Tasty Camping Recipes that Are Super Easy to Make

Camping is the perfect time for easy no-cook and grilled meals for the family. The simplest options are best when spending time in the outdoors. Luckily, there are dozens of recipes that can be make with minimal fuss to satisfy your hunger after a busy day in the wilderness.

Be Prepared

Your food supplies will be important while camping because you may not want to take a break from your vacation to run to the nearest store, which can be many miles away. Bring along ready-to-eat snacks that you have prepared at home in addition to your standard cooking supplies. A good knife is a necessity if you plan on eating freshly caught fish. You can look for an authorized Benchmade knife dealer to find a knife that will fit your camping needs perfectly. Don't forget the pans and ingredients such as oil, salt, pepper, cornmeal, fruits and vegetables, and plenty of ice.

Prep Ahead Snacks

Snacks are the simplest types of foods to make while camping if you bring along a few necessary ingredients. For example, you can spice up plain oyster style crackers with dried ranch dressing powder, dill, and garlic. Simply mix the spices and dressing mix according to your tastes while baking the crackers with one-fourth a cup of oil. After baking the crackers to a golden brown, toss them into the seasoning mix for a simple snack.

Fresh Fish

Fresh fish can be fried or baked, whichever option suits your personal tastes best. Baked fish can be wrapped in tin foil with your choice of vegetables, herbs, and salt and pepper and then thrown on red hot coals until it is fork tender for the simplest dish possible.

For a fish fry, use fresh lemon juice and coat each piece of fish in seasoned cornmeal, then fry as usual. Fried fish can be made with hush puppies and fresh coleslaw for a delicious one pot meal that is both simple and filling.

Burgers and Grilled Vegetables

Nothing is more comforting than the classic American meal of burgers and hot dogs. To make your burgers extra special, blend your favorite herbs or cheese into the meat before cooking. You can also grill any vegetable by wrapping it in tin foil to prevent burning. Salt and pepper your vegetables before cooking, or add your favorite seasoning. Fish can also be grilled, but can flake apart if you aren't careful. Brush the grill with a nonstick grilling spray before cooking, or wrap the fish in tin foil with lemon and herbs for a healthy alternative to burgers.

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Freeze Dried Foods That Taste Like Real Food

If you’re looking for an easy, convenient way to store a large amount of food in a small area, emergency freeze-dried food is one of the best options available today. Unlike traditionally survival foods, the freeze-dried process allows easy hydration. Just pour water over the food, allow it to sit for a few minutes and it’s ready to eat or use in your favorite food storage recipes.

The freeze-dried process doesn’t cause food to lose its flavor or take on a funny taste as other dried foods do. Freeze-dried blueberries or green and red sweet pepper flakes will plump up and taste exactly like real blueberries and bell peppers do. You won’t be able to tell the difference. That makes single-serving or two-serving pouches of stew, pasta or scrambled eggs a great alternative for camping or hunting trips as well as food storage items such as milk or fruit.

Freeze-dried meals begin with fresh ingredients that are prepared into each specific meal before drying. Fresh ingredients or prepared meals are then flash frozen. The process uses lower heat than traditional drying methods and a special freezing process that allows the emergency freeze-dried food to retain its original taste. These foods taste exactly like you had fixed them at home yourself because they have been. That holds true for sugar and shredded cheese as well as for soups and stews.

Other types of dried meals don’t prepare the meal ahead of time. They take dried ingredients purchased from a wide variety of companies and then package them all together. Traditional drying practices use high heat that affects a food’s color, texture, flavor and nutrients. In addition, standard dried foods also require you to simmer the food in boiling water for several minutes in order to hydrate it. That can be problematic if fuel is an issue and will affect the taste and nutrients of the finished dish.

Freeze-drying locks in the freshness of the food. These foods retain the vibrant color, texture, shape and smell of the original frozen product. That makes emergency food a viable option for short-term storage to protect your family against temporary financial setbacks as well as your long-term goals. When dealing with situations such as unemployment or a strained budget, you can feel confident that your family will continue to be well fed when you depend on tasty, freeze-dried foods to meet your short or long-term needs.

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3 Gluten Free Party Snack Ideas

When it comes to parties and social gatherings, food is almost always a must. When you are hosting such an event, the task of choosing the right refreshments for the event and guests falls squarely on you. Some events are trimmed out with gourmet meat samples. Others offer guests freeze dried meals and regional-themed appetizers.

For this particular assembly, we will be offering our guests gluten-free party snacks. Gluten-free foods contain no gluten, an animal-related byproduct, and will be perfect for the expected guests. We hold forth three, savory, gluten-free, party snacks that are sure to satisfy even your most discerning guests. And of course, be sure your ingredients are all labeled as gluten-free products.

Sticky Wings

Chicken wings are a staple at many different events, and for great reason; everyone loves them. These wings are 100% gluten-free and teriyaki-terrific. Have plenty ready for the requests for more.

Ingredients

• 3-pounds chicken wings (drummettes)
• 2-teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
• 1/2-cup San J Gluten-Free Teriyaki Sauce
• 1/2-cup honey

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 475 and line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil.
2. Combine the honey and teriyaki sauce and pour half of mixture into a large bowl.
3. Add all chicken wings to sauce portion in bowl, being sure to thoroughly coat all.
4. Place chicken wings on baking sheets and place in oven for 20-minutes.
5. Discard of remaining marinade.
6. Take 2-tablespoons of remaining bowl-dipping mixture and brush onto wings after the 20-minutes of cooking and flip-over of all wings.
7. Cook for 2 more minutes and remove from oven.
8. Sprinkle wings with sesame seeds.
9. Use original, non-dipped sauce portion for guest dipping.

Lettuce Tuna Wraps

Lettuce and tuna combine for a simplistic, healthy, yet tasty, gluten-free snack. This pays great compliment to sticky wings.

Ingredients

• 1-head iceberg lettuce
• 8 4-ounce cans of tuna
• 1-roll cooking twine

Directions

1. Separate lettuce into individual leaves
2. Set leaves perpendicular on top of 2 4-inch string sections each.
3. Open tuna cans, thoroughly draining away water, and place all tuna in bowl.
4. Stir and mash tuna to finer consistency.
5. Add tuna long-ways, down the middle of each lettuce leaf.
6. Roll leaves around tuna, and at conclusion of each wrap, tie both strings around to secure wrap. Strings should be 2-inches from each end of wrap.
7. Cut each wrap in middle creating two wraps, each with its own string.

Dried Fruit and Nuts

Follow up with a popular favorite – a semi-sweet treat of dried fruit and nuts.

Ingredients

• Dried Fruits and Nuts
• Serving container of your choice

Directions

1. Simply portion dried fruit and nut mixture into pre-chosen serving containers.
2. Serve to guests and enjoy their enjoyment.
3. These three, gluten-free, party snack ideas are sure to please the crowd. Now, what for drinks?

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