Good backpack camping recipes?

Posted: March 21st, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Camping Recipes | Tags: , , | 10 Comments »

So im going camping for 4 night, i need breakfast and dinner food, "no lunch"….but this is backpack camping so it needs to be light and small if possible. Can anybody help me out?

10 Comments on “Good backpack camping recipes?”

  1. 1 chris w said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    For backpacking I always keep things as lite and simple as possible. Much of the food I bring I will prepare before the trip. The first day will be the heavy foods I always pack a frozen steak for dinner and bring a potato. I’ll puts some Parmesan and seasoning in a small container for the steak and potato. I precut some veggies with that and pack it all together the frozen steak will keep things fresh for the first day. For in the morning it’s a bagel with peanut butter and honey this too I will prepare before the trip and pack next to the steak. tea of coffee to drink lunch is again peanut butter/honey sandwich and Gatorade. Dinner is spaghetti mountain house with freeze dried fruit. Breakfast is mountain house scrambled eggs and some of that Parmesan seasoning mix Hopefully during this trip I will have caught my dinner add some dried fruit to that. Any way that’s a few ideas for you. here is a link to rei for more ideas

    http://www.rei.com/expertadvice/articles/planning+menu.html

  2. 2 Mark said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    buy several pouches of instant potato’s, all you need is hot water.
    and some pouches of tuna and salmon
    and cook some breakfast biscuits and put them in a baggie.

  3. 3 paul z said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    ems dried food is good,mountain house too,bring a fishing rod,and freeze dried fruit trail mix,soups and canned stew

  4. 4 casey said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    Try wildernessdining.com they have a tremendous selection of freeze-dried and dehydrated foods from many different companies. You don’t get any lighter or simpler than these meals, most only require boiling water and can be prepared right in the bag.

  5. 5 stormgale89 said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    personal favourites:
    dinner and supper foods:
    ramen noodles with jerky
    instant rice with broth(bouillon cubes) and vegetables(dried of course, then rehydrated)
    I usually camp near beaches, clam bake :D
    breakfast:
    pancakes(replace wet ingredients with dried stuff like powdered eggs and milk, then add the needed water and cook)
    scrambled eggs
    jerky omelette
    I also like having a cup of pine/spruce needle tea in the morning, gives you the energy to start your day before the food is digested.

  6. 6 Cableguy said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    you may want to look at freeze dried food it is all ready just add water< boiling> check out the two websites and REI also sells freeze dried camping food. If I am making up my own I like to used canned chicken with a box of Hamburger Helper light and enough for 2 < not 4 like a package says>cute the directions out and package it all in a zip or a food storage system to get rid of extra weight and bulk .For breakfast pancakes the same way buy a box and package yourself small film canister will store surup.Add hot Chocholet to any meal for hot drinks.

  7. 7 campaholicone2000 said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    Lots of great recipe ideas on the web… too many to mention:

    http://www.onepanwonders.com/

    http://www.backpackingchef.com/

    http://www.trailcooking.com/

    http://www.wildernesscooking.com/camping-recipes.htm

  8. 8 James said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    dinty moore beef stew with a pull off lid

  9. 9 Mark M said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    Breakfast: Granola or Granola bars, fruit breakfast bars, instant pancake mix, eggs (in hard plastic carrier), pre-cooked bacon, bagels, honey packets, jelly packets, fast-food style pancake syrup tubs, freeze-dried coffee packets, sugar packets, non-dairy creamer packets.

    Dinner: Rice, beans, beef jerky, turkey jerky, buffalo jerky, smoked and cured fish, Landjäger sausage, tunafish packets, canned ham or SPAM, hard cheeses, potatoes, pasta and dehydrated sauce (spread-out some plastic food wrap, pour sauce and spread thin, allow to dry then roll-up and stick in a zip-lock), peanut butter, dinner rolls, ketchup packets, salt and pepper packets, mayonnaise packets, relish packets, freeze-dried campers meals in pouches (Mountain House, Backpacker’s Pantry are the two main brands, and are pretty good), sugarless instant drink mix packets, instant hot cocoa envelopes.

    General purpose: energy bars, dehydrated fruit, trail mix, nuts.

    You’ll also need plenty of drinking water and a canteen or water bottle or two to carry it in. If drinking water isn’t provided you’ll need a second water bottle and a water filter (preferred) or a bandanna (or supply of disposable coffee filters) and either purification tablets or a metal container to boil stream/river/lake/ground water to make it safe for drinking and cooking. Some kind of backpacker’s or camper’s mess kit, a spork and a knife or multi-tool, some napkins, baby wipes (for quick clean-ups) and a couple large zip-lock bags or small garbage bags for food waste and trash.

    Don’t forget a bear bag or container and about 50 feet of good twine (such as paracord) to hang the food out of reach of animals, even if there are no bears around. Animals around most campsites have become used to humans and their food and will take everything they can reach, chewing or clawing through backpacks and tents in a few minutes (never bring food in your tent).

  10. 10 Mick St James said at 5:56 pm on March 21st, 2011:

    Here are a collection of camping recipes you may find useful – http://www.gourmet-living.com/category.html?category=camping

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