Camping is a recreational activity that many people enjoy to do, and part of the planning for a camping trip is figuring out the menu. From transporting to cooking to storing the food, it is important to understand the amenities you will have at your disposal at your campsite. At most sites, you will be able to construct a fire to prepare your food.
Breakfast
Some basic foods to eat for breakfast while camping are muffins, bagels, pancakes, and cold cereal. However, you can add a little variety by cooking a hot breakfast. An easy dish that can be cooked over the fire consists of bacon, potatoes, eggs, and cheese; this dish has a number of different names including shipwreck and breakfast surprise. The dish is very easy; simply combine all of the ingredients and cook until the potatoes are soft enough to eat and the eggs are done.
Lunch/Dinner
Basically any meat can be grilled over a fire, including hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers and even steak. An easy way to combine these meats with some other ingredients is to create what is called a zip-pack or tin foil dinner. Add whatever meat you are using (hot dogs, sausages and diced ham work best) to any combination of rice, canned potatoes, canned vegetables, onions and peppers. Add just a little butter and then wrap your mixture in tin foil and stick it in the embers of the fire. After a good amount of time (30 to 45 minutes), your food should be fully cooked and ready to enjoy.
Dessert/Snacks
Granola bars and trail mix make great snacks, but you can also use the fire to make delicious desserts. Similar to the tin foil dinners, you can wrap up bananas, various nuts, chocolate chips, and marshmallows and place them in the coals. These won't take as long to cook, as you really only want the chocolate and marshmallows to melt and the bananas to get soft. You can also go with the campfire staple, s'mores, if you have graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate with you. Roasting the marshmallows on a skewer and adding them to graham cracker halves is one of the ultimate camping traditions.
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