My Top 12 Camp Dinner Ideas, Simple to Elaborate
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- I have had numerous requests to compile all my camp cooking segments into a single video to make it easy to find one of the dinners seen in my adventure episodes. Producing new content has proven to be challenging for a number of reasons over the past few weeks so this was the perfect opportunity to tackle this project. Special thanks to subscriber Amelia F. for first proposing this idea. :-)
These are presented from the most simple to the most complicated (though really, they're all pretty easy). Here are time stamps if you want to jump to a specific dinner idea:
1. Canned Chili 0:18
2. Pot Stickers 0:49
3. Quesadillas 1:56 (three variations presented)
4. Teriyaki Chicken Ramen 4:42
5. Easy Beef Stroganoff 5:14
6. Pasta with Ground Beef & Onions 6:21
7. Pork Chops with Sautéed Zucchini 8:10
8. Lentils with Sausage 10:33
9. Stir Fry 14:34 (two variations presented)
10. Chicken Masala Coconut Curry 19:18
11. Mediterranean Pork Loin with Polenta 22:47
12. Moroccan Chicken Tagine 24:04
Here are links to the full-length videos each of these segments were extracted from:
1. Canned chili - from Eastern Oregon 2019 Part 3: Malheur Nat'l Forest
• Eastern Oregon Part II...
2. Pot stickers - from Edward Shin Shasta Adventure Part 1: Solo on Shasta
• Solo on Shasta: Where ...
3. Quesadillas
3A. Steak & Onion - from Routes Gone Wrong Rogue to Coquille
• Routes Gone Wrong: A F...
3B. Pizzadillas - from Jeep & Forester on Oregon Dunes
• Can a Subaru keep up w...
3C. Premixedillas - from Getting Back Out There Post-Lockdown
• Post-Lockdown Adventur...
4. Teriyaki Chicken Ramen - from E. OR 2020 Part 3: To The River We Go
• E. Oregon Part 3: Deep...
5. Easy Beef Stroganoff - from Central Oregon Geological Oddities Tour
• Troubles in the Desert...
6. Pasta with Beef & Onions - from E. OR 2020 Part 4: Alone Out Here
• E. Oregon Part 4: Slow...
7. Pork Chops & Zucchini - from Overland Forester Build Sneak Peek
• Overland Subaru Forest...
8. Lentils with Sausage - from Epic Expedition Part 2: Roaming Roadless
• Epic Expedition Part T...
9. Stir Fry
9A. Ginger Chicken - from Truck Stuck in Spring Slush feat. Ed Shin
• We Hit Unexpected Snow...
9B. Garlic Beef - from Epic Expedition Part 1: Mishaps in the High Desert
• Epic Expedition Part O...
10. Chicken Coconut Curry - from Winter Camping with Primal Outdoors
• Winter Camping in Oreg...
11. Mediterranean Pork Loin - from Epic Expedition Part 4: Desert Isn't Dry
• Epic Expedition Part F...
12. Moroccan Chicken Tagine - from
How the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day Got Better
• Beach Time and Dispers...
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Jackery Explorer 500 Power Station:
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That, my friend, was a perfect video. Thanks for the ideas!
This was a very “satisfying” and “simple” video, for us to enjoy while you work through your vehicle issues, it was fun to see all the past meals.
Jason
I aim for satisfying results in everything I do. :-)
Oh man watching the second half of this when I was hungry and waiting on dinner was torture. Looks fantastic, love the content.
I literally had just finished dinner when I started watching this video. Made me hungry all over again.
I love how sophisticated your meals became as the years passed - and crazy good knife skills too. Thanks for the inspiration.
I watched your last video. I had no idea that your daughter was with you when you were in the accident. My prayers for both of you. God bless
Appreciate you putting this together. Always a pleasure.
I just went solo camping for the first time this weekend! My favorite meal I made was khichdi, I just put some rice, red lentils, and Indian spices in a mason jar before I left and added water and a chopped tomato to cook, it came out delicious ☺️ I love your quesadilla ideas, I’ll have to do one next time!
That's a good idea! I really like pre-prepping at home for easier meals once I'm out there, but I have to admit I rarely actually get around to it and often end up buying groceries on my way out of town, haha. Your mason jar meal sounds tasty!
Thanks for another awesome video! I’m glad you’re able to make them while the forester is out of commission. I wish you the best!
For the record, you're right, slightly crispy potstickers are the GOOD way. The pork chops, masala, and tagine all looked incredible.
For camping?! No. You saved me, a house wife, from the ‘what’s for dinner?’ hell! Thank you! I’m subscribing 👍
Haha...yeah, a lot of this is more or less ported from my own home dinners. :-) Thanks for watching!
My mouth was watering the whole time. So much yum. Thanks for this video.
Thank you for not boring us with slow motion food porn! This demo was real, informative and gave me great ideas for my next camping trip.
Chef Don, this video was awesome and one I will watch over and over to get the cooking sequences down. I love to experiment when I'm out overland camping. Nothing worse than pouring hot water into a bag of dehydrated food stuff, waiting 10 to 15 minutes, then eat the contents. Ok for backpacking but not when you have an outdoor kitchen available to make whatever you fancy. Your meals looked five star. One of my favorites you cooked was the sausage and lentil meal. I love making an Italian soup with sausage and lentils. OMG! Now I'm hungry. Super video, Don, and thanks for sharing.
I have watched camp cooking videos for a few hours today and let me tell you this ones my favorite. So many great Ideas!!! I will without question be making some of these next time I take out my Square drop camper its got a full kitchen I built myself. Subscribed
Appreciate and enjoyed this video. Can’t wait to see what new adventures await with what ever happens with the Subaru
Beautiful, healthy, flavorful and fairly simple dishes making camping a satisfying adventure. Prep ahead us best way to go when possible. Great job on compilation. Thank you for sharing.
Way to keep it rolling. Good eats outdoors with softroadingthewest!
minus the science demonstrations and puppets lol
I love your cooking. Looks good
Those all looked terrific! I love to cook, but always looking for simple meals when out camping. It was great that you went from easiest to more complicated.
I got several inspirations from your recipes Donald. Simple, but with complex flavors!
great now i'm hungry! excellent camp foods.
This couldn't have been more timely, I literally was making my camping meals list and here is your video! Awesome! Thank you for your great content and great ideas! Your Subaru interior set up inspired me to start making my Santa Fe set up better. I am so sorry to hear about your Subaru. My heart broke for you as I watched that video.
Thank you...the past few weeks have been more difficult than I anticipated but I'm trying to see it as one door closes and another one opens. :-) Good luck with your Santa Fe build, and thanks for watching!
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Jeez thanks - now I’m starving! Bah my mouth is watering watching this 😂 and I’m laying in bed. Great job - thx for sharing 👍
Great video man. Awesome that your sharing some of the meals for overlanding!👍👌👍
Three word..hungry at home after watching your video. Great ideas to incorporate camping and at home.
Very Nice~ the cooking sounds, the steam, the campfire😏⛅
Well now I’m hungry! It was fun to go back and re-live some of those great meals! Thank you!
Went out scouting spring campsites today in the ‘18 manual transmission Forester, and it was nice to come home to this bevy of dinner ideas. Thanks.
Some great ideas there Donald.
Camp cooking always seems so much more satisfying 👍🏻
Just ate and these are still making me hungry! Definitely going to steal a few of these ideas. I like simple quick easy meals that still taste really good!
Wow...what a great cook...camping with you seems to be a blast! 😊
I'm not sure my kids entirely agree, but I certainly have a blast! :-)
@@softroadingthewest those memories surely are! 😊
These dishes all look very yummy! I am especially enamored with the Mediterranean pork loin and polenta. I remember watching that video when you cooked it up. I gotta give it a try. You are a very talented cook/chef! It's good to see a new video from you even if you can't get outdoors yet. Thanks, Donald!
Great video. Thanks for sharing these simple ideas.
Just found your channel today and subscribed. I’m always down for more cooking inspiration as I’ve been cooking since i was 8..now in my early 60’s. Can’t wait to watch the rest of your videos !!!!!! Blessings, Deb
We are headed out to Oregon from VT for an overland trip and were thinking of what new meals we wanted to try. This video gave us all we need! Thanks!
I'm going to try several of these dishes at home! They look really good!
Made me hungry. It's good you take the time to eat good camping. It's more enjoyable in a nice setting than in the actual kitchen and sometimes more challenging. Goes to show people you can eat healthy while camping in the woods. Great video and hopefully you can get the subie worked out so you can get back out.
Mmmm goood. Great ideas. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. Loved it. This was super helpful for me since I am not the best at camp cooking. You Rock!!!!!
Hello. I'm enjoying a couple camp in Japan. It's a good place. I watched the video as if I went there. The food looks delicious.
Food... It's what for dinner! Thanks for sharing some recipes! George.
Some great ideas. Thank you Donald, nice video.
Those are some fancy camping meals!
Hitting some snow/truck camping this weekend and am searching for meals to plan. Very timely video! You definitely got my wheels spinning for a couple of things to cook.
All the meals looked delicious.I love stir fry dishes the best.
Had to make pot stickers to finish watching. Great video.
WILL HAVE TO TRY THESE DISHES ! LOOKIN MIGHTY TASTY 👌 BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS ON YOUR JOURNEYS ! ENJOYED !
Good cooking !
Awesome video! Thanks for all the great ideas!
Very nice video 😊
Thank you for the ideas and including whom they where from, very nice of you 👍
Thanks for the ideas! I really needed to add to my list of meals for the van.
Great episode! Shows us that, as great as canned chili is, the options are almost unlimited👍🏕🍻
Indeed! I'm looking forward to exploring more camp cuisine in 2021!
Thanks for the video! I'll be trying some of these soon!
I always feel like that camping food taste sooooo much better then what you cook at home. You can literally make ramen noodles while you’re out camping and it seems to taste more delicious then just at home. I’m definitely gonna use this video as a “cookbook guide”, thanks Donald!
Right? Definitely something about camp cooking that enhances the dining experience.
Glad to see you’re still making some awesome content, Donald. I hope all is well with the Forester ✌🏽
What a great video! Great, easy ideas and the video was put together in a great way!
Something very primal about camping deep in the mountains, preparing a steak over an open fire source on a hot rock. Seared onions. Only seasonings to be used. Nothing pre processed.
Excellent filming! Video looks great
SO GLAD YOU POSTED THIS AS I HAVE SEEN GREAT CAMPS BUT SADLY MANY HAVE NO COOKING SKILLS AND LIVE ON PACKAGED RAMEN AND CANNED BEANS. THIS SAD VIDEO CALLED "ALONE IN THE WILD" THIS SCOT HAD A DREAM OF SURVIVING IN OUR YUKON FOR 3 MONTHS BUT BARELY BROUGHT 4 WEEKS OF FOOD. HE NEARLY DIED AND LOST 35 LBS. I WAS FURIOUS AND SAID SO BECAUSE IT DIDN'T TAKE A PHd TO KNOW WHAT FOODS TO TAKE AND EVEN IF HE OVERLOADED HIS PACK HE'D NEED EVERY CALORIE. WHEN WE JUST GO TO A BEACH IN ONTARIO FOR ONE DAY I TAKE THE BEST FOOD AS ODDLY EVERY CAMPER DIVES INTO THEIR FOOD 5 SECONDS AFTER ARRIVING AT ANY SITE OF BEACH!!
Thanks for sharing (consolidating) these! Coming from the moto world (read: 0 refrigeration) I'm a Tuna (packet) guy on the trail. Also, big fan of Knorr "meals."
Excellent cooking compilation!! BTW, my wife wanted me to convey that she loves the way you cook, and that she’s borrowing your chicken tagine for one of our meals this week. So, thanks for that!!! I’m looking forward to it.
Enjoy! I have to admit, even at home I rarely cook anything as nice as that tagine! It is fabulous eating though!
Cool video idea! The ramen one looked surprisingly tasty.
I feel like I’m watching Les Stroud. Love your vids. I plan on doing some over landing this year. Taking all of your tips into consideration.
Wow your meals are amazing
Great vid!
Thank you for the link to this video I saved it so I can watch it again later on and I’m probably gonna saw it as well so it’ll be easier to find
Awesome videos!!
Awesome stuff!
Thank you for just getting to the point. I'm going through video after video of ppl just b-s'ing going on hikes or fishing and cooking is like 2% of the cooking video. Take this like.
Great video, gave me some great ideas
Was saying in my head paprika when it popped up as text on screen 😂 They all look delish. I always keep mixing in gourmet cooking when I’m out but I love cooking and somehow made room for a big fridge and a yeti cooler in my subie. Hope the vehicle thing is working out somehow. I know it sucks and hoping you get back out on your own four wheels soon
Thanks for this video. I’m a vegetarian and could apply quite a few tips.
Teriyaki chicken noodles! Yes! Try some kimchi with it🙂🤠
Thanks for about two months of recipes to mix into the rotation! :)
Thanks for the suggestion! Enjoy! :-)
Love these! We are preparing to truck camp this spring and this helps so much! Love the idea of potstickers I wouldn’t have thought of that. I definitely want to prepare as much ahead of time as I can. Have you thought about canned chili and cheese quesadillas? I bet that would be good.
Hope to see you back on the road soon... crossing my fingers you get another Subaru😊
OOhhhh...I never would have though of that, but what a fabulous idea! I think I'll definitely have to give that a try, I love that it combines the two camp meals I make the most!
@@softroadingthewest if you try it before I get a chance to you have to tell us how it is because I think it would be so freaking good
Great recipe ideas and definitely need to check out trader joe's for some camping meals for me and the kids camping
Incredible meals! I am looking for meal ideas after having gall bladder removed
Mega eye roll at 27:00 - awesome!
Haha, she's got that move mastered!
😂 lol multiple shades of brown
Love your content
Something you might want to try is to make like small slashes on the sausage. I've tried that and it was good, the smoke and heat just cooked the inside slowly
The heck with waiting for when I go camping, I'm trying these dishes at home.
Many of these are things I cook at home for dinner on a regular basis. Even at home, I like fast, easy, tasty & healthy! :-)
I gotta admit I am more of a summer sausage and a brick of cheese kinda guy. But this is still interesting and inspiring.
Haha, oh believe me, the meals you don't see often veer in this direction. :-)
Man in my early 20's I lived off of Stagg Laredo Chilli. If I was feeling fancy I'd put a dollop of sour cream in it. This was great im always looking for new camp food ideas.
Watching this before bed time is dangerous.
Makes me want to go raid the fridge at 2330.......
Great video.!
Whats the status on the Subaru Donald?
I'm building out the back of my 2016 Forester with a pull out kitchen and using your build for some inspiration. I picked up the Flame King 5 pound propane tank. Do you have a video where you talk about how you use it? Is it semi-perm mounted in the car somewhere or do you pull it out and hook it up every time you use the stove?
I haven't been this excited about starting a project/hobby in a long time!! It's helping my depression a bit! Now just to find some good dispersed campsites and forest roads in PA!
EDIT: Nevermind. I found your video posted on 2/29/2020 and it answered my question :)
Cool. Yeah, I've just been carrying the propane bottle in the car, but that was always an interim solution. My intention (before the Forester was wrecked) had always been to build rear swing outs for my spare tire and extra fuel, and I was going to add a mount for a 5-pound propane bottle so it would be permanently outside and also right there next to my stove. Would still need to be hooked up each time though. Good luck with the build, and remember it doesn't need to be perfectly dialed in before you get out and do some exploring & camping. Sometimes being out there using the gear brings about ideas for what makes the most sense for you. Have fun!
I live full time in a 178 camper in South Carolina and I love to cook with my outdoor camping supplies, although I haven’t used my seven quart cast iron pot in a while because it’s a little hard to clean only having the use of one arm and hand due to a massive stroke but it’s not so bad most of the time and I do enjoy the full time camping life as well most of the time I have really enjoyed watching your films the past few days and I would very much like to be able to do what y’all do I’d kinda like to do a lake camping the USA trip if I could
Great video! Gald I found your channel
I COULD smell it! I'll buy all the groceries if you'll do all the cooking. Deal? I'm using these ideas at home, my camp cooking is pretty much pour boiling water into a Mountain House pouch.
Would you pre-wash and dry kale before cooking? Never tried kale before.
I had no idea you were such a grain hater! lol! Excellent video as always!
Haha, oh I LOVE grain! It just doesn't love me back. :-)
These meals are genius! Super simple and look delicious. Guess I have some new ideas for summer of 2021 camp meals. Thank you for sharing these!
Is the Forester getting fixed or are you in search of a new overland vehicle?
Thanks! Hopefully I'll have more information to share on the car in next weekend's video.
@@softroadingthewest looking forward to it :)
Great video again. Hope everything is working out on your new rig. Take care
Still in limbo for the moment but hopefully making some kind of progress in the next week or two!
Sounds good. Really liked your subaru. Are you going to stay with subaru? By the way your meals are looking good. Very good ideas I will try. Take care
Good recipe ideas. TIP: PRECOOK -any chicken or meat cooked in soy sauce, vinegar/citrus, pepper, garlic, ginger, salt can be kept at RT for a few days. They preserve well becoz of the condiments and spices used to cook them. In fact they taste better when they are a day or 2 becoz it soaks up the sauce. Just keep them in the fridge or best to freeze them before you pack them, all you have to do is heat them up. I would use a separate small cooler to keep them and put them at the rooftop at night. Asian greens will keep at RT for a few days, bokchoy, pechay, beans, you can stir fry and top them to your noodles. Any canned good or powder is great for back up. You really will save a lot of space and weight if you plan your meals ahead of time.
Awesome tips!
Awesome Donald but when I go out on my first trip imma be cooking like if I was at home in the woods Thai food and Filipino food
What are pot stickers ? I have never heard of them are they the same as perogies ? Thanks
I would like to know where you bought the container for your quinoa? GREAT job. I hope you will be able to get back on the road soon. I do like these stay at home videos from you though. It's a form of thinking outside the box that might not of happened otherwise or at a later date down the road. Thank you, and say hi to Lucy
That's good to hear, because there'll certainly be a few more stay-at-home episodes coming up! :-) The little box is made by Sistema, don't recall exactly where it came from but they have a whole range of clamp-lid containers. Looks like you can find some on Amazon.
I am always amazed by what you cook. How are things going?
It's been a rough few weeks on a number of levels and there are a lot of question marks still but we're trying to stay positive and look towards the future. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for making this, I always panic trying to decide what to cook when I go camping. How is the car situation going?
Still a lot of question marks. I hope to have an update for you all by next weekend.
I think I’ll try the stroganoff first 😇
LOL I was thinking the same thing,