Quick over night Meals when camping !!!

[UTE 701]

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[earle]

We do similar to above posts with vac-sealed meals. If we've got a trip planned soon we will cook double batches of a meal, eat half and freeze/vac seal the other half. If its something like spag bol we might even include pre-cooked spagetti.

[Hefty]

Preparing before you leave is definitely the way to go.
My brother and I were part of a group hunting trip to the Cape a few years back and the difference in cooking times between the groups who pre-packaged/froze/vac-packed stuff and those who didn't on most nights could be measured in hours!

But, don't freeze too well if it's for the first night. On a weekend trip to Charlie Moreland the year before last, we made a double batch of spag bol about half a week before the trip: half for dinner, half in the bottom of the chest freezer for the trip.
Forgot to let it defrost on the drive to camp. A full set up in light rain was not long enough to melt the frozen block of bolognaise sauce in a saucepan over a 3 ring burner. We sat around for another half hour before it was ready!

We normally do spag bol (as above but not rock solid ),
chicken curry and rice (fry chicken and onion, jar of sauce, tin of coconut cream, and rice),
a pasta pack or rice pack with some kind of protein and frozen veg thrown in,
or something between soup and pasta carbonara based on a tin of cream of mushroom soup and a tin of tuna.

Cheers!
Jono.

[Sullyman]

A favourite of ours is fill a zip lock freezer bag with pre-cut chicken and a bottle of stir fry satay sauce.
Fry it up in 5-10 minutes at camp and boil some rice we want some extra filling.

Another option is to buy some chicken and vegie stir fry from Leonards.

[Sharshebelle1]

Similar to a lot of people,  either vacuum sealed curry,  or pasta and pesto sauce with garlic bread cooked in the foil.

[Black Diamond]

Cant beat a nice bowl of Spag Bolognaise pre made at home for a quick re heat   

[Redcherokee]

Sheesh. You lot are enthusiastic.

What about when it's well after nine and dark (or wet) by the time you are set up.  Those are the nights when nothing beats a pack of Mr Smith's finest crinkle cut potato (salted) and a bottle of red.

Vegies are healthy.

[briann532]

Sheesh. You lot are enthusiastic.

What about when it's well after nine and dark (or wet) by the time you are set up.  Those are the nights when nothing beats a pack of Mr Smith's finest crinkle cut potato (salted) and a bottle of red.

Vegies are healthy.

Oh Yeah................been there many a time, but I must confess I progressed the kettle "lime and cracked pepper"

[heath74]

1)Ham and cheese toastie,
2)snag and bread, or
3)pasta and tir through sauce with a sliced up chorizo sausage thrown in.

Are a few of my stock spare meals.  All based around what the kids will eat.

[Kit_e_kat9]

Bacon and egg sandwiches, steak and eggs, stirfry.

Baz.

x 2.  You can marinate your chicken and chop vegies at home to do a stir fry.  Nothing quicker than any of these. 

We do very little "out of a can or packet" so if it's going to be food (eg: spag or curry), I do it all from scratch.  Yep ... sauces, curry pastes etc ... the old fashioned way ... with fresh ingredients.  No preservatives for this family where possible.

Kit_e

[cruisindub]

The same as Kit_e above,.....
always cooked from scratch.
My wife the chef, never ceases to amaze me at what she turns out, with our limited stocks and supplies, all while I ambusy doing my manly duties and being handed a cold beer or cocktail ...

Sometimes even just cheeseand bread and spreads etc for a no frills eat while sampling a good glass of wine,  usually when its my turn to cook.

[Muso]

A tin of Braised Steak and Onions on toast for me, although as my wife is a top cook that almost never happens.

[Sullyman]

Hi - one of the big time savers we used to use (for both cooking and cleaning) was to use"boil in a bag" rice which we use to source from our local coles or woolies.  However I have not been able to find these now for quite a while and was wondering if anyone knows if they are still made and where to get them from.
Thanks.

[earle]

Probably been replaced with the microwave rice you can get in plain and all sorts of flavours. I suspect you could just sit the bag in boiling water to heat when camping.

[Barrabart]

Steak and onion cooked on a shovel blade over a fire....... throw between two slices of bread, bbq sauce....... job done..... yeah it's rough n ready...... but have done it a few times in the middle of the night when the pigs and roos were few and far between............ oh and yeah it was a clean shovel, gotta have some class!

[LJs GU]

Barrabart, I'll be sure to lock that idea away in the grey matter for our next bush camping... that's sensational.  My kids (and the missus) would freak out seeing that.

In fact I may try it out on the stove at home for a trial run...   

LJ

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[Mace]

Steak and onion cooked on a shovel blade over a fire....... throw between two slices of bread, bbq sauce....... job done..... yeah it's rough n ready...... but have done it a few times in the middle of the night when the pigs and roos were few and far between............ oh and yeah it was a clean shovel, gotta have some class!

Rabbit on a shovel - thats an old depression era meal.  I have tried it once many years ago - cooking dinner for the dog.  Couldnt quite come at it myself, tho I dont mind a bit of coney!

[Barrabart]

Barrabart, I'll be sure to lock that idea away in the grey matter for our next bush camping... that's sensational.  My kids (and the missus) would freak out seeing that.

In fact I may try it out on the stove at home for a trial run...   

LJ

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Ah yes....... sounds great........ shovel cooking in the kitchen.... make sure you use a long handled shovel just to add a bit of flare to the whole cooking procedure.......... the kids love it when i clear almost everything from the kitchen benchtops i a couple of skillfully executed manoveurs............. do you have ceiling fans at your place?...... they can be a hassle..... hehe

[sol]

Ah yes....... sounds great........ shovel cooking in the kitchen.... make sure you use a long handled shovel just to add a bit of flare to the whole cooking procedure.......... the kids love it when i clear almost everything from the kitchen benchtops i a couple of skillfully executed manoveurs............. do you have ceiling fans at your place?...... they can be a hassle..... hehe

         

[Old Croc + plus one]

we also use the vac seal to put meals away for late stops best thing ever

[buddha]

anything thats quick and easy when i take the kids.snags,bacon,rissoles,baked beans,eggs,bread,sauce,vegemite pretty well covers all the meals over 4 days.

[cewilson]

An hour to go before dark - hell that's heaps of time!!!


For the late arrivals we tend to go with meals like steak & salad, cheese hamburgers, baked beans/spaghetti, sausages in bread - very similar to what we might have for lunch normally actually 

[MDSimpson]

I love the idea of vacuum packing a pre cooked meal, then reheating in the billy of water....

Here is a question for those that do this. What is a good, cheap brand of vacuum sealer? I am looking to get one so I can cook a few meals to take to Tuff Truck in a few weeks...


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[sako]

Can this method of re heating be used on pre cooked rice?

[LJs GU]

Here is a question for those that do this. What is a good, cheap brand of vacuum sealer? I am looking to get one so I can cook a few meals to take to Tuff Truck in a few weeks...

MDSimpson,

I think I may be able to help you out there...

I've been looking at them for a while now and doing my homework with them, so I finally bought one of these off ebay.  Picked it up for $50 (plus post). It came with 10 bags.



Try: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/230747406380?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Once you start looking around, you'll see that a lot of them are basically the same workings but just different plastic casings and design.

In fact used up 5 of the bags tonight for the first time on 'half a cow' I got from the butchers.  Impressed.

LJ