Weekend Camping Meals Menu - Camp Food, Recipes, and Grocery Lists

Outdoor camping means outdoor cooking, and whether you use camp stoves or a campfire, you have to do some planning to make sure you have the camping equipment and supplies you need.

How much cooking do you want to do? What kind of campfire recipes do you want to use? How much camp food will you need? What camping cookware will you be using? Campfire or camp stove? Five-course meal or one-pot stew? These are all questions you need to consider,.

This super-easy weekend camping trip menu could be your answer to those questions.

If it is your turn to be the camp cook and you don't want to spend all your time cooking complicated campfire recipes, using a lot of heavy cooking equipment and cookware, and spending hours cleaning-up, this super-easy weekend camping menu might be the answer you are looking for.

This complete menu package includes everything you need for a typical Friday - Sunday weekend camping trip.

• Camp meal selections
• Camping cookware and equipment checklist
• Chuck box supplies checklist
• Groceries list for 1 to 6 campers
• Complete campfire recipes and prep instructions

Note: All the cooking is done with the campfire - no camp stove needed.

The first meal for most weekend camping trips is Friday's Dinner, that's where this menu plan starts. If your trip needs to include Friday lunch, just add some pre-packed cold-cut sandwiches, the groceries list includes enough snacks and sides to go with them.

Friday dinner:

• Hobo Hamburger and Veggies tin-foil meal, warmed cinnamon apple slices, warmed bread w/butter, beverage and coffee

Friday evening campfire treat:

• Chocolate/marshmallow Banana Boat
  

Saturday breakfast:

• Instant flavored oatmeal and toasted bagel with spread, fruit, juice and coffee

Saturday lunch:

• Toasted subs, fruit, chips, beverage and coffee

Saturday afternoon snacks:

• Trail mix, granola bars, chips, fruit

Saturday dinner:

• BBQ boneless chicken breast, baked potatoes, veggie, warmed bread w/butter, beverage and coffee

Saturday evening campfire treat:

• Hobo pastry on a stick (with cinnamon and sugar coating)

Sunday breakfast:

• Baggie omelets, fried hash browns, fruit, juice and coffee

Sunday lunch:

• Ramon Cup-o-Noodles, chips, beverage and coffee

Note: This is the super-easy version for your camping trip. The only cookware you need is a coffee pot or tea kettle to heat water, a cast iron frying pan, and a 2-qt or larger pot or pan. The groceries list is complete but still allows you to make any changes you want to the menu items and still have all you need for the weekend.

This weekend camping trip menu, and many other outdoor camping tips and how-to articles are available free at CampingwithGus.com.

Gus is primarily a primitive-site tent camping enthusiast. No electric outlets and bathhouses where he likes to camp. (but a clean water source is nice) Outdoor tent camping isn't the same without a campfire and some real campfire recipes. (ps. a few camp gadgets made with lashings and natural materials add to the camping experience)

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Weekend Camping Meals Menu - Camp Food, Recipes, and Grocery Lists is is a complete planning package that you can use to make your job as camp cook a lot easier. The meals are all cooked using the campfire, and a most minimal list of camping cookware is needed. The campfire recipes are simple and use only a few ingredients, camp food prep is easy and since you only use a cast iron skillet and camp coffee pot - clean-up is a snap. It includes a complete groceries list for all the camp food you need for 1 to 6 campers, and a supplies list for your camping chuck box is also included.