Easy Camping Food Ideas for Families

Here are a bunch of easy camping food ideas for your upcoming camping trip. What to cook when you’re camping that is easy and tastes good plus other tips as well. Not only will you be happy but your kids will love these foil packet meals too and many don’t need to be kept cold if you’re in a tent.

If you’re planning to camp this Summer, part of the planning process is what you’re going to eat and cook!! There are some great camping food ideas out there that are easy to do, clever, and recipes your whole family will enjoy. Here are a few of the best recipes when you’re camp cooking this year! (affiliate links present)

Easy Camping Meals

If you’re planning a trip it’s important to start with your destination….did you know there are hundreds of places you can camp for free throughout the U.S.??!! Then you will need to make sure you have all your gear, and if you’re missing something look around for deals on camping equipment .

Once you have that set it’s great to find some easy camping meals to prepare when you’re out in the fresh air…here are a few of our favorites.

Camping Recipes for Beginners

When it comes to foil packet dinners for camping you can make a ton of different things including the meat and vegetables inside.

1. Brad’s Ranch Beans
2. Grilled stuffed peppers
3. 5 ingredient chili (make it in a pot instead of a crockpot)
4. Mozzarella Stuffed Onions with cheese and wrapped in bacon work great wrapped in foil
5. Campfire Apple and Pork Packets follow the same concept as below

What are the easiest meals to cook while camping?

One of our favorites would be shrimp in foil packets. Use frozen or raw defrosted pieces. You just throw them into a sheet with seasonings of your choice and you are set. Adding veggies like slices of bell peppers works great in there too. You can do this with other proteins too so the same directions, different night.

Camping Meals for Kids

It isn’t just main meals and veggies that can be made either. Try dessert on there too beyond just smores for not only a sweet treat but a fun activity to do together.

1. Banana smores on the grill or over the fire
2. You can easily make Dutch oven Stew over the fire
3. Dutch Oven Lasagna Recipe
4. How to Make a Reuben Sandwich with a Pie Iron
5. Foil Baked Salmon Recipe with Asparagus
6. Campfire S’mores in a Cone
7. Easy Sloppy Joes recipe here uses just 3 ingredients to make the sauce

Beyond this list we have compiled a much longer list of easy camping recipes and a free printable meal planning sheet that gives you ideas of what to take and cook if you are on a camping trip of up to 7 days and nights!

Of course even if you are just out for a few nights it is helpful to find a few dinner ideas that everyone will love and are easy to prepare. If you haven’t tried camping before you really should, it makes for lots of memories and new fun experiences.

Here is a list of the best vacation spots for kids featuring places we have been as a family and some we have even been to more than once because they were so great.

Make sure you don’t forget anything when you’re packing either, this printable camping checklist should help in your preparations.

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