh Jesseca, where are you located? I just entered my first comment and it’s date stamped August 20, 2012 at 3:21 AM. I’m in California and here it’s only August 19, 2012 at 8:21 PM. Just wondering.
I’m in Utah. My time stamp is WAY off.
What a fantastic post, my family and I absolutely love camping and take regular trips so I will definitely by trying some of the foods you have suggested! Many thanks
Thanks for your recipes. I am a great fond of camping and always look for some nice and useful recipes that i can use while my camping. Please share some other rv recipes also.
Hey everyone. Just enjoy the conversation and the recipes. We aren’t in school anymore.
Thank you Judy!
we camp often in the summer months. if you camp with another couple or many others, i have found a fail safe breakfast thats super easy and carries you all the way in to lunch. the nite before, wrap a country ham in four to five layers of heavy duty foil. around 10: 00 p.m. dig a hole big enough to hold the ham and cover it, close to the campfire. cover it with hot coals and forget it. in the morning slice and fry your potatoes and scrambled eggs, along with some campfire toast. dig up your ham, being very careful of the hot ham and drippings. use leather gloves for protection. the ham will be so moist that the meat will fall off the bone. any left overs can be used for sandwiches. ham, ripe tomatoes, lettuce, and mayo for sandwiches. always a big hit for lunch after a hard day of fishing.