Camping Dinners - 7 Foil Cooking Recipes

Somehow food tastes much best outdoors. Maybe it's the crisp and fresh air. Maybe my appetite is bigger. Maybe it's being able to eat without being interrupted by the phone!

The only drawback to camping cooking is establishment and cleaning up. I don't like cooking multi-step recipes or scrubbing smoke-stained dishes in less than sufficient dishpans after the meal when I can be watching the sunset.

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That is why my popular cooking 'pot' is aluminum foil.

Camping Dinners - 7 Foil Cooking Recipes

Foil cooking allows you to prepare delicous meals in the coals of your campfire and have nothing to wash when supper is over! Below are 7 of my popular foil wrap recipes. But first let's go over the basics of tin foil cooking:

Use heavy-duty foil so you don't burn the food and so the packet doesn't tear.Use assembly-line technique, not one foil packet at a time. EPut some butter in the packet so your food won't stick to the packet.Sprinkle seasonings generously. It makes others think you are a pro at this.Double-seal by folding twice to keep the moisture in. When you fold leave air room for heat circulation inside.Don't cook foil packets over roaring fire. A small fire or white hot coals is better.
Tip: For first night, prepare the foil packets at home. When you get to camp, just toss them on the coals.

Here are 7 foil packet recipes: Note: depending on how hot the coals are, it takes ordinarily 20-30 minutes, less for fish or pre-cooked items. Turn every 5 minutes.

Recipe 1. Ham & Sweet Potato

- 1 slice of pre-cooked ham (this can be fresh or canned)

- 1 serving canned yams (about 3 pieces)

- 1 or 2 canned pineapple rings

- 1 to 2 tablespoons of brown sugar

- 1/2 tablespoon butter

Recipe 2. Chicken Potato Packets

- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

- 4 medium red potatoes, cut in 1/2-inch cubes

- 2 cups frozen green peas

- 1 jar (12 oz.) chicken gravy

- 1 teaspoon salt

- ½ teaspoon dried thyme

- 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Recipe 3. Baby back pork ribs

- 3 pounds baby back pork ribs

- 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar

- 1 tablespoon paprika

- 2 teaspoons garlic powder

- 1 ½ teaspoons pepper

- ½ cup water

- 1 ½ cups barbecue sauce

Or just purchase a packet of ready-to-heat Lloyds Barbecue Ribs

Recipe 4. Tuscan Sword Fish

- 1 can (15 oz.) Great Northern or cannellini beans, rinsed, drained

- 1 medium tomato, chopped

- 2 tablespoons ready pesto, divided

- 2 swordfish steaks (4 to 6 oz. Each)

- 2 teaspoons lemon juice

- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper

- 2 lemon slices

Recipe 5. Shrimp Jambalaya Packets

- 1 pound peeled and de-veined medium uncooked shrimp

- 4 cups cooked rice

- ½ pound smoked sausage, sliced

- 1 can (14 1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes with garlic and onions

- 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped

- 3 to 4 teaspoons dried Cajun seasoning

- 1 teaspoon hot sauce

Recipe 6 Mexican Pork Packets

- 4 boneless pork chops, about 1/2-inch thick

- 1 teaspoon chili powder

- 1 cup medium chunky salsa

- 1 can (15 1/4 oz.) whole kernel corn, drained Or 1 holder (10 oz.) frozen whole kernel corn

- ½ cup chopped green bell pepper

Recipe 7 Cranberry Apple Sweet Potatoes

- 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices

- 2 Granny Smith or Golden delicious apples, cored, thinly sliced in rings

- ½ cup dried cranberries

- 3 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted

- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Have fun foil cooking. Open the foil thought about to avoid a burst of hot steam .

For foil sweetmeat recipes, watch a video of how to assemble campfire banana boat and other foil-wrapped sweetmeat recipes [http://www.joyofcamping.com/camping-tips/campfire-smores-banana-split].

Camping Dinners - 7 Foil Cooking Recipes

Foods For Camping, No Cooking, No Refrigeration!

As I sit here, I ask myself, do I write an record or a list? Do I list the names or just write an in-depth story about camping foods? Or can I make my list into an article.  I will do both and all, so here we go.    I have been camping many times over the past few years.  And though I do not consider myself a camping expert, I do feel that I have some great helpful hints for campers in the areas of food, hiking, putting up tents, selecting and purchasing tents and other ideas.  So, I will write a series of articles about camping, camping helpful hints, and other associated items associated to camping, backpacking, hiking, and campfires, and the rest.   This record that I write here at this moment is totally dedicated to foods.  However, the record is geared to foods that you can take camping when you do not want to start fires, make campfires, or lug any cooking equipment.  Yes, you can camp out without the fire and without the charcoal and without finding firewood.  That does make camping easier for everybody and it lightens your pack.  The suspect your pack is lighter is because each day as you eat, you have less in your pack, and you are not carrying matches, starter fluid, charcoal or other associated items.   So now that I have explained myself, here is my list: 

Foods for a Fire-free camping excursion: 

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Grains: 

Foods For Camping, No Cooking, No Refrigeration!

Nuts, rice cakes, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, already-popped popcorn, melba toast, dry cereals,  saltine, ritz or other crackers, corn nuts, potato sticks in cans, all sorts of chips, and crackers
Cans: 

tuna, canned meat such as vienna sausages --these are yummy when cold or you can set them out in the sun for a while, garbanza beans, sliced potatoes, peas
Other: 

any range of breads or crackers, rice cakes, mini-rice cakes, raisens, prunes, dried fruits, apple dippers, health food crackers and snacks dried fruit rolls or fruit wraps peanut butter and jelly, sandwiches laughing cow cheese, bon bell cheese  --neither of these need refrigeration or cooking grated cheeses by the chunk or grated candies, chocolate, juices or milks in the parma packs  ; none of these need refrigeration pickles, all sorts of pickles
Others: 

fresh fruits and vegetables such as carrots, apples, oranges, pea pods, grapefruits, watermelons, melons, pears, chinese apples, and pomegranates, and more Loaves of Italian bread, sliced breads, Rice (see explanation below) whatever else you have that does not need refrigeration or cooking
There is your list. You can pack any and all of that and avoid cooking and avoid needing ice or refrigeration.  Now for the rice.  purchase itsybitsy rice.   You can soak itsybitsy rice in water out in the sun and have nice hot rice for your meal.  It works, try it.  Put the rice in a plastic clear package with some warm water.  Leave it out in the sun, and you will have hot cooked rice.  You can even just put it in water and you do not even need the sun , as long as it is itsybitsy rice. 

Hope this helps you.   Write with your own suggestions; I would love to hear them. 

I created this record on May 25, 2008.

Foods For Camping, No Cooking, No Refrigeration!