Campfire cooking is one of my favorite parts of camping. Here’s a few of my favorites:
Kabobs with chicken, zucchini peppers,onion,mushrooms
Corn on the cob - I cook them in the husk after a soak in water. They come out a little charred and taste amazing.
Potatoes, garlic and onions sealed in heavy foil with too much butter. I throw it right on hot coals for a long time.
Maybe I’m a sucker, but mac and cheese will always be a favorite on the trail or so home.
To feed a lot, spaghetti goes the distance. I like some good brats - if frozen solid they act as an ice pack on day 1. But my favourite… what makes a good camp out , is breakfast. Eggs scrambled , lots of Vermont maple sausage, all the grease and butter then to toast and perk pot death wish sludge. Soooo good
I’ve only made pizza this way once, halfway through a week long canoeing/camping trip. but it was amazing. Not too fancy, but delicious nonetheless. A lot of weight to carry for 3-4 days, but a drop in the bucket when you’re in a canoe. Heavy rain started just before dinner, so we used the aluminum canoe as a lean-to to protect the fire:
Homemade tomato-based sauce dehydrated into a flaky powder and reconstituted on the day using filtered lake water
Dehydrated mozzarella similarly reconstituted
Store-bought, pre-made crusts
Pepperoni
Baked over coals on a wire rack (no direct flames)
MREs all day any day. Lasagna is top tier
Tortellini with shrimp and tomato sauce (we use frozen shrimp), grilled fish, and basically any stir-fried food.
Can’t go wrong with a nice steak! A pain without a grill though.
I used to take bread, burger meat, onions, and sweet peppers and put them all in a pie iron.
We called it hillbilly meat pie. Honestly writing this makes me want to make one again lmao
