8/ 4/19 - Day 37 - Chow Time!

A few of you may be wondering what kind of food we eat while traveling. The camper actually makes it pretty easy to have tastey food. One thing we learned from our years backpacking and canoe treking with the Scouts is that oatmeal and Top Ramen get old after awhile!
Here are some of our typical camp meals:


Breakfast: When we want something fast, our go to is oatmeal or cereal. However, a couple quick cooked meals are Egg McMuffins or breakfast burritos. A couple other favorites are cinamon swirl French toast or pancakes. We mix the pancake batter in a ziplock bag, cut off a corner to squeeze out the batter, and throw away the bag for quick cleanup. Of course we periodically have hashbrowns, eggs, and sausage.









Lunch: Typically, lunches are a short stop so we often have deli meat and cheese sandwhiches or tuna tortillas. I packed a lot of tortilla packages because they are versatile and last several weeks without refrigeration (we found that out on the Bowron canoe trip). One lunch stop out of Valdez at the top of Thompson Pass was kind of nippy, so we made grilled cheese sandwhiches. That was when we really appreciated the difference between camping in the canopy versus the camper. We wouldn't have pulled out a camp stove for lunch.

Dinner: We often take more time with dinner since we have stopped for the day. However, the meals still usually take less than 30 minutes to cook. Frequent go to meals are tacos, followed in a day or two with Que se Dillas. In the past few years we have found that Boboli pizzas are quick and easy. Chicken fajitas are simple to make. Then there are one pan meals like beef stroganoff (minus the beef, add Spam and peppers), chicken alfredo (canned chicken works fine) topped with bacon bits and sour cream. This trip we picked up some bison burger, that was a tasty change from regular burger. For super fast meals on days we are both tired our go to is 
 one of our backpacking favorites - Turkey Dinner - Stove Top stuffing, instant potatoes, instant gravy, and canned chicken, add a handfull of craisins. Voilae (sp??), you have Thanksgiving Dinner... well sort of, but it takes less than 15 minutes to make and clean up is a cinch!
That is a snippet of our travel cuisine :-)

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