Roy&Lynne wrote:
Camping isn't the time to try anything new, it really isn't. Think about what the family likes and make double while at home and freeze it. Open and thaw is always a easy meal.
Do you guys ever get those cooked chickens at the store Costco has them for less than $5. Try to get 2 meals from one. We usually have legs and thighs one night, sliced breast for a second night with hot gravy. Sometimes I can get enough left to dice and put over a green tossed salad.
Grilled Cheese and Tomato soup is an easy fix.
If you like chili, you can have it one night and chili dogs another or chili burgers.
Stir fries are easy, I usually use kielbasa, onion, mushrooms, peppers, and you can serve it over those rice packets of already cooked rice.
Breakfast is usually oatmeal and chopped up stuff. I've added bananas, dried fruit, diced apples and I nuke it in the microwave.
On special days I might have a fried egg and cheese sandwich, or scrambled egg and cheese burrito.
Happy travels
Going to disagree a bit about cooking something different whilst camping. I always plan one meal(for adults only trips generally)like say a paella that is not a dish I would normally cook at home. We are pretty adventurous when it comes to eating so it works fine for us and gives us something special to look forward to away from home.
I love eating in restaurants what with having earned parts of my life's salary in 'em but am not a fan of most chain restaurants so bypass them as much as possible and use the saved money on some regionally acclaimed food or restaurant instead.
Never had Costco's cooked chicken (hot roasted/rotisserie?)but love getting a supermarket rotisserie chicken late in the day (often a few bucks cheaper;)) to play with at times. I tend towards the bird that is garlic roasted since that's one less seasoning I need to add. Really easy to add a glaze to the chicken as it re heats and change the flavour around. 1 bird generally equals a dinner plus lunch for 2 adults on this end.
Never tried the pre cooked rice packets since I tend to make double the amt of rice needed at home and freeze the remainder. Nice for rice pudding, tuna and mint salad, and fried rice among other possibilities.
