Camping Meals: Easy 3 Meal Ideas To Follow

Posted by Camp Trainer on Mar 11, 2009 in Recipes • No comments • 12,178 views

The following is an example of what I usually eat on backpacking trips, long and short, summer and winter. I’m not proclaiming this is an ideal diet, but the food is lightweight and easy to prepare.

Breakfast:
4 ounces (115g) muesli or granola with dried milk powder (mixed at home). Simply add water, stir and eat.
You can add extra dried fruit too. In cold weather, heat the cereal on the stove to make a sort of porridge. Keep the heat low and stir constantly or it’ll stick to the pot.

Lunch:
A series of snacks is better than one big midday meal for constant energy. A bag of trail mix or gorp is great for snacking.
The basic ingredients are raisins and nuts, but you can add other dried fruit, sunflower and other seeds, chocolate chips, M&Ms and granola. A couple of ounces a day should be enough unless it’s the only lunch you carry.
Oat-based grain bars are another good quick snack. For savory foods I eat tortillas or pita bread spread with cheese from a tube.

Dinner 1:
4 ounces (115 g) pasta per person (a type that cooks in 15 minutes or less is best)
dried tomato soup (a pint packet serve 2 people) or tomato puree
1 clove of garlic per person, mixed dried herbs
2 ounces (55 g) hard cheese (cheddar is good) per person
black pepper

Cook the pasta in just enough water. When it’s done without draining it add the dried soup powder or tomato puree (a tablespoonful per person should be enough), a pinch of herbs, and the chopped garlic. Stir well. Remove from heat. Slice the cheese and stir it into the pasta.

There are many variations on this meal. Add pesto (buy dried or in tubes or else transfer some from a jar into a small plastic tub with a lid that seals well) instead of or along with the tomato soap / puree.Add sun-dried tomatoes or other dried vegetables such as mushrooms and onions. Some people add tuna fish instead of cheese. You can also add dried milk powder as thickening agent and for extra calories.

Dinner 2:
3 to 4 ounces (85 - 115 g) quick cook rice per peron
dried vegetables (mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, peas)
curry or chili powder
1 or 2 tortillas per person

Soak the vegetables in enough water to cover. Without draining the vegetables, add them to the rice along with curry/chili powder to taste. Cook. Eat with the tortillas.

For variations, add textured vegetable protein or dried meat. Fresh garlic gives a bit more bite to the meal as can a splash of Tobasco sauce. Tiny bottles are available.

Have fun!

Trangia Stoves 27 series

Series 27 offers good stoves for the lone walker or two people. The pans are smaller and the kettle is sized accordingly.
A small, compact stove that takes up minimal room in the rucksack. Here too, large billies can be placed on the raised supports in the upper windshield.
All stoves include upper and lower windshields, burner, handle and strap.

Trangia 27-3 UL

Ultra Light Aluminium.

Stove with two 1.0 litre saucepans, graded and ungraded and 1 Non-stick frypan, 18 cm.

Weight 740 g