Are you new to camping cookouts, then check out these make ahead camping recipes which will satisfy even the fussiest eaters, and make you look like a seasoned camping chef in front of everyone else.

Easy make ahead camping recipes

Let’s face it breakfast and lunch are quite easy to make.

For breakfast, you have a bowl of cereal, fruit and yoghurt, simple, tasty, nutritious and full of energy. Lunch is a few sandwiches, wraps and maybe more fruit.

But then comes time for dinner it is something that most campers really cherish. After all, this is the meal that you have after a long day of hiking or activities.

A meal where you sit down when camp is set up, with a fire roaring and a glass or a can of your favourite beverage to mellow you down.

So for this meal you want to have something warm and hearty, something that will not only satisfy your hunger but also your taste buds.

So I might as well get straight into it and share some amazing make ahead camping recipes, which you can prepare before the camp, but also make quite easily while sitting in front of the fire.

Campers’ Sushi

Sushi is a delicacy and people spend a fortune wanting to gobble down a roll or 2. Imagine the looks on people’s faces when you pull out a few rolls and offer them for dinner.

They will look at you as if you were the god of camp cooking. Best of all you can serve these cold or warm and have them premade before you turn up to camp.

• Prepare 1 cup immediate rice with boiling water.
• Cut nori (seaweed rollers for sushi found at worldwide grocers or sections) into quarters
• Place a spoonful of rice on the nori and add a spoonful of tuna from a tin
• Roll the sushi and dip in wasabi, horseradish, or soy sauce (take-out packets).

To warm it up just place it on a pan with oil, cook it on coals, sprinkle some cheese on top and cover the pan up with a lid. Keep checking every few minutes to make sure that they don’t burn.

If you are not into tuna, you can always swap it out with avocados, salmon, eggs, precooked meat. In fact whatever you feel like.

Seafood Pasta.

Another super simple make-ahead cooking recipe that you can prepare at home or while in front of the fire is the Seafood Pasta.

While at camp boil the water on the fire and when the water is boiling throw the pasta in. In the meantime get a pan, put it on coals, use some oil, to cook up the garlic, onions, with salmon or tuna (tinned fish) and a variety of vegetables and once everything is cooked, mix it all together and Bam!

It’s ready.

• Prepare 1/2 plan pasta (fettuccini, tortellini, etc).
• Heat a little bit of olive oil, salt, and garlic with salmon or tuna (foil package).
• Toss with parmesan cheese and Enjoy!

To change it up a bit, add some cream with bacon or tomato paste with tofu.

Holy Grail of 2 min Meals

This is probably the most make ahead cooking recipe that you could think off. You can literally create a few different ziplock bags full of this magical mix and best of all you can add any other dehydrated vegetables and meats to change it up. All you have to do is add water while camping.

• In a small bag toss together
• 3/4 cup instant potatoes.
• 3/4 cup dry stuffing.
• Dried cranberries.
• Beef or turkey jerky pieces.
• Powdered gravy mix.
  When at camp just add boiling water into a pot with your mix and within minutes you can enjoy a hearty meal that will make even the fussiest campers ask for seconds.

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Chick ‘n’ Rice

• Integrate 1 cup immediate rice with 1 1/2 cups boiling water.
• Stir in one package onion soup mix.
• Include 1 small can of chicken.

I go by the “keep it simple, stupid” philosophy. If it’s perfect why change it. Best of all you can have everything ready and throw it together once you have boiled the rice.

To add a bit of crunch just add some vegetables to it.

The Triple CCC (Cous Cous Chicken)

This is probably one of my favorite make ahead camping recipes as it tastes amazing, provides you with plenty of nutrients and fibre and only takes a few moments and hot water to complete.
In a small sandwich bag put together:

• 1 cup instant couscous
• 1 package tomato soup mix.
• Spices (chilli powder, cumin, garlic powder, and whatever else you like).

At camp, pour in  1 1/2 cups boiling water into a pot with everything mixed in and then still the chicken, or salmon, or tofu, or beans once the couscous is cooked.

Cous Cous Salad

This one is probably the simplest meal you can make

• 1/2 bag of couscous
• Chopped up veggies +nuts of your liking
• Sundried tomatoes chopped up

Boil couscous then add all the vegetables and sundried tomatoes and finally stir the oil plus salt into the mixture.

You end up with a healthy quick and tasty meal in a matter of moments.

Some Make ahead camping recipes snacks

During your day, you might find that your energy is low. You don’t necessarily need a decent meal but something you can quickly munch on to get as much energy as possible.

Check out the best trail mixes you can possibly make to sustain your energy throughout the day.

Trail Snack Perfection

• 2/3 cup dried apricots
• 2/3 cup dried cherries
• 2/3 cup dried blueberries
• 2/3 cup almonds
• 2/3 cup peanuts
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips

Hell Fire Trail Snack

Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a frying pan. Brown 2 cups puffed rice cereal and 2 cups raisin bran, stirring continuously.

Spread out the cereal on a flat pan and cook at 250 C° for 30 minutes. Toss cooled cereal with:.

• 1/2 cup Spanish peanuts
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup dried dates.
• 1/4 cup dried jalapeno slices
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/4 tsp cumin
• 2 Tbsp sugar

Once again, the best thing about camping is not the make ahead camping recipes you can prepare ahead of time, but the meals you just improvise while outdoors.

But if you are not so much into cooking, these meals will make everyone jealous and begging you for more. Keep these in your arsenal so that you can impress even the fussiest eaters