Healthy camp food

One of the great things about going camping is the level of physical activity and the fresh air giving your metabolism a kick.

If you are going car camping "camping close to your vehicle" then load it up and enjoy great meals like you would on any vacation. Don't limit yourself to just cooking on the campfire. If you have or can get a portable grill, you will not regret it. the portable grills are reasonable and run on the propane canisters which are easy to pack.

Also, if you are adventurous, try a Dutch Oven. Anything can be made in a dutch oven from pizza, to stew to desserts. And you control the ingredients so you control the calories, fat, etc.

Also look at making some lunches in foil. You take your ingredients and put them together wrapped tightly in tin foil and throw them on the coals. About 15 minutes later, you have a complete meal.

Camping meals can be fresh and gourmet with little effort. And the best part is you will be burning calories like crazy just doing all of the great things you can do outdoors.

Kids love hot dogs over the fire, smore's, and look into getting a campfire popcorn maker. Great fun over the fire and low cal.

I would go with beans and brown rice. Both travel well, are healthy and easy to cook over a campfire. Canned and root veggies are also good if you are not backpacking in. Cans can get pretty heavy in a backpack. Most root veggies can be wrapped in foil and roasted. Nuts, granola and dried fruits are good snacks that travel well.

If you have one of those little sandwich making things (I don't know what they're called, but they're cast iron usually and two metal plates that fold together), you can make all sorts of sandwiches over the fire.