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Camping Food that is good for lunch or dinner- delicious recipes for your next camp out

Need Easy Food to Make Car Camping? Try these Camping Dinners

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When camping, glamping, or RVing, you want easy meals to make on site. You don’t want to spend your entire time cooking, so we’ve assembled some of our favorite easy camping dinners for you.

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Easy Camping Dinners

It’s amazing how many traditional recipes can be adapted to outdoor cooking. If you can cook on a barbecue grill, you can cook on a camping trip. Many of our favorite camping recipes started off as skillet or barbecue/grill meals we made at home. Now they are our go-tos for easy camping dinners  I’ve included  recipes for hobo pockets or foil meals, skillet meals, skewers, and more. When it comes to easy meals to make while car camping, these are perfect!

Herb Chicken and Vegetable Foil Dinner

Herb Chicken and Veggie Foil Packet Dinner

When it comes to easy camping meals, hobo packets are the way to go. They are classic camp food. When I took an outdoor scout leader training, they taught us all how to make this and other foil meals. Cooking a hobo pocket takes no special cookware, just a fire. This recipe is simple and can be easily modified to your taste.

 

Shrimp and Scallop Boil in a Foil Packet

Shrimp and Scallop Boil in Foil Packets

Here’s another foil pocket. Seafood are easy foods to make because they cook really quickly. Wrap it in aluminium foil where everything is self contained and clean up is easy. This recipe from Life Currents is a delicious seafood meal.

Chicken Nachos

Make anywhere Campfire Nachos

Nachos are a simple and delicious meal on a car camping trip. Precook the chicken at home or cook on site. Either way, it’s heat and serve deliciousness. I like to heat these chicken nachos up in a cast iron skillet. But you can also use a sheet pan, foil pocket, etc.

Chicken and Vegetable Skewers

Yogurt Marinated Chicken and Vegetable Skewers

These chicken and vegetable skewers are easy to throw on a campfire grill or BBQ grill. Prep them at home and assemble at your camp site. Everyone can create their own skewers for a perfect meal.

 

Grilled Paninis

Grilling Paninis

Dish of Daily Life has a great way to create paninis on a grill. These pressed hot sandwiches make easy camping dinners. Create your own combinations of meat, cheese, or vegetable. Then wrap, press down with a brick/stone, or cast iron skillet, and  cook over indirect heat on a campfire.

 

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Grilled Spicy Pork Chops and Peaches

Spicy Grilled Pork Chops with Cinnamon Peaches and Corn on the Cob

Cooked on a iron grill or barbecue, these spicy pork chops, grilled peaches, and corn on the cob are the perfect meal for camping. If you have never had grilled peaches, you are in for a treat.

 

Carne Asada for Tacos 

Best Carne Asada Recipe Ever

Carne Asada is marinated beef with lemon juice. Then it’s cooked on a grill for a quick dinner. Create this recipe and serve in tortillas, burritos, with eggs for breakfast, and more.

 

Cast Iron Skillet Nachos

Cast Iron Skillet Nachos

Campsite nachos are a quick and easy meal. This version from  Now Things are Cookin is one you will want to try.

 

Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, 10.25-inch
Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, 10.25-inch
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Coleman Triton Propane Stove
Coleman Triton Propane Stove
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Lodge LPGI3 Cast Iron Reversible Grill/Griddle, 20-inch x 10.44-inch, Black
Lodge LPGI3 Cast Iron Reversible Grill/Griddle, 20-inch x 10.44-inch, Black
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Camp Chef Lumberjack Over-the-Fire Grill with Sturdy Legs
Camp Chef Lumberjack Over-the-Fire Grill with Sturdy Legs
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Solo Stove Campfire & 2 Pot Set Combo: 4+ Person Wood Burning Camping Stove. Outdoor Kitchen Kit for Backpacking, Camping, Survival. Burns Twigs - NO Batteries or Liquid Fuel Gas Canister Required.
Solo Stove Campfire & 2 Pot Set Combo: 4+ Person Wood Burning Camping Stove. Outdoor Kitchen Kit for Backpacking, Camping, Survival. Burns Twigs – NO Batteries or Liquid Fuel Gas Canister Required.
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MalloMe Premium Marshmallow Roasting Sticks Set of 5 Smores Skewers & Hot Dog Fork 34 Inch Rotating Extending Patio Fire Pit Camping Cookware Campfire Cooking Kids Accessories – Bonus Bag & Ebook
MalloMe Premium Marshmallow Roasting Sticks Set of 5 Smores Skewers & Hot Dog Fork 34 Inch Rotating Extending Patio Fire Pit Camping Cookware Campfire Cooking Kids Accessories – Bonus Bag & Ebook
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Reynolds Wrap Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil, 50 Square Feet ~ 2 Pack
Reynolds Wrap Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil, 50 Square Feet ~ 2 Pack
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MSR Flex 4 System Cook Set
MSR Flex 4 System Cook Set
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Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps

Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap

Made with precooked chicken breast, these Caesar salad wraps are easy to assemble and don’t require any cooking. You won’t have to start up a fire to enjoy these simple and delicious wraps.

 Low Country Shrimp Boil

Low Country Boil - Perfect for Large Cookouts or a Family Campout

Low Country Boil is a fun dinner idea while camping. You can cook it in a pot of boiling water or create foil pockets and cook over a campfire.

 

We ♥ camp food recipes. We have more camping recipes that the whole family will enjoy for you below.

  • Camping Side Dishes
  • Camping Breakfasts
  • Camping Desserts – It can’t be a great campout without a fireside dessert.
  • Camping Snacks

 

Here are a few products and additional resources to help you plan your upcoming camping trip. I found them really helpful and I think you will too.

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Tips for Planning a Camping Menu

The Ultimate Camping Cookbook: Recipes for Grilling, Cast Iron, Dutch Ovens and More by Rebecca Permar

 

Get a complete budget-friendly meal plan ($50 for 4-5 people) with recipes & printable shopping list to make your next camping trip deliciously fun and easy…..

 

 

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Nicky Omohundro
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May 14, 2017
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Categories: RecipesTags: camping, camping recipes

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About Nicky Omohundro

Nicky Omohundro is a travel and active family lifestyle blogger and social media influencer based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She shares stories, destinations, and ideas on food, family, health, and outdoor recreation to help families find their own adventures. Her spirit animal is a caffeinated squirrel fueled by coffee, real food, and the desire to seek new adventures.

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    April 22, 2025 at 4:52 am

    This article is a camping cook’s dream! I love that so many home recipes can be adapted for the great outdoors. The hobo packets sound super easy, and I’m intrigued by the shrimp and scallop boil in a foil packet. Have any of you tried making the chicken nachos in a foil pocket? I bet it would be a fun twist on a classic! Can’t wait to test out these recipes on my next camping trip.

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