Best Meals While Boondocking

I use my little gas grill a lot and my Dutch Oven with charcoal. Dutch oven cooking can be a lot like "dump meals" (if you've ever heard of those) - dump everything in the pot and let it cook.

Shepherds Pie, Casseroles, Lasagne, Chilli Con Carne, BBQ lots of stuff, baked potatoes in fire or oven. Prior to boon docking, make up lots of pastry items, like Cornish Pasties, Quiches, Sausage Rolls etc that can be hand held with a serviette once made.

Basically we eat as we always do for the most part Boondocking or not, unless we are going to be boon docking in excess of 2 weeks in one place with no option to empty/refill our tanks and we can with proper management last well over 3 weeks out for 2 of us on our tanks.

downtheroad wrote:
This on a paper plate.....

I don't care WHAT you serve it on, Or WHERE, this guy(or gal) knows how to eat.And agree with korbe on the wine. :p

I like to take some frozen/pre-made stews and soups. Just one pot to heat up and few other dishes. Most RV freezers don't have much space, so we often take an extra cooler with the frozen meals. They will stay frozen a LONG time if you don't open the cooler much.

There are also lots of skillet meals around, using ground beef or canned chicken. If there are chopped vegetables I usually sub canned, or at least pre-cut to avoid the prep mess. You can use dried onion to avoid chopping onions.

downtheroad wrote:
This on a paper plate.....

Wow, I couldn't disagree more. For us, this meal out boondocking will get the full treatment of washables - including a real wine glass...... and the wine from a glass bottle, not from the box. :B

2oldman wrote:
I can't think of any meals besides spaghetti and boiled vegetables that use much water.

I took the question to mean more, what meals don't involve a lot of dishes to make? Multiple separate cooking pans, different utensils, etc.

We never use water to cook while boondocking it.

But if the question is about washing after the meal, we usually start out with the "easy" meals like burgers & hot dogs on the briquets, and chips. Paper plates and soda and beer cans. Not much to wash.

I can't think of any meals besides spaghetti and boiled vegetables that use much water.

We make these in the campfire. You can prepare them at home and freeze them for later consumption:

The ingredients are to prepare one meal. Just multiply to get the total quanity.

1/4# Sirloin cut into 1" cubes
1 potato cut into bite size pieces
3/4 cup sliced carrots
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
1/4 onion, chopped
1 clove of minced garlic
A dash of salt and pepper.
2 Tbs butter or margarine cut into small pieces

Mix the ingredients together. Place on a sheet of aluminum foil and seal into a tight package. Wrap the package in another layer of aluminum foil. Place into refrigerator for no more than two days, or place in a plastic bag if you're going to freeze it.

If you froze the packets, place them in the refrigerator 24 hours before you cook them so they are thawed. Light a campfire or prepare some charcoal until you have a good bed of coals. Place each foil packet on the coals for 12-15 minutes. Flip and cook another 12-15 minutes. Remove from the fire with tongs, place on a paper plate, unwrap and enjoy camper's stew.

Jim

This on a paper plate.....