Day 11 SUGAR-FREE ME!

Family camping trip last weekend.  We were a bit limited with the "no open fires" rule due to recent wild fires and camping w/o running water making clean up difficult. But quite frankly, I think I was just lazy about cooking & cleaning on a simple overnight trip. So while everyone else ate Nathan's hotdogs, chips & fruitables juice boxes and of course smores, what did I eat?   A piece of pork loin cut in the shape of a hotdog, an apple (which my son tried to steal from me several times), and raw brocolli.  For breakfast the kids splurged on pop tarts which I don't hardly ever buy.  But they were on sale & I had a coupon, my moral dilema cost/benefit.  I had a boiled egg & strawberries (which the kids wanted too).  Trail mix & beef jerkey are also always a hiking/camping standard. 

The next trip I'm going to try some healthy camping food ideas/recipes:
http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/rethinking-campfire-food-15-healthy-easy-ideas-2-recipes/
http://www.complete-family-camping-guide.com/camping-food-ideas.html
http://www.tasteofhome.com/camping-recipes
Pancakes-you can use bananas instead of eggs if you don't want to hunt down dried eggs.
Oatmeal-If you bring a glass mason jar or a large thermos, you can just use boiled water even on old fashioned oats.  Just let it sit for 15-20 minutes. 
Breakfast burritos can be made ahead, wrapped in tin foil & reheated like a "hobo meal". My son's #1 choice.

Lunch:  I always pre-make homemade pb&j sandwiches, but I let them eat chips & have fruitables juice boxes.  Pretty easy to switch the chips for carrots etc.

Dinner:  Oh, the possibilies are endless if we are allowed to have fire. I love the idea of hobo meal.  But if limited with a propane camp stove & no running water, I would choose something with a short cook time & easy cleanup.

Now if I could just manage to get some sleep on the next trip.