5 Day Family Camping Menu Made Easy

Planning your camping menu is, by far, one of the most important tasks when planning your family's camping trip.

Preparing as much as possible in advance is the key to making meals run smooth. This does not mean you have to plan every snack, but by developing an overall menu plan, you will be able to spend more time relaxing and enjoying your trip.

By planning a couple of one pot meals that can be placed on the table in a hurry, such as chili, soups, stews or macaroni and cheese, you will have solutions available if you are running late or someone is looking for an alternate option to the menu you have planned.

You will find our family's 5-Day camping menu plan that works well for us. You may want to tailor it to meet your family's needs.

5-Day Camping Menu Plan

Night 1: Hot Dogs, Potato Salad & Chips. The first night you will be busy setting up camp and unpacking gear, so you will want to make dinner as easy as possible so you have time to kick back and relax.

DAY 1 - Breakfast: Cereal, Toast and Fruit. Lunch: Sandwiches and leftover Potato Salad. Dinner: Grilled Marinated BBQ Chicken, Seasoned Potato Chunks in Tin Foil and Corn. Dessert: S'Mores

DAY 2 - Breakfast: Cereal and Fruit, Gogurts (for kids). Lunch: Sandwiches and Pasta Salad. Dinner: Cheeseburgers & Macaroni Salad. Dessert: Chocolate Chip Cookies

DAY 3 - Breakfast: Pancakes, Bacon and Fruit. Lunch: Grilled Ham & Cheese and leftover salad. Dinner: Marinated Steak Tips, Baked Potatoes & Caesar Salad. Dessert: S'mores

DAY 4 - Breakfast: Eggs, Toast, Bacon, Fruit. Lunch: Wraps and Chips. Dinner: Sausage or Hot Dogs, BBQ Baked Beans & leftover salad. Dessert: Cookies

DAY 5 - Breakfast: French Toast, Sausage and Eggs. Lunch: Burgers and Chips. Dinner: Foil-wrapped Surprise (Whatever's left)

We may change up the menu slightly, but being prepared gives us the freedom to be creative.

If you are camping with a group of people, we will have a couple nights where everyone brings a dish to pass. This gives us a variety of items to choose from. If you are camping near a town or village, we will plan a day where we go into the local town and get pizza and ice cream.

Family camping meals should be fun! The goal is to enjoy time with your family, the outdoors and create valuable memories that will last a lifetime!

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