Cooking While Camping

I'm really excited to be heading off glamping soon. We'll be cooking on a firepit just outside our hobbit holes. I'm thinking of grilled meat and corn on the cob one night and maybe a stew or chilli the other night. I'd love your tips and recipes if you've ever done this. :pac:

dublintweety

We always bring something already cooked for the first night of camping (normally a chilli) and then meat to cook on bbq & salads for second night (haven't braved a 3rd night yet).

BailMeOut

bring some cold salads (potato salad, coleslaw, bean salad, etc...) and serve with grilled/bbq'd well seasoned steak or nice big lamb chops with grilled asparagus.

BuffyBot

For night one, I'd recommend making a chilli the day before and bring it with you, seem as it is one of the things that always tastes much better the next day. Reheat it over the flames, have your trimmings in Tupperware/disposable containers etc and away you go. I'd probably serve it with tortilla chip (bundle up a big pile in foil, heat them at the side of the flames) as as opposed to rice, as cooking rice might be a PITA and reheating rice has its own risks.

Day Lewin

With that kind of setting, a lot depends on whether there is refrigeration available; and washing facilities. Simple preparation of fresh ingredients is what you need. Things like beef stew keep well, to start you off, as does chilli indeed; and plenty of good bread.
Them "tortilla chips" are a bigger PITA than plain rice, in my experience. You want to minimise the amount of greasy foil to dispose of afterwards
Also consider:
Large flat mushrooms smeared with a little savoury butter:
Halved precooked large potatoes brushed with garlicky cumin butter.
Whole cherry tomatoes. Asparagus
Thickly sliced aubergines or courgettes brushed with olive oil, grilled, then mashed when soft with whatever you have- garlic, yogurt, hummus in pots etc.
Finely-shredded red cabbage with lemon squeezed over, as a crisp fresh accompaniment.

Enjoy!