Many glampsites offer either on-site dining options or nearby restaurants which are great options if you do not want to worry about planning your own meals. If you are seeking a more classic outdoor excursion, cooking your own meals is the way to go! Camp food can get a bad reputation, but if you are well prepared, it can be easy to create yummy meals with very little prep work! Cooking while glamping is not only affordable but allows you to completely immerse yourself in your experience with the outdoors by avoiding having to drive in and out of your camp to go to restaurants and stores multiple times a day. Cooking for your group can be fun and add an exciting element to your adventure! Simple preparation beforehand will take any stress out of cooking on your glamping trip. 

What You Need

Some key supplies you will need for your homemade meals around the campfire include:

Recipes

There are so many different recipes you can try on your glamping trip. The idea of cooking dinner at a campsite typically conjures up ideas of a cold and tasteless meal, but it is very simple to prepare a delicious, healthy, and budget-friendly meal at camp. We recommend spending some time planning before your glamping trip so that you can bring supplies and ingredients! Check out Wander Camp’s Pinterest for some more glamping food inspiration.

Tinfoil Dinners

These yummy meals leave so much room for variety and are nearly impossible to mess up! Perfect for a simple meal after spending your day out and about. All you will need to do is chop up your desired vegetables, meat, and other ingredients and then wrap them in tinfoil. You can heat them up by placing the tin foil packets on coals until they are warmed. My personal favorite is making cheesy potato tin foil dinners. 

Dutch Oven Meals 

Like we said above, you can make whatever your heart desires in a dutch oven. You can suspend your Dutch oven above the fire, place it on a cooking grate over a fire, or layer hot coals underneath and on top of it. Check out a more comprehensive guide to Dutch ovens here! Some classic Dutch oven camping recipes include cobblers, cinnamon monkey bread, chili, and cornbread. 

Skillet Meals 

Skillets are similar to Dutch ovens in the sense that they have a number of uses. A skillet can be used with coals, a fire, or a camp grill. The pan can be placed directly on top of the coals or on a DIY platform above the coals using rocks. A cast iron skillet can be used to cook almost anything you could want to eat on your summer glamping adventure. Some fun ideas include: pancakes, campfire nachos, pasta, stew, and so much more.  

S’Mores

This classic camping treat is the key to a good adventure. Branch out from the typical graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows by including ingredients such as peanut butter cups, cookie butter, roasted berries, or rice crispies. 

Now that your mouth is watering, consider planning your summer glamping trip now! Check out the different Wander Camp locations in Moab, Zion, Grand Canyon, Bear Lake, Glacier, Yellowstone, and Lake Powell here!

Post written by Maggie Jackson