4 delicious camping recipes

Enjoying the great outdoors and the fresh air can really work up an appetite, but “roughing it” doesn’t mean that you can’t eat well.

The first ingredient for a delicious camping meal is a proper heat source.

Open fire

• If you’re using wood for campfire cooking, it must burn clean.
• Use dry wood.
• Never strip trees of green wood as this may cause your fire to be smoky.
• Place a large flat rock at the back of your fire pit. This is called a “chimney rock,” which will direct any smoke away from you and your food.
• Be sure to start with kindling to get a nice blaze going. Then, add larger pieces of wood.
• Eventually, you’ll have coal, which is perfect for cooking.

Camp stove: 

• These are highly efficient, (you can get a pot of boiling water going in just minutes), and they’re better for the environment.
• From a small, single-burner stove to a double burner (much heavier and recommended for car camping not back-country use), these are both great options.

• Bannock bread: This is a meal unto itself. To make it, you’ll need:
  • 2 ½ cups of flour
  • 2 tsp of baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • a sprinkle of sugar
  • 2 ½ tbsp of oil
  • 2/3 of a cup of warm water.
• Put everything but the water into a bowl, kneading until crumbly. Slowly add water. Keep kneading until soft. Don’t add more water! Wrap a few handfuls around the ends of sticks (hard wood), making sure the dough is well attached. Cook over coals for 10 – 12 minutes. Or, you can just buy it premixed at a camping store.Check the cooking instructions.
• Yummy fish: Fillet your fish and put it inside heavy duty foil.
  • Add garlic, dill, lemon, a bit of olive oil, tomatoes and thinly sliced red peppers.
  • Seal the foil tightly and place your catch (even if you did just buy at the supermarket) on the coals for about 10 - 15 minutes.
• Hot stew: Easy and mess free, this is your “go-to” for a delicious, nutritious hot meal.
  • On a large piece of heavy duty foil, crumble hamburger and top with diced potatoes, onions and any other vegetable you have.
  • Sprinkle with salt and pepper, adding a teaspoon of butter/margarine on top.
  • Wrap tightly and place on coals until done. Add ketchup or hot sauce, and enjoy.
• Baked apples: Make a hole in an apple to get rid of the core and seeds.
  • Put the apple on a piece of heavy duty foil.
  • Mix sugar and cinnamon into a small bowl and pour it into the hole of the apple.
  • Wrap the tinfoil around the apple.
  • Cook over coals for 10-15 minutes.
  • Let cool, and enjoy a tasty, soft apple wrapped in apple skin.

Camping shouldn't mean a week of terrible meals. With the right gear and a few recipes, you can enjoy yourself and everything you eat.