Camping Food Idea's HELP!!!

If you have an RV maybe you can also take a small microwave to steam veggies? Also, corn on the cob on the grill is just fantastic. Just don't add too much butter ;-) Also instead of all the burgers etc, go for chicken breasts or small steaks. Should have way less fat (and sodium). And I would add lots of salads to the meals. Even if you mix veggies from a can like corn, beans etc, it should give you a lot of possibilities to add to the "healthy" side. You can either take your favorite salad dressing or just oil and vinegar.

Make chili. You can just have the chili and the others can put them on hot dogs or whatever.

I'd eat however I felt like, just eat less. Since you're camping, stay active, burn off the camping food.

Make salads and cook veggies to go with regular camping food. Kabobs are a good way to grill veggies and meat together. Don't eat as much of it all. Enjoy the burgers, brats, etc. I wouldn't worry about it too much

I recently purchased a book called "Recipes for Adventure - Backpacking Chef". I have not made anything from it yet, but plan to use it for hiking this summer.

Grilled veggies, fat free hotdogs (I love Hebrew Nationals), mini choc chips & marshmallows in a cut banana instead of smores...

If all else fails, look on Pinterest.

ETA: Since you'll be in an RV, why not just make food that you would normally eat at home?

What's so inherently "unhealthy" about grilling up a burger? We almost always have one night camping with some tasty grillled burgers or brats and I see nothing wrong with that at all.

At anyrate, we camp quite a bit and we grill burgers, steaks, chicken, fish, etc. We usually have a vegetable side of some sort and a starch of some kind. If we know it's going to be cooler out we make some kind of stew; usually a Texas style chilli. The kids also love roasting hot dogs over the fire.

There's more to being and eating healthy than just vegetables and fruits...proteins and fats are requisites to proper nutrition....

If you want to get the genuine "cooking over the campfire" (or in this case, IN the campfire!) experience, this is one of my favorites:

Campfire calzones:

1. Either make some whole wheat pizza dough at home before you leave, or buy a bag of the pre-made.
2. Roll it out into multiple smallish circles (think soft-taco size tortillas). You can do this at home as well and then pack the dough rounds between layers of saran wrap if you're going to eat them fairly soon while camping or just roll it out at your campsite.
3. Let everyone fill half their calzone dough with the ingredients they'd like (options include lots of pre-cut veggies, shredded cheese, meat (sausage, pepperoni, etc.), marinara sauce, pesto sauce, etc.).
4. Fold-over dough to close calzone, use a bit of water on the edges to make them stick and then fold edges over.
5. Brush the outside (top and bottom) with some oil (you don't need a lot, but you do want to make sure all the dough is covered - dough without oil will burn).
6. Wrap the whole thing in foil.
7. Toss into the campfire!
8. In about 15 minutes (or a bit more or less, depending on how hot your fire is), the calzone will be ready and delicious!

I love this meal because everyone can make it exactly how they'd like it. You can make it generally low-cal by adding mostly veggies, a bit of marinara, a bit of cheese, and a bit of meat.

Use lean ground beef for hamburgers - shouldn't be a problem.
Instead of brats etc I love chicken sausage. There is maybe 170-190 calories I think in one and around 12g of protein. It has a decent amount of fat, but they are so good and have tons of flavors!

You could always take pudgy pie makers and make grilled ham, cheese, and turkey sandwiches over the campfire

You can cook just about anything on a fire/grill if its wrapped in aluminum foil. Veggies with a bit of butter and spices off the fire are super amazing! Add with some chicken and a baked potato (all done in foil on the fire/grill) and you've got a crazy good meal!

I take turkey burgers instead, buy light hamburger buns. You can find lighter versions of brats (also made with turkey). I found the price of store made cold salads to be expensive so I made my own the week before I left using recipes from Weight Watchers. They have great potato salad and macaroni salad recipes available. I too bring fresh veggies and make them in the microwave and put light butter (Land o Lakes brand) on them with Mrs. Dash. On the hamburgers I bring slices of 2% cheese and light Hellmans Mayo, fresh sliced tomatoes and some good sliced sweet onions. Instead of potato chips I bring Wheat Thins and I happen to like the Sun dried tomato basil version as I try to watch my sodium intake. I found some pre-made kabobs at the grocery store with fresh chicken breast meat that has not been injected with sodium...they were easy to prepare on the grill turning often until done. Watermelon is a good dessert choice or a pre-cut pineapple chunks works for me. For the brats they also have light hot dog buns, I prefer the Village Hearth brand. For lunch I usually bring Oscar Meyer Turkey Breast lunchmeat from Sam's club and some light Village Hearth 12 Grain bread. Being more active camping and hiking I try not to worry about our intake so much, I know I will be working it off. Have fun.

Including a few tablespoons of olive oil in your turkey burger mix keeps them from drying out! Tasty!

Aluminum foil and about any vegetable/fruit or meat you enjoy. Wrap them up together and throw them into a section of your fire ring that's not in direct contact with the fire or red coals. Turn often with long tongs or a stick. Occasionally check the contents for doneness. Experiment with various combinations. I love peppers, onions, carrots, garlic and chicken. A camping desert I enjoy is fresh pineapple cut up and drizzled honey and cooked till hot and steamy.