Lunch or Dinner Camping Recipes
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. I’ve included those recipes below as well as more traditional/classic camp food like foil meals.
Herb Chicken and Vegetable Foil Dinner
This is classic camp food. Cooking a foil pocket takes no special cookware, just a fire. This recipe is simple and can be modified to your taste.
Shrimp and Scallop Boil in a Foil Packet
Foil pockets are a perfect way to cook while camping. Everything is self contained and clean up is easy. This recipe from Life Currents is a delicious seafood meal.
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.
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
Dish of Daily Life has a great way to create paninis on a grill. You can easily cook on a campfire with the help of a brick or two.
Grilled Spicy Pork Chops and Peaches
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
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
Campsite nachos are a quick and easy meal. This version from Now Things are Cookin is one you will want to try.
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Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps
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 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.
- Side Dishes
- Breakfasts
- Desserts – It can’t be a great campout without a fireside dessert.
- 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.
Little Family Adventure Camp Store on Amazon (a Few of Our Favorite Things)
Tips for Planning a Camping Menu
The Ultimate Camping Cookbook: Recipes for Grilling, Cast Iron, Dutch Ovens and More by Rebecca Permar
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