Camp Cooking ideas??

Check out the cookbook in the members file page, lots of good recipes.

Do a search in the archives. Been heaps of posts on good tucker to make in the bush.
Good luck with it

Why can't you cook what you cook at home? It's not hard to take herbs and spices, fresh vege etc esp if it's for short jaunts. Camping doesn't mean you have to eat differently.

Carbs - instant couscous is definitely the way to go. Just cover in boiling water, then let it sit for 5 or 10 min, and re-heat when you're ready to serve it.

- rice & pasta aren't really hard to handle while camping either.

Vegies - think about what sort to take. Zuchinni, cucumber, carrots, onions, etc travel pretty well. Really consider whether you need fresh tomatoes, etc Are they worth the hassle?

Hi Scoey

Its a big subject and theres to many undriven tracks out there for us to
get into eating animal products un-necessarily, so understand GF issue
espically as that diet tends to have them spending more time in often inadequate loo's.
Sometimes vehicles are noisier and more uncomfortable than need be as well.

Add it all up and it can be a turn off.

For a food suggestion try something along the following lines.

First find a vegetable pastie type thing you both like - you can get quite a variety
of decent size frozen stuff from supermarket.
These keep well and only require heating and become the meals centre
point or in your case meat substitute.

To add bulk use Deb perhaps with dried peas, this can be worked out such
that you re-hydrate them with just enough water for the deb you add making
an easy 1 pot item.

Add goodness by using tomatoes/mushies/onions/carrots/capiscum etc
all of which are cut up and are not cooked.

Variations of above can cover all needs including the physcological and
nutrion requirements of most camping trips - provided they
come with a glass of chardonay.

Robin Miller

What's wrong with Baked Beans and as a side dish on buttered toast, absolutly fantastic.

I always pre cook a few meals like stews, curries, bolagnaise sauce and that sort of slop and take it frozen. Just chuck it in the camp oven and boil up some rice or spaghetti at tea time!
Keeps the Mrs. and kids off my back!
Infact its even easy enough for her to do!
Cheers

Dress up salads and sandwich filliings in Pita Bread , pocket bread or a variety of the numerous bread and unleavened bread 'wraps' . Add some mayo' or dressing and sell it as an epicurian delight . Don't forget some of the more exotic garnishes soch as capers , anchovies , smoked oysters , stuffed olives and sweet chillie cream cheeses . Super easy to prepare and no washing up .

Don't forget some of the dried soup mixes. Not the powdered stuff, split pea (can add a bit of bacon), Italian soup mix and lentil. Good with a damper.

I think she is about a bit of variety and maybe not having a big meal each time.

We usually lunch on nice cheeses and crackers with maybe some sort of dip or sun dried tomatoes in oil. Easy to get out and a pleasure to eat. I can still remember lunch on the Bunya Cliffs with some Canadian friends.

If You really do go bush there's a choice of Mud crab,Cherrubin,Redclaw, Oysters,Barramundi,Wild pig,Duck,and if that fails you can go to the sardines and baked beans.

You really can do quite a bit to impres the girls if you want.
On our shorter tours, we like to have a linen tablecloth. It makes all the difference, candles help as well.

An exaple of out italian menu is a good one

Buy some tapenade (olive paste) bring some bread and garlic cloves. or some roma tomatoes, bocconchini and pesto on bread is great.

Bring some pre-cooked pasta sauce and your choice of pasta..I prefer Gnochi (potato dumplings), Desert can be parfait prepare at home and frozen in the freezer. Add some pasionfruit pulp and you have instant magic.

Try to do as much as you can at home and make it special.

You will be on a winner