Preparing and cooking food while camping\ncan be a chore, carrying and storing the ingredients, making a fire and then\ncooking the food can all be a drain when all you want to do is enjoy yourself.\nThis is why most people when out camping use the simplest of recipes that often\nlead to the blandest of meals, just to get them through the days and nights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it doesn\u2019t have to be that way, you\ncan use clever camping hacks to store your food in different ways, prepare your\nfood in advance and produce tasty meals that do not have to be a grind to cook.\nIt takes some ingenuity and forward thinking, but if you plan everything,\npreparing and cooking the food can be as much as an adventure as camping\nitself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we go along in this article you will master the best camping food hacks to impress your friends and family while out on your adventures, either with traditional tent camping or out in a camper van<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It might seem obvious to some people, but plastic Ziploc bags<\/strong><\/a> will keep your ingredients fresh and save you a whole lot of space when carrying and storing things while camping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bags being plastic might not be the\nmost ecological way to store things, but you can reuse them multiple times. You\ncan also clean them (Clean them well!) and use different ingredients inside\nthem. When you are finished, you can always recycle them to make yourself feel\nbetter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the most simple inventions can be\nthe most helpful and rewarding and a ziplock bag can be used for anything while\nout camping, but especially with food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using a Ziploc bag instead of the\noriginal packaging will save you a great deal of space. Instead of that big\ncylindrical tin for your coffee, why not put your coffee in a Ziploc? Therefore\nyour coffee stays fresh and you don\u2019t have to carry around cumbersome packaging\nand tins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, coffee is only one example,\nyou can store tea bags, tissues, cutlery and a whole host of other things. The\nbeauty of a ziplock bag is that it will keep things fresh, clean and tidy which\nis perfect for camping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use Ziploc bags to portion out your\ningredients so that you can prepare meals quickly and efficiently. This means\nyou do not waste food and you can make sure you have enough food for your whole\ncamping trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can even put whisked eggs in a Ziplock bag (As long as you keep them cool) so that you can easily make an omelet or scrambled eggs for breakfast. It also means you don\u2019t have to carry whole eggs around, which will be nearly impossible unless you are driving around in a camper van<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the things we like to do is create meal bags, where you place a mix of seasoning, marinated chicken etc in a bag and then you just need to pour it all into a pot to cook when needed. These meal bags, save time with preparation when you are tired from a long day trekking and having fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tin foil is so versatile, it is the ultimate\ncamping food hack. You can pretty much cook anything in tin foil and it will\ncome out very tasty and all you have to do is leave it to cook. Whatever is\ncovered by the foil will either cook in its own juices or from whatever you\nhave marinated it in, like Olive oil for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will see many instances of food later on\nin this article that will use foil as the main way of cooking the food, so it\nis imperative that you bring some foil along with you on your camping trip. You\ncan wrap food in the foil and add it directly to the fire or create a baking\ntray to cook things on a grill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember to dispose of any foil you use\nresponsibly, it can be very dangerous for any wildlife in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have already mentioned the ziplock\nbags and how versatile they are, and here is how you can put it into action.\nMix up some eggs, add different ingredients to your liking, zip up and wait\nuntil morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All you have to do is empty the contents\ninto a pan and get a simple, yet tasty omelet for your breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just for some inspiration, we like to add\nsome tiny cubes of ham, with chives and a little onion to our omelet mix to\nmake as the main component of our morning breakfast while camping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So the key to a great camping food hack is simplicity, fun and it needs to be tasty. Making your own banana boat hits all three of those descriptions. Your tastebuds will be thanking you later for the dessert you are about to eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All you need are some peeled whole\nbananas, slice them lengthways and then fill with chocolate chips and\nmarshmallows. Wrap them in tin foil (as mentioned above) and cook until the\nmarshmallow and chocolate chips are melted and gooey. Grab yourself a spoon and\ntuck into one of the best camping desserts you are ever going to taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now so far we made something for breakfast and a dessert, but missed out the main meal?! So here we are, everybody loves pasta and cheese, you can\u2019t go wrong. So this easy to use Mac n Cheese<\/strong><\/a> recipe is ideal for camping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hack comes into the form of the tin\nfoil again as usually Mac n Cheese is cooked in an oven, but if you use foil\nand place just over the fire, it can cook you up a really nice camping Mac n\nCheese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the recipe link, it uses pie trays,\nbut you can easily fashion a tray from your roll of tin foil, or if you are\nfeeling particularly lazy, you can just wrap the Mac n Cheese into a ball with\nthe foil, if you are not worried about presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now this one is a great space saver while you are out camping and an ingenious hack to cook muffins<\/strong><\/a> using a campfire. All you need is some muffin mix and some oranges, then you have everything you need to cook your muffins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you need some Vitamin C, get your\norange and chop it in half, scoop out the orange and either make some juice or\neat it. But remember to keep the hollowed out peel, as this will create your\nmuffin casing for cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is best to use the fresh peel rather\nthan letting it dry out, but it doesn\u2019t really matter. Using the freshly cut\npeel will add a hint of orange to your muffins that will give it its extra\nflavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now pour the muffin mixture into the\nhollowed out orange halves and put on top of a camping grill and wait until\nthey have risen and are cooked to your liking. You can then eat straight away,\nor store in your bag while trekking to have a much-needed snack before meal\ntimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We all love a hotdog, but although you can stick a hotdog on a stick and cook over the campfire, it can often lead to unevenly cooked or charred hotdogs. With this technique, you can add a few extra ingredients like cheese and bacon and make perfect hotdogs<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>that taste amazing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, you will need to use foil again for\nthis recipe, but before that get the hotdog and wrap it in cheese (Strips of\nsandwich cheese is ideal for preparation, but any cheese will do), then strips\nof bacon. Then put the hotdog in foil and place onto the fire, remembering to\nturn every so often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The beauty of this is that the hotdog\nwill cook in its own juices and the cheese will melt, while the bacon gets all\nnice and crispy to create a mouthwatering snack to enjoy with your camping\nbuddies around the campfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now you know what and how to cook, we would\nlike to point out some great tools that will help you with your camping food\nhacks. These tools will make your life easier when preparing and cooking your\nfood and you may actually enjoy the cooking part of camping more than the\ntrekking and adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The omelet you made earlier needs some accompaniment at breakfast time, what could be better than some nice toast with your choice of topping. With the Camping toaster<\/strong><\/a>, you can make multiple slices of toast to have with your breakfast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n No more burnt toast prodded with a stick over\nthe fire, no more cold slices of toast while cooking each slice of toast\nseparately. You can place up to 4 slices of toast on this apparatus, which\nconnects to a gas stove. So you can get 4 slices of evenly cooked toast in a\nmatter of minutes to have with your meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are out camping sometimes it is not practical to take a big cooler with you, but if you are going to be at the same campsite for the whole duration of your visit or are investing in a camper van<\/strong><\/a>, then you need to get yourself a cooler<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The coolers we have linked to are not\njust your average coolers, they supply the coolers that you have dreams about.\nThe Cooler comes with Bluetooth speakers, power charging, plates, and utensils.\nA cutting board and bottle openers are all also included, so you get everything\nyou need for the perfect party around the campfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A lot of people associate coolers with\nalcohol, but if you want to cook meat across your camping holiday, you will\nneed to be able to store it in a cool place to keep it fresh and edible. So\ninvesting in a cooler is imperative and it also helps if it does a lot of other\njobs for you as these coolers can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Ziploc bags<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Space Saving is key while camping<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Portion control<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2. Tin foil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. Omelet in a bag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
4. Banana Boats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
5. Mac n Cheese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
6. Muffins cooked in Orange peels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
7. Cheesy bacon Hot dogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Camping tools to help you with your cooking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Camping Toaster<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Get yourself a cooler<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Portable espresso maker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n