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Im after some food ideas for camping..ideally to cook before i go..some cheap meals..i do have an electric cool box but not sure how well it will work! ..is it worth while cooking and freezing? ..last time we went we spent a fortune daily on food trips ..cant afford that this time round and would love some ideas ;O) x

Quote: Originally posted by gally on 11/8/2011Hi  usually if its just for a long weekend we cook and freeze, currys, spag bol, chilli. sometimes make and freeze a couple of small individual sheperds pies they stay frozen for a couple of days in a electric cool box thus also serving the purpose of keeping bacon and sausages butter etc colder  

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Yep totally agree with above plus I have what I call the last supper meal as it does not go off and is done in one pan.

You need a bag of pasta whatever shape takes your fancy maccaroni is best.

one jar of pasta bake.

beauty is ingredients do not go off.

Happy camping

I'm quite lazy when I go camping (as I'm the only one who cooks!) and I don't worry about calories etc since we spend all day walking or gormet meals, so here are some meals that we take:

Sausage and mash, I steam and freeze the sausages beforehand so that they're quick and easy to cook and mash can be bought ready made from tesco, or if you're really brave Smash is an option, but I'm not a fan! Also whack on some instant gravy and frozen peas!

Chicken stirfry is easy, I dice, cook and freeze chicken in advance, then reheat it in a pan (once it's defrosted obviously!) then chuck in some amoy straight to wok noodles and a sachet of stir fry sauce and it's done. (for the health conscious you can add vegetables too lol!!)

I actually quite like tescos own brand of chicken korma in a can - just heat in a pan and cook some boil in the bag rice, easy!

Cans of soup also make an easy meal, but it's much nicer (and also easy) to make your own soup in advance and freeze it, plus frozen soup has the benefit of keeping the coolbox cool.

Hope these help!

mattesons sausage, onions mushrooms, stir fried, chuck in some philly cheese and stick on top of pasta mmmmm.

We managed with just a cool bag for a recent 5 day camping trip and didnt have to go shopping once while we were there, took everything with us

Day 1 was spag bol, day 2 bbq (took frozen meat), day 3 fajitas with remainder of frozen meat, day 4 corned beef hash and beans and day 5 sausage philly pasta...

thanks guys some great ideas there  

thanks guys some great ideas there  

These are available in many of the supermarkets, we recently tried the home reared beef in black velvet porter and it was delicious.

I admit they are a bit expensive but are great for end of the week meals when you have run out of other fresh foods, and keep for ages so you could stock up months before your camp. 

The one we had would also make a delicious pie if you have the facility to bake a pastry crust (caravan oven or perhaps cobb) or a lovely stew if you add a tin of carrots and peas etc.

The supermarkets dont all sell the full range, morrisons seems to have chilli, tesco had the beef.