Official Camping Recipe Thread!

[PenskeSth1]

I got this Fix it and forget-it 5 ingredient favorites comforting slow-cooker recipes cook book off of QVC and it has some wonderful recipes in it and they are ALL so easy. So far all the dishes I have tried have been very good.

One of my favorites is "Chicken Broccoli Alfredo"
Makes 4 servings....Prep time 30 min. Cooking time 1-2 hours

8oz. pkg, noodles, or spaghetti (half a 16 oz. pkg.)
1 1/2 cups of fresh or frozen broccoli
1 lb. uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed.
10 oz. can of cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup grated mild cheddar cheese

1. cook noodles according to package directions, adding broccoli during the last 4 minutes of the cooking time.
Drain
2. Saute the chicken in a non-stick skillet, or in the microwave, until no longer pink in the center.
3. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.
4. Cover and cook on low 1-2 hours, or until heated through and until cheese is melted.

 

[idgystripes]

This is a great thread! I'm glad I stumbled across it. I've got some catching up to do! Thanks for all the great ideas!!!

 

[DznyDreamz]

This IS a great thread. I am not going camping, but those crock pot dinners come in so handy with working a full day and having a kid to feed.

I put either a pork tenderloin or chops in my crock pot (usually brown first on the stove, but I am not sure it actually makes a difference) and then add a can of chicken stock. Let it cook for several hours and it will pull apart. Then I add in a bottle of BBQ sauce (depending on the taste of the sauce I may add some spices) to warm and serve over nice buns for a yummy pulled pork sandwich. Serve with baked beans and cole slaw. Easy and good!

 

[des1954]

Skillet AuGratin Casserole​

1lb fully cooked kielbasa - cut into 1/2 inch circles
1 medium onion, diced
1 4.9oz package AuGratin Potatoes
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
2 1/3c water
2/3 c milk
1 Tbs Margarine or Butter
1 16oz package of frozen, mixed vegetables​

Directions:​

In a large skillet cook kielbasa & onion together until sausage is browned and onion is tender.​

Add potato slices and seasoning envelope; milk; water; margarine; cayenne pepper; stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer ten minutes, stirring occasionally.​

Add frozen veggies, mix well, and simmer 10-12 minutes or until veggies are tender; stirring occasionally.​

Makes 4 servings.​

---I'm sorry, but I don't have the N.I. on this recipe, but it is YuMmY!! ​

 

[Flametamr]

Items needed:

1 or 2 packs Lipton Onion Soup Mix
2 Cans Campbells Golden Mushroom Soup
1 Small Bag of Red Potatoes
1 Small Bag of Baby Carrots
1 Beef Chuck Roast
Water as needed
Salt or Pepper or extra onions to taste.

Place Chuck Roast in Crock Pot.
Mix both soups togeather with water as needed.
Pour over Chuck Roast.
Add Potatoes and Carrots.
Be sure of enough liquid to cover ingredients well.

Slow cook for 6 to 8 hours. Will be very tender. Feeds 4 people from a regular size crock pot. If using a larger pot adjust Beef and other items accordingly.

 

[katdocnorf]

Required: aluminum foil
paper towels
long fire tongs
Ingredients: Serves One:
1/4 lb. hamburger
1 potato
1 carrot
katchup or BBQ sauce
1/4 onion, optional

Seasoning: salt, pepper, ...

Notes: Create a foil wrapper for each person by sandwiching a wet paper towel between two squares of foil. This will help even the heat and prevent burning.
Instructions: Wash, peel, and dice the vegetables.
With clean fingers, pull the hamburger into bits and place on foil wrapper.
Season hamburger and add vegetables and sauce as desired.
Fold foil into a flat package sealed well.
Place the dinner on coals.
Cook for 10 minutes, then flip and cook 10 more.
Unwrap and check one dinner to see if they are done.

I do this many different ways. You can do it on campfire or grill (gas or charcoal) --adjust time for grill (may need a little longer depending on heat). Also for an alternative to red meat, use boneless chicken breast and cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup (dont mix w/water, just straight from can) instead of katchup or bbq sauce. For chicken times may also need to slightly increase depending on temp and size of chicken. I had one huge piece of chicken that I did for my husband on gas grill and it needed about 40 min total (20 on each side)

**also make sure 2 layers of tin foil and paper towel in between.. I made the mistake of not doing this once and it burned the bottom of the meat (meat stuck to tin foil)...

***I have also veried ground beef and put a little chopped onion and green pepper and a little bread cumbs and an egg and shaped it in an oblong patty and put on bottom and placed veggies on top and used some canned meat loaf fixing sauce and pour that over it... mmmmm good... It's like your own personal meat loaf.... (also lengthen time for this as well)

ENJOY.....

 

[gillenkl]

We like to put 1 1/2 - 2 lbs - of round steak cut into serving sizes in the crockpot, cover it with dry beefy onion soup mix and 1 can cr. of mushroom soup and 1 can of cr. of chicken soup (the low fat soups work great). Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 8. I serve it over baked potatoes done in a different crockpot or noodles if we have time.

how do you do baked potatoes in a crockpot?

 

[jima53]

We have been taking a spiral cut ham and cook it the day before we go on our trips. This is for those that might drive overnight. We take the meat off the bone and have lots of nice sandwich meat.

Jim

Of course you could alwyas add some of this to mac and cheese or make a nice ham/pasta salad.

 

[2goofycampers]

Homemade chicken and rice soup. I save the drippings from when I roast a chicken in a freezer bag along with some bits of chicken, take it out of the freezer, put in large pan, add a large can of chicken stock, 2 cups of cooked minute rice, garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Great tasty, quick camping lunch.

 

[acourtwdw2]

We bring homemade sandwich spread camping
bolonga ground
sweet relish
Mayo

mix and put in ziplock bags or premake sandwiches. Put them in the freezer and let thaw in the refrig.

We also bring our small george foreman grill to the resorts to make grilled cheese, french toast and other items in our room when we bring the teenagers who are always hungry.

 

[blisschaser]

My family recently relocated from the west coast to the east coast. Because we have kids that were going to be starting school the following fall--we moved in May---we knew we wanted to be in a house by school. We decided camping would be a fun way to spend the summer while looking for a house, not to mention providing us flexibilty for a quick close. So our entire family camped, in tents, for 4 months. I quickly found out you can cook pretty much anything in a crockpot. I have tons of suggestions for crock pot ideas for every meal. We'd wake up to flavored oatmeals or baked apples, and come home after the beach and have french dips, chicken teriyaki, etc. One of my family's favorites was baked ziti. Here is a recipe for that.

1 pound ground beef--(you can also use sausage if you prefer, and to attempt to make this a little healthier, morningstar farms makes sausage crumbles that are vegetarian and low fat, but I swear even the most carniverous wouldn't know it, and as a bonus it doesn't really need to be browned beforehand.)
1 medium onion
2 tsps. dried Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp. salt
2 jars (apx. 25 oz. each) pasta sauce
1 container (15 oz.) ricotta cheese
2 cups mozzarella cheese, divided
1 cups grated Parmesan cheese
1 box (10 oz.) ziti noodles

Cook ground beef and onions in a large skillet over medium-high
heat, stirring occasionally, until beef is no longer pink. Stir in
seasonings to evenly coat meat; stir in pasta sauce. Set aside.

Mix 1 cup mozzarella, the ricotta and Parmesan in a medium bowl.
Spoon 2 cups of meat sauce into 5 - 6 qt. slow cooker. Top with 2
cups ziti. Drop half of the cheese mixture, by rounded tablespoons,
over ziti; carefully spread over ziti using back of spoon. Layer
with 2 cups meat sauce, the remaining ziti and remaining cheese.
Add remaining meat sauce, completely covering all the ziti and
cheese. Place lid on slow cooker.

Cook on LOW for 6 to 7 hours or HIGH for 4 to 5 hours or until
noodles are tender.

Carefully remove lid to allow steam to escape. Sprinkle with
the remaining 1 cup mozzarella; let stand 10 minutes until melted.

 

[Shannone1]

My family recently relocated from the west coast to the east coast. Because we have kids that were going to be starting school the following fall--we moved in May---we knew we wanted to be in a house by school. We decided camping would be a fun way to spend the summer while looking for a house, not to mention providing us flexibilty for a quick close. So our entire family camped, in tents, for 4 months. I quickly found out you can cook pretty much anything in a crockpot. I have tons of suggestions for crock pot ideas for every meal. We'd wake up to flavored oatmeals or baked apples, and come home after the beach and have french dips, chicken teriyaki, etc. One of my family's favorites was baked ziti. Here is a recipe for that.

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That sounds really good...I am going to try it when we go camping over spring break. Couple of questions...

1- What size crock pot do you use ??
2- How many servings does this recipe make ??
3- You don't cook the noodles first, right ??

 

[blisschaser]

That sounds really good...I am going to try it when we go camping over spring break. Couple of questions...

1- What size crock pot do you use ??
2- How many servings does this recipe make ??
3- You don't cook the noodles first, right ??

1. Hmmm, mine is pretty big, possibly even an 8 quart, but it may just be 6.
2. Now this is a relevant question. I suppose the official answer would be around 8, maybe 10, if you are talking about 1 cup servings. My husband and son eat at least 3 cup servings, and my husband eats at least 2 plates. (on an annoying side note, he never gains a pound!!! Tall and thin, soooo annoying.) We are a family of 5 and there have been times we have leftovers depending how hungry my husband is.
3. I do not cook the noodles first. You can, but I find they turn out too mushy,especially if for some reason it has to sit an extra hour or something. I've seen recipes only call for 1 jar of sauce, but I find that 2 jars helps cook the noodles and keeps them from getting dry. Also, a tip.....spray the crockpot first! I serve it with salad and garlic bread. Enjoy!

 

[blisschaser]

You know I realize, when I make this, I usually use a box and a half of ziti and some extra cheese. I would say the recipe as posted would make about 6 servings. Sorry I can't be more help on the serving issue, I'm not much of a measuring cooker, and I adjust recipes a lot. LOL.

 

[Shannone1]

You know I realize, when I make this, I usually use a box and a half of ziti and some extra cheese. I would say the recipe as posted would make about 6 servings. Sorry I can't be more help on the serving issue, I'm not much of a measuring cooker, and I adjust recipes a lot. LOL.

That does help, thanks. I also tend to use a little more sauce when making noodles in the crock pot so they don't dry out. We have a 5 quart crockpot in our motorhome and there are 5 in my family as well. The amount of food is similar to what we would use at home, so I am sure it will be enough for my family of 5.

 

[genhand]

a couples of years ago, Today's parent did something with recipes for happy campers... here's the link http://www.todaysparent.com/food/co...rticle.jsp?content=20050603_164902_584&page=1 the blueberry and oatmeal pancakes are really good and the recipes are very kids friendly!!!!

http://www.todaysparent.com/food/cookingwithkids/article.jsp?content=20050603_164902_584&page=1

 

[D&DDisney]

how do you do baked potatoes in a crockpot?

Not sure how to do them in a crock pot, but I found a recipe for doing them in a can on the campfire.

Take potato and poke holes
Put into a tin can
Put tin foil on the end of the can.
Put can into edge of campfire for 20min.

 

[gingermouse17]

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[DAniece]

For those of us who have the luxury of a microwave in our RV , I was at a wedding shower this past week and the bride received a silicone cake pan. According to the wrapping you can prepare a cake in the microwave using this type of pan. Does anyone have a recipe for this that you could make using a cake mix ? This would be great money saver at Fort Wilderness as my children would not be begging me to buy the chocolate cake they sell at the Meadow and Settlement. I have also heard you can cook desserts in a crockpot. Any camping friendly ones to share?

Triple Chocolate Mess

Ingredients
1 package chocolate cake mix(any)
1 pint sour cream
1 pkg. instant chocolate pudding(any size)
1 6oz. bag chocolate chips
3/4 c. oil
4 eggs
1 c. water

Instructions
Spray crock pot / slow cooker with non-stick spray. Mix all ingrediants. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Try not to lift the lid. Serve with ice cream.

EG

 

[DAniece]

This one may be a bit more complicated at a campsite...
I'll try to make adjustments to make it easier

1 big bag of frozen chicken breasts
1 small can of green chiles, chopped
1 can nacho cheese soup
1 beer (you can leave out for a less "soupy" mix)
garlic to taste (we use a LOT)

put all this in the crock pot and cook all day

shred the chicken and wrap in flour tortillas (maybe 10 or so), line them up in baking dish

pour the sauce & ONE CAN ENCHILADA SAUCE over the top of the tortillas

top with a bag of SHREDDED CHEESE

heat in oven until really good a bubbly

Okay, if I was going to do this without an oven...
I'd include the shredded cheese in the flour tortilla with the chicken, put it on plates and cover with sauce & enchilada sauce

If you like things spicy, include a can of jalapenos in the crock pot mixture

These are always a huge hit at football parties and such, great thing is that I can make them in the oven, cover with foil, wrap with a beach towel and they're warm enough to serve

Actually, if you had some steamed rice or even some corn chips crunched up, you could top with everything and still have a great meal.

EG