Diane G
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I understand your problem...
My husband and I have been making frequent camping type week-end trips to lighthouses and I have to organise the food and cameras and he his radios. Tent or not to tent is also organised according to where we are going.
I ask myself that question all the time... what to eat??
I have to cater for two, taking into account food allergies and a vegetarian diet. I have developed a camping storage box of staple food supplies and add to it as needed.
My suggestions may or may not be helpful...I usually take too much. LOL!
I dont know how you will meet a budget of $10 each though. How big are your appetites?
A few questions will help clarify your planning.
Are you planning a backpacking tramping type camp trip?
Or a car supported camp out where the car carries the gear and is parked nearby?
Backpacking will need lighter food types.
The car can carry heavier foods such as cans. If you have use of an esky (chilly bin) you could take some fresh food too.
Breakfast is the easiest to organise.
It can be cereal, or eggs, or porridge, toast, or whatever your favourite food is for breakfast. Hot or cold is up to you.
If you need milk, take powdered milk as it is lighter to carry and keeps well dry, (no need for a fridge).
Same with other liquid refreshments; try taking the concentrates or syrups and add water later.
Depending on where you are camping as to whether you need to take fresh drinking water.
Lunch can be sandwiches, soups, pasta, vegetables or anything else you feel like cooking or making before hand.
It depends on what you are doing and have the time for. Example; a day tramp would suit sandwiches better than a hot meal.
Dinner: a good standby is the old faithful baked beans or spaghetti on toast.
Again, depending on the weather, soups may be a good way to go. If it is cold/ wet a hot soup with toast or bread is great.
Something quick and easy is helpful to have on hand.
The canned food range is something you can look into too, but dont forget the can opener!!
Another thing you can consider is the dried food range... dried peas, flake potato, dried mushrooms, pasta the list goes on. Dried fruit can be more expensive.
I used to enjoy the 2 minute noodle soups with beaten egg and veges mixed in while cooking, but they are off my list now.
Rice is a great easy to carry dried food. So is millet cereal and quinoa. (gluten free)
A meal can be thrown together using rice, dried peas, dried mushrooms, garlic, onion, dried herbs (or flavour sachets such as Indian, Thai or Mexican) and a few extra fresh vegetables can be cooked up as a "one pot wonder",
Or,
the curry/sauce topping can be cooked separately from the rice (or pasta) and served together.
Whether you add meat, fish or beans is entirely up to you.
Or
you could cook up some pasta and mix in a jar of pasta sauce to go with it.
Or,
You could do corn on the cob still in its husk roasted in the coals,
potatoes or kumera in their jackets wrapped in tin foil and roasted in the coals.
One Easter camping trip I did, I made a large pot of potato soup but left the milk out of it until camp was set up and we were thinking of dinner. It made transporting the soup easy... no spills!
Admittedly I did have a two burner and grill gas camping stove to use, set up in a tarp lean to shelter.
There were 6 of us that camp... in pouring rain in the Blue Mountains, out of Sydney.
Snacks.
If you're handy in the home kitchen, make a batch or two of Anzac biscuits to take with you. Or a date loaf, banana cake or something else you enjoy for snacks.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are a handy "take away" food. (wash and eat)
What to do?
Look up the walks in the area you're planning on visiting. Department Of Conservation web site is a good start, or library books.
My interest is photography, so Im easily entertained with a camera, but it depends on your interests too, as to what you do.
Are you into bird watching or fishing? Can you recognise the bird calls at night?
How many native food plants do you recognise?
Could you make this a learning expedition taking field guides for plants and birds with you?
If you're away from town areas in the country, it is a good time to look at all the stars you never get to see in the city. Take a sky map for the month/s you will be going camping and see how many stars you recognise.
Take a back country survival training manual with you and start developing survival skills...
It really depends on what you are interested in.
Batteries run out fairly quickly and camp cooking usually takes longer than home cooking and can become the entertainment source for the evening too. If you can laugh at your "disasters" and burnt offerings you will have lots to look back on years later.
I hope you have a lot of fun planning and with the camping trip too. |
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