What foods are cheapest and easiest to prepare for camping?

Figure1. Camp Food [Photograph] by Kozy and Dan Kitchens. 2014.

Sharing a meal together with your family and friends is one of the best things when you are on a camping trip. But when you are camping on a budget, have you ever noticed that food is adding a lot to your costs?

There are many foods that you can easily prepare and are inexpensive. Here are 4 cheap and easy meals to make when you are camping on a budget.

1. Trail Mix - This bag of mixed nuts, dried fruits and sometimes chocolate are nutritious, filling and tasty all at the same time and they come especially cheap if you make them yourself unlike when you buy them prepackaged in stores.

2. One-pot meal - There are many camping foods you can cook with only one pot. You can make a casserole, soup, stew, chili, fries and many more. Your imagination is the limit! You can prepare the ingredients beforehand and pack them in a ziplock bag.

3. Vegetables and fruits - Nothing beats the simplicity of veggies and fruit. Most fruits and vegetables don’t cost over $2 per pound and so you can bring more for less money.

4. Foil packet dinners - Wrap pre-cooked meals in foil packets and warm them up over charcoal fire. It does not only save some money but also time. You can wrap almost about anything you can - cooked rice, potatoes, meat, vegetables and many more.


What camping food do you recommend making?





References:
Kimball, K. (2011, June 21). What to Eat on a Budget While Camping. Retrieved June 29, 2015, from http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2011/06/21/6-ways-to- eat-well-spend-less-while-camping/