Camping Menu

Weekend

Here's a ready-made camping menu of easy and tasty meals for your next weekend camping trip, from Friday to Sunday.

You can follow this meal plan exactly, or you can modify it to suit your own family's preferences.

Meal planning tips

Bring lots!

Everyone eats a lot when they are out in the fresh air. Bring more food than you think you'll need. You can always take the leftovers home.

Choosing healthy, homemade foods rather than calorie-packed convenience items means that you can eat heartily and feel good at the same time!

Think ahead

If your meals are carefully planned, your trip will go smoothly. Here are some things to keep in mind.

First night at camp

You'll be busy setting up camp - and everyone will be hungry.

It's a good idea to plan to have a cold meal so that you don't have to fire up the stove or build a fire. This makes it faster!

Cold chicken picnic supper

Breakfasts

Breakfasts need to be hearty enough to fuel the morning's adventures. My family tends to eat more for breakfast when we are camping than we do at home. Plan something substantial - like Pumpkin Pancakes or French Toast.

Your last day

By noon, you'll probably be thinking about packing up - but you'll want to make the most of your last hours. You won't want to spend them at the stove!

Serve a big breakfast, and for lunch set out an assortment of "serve yourself" foods on the picnic table.

Arriving home

Be sure to make a plan about what you'll eat for supper when you get home. Make sure that all the ingredients are in the house before you set off on your trip.

Camping Menu

Here's a camping menu that covers all of those bases! The recipes in bold are in Good Camping Food.

Breakfast

Lunch

Supper

Fri

(at home)

cereal with milk and sliced bananas
juice

(on the road)

sandwiches

Oven-Fried Chicken Legs
Quinoa Salad
cherry tomatoes
snap peas
Banana Snack Cake

Sat

Fancy Scrambled Eggs
Blueberry Muffins
orange slices

Pasta Salad with Tuna

Chili
Corn Muffins
Skillet Bananas

Sun

Pumpkin Pancakes
breakfast sausages
juice

bagels
cream cheese
cucumber slices
Hummus
Avocado Boats
hard-boiled eggs
leftovers

(at home)

Pita Pizzas

Snacks
for the weekend

apples
oranges
grapes
Granola Bars
Slice and Bake Cookies
potato chips

Packing List

In the vehicle

sandwiches
water (or your favorite drinks)

In the food box

mix for pancakes: 2 cups flour + 2 tsp baking powder + 1 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp cinnamon (multiply as needed)
canned pumpkin
Banana Snack Cake
Blueberry Muffins
Corn Muffins
Slice and Bake Cookies
Trail Mix
potato chips
macaroni or rotini
canned tuna
turmeric and/or curry powder
eggs
bananas
cinnamon
bagels
salt and pepper