Trail Chow
Whether it’s easy-to-eat munchies in the Jeep® or real food roasting over the campfire, the variety of good trail chow puts new life into dining alfresco. We searched the Web to find reliable recipes that make provisions in the backcountry more satisfying than what you’ll ever get with a can opener and a spoon. They may be more work than an MRE (which you might want to keep on hand in case of foul weather), but it’s time well spent, because at the end of the day he with the best food wins!
- Recipe Gold Mine
- This really is a gold mine of recipes to suit just about every taste. Tried and true—we vouch for ’em.
- The Camping Source
- This source offer an impressive menu, with everything from Juicy Lime Chicken and Hobo Ham Dinner to Indian Style Lemonade and Adults Only Bananas. From soup to nuts, it’s all good.
- Boy Scouts of America
- If you’re not hungry now, you will be after you roam around this site. These time-honored recipes will satisfy even the heartiest appetites.
- Camp Recipes
- More than the usual food groups are represented here, with wild game and vegetarian dishes on the menu. Also offers palatable (and surprising!) emergency survival food.
- Recipe Source
- In addition to good camp food, this site provides practical info, like how to make an oven from a cardboard box and those all-inclusive “foil” dinners.
- Quiet Journey
- Beats us why these are billed specifically as canoe camping recipes, because we think the menu is tantalizing to even, say, Jeepers: Northwoods Jambalaya, Thai Chicken Curry, Back Country Cornbread, Blackened Walleye...
- Adventure Sports Online
- From the simple to the sublime, here are dishes to match how much time and work you feel like putting into it. Some of these recipes detour the typical with Fire-Me-Up Sandwich, Kettle Ham & Potatoes, Peppered Steak with Bleu Cheese Sauce and Hunter’s Stew.
- Chuckwagon Diner
- This site features a host of campfire recipes with fun foods like Paper Bag Eggs, pie iron foods, foil recipes and lots more. Helpful info includes how to build a campfire, kids’ recipes, cooking methods, and tools and equipment.
- Desert USA
- If it’s purely Southwestern trail fare you’re hankering for, here ya go. You’ll find recipes for saguaro cactus fruit, salsa, chiles, prickly pear, mesquite and, you get the idea. Guaranteed to break the monotony.
- And if you’re still looking for good food for on the trail or at the campsite…
- Camp-A-Roo
- Love the Outdoors
- Food Down Under
- Fabulous Foods
- Camping PA
- Campfire Cookbook for Kids
- Scoutorama
- And, Finally, We Dare You...