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30+ Camping Recipes you need to make this summer! These recipes are the perfect way to fill you camping menu!
This list is heavily inspired by my own camping experiences. Camping is one of our all time favorite activities as a family. Which means I am always on the hunt for good camping recipes to add to my menu.
We tried every single recipe shared below. Making sure that these all lived up to a couple of things:
- They were super easy.
- The recipe traveled well.
- And they tasted amazing!
I am happy to report that each recipe has passed the very picky eater test (anyone else have a kid??) and husband belly filling test! Most of them can even be prepped before you leave which leaves you with less stress once you are at the campsite and more time to make memories!
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Before we get started I want to share one important tip again.
Get all of your prep-work done at home.
Trust me.
It is much easier to just have things ready to go when you are out enjoying your vacation. You do not want to fuss over cutting potatoes or slicing up your chicken.
OK. Are you ready to get this party started? Browse the selection below and click the recipe name to go to the post! Happy Camping!
30+ Camping Recipes you need to make this summer
These Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins have the perfect mix of sweetness and tart! Made with yogurt, fresh lemon juice, and lemon zest for a fresh flavor! This hearty and comforting classic chili recipe is made with ground beef, diced tomatoes and beans. It is the perfect easy weeknight dinner recipe. Made with seasoned ground beef, chopped lettuce, and all of your favorite taco toppings! This easy salad recipe is ready in under 20 minutes making it the perfect weeknight dinner! This is the very best cornbread and super simple to make! Better than a box mix and no mixer required! Easy tin foil chicken fajitas - the perfect tin foil dinner recipe for a no-fuss summertime dinner! These tasty foil packs are perfect for cookouts, grilling, and camping.30 + Camping Recipes!
Breakfast Ideas:
Lemon Poppy seed Muffins
Dinner Ideas:
Classic Chili Recipe
Quick and Easy Taco Salad Recipe
The Best Cornbread
Tin Foil Chicken Fajitas
Love Is In The Details says
Couldn’t have found this at a more perfect time! Very excited to follow the party and gather some new camping recipes 🙂 Thanks! Andrea
Micki @addhousewife says
this is great! we love camping. One of our favorite meals is to do taco salad. I need to do some camping related posts!
Christine says
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/
FoodHeaven says
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.
Alicia says
I would love to try these for my boys! We are campers too and would love any flavor of healthy snacks 🙂
Robyn Stone | Add a Pinch says
Thanks so much for including my tortellini salad. We LOVE to have it while camping, too!
Gina says
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.
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Tip top stuff. I’ll expect more now.
Amanda says
I’m always on the lookout for great camping recipes. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Emily Spurrier says
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 😉
Jesseca says
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)
Shelley says
I think Emily meant well…….just maybe a little bit of control issue there…..lol. Your ideas were great!
Lori Perez says
Wow Jessica is this what you have to put up with to put out a blog to help people with recipes. That’s pretty sad. As long as I can understand the recipes and like them I could care less whether you put an apostrophe or not. Just signed up and looking forward to trying some of these recipes. To all those who need to correct her I’m sure your not perfect. Thanks Jessica.
Amy says
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 🙂
Judy Dunn says
Lighten up everyone and just enjoy the conversation and recipes. We aren’t in school anymore!!
Heidi says
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!!
Lindsay says
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!
Brenda Gonzalez says
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.
Jesseca says
Thank you Brenda!! You have no idea how much that means to me!
-Jesseca
Joyce says
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….
Mama Bird says
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
Cecilia says
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!!
Stacey says
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!!
Jesseca says
Stacy, sorry for the confusion! I posted different types of recipes every day for seven days.
Linda Wooley-Radke says
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. 🙂
Linda Wooley-Radke says
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.
Jesseca says
I’m in Utah. My time stamp is WAY off.
James Motor says
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
camping recipes says
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.
Judy Dunn says
Hey everyone. Just enjoy the conversation and the recipes. We aren’t in school anymore.
Jesseca says
Thank you Judy!
sheila mccreary says
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.
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