The camping kitchen is the hub of your campsite. It's where all the delicious smells of camping food come from and are turned into wonderful camping meals.
I don't want to spend all day packing up everything from my home kitchen and I'm sure you don't either so let's go over the kitchen essentials that every camping family will need.
Picnic Table or a Portable Folding Table:
Use the picnic table if one is provided for prepping food and eating.
Bring along a heavier duty plastic table cloth.
Your camping stove can sit on the end of your table or bring along a portable camp stove stand.
Fridge:
A great cooler will keep your food cold, and the ice will last at least two or three days. We bring a very large cooler for our family camping trips and organize it into sections.
One side holds our meat, one side has the fruit and vegetables and in the middle we place the milk, juice, condiments, bread, cheese and eggs.
Dry Food Storage:
Good quality plastic containers with tight fitting lids are perfect for dry food like cereal, nuts and snacks. I highly recommend storing this container in your vehicle at night. Raccoons are pretty crafty and have managed to open one of our lids to get at the cookies inside.
Camping Dishes:
Pots and pans for cooking - use a different set than what you use at home.
Cooking utensils - Go over your meal planning list and this should help you decide what you need to bring to cook with.
Spatulas
Cutting knives
Whisk
Wooden spoon
Measuring cups
Oven mitts or pot grabbers
Bottle opener/corkscrew
Mixing bowl
Serving platter (we bring a couple of extra dinner plates with us for this)
Cutting board - I typically forget this and we use a flat piece of wood instead.
Eating utensils:
Forks, knives and spoons for everyone plus plates, bowls and drinking glasses.
We have a camping set we use, they are inexpensive and very durable.
Napkins for messy eaters!
Other camping kitchen supplies:
Resealable storage bags
weiner/marshmallow sticks
garbage bags
foil and plastic wrap
pot scrubber and dish washing cloth
drying towels
dish soap (we use the biodegradeable kind that washes everything and everyone!)
Camping Coffee Maker:
We've given up on this messy tradition and love the new Starbucks singles that you simply pour into a mug of hot water for delicious tasting coffee. I don't think they thought of campers and hikers when they designed their new coffee to go product but it's perfect for us. No fuss and great coffee.
If you cover off these kitchen essentials, along with your well thought out meal planning, you're off to a great camping holiday and a well stocked and organized camping kitchen.
Bon Appetit!
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