Eating on a camp site is a unique experience. Eating outdoors and enjoying nature is not only extremely relaxing, but can be a time of conviviality with friends and family.
There are many ways to cook on a camp site, but it is always best to make something quick and easy. If you do not have the kitchen of a thing or all the utensils for a complex preparation, it is more useful and convenient to choose something quick and without too much cooking or preparation.
But don’t despair: there are plenty of alternatives for making tasty and filling dishes in a quick and easy way. So here are 5 convenient ingredients for your lunch or dinner on the campsite.
1: Cous-Cous
Cous-cous is a small agglomeration of semolina or durum wheat. Its nutritional properties are similar to pasta, which is why it is suitable for lunch, ensuring that you stay full all afternoon. You can prepare cous-cous in advance and take it with you on a camping trip.
Cous-cous is a very versatile dish, so you can add vegetables, meat or fish to your liking to make it tastier.
If you like, you can also prepare cous-cous at the campsite, because you just have to soak it in boiling salted water for a few minutes.
2: Rice and noodles
Like cous-cous, rice and pasta are two extremely versatile foods: a source of carbohydrates, they can be combined with many other foods, even raw ones (vegetables, cheese, pulses, herbs) to make complete and balanced meals in just a few minutes.
The cooking time of rice and pasta is usually longer than that of Cous-Cous, but they are still very convenient foods for camping and will keep your belly full until dinnertime. Also, when leftover pasta or rice, you can make other very tasty meals by reheating them, so you don’t waste food and have other meals ready.
3: Piadinas
The piadina is a typical Italian food, very similar to tortillas, a kind of flattened bread that you can stuff to your liking.
Piadinas can be another extremely convenient solution to have with you on your travels.
They can be prepared in advance, reheated and stuffed with cold meats, cheese and vegetables, or they can be made in the moment in just a few steps.
They are tasty and there are different types on the market to suit all tastes and needs: large, small, wholemeal, with maize flour, buckwheat flour or gluten-free.
4: Mixed salads
These can be green leaf salads or salads with pasta or cereals such as spelt, lentils, chickpeas etc.
Convenient, quick and tasty: just combine several ingredients to your liking to make a meal that satisfies your appetite. These can also be a complete meal and useful for eating quickly between excursions.
5: Sandwiches
Sandwiches are also a very useful option. Simple and quick to take along but also immediate to prepare. In this case, the recipes can be more delicious: you can use, for example, raw or smoked salmon with avocado and some spreadable cheese. The combo of these ingredients is phenomenal. You can also choose vegan or vegetarian options by replacing the salmon with vegetables and the cheese with chickpea hummus.
Always make sure you have everything you need to cook and prepare your meals before you go camping. It can always be helpful to make a small plan depending on the number of meals and the number of people for and enjoy nature while eating outdoors!