Quick meal ideas for late night arrival?

[kelly94942]

I love cooking and take advantage of time in the RV with friends and family to make somewhat elaborate meals. But when we somewhere arrive Friday evening after work (sometimes around 8 PM if we had to work late and/or are going to a park a few hours away), I want something FAST!!! This recipe for sausage and potatoes has been great lately, but I'd love other ideas too. What do you make when you arrive somewhere late?

[sfd4sew]

We usually go with hot dogs and burgers on the grill with some pre-homemade mac salad. On this last trip my wife picked up some tombstone pizzas on sale and threw them in the freezer before we left. After we set up camp we were both sitting enjoying a cold one and decided that neither of us felt like lighting the grill so the pizzas worked out nice. We can only fit one at a time in the oven but when they only take 7 minutes, the first one barely cooled before the second was done. Worked out well for us and cleanup was minimal. We had more time to sit and enjoy a cold one

[ottor]

Super easy and quick - Create a hand made
patty of burger, brown it up, and throw a can of Chili over the top. - Grated cheese is optional, but pre chopped onion isn't. Add 1 or 2 Pepsid Complete tabs, and you've filled up and ready for bed.

[reinita]

A quick note of thanks as I sit down to plan 10 days of meals since we'll be in a relatively remote area with no car (we have a class c and bikes).
My contribution: precooked taco meat makes for quick nachos with toppings. I also often precook pasta so I just need to warm up frozen meatballs and sauce, plus rolls and a salad. Grilled cheese and soup is always popular.
Sometimes, I just make frozen pizzas in the microwave (but like I said, we have an RV).

[wif]

BBQ'd burgers or dogs washed down with a couple rums or beers, then out to see who we can visit!

[RoadLife]

I almost forgot my absolute favorite. French Baguette, an array of cheeses, pate, fruit (sliced apples, grapes) and a bottle of wine. No cooking, just a bit of slicing and pulling the cork out.

[Silver_Knight]

Frito pie is always a crowd pleaser and super quick with home-made chili that is made ahead of time.

[BigBlockFord]

Stew or chili with rolls in the fall & winter; marinated flank steak sliced up for sammiches or burritos in the spring and summer. Both can be made at home, then chucked in Tupperware for the drive. Normally fire up the stove set to low immediately upon getting parked. This lets the dinner start to get warm when I'm outside with the dogs/family... Doing the final leveling, deploying camp chairs, setting up the BBQ etc...

[RoadLife]

A bagged Caesar salad and Boneless pork loin chops or chicken or shrimp cooked in the electric skillet or on the grill.

[ddndoug]

Even if we don't arrive late our traditional 1st night dinner is hot dogs roasted over the campfire.

And before the flame wars start... It's not a "smokey fire". :B

Doug

[billkaufmann]

RayUSMC wrote:
Beer and a chili burger.

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[hapiour]

I usually make homemade chicken salad and pimento cheese for sandwiches. I keep hotdogs and homemade chili from the freezer handy for chili dogs. My DD is Gluten intolerant so we have to be careful eating out. Most fast food places do not offer GF. HAPPY CAMPING!!

[MillicentLake]

I seek out the microwavable "single serve" tubs of Hormel Chili (no beans) -- of all places Kmart often has them. They're actually more than one serving unless you are starved and go well with hot dogs or just alone with a few crackers. I like the micro tubs becuase they can just be rinsed out and recycled; no dirty pan to wash.

Another alternative would be to get some good sliced roast beef, ham and/or turkey from a deli en route, crusty bread, butter, mustard and mayo and let everyone make his/her own sandwich. A jar of pickles, a few olives, baby carrots and chips -- easy and filling. Heat up vegetable beef or tomato soup and drink from mugs -- or French Onion soup for dunking the beef sandwiches.

[bsbeedub]

Since it's a late arrival and we ALWAYS have a fire, the first night is the best night to have hot dogs cooked on our long forks over that open fire. Some type of chip to go with it and we're happy.

[Pop-Pop_C]

MillicentLake wrote:
Does it have to be a hot meal? Otherwise just take some deli items & cut-up veggies to make sandwiches, a chef's salad or a snack plate when you get there.

Could you make rigatoni with pasta sauce at home, put in a large plastic bag and heat with a loaf of garlic bread? Or pre-cook baked potatoes in your oven and micro upon arrival, with sour cream, bacon crumbles and butter? How about a sliced ham, with a pre-cooked container of au gratin potatoes?

Take pre-cooked bacon (cook it yourself at home, in the oven, rather than the tasteless cooked packaged stuff) or ham and whip up scrambled eggs upon arrival, with toast?

I like the pasta Ina bag thing. I am a pasta lover!!!!