Camp Grill

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1. Adriana says:

   May 14, 2010 at 12:48 pm

   grilled chicken over burgers!!! if you have to have burgers then try ground chicken or turkey burgers. whole wheat buns are a must. try buying those snacks that come in little bags that are 100 calories, like the mini wheat thins and mini chips ahoy, they are way healthier than the real thing if you need something small to snack on. bring lots of fruits in the cooler to snack on too, for breakfast oatmeal is very easy to make in the camp stove and healthy. you can make chicken drumsticks in the grill too, but buy them fresh with skin on (not those fried chicken wings ones) you can also make some soups at home and bring them in the cooler in a container and heat them up in the camp stove, like pumpkin puree soup, carrot and potato puree soup, try soups that don’t have any pasta or noodles, and that are puree like those are better to store cold and reheat wonderfully and are healthy. you can grill veggies, they are so delicious, like onions, peppers, zucchinis.
2. Always L says:

   May 14, 2010 at 12:48 pm

   You provide the basic answer with "we eat the whole time and I can’t do that". I could suggest carrots and celery sticks, minimize stuff with sugar and fat, but I suspect you know all that already.

   It sounds like your main problem is finding things to do other than eat. And when you do eat, watching your portions. So, rather than needing your own food stash, go ahead and eat what everyone else is eating, but stick to 4-5 small meals each day. Take your time eating and enjoying the socializing, but don’t go back for seconds, thirds and extras. Drink plenty of water – skip sodas.

   Breakfast: 1 cup of cereal with milk, piece of fruit, one egg, one piece of toast
   Morning snack: piece of fruit, cup of yogurt (or a slice of deli meat)
   Lunch: entree plus a couple of veggies (example: small burger with lettuce and tomato, minimal ketchup or mayo)
   Afternoon snack: piece of fruit, one cookie or granola bar
   Dinner: entree plus three veggies, carbohydrate, small dessert

   And don’t forget to plan some ACTIVITIES!
3. ♫ La vita è misteriosa ♫ says:

   May 14, 2010 at 12:48 pm

   One of the biggest things to keep in mind when trying to eat healthy is that it’s generally the QUALITY of food, not the QUANTITY.

   You don’t mention any dietary restrictions (salt, sugars, Jewish, etc.) but all the same I’d recommend to you what I’d recommend to anyone else: Stay FAR, FAR away from processed foods of any kind, and eat fresh and raw food.

   Here is what is found in my diet:
   Orange and 100% grape juice (I like Welch’s the best, less sugary than other brands)
   Dean’s 4% cottage cheese
   Whole wheat bread (‘Hunza’ bread is free of sugar, good if you can find it)
   Full fat cheeses such as parmesan, mozzarella, smoked gouda, provolone, cheddar, etc.
   Organic chicken breast, often cooked with lemon, salt and pepper
   Organic tortilla chips with natural salsa
   Real vanilla yogurt
   Organic, free-range vegetarian-fed eggs
   Lots of fruit – apples, berries, bananas, citrus, etc.
   Fresh or frozen green beans, carrots, etc.
   Mashed potatoes
   Nuts – raw is best, but if you are craving salt then roasted and salted are still fine
   Organic raisins (sulfate and sulfite free)
   Whole wheat pasta with organic pasta sauce (or I’ll just whip up my own sauce)

   Admittedly, I don’t eat many vegetables, mostly because I’ve never liked them and even as an adult still find it hard to incorporate them into my diet.

   Pretty much, what has worked for me (I lost about 35 lbs and my husband lost 70 lbs, even with a DECREASE in physical activity) is to cut out ALL processed foods – this means NO restaurants, NO fast food, NONE of the nearly 90% of fake foods that fill up the average grocery store. Sugar is a HUGE problem in this country – your body does NOT require it, yet they put it into everything imagineable, which only makes your waistline expand.

   Absolutely stay away from:

   Bleached, enriched flour (if it doesn’t say "whole grain," then it’s not)
   "Sugar" syrup of any kind – fructose, high fructose, maltose, etc.
   Fake sugars, such as saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, stevia, etc. – they are terrible for your body!
   MSG
   Artificial flavors or colors
   Preservatives, such as BHT, potassium sorbate, etc.

   Just making those small changes will make HUGE changes in how you look and feel.

   I hope this is helpful to you! : ) Have fun camping – I just got back from a 3-day hiking trip in the Smokies, and it was beautiful!
4. J says:

   May 14, 2010 at 12:48 pm

   there’s really not a lot of food that you can’t cook while camping that you would eat at home.

   rice always works real well. you can cook it beforehand, then add some vegetables and oil, then wrap it in a ball in some aluminum foil and just throw that in the fire to cook. instead of bread, you can put most anything in a tortilla–scrambled eggs and vegetables would work well.

   corn on the cob is also a good one. keep it in the husk and soak it in some water for a couple minutes, then just turn it here and there as it cooks on the coals.

   if you want snacks, you can take stuff like popcorn, snow peas, carrots and whatever else. those dehydrated Lipton Sides are cheap and work well as a dinner–i like to add in some raw broccoli to the water, and it’s really filling.

   otherwise, if you want to fit in with what everybody else is eating, you can splurge on some vegetarian hot dogs or Boca Burgers.

   if you do a lot of camping, you could also invest $30 in a vacuum sealer. it would let you cook anything you want at home, then seal it up without really having to worry about refrigeration (a fully-cooked chicken breast will last fine if vacuum-sealed), then just drop it, bag and all, into some boiling water to heat up.
5. John says:

   May 14, 2010 at 12:48 pm

   MREs… haha jk those have around 2,500 calories per meal
6. noodle recipes says:

   January 5, 2011 at 10:24 pm

   Do what restaurants do. They cook the noodles separately and add them to the bowl before the brothy soup base (chicken, broth, carrots, etc). Otherwise, the noodles keep swelling and swelling and swelling, and you have no stock left and mush for noodles. Same w/ rice or barley.