Food and Camping

[Catrin]

Good ideas, thanks. I just drew a blank when packing for the weekend. I do have a nice cooler, and of course there is ice at the camp store. That isn't a problem I wasn't sure how often I would be free to refresh the ice since I was volunteering at a MTB race event this weekend, so was leery about taking perishable food such as home-made chicken salad.

Trying to get healthy food to go along with my evening beer by the fire

[Trek-chick]

I like to pre-cook some things before we go camping or RVing. Especially that first night when we roll into the campground late and the last thing I want to do is cook.

I like to make up some tuna macarroni salad, potato salad, sandwiches and put in Tupperware in the cooler.

[Catrin]

I like to pre-cook some things before we go camping or RVing. Especially that first night when we roll into the campground late and the last thing I want to do is cook.

I like to make up some tuna macarroni salad, potato salad, sandwiches and put in Tupperware in the cooler.

This is a great idea, I just need to get another cooler - one for food, another for beer and water. Water and beer? BEER!!! (sorry, couldn't resist it)

Hopefully if I go to all of this effort to pre-cook food it will encourage me to stop and eat I just get so caught up in what I am doing, whether it is hiking or riding, that I just don't feel hungry until I reach the starving-could-eat-a-tree-with-bark stage Cliff bars are great, but can't live all weekend on them!

Thankfully my new Soul is very well suited to hauling stuff like coolers. I can leave the food cooler in the car and I can just return to my car when it is time to eat. Also keeps the food safe from those pesky raccoons.

[limewave]

I second pre-cooking. The rest of the family is all about eating as many hot dogs as possible, I just can't handle that. So I make rice with beans or roasted veggies, etc. Cans of Amy's soup or some of her burritos are good and easy to travel with.

[OakLeaf]

No suggestions for food, but for your cooler, I'd recommend getting some of those plastic gel-filled ice packs. Smaller than water jugs, so they're easier to distribute around your food, and not so heavy that they'll crush sandwiches, etc., plus they don't take so much room in the freezer.

[limewave]

We freeze blocks of ice in sterilite containers. Get any size you want, big or small. They fit well inside the cooler. We keep blocks of them in our freezer so they are ready to go.

[indysteel]

Catrin,

I can't remember if you're a fan of beans, but I have a salad made with basmati rice, black beans, garbonzos and black eyed peas, red and green pepper and celery dressed with seasoned rice wine vinegar that would probably keep just fine on ice for at least a couple of days. It's to be served at room temperature. I can send you the recipe if you'd like.