CAMP PROVISIONS
Food Preparation and Packing Your Cooler
While out in the backcountry, food preparation can be challenging. We recommend doing as much prep work before your adventure as possible. Not only will this save space in your cooler but it will make life at camp dramatically more convenient. Once your food is prepped and ready to go, it’s time to pack your cooler. While both food preparation and packing a cooler are seemingly straight forward tasks, our partners at Fresh Off the Grid have created an awesome guide with some tips and tricks we always use on our own adventures.
Quick and Easy Car Camping Meals
Great for quick weekend trips, larger groups and people that want to spend more time adventuring and less time at camp. However, we believe that quick and easy doesn’t have to mean bland meals. Here are some ideas we like that will power your adventure while remaining simple and convenient.
Breakfast
Pancakes
French Toast (syrup, yogurt, fruit)
Breakfast burritos with eggs, tortillas, cheese, pre-cooked bacon
Oatmeal with nuts and dried fruit
Granola with fruit
Lunch
Sandwiches (cold cuts, BLT, PB&J)
Bagels, cream cheese and smoked salmon
Wraps
Cheese, crackers, and salami
Hummus, pita, baby carrots & dried fruit
Dinner
Grilling: hamburgers, \hotdogs, brats, steaks. add peppers and onions for veggies.
Tuna mac and cheese (add dried veggies too)
Cashew/peanut noodles with veggies & chicken packs
Zatarain’s beans and rice with bell pepper and chicken sausage
Foodie/Gourmet Car Camping Meals
If you love to cook or want to change it up from the staple camp meals, we have ideas for you too! We have partnered with a couple out of Oregon that specializes in recipes for the outdoors. Check out their website, Fresh Off the Grid, for a massive number of amazing recipes or take a look at some of our favorites below!
ABOUT OUR CHEF
From weekday cooking with kids to gourmet backcountry meals, Victoria has a recipe for it all. She loves cooking and eating well without breaking the bank. She shared that passion while working as an Americorps for Cooking Matters in Denver, teaching cooking and nutrition classes to low income families. She is all about easy but healthy food and has a blog with weekly meal plans from recipes tested out the week before. Check it out here.
Her favorite food is ice cream believe it or not, specifically Ben and Jerry’s since she grew up on it as a Vermont native.
