7-Day Camping Meal Plan
Need to plan camping food? This 7-Day Camping Meal Plan has everything you need for a week of eating at the campground. This camp menu includes a daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.
How to Make a Camping Meal Plan
Planning a week-long camping trip is a lot of work! You must ensure you have all the necessary camping equipment, personal items, and everything to prepare food. All of this is in addition to planning where the trip will be and securing a reservation.
That is overwhelming! To make your extended trip more enjoyable, we have created a camping menu with 28 easy recipes you will love. Get our Free Camping Packing List.
Notes about how this plan works:
- Cooking methods include campfire, pie iron, flattop griddle, and Dutch oven. If you do not have a Blackstone flattop, a griddle on a grate over the campfire can be used.
- Three of the days include Dutch oven meals for dinner and dessert. Dutch ovens can be stacked to cook these meals simultaneously.
- Most recipes target four people but look at yields and adjust as necessary.
- A few recipes require pre-prep, so reading through each ahead is recommended.
- Alternative breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert ideas are listed below in the one-week meal plan.
- There are snack suggestions at the bottom of the post.
Essential Cooking Equipment
The following cooking essentials are needed for this menu but will be handy on all camping trips.
- Campfire Grill Grate—A grate is used to grill food over an open flame. The metal grate is placed on top of a campfire, allowing the heat from the fire to cook the food evenly. We keep this folding grate packed in our camper to use at campgrounds that don’t include one as part of the fire pit. Don’t forget grill accessories!
- Pie Iron—A cast-iron pie iron is a cooking tool consisting of two metal plates hinged together. It primarily cooks sandwiches, pies, and other campfire treats over an open flame.
- Dutch Oven – A Dutch oven is a cast-iron cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid and feet on the bottom to hold the pot over a heat source, mostly charcoal. Helpful accessories include a charcoal chimney, parchment liners, and a Dutch Oven Accessory Set.
- Foil Pans—We cook several of our recipes in shallow metal pans made of aluminum foil on a grate over the campfire. We recommend lining the pans with parchment paper to prevent aluminum from leaching into the food and for easy cleanup.
- Roasting Forks—These tools are used for roasting food over an open flame. They consist of a long metal fork with a handle, allowing you to safely hold food while roasting.
- Cast Iron Griddle – A griddle is a flat surface to prepare food. It is placed on the grate above the campfire. A Blackstone Griddle serves the same purpose.
One-Week Camping Meal Plan
Let’s get into the 7-day camping meal plan. We have provided suggested and alternative recipes for a week of campground food for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, along with suggestions for snacks.
7 Day Camping Menu
Whether a weeklong or just a weekend, use this camping menu to feed the family on your next campout.
Day One
Today's menu includes campfire and Dutch oven recipes. Stack two ovens to make dinner and dessert simultaneously.
German Chocolate Dump Cake
Dump the ingredients into the pot and create a tasty German chocolate cake.
Day Two
Get creative on day two with your choice of favorite foods and toppings.
Picnic Table Charcuterie Board
Build a simple charcuterie board at the campsite using prepared finger foods. Shopping list included.
Day Three
Day Four
French Toast Casserole
Create this French Toast Casserole in your Dutch Oven for a hearty camping breakfast.
S'more Hot Dogs
Combine two popular camping foods to make S'more Dogs, a unique dish that combines lunch and dessert. Give it a try!
Strawberry Lemon Cobbler
Fresh strawberries and cake mix create a delicious and easy Dutch oven dessert.
Day Five
Breakfast Foil Packets
Breakfast foil packs are a simple, delicious camping meal with eggs, breakfast meat, and potatoes.
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Make everyone's favorite sandwich in a pie iron or over the campfire on foil or a cast-iron griddle.
Dutch Oven Taco Casserole
This taco meal can be adapted with your choice of meat and beans. Turn the heat up or down with salsa or added toppings.
S'mores Charcuterie Board
Build an easy chocolate charcuterie board and let everyone create their own dessert. Shopping list included.
Day Six
Pizza Pull-Apart Bread Bites
Create a delicious pan of pizza pull-apart bread over the campfire or on a grill.
Chicken with Pasta & Cheese
Make this amazing chicken & pasta over the campfire with your favorite pasta and sauce.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake
Enjoy the taste of peanut butter cups in dessert form with this easy Dutch oven chocolate cake.
Day Seven
Campfire Pigs in a Blanket
Kids will enjoy making these pigs in a blanket on a stick over the campfire.
Campfire Grilled Nachos
Everyone gets to customize their own pan of nachos with this simple recipe made over the campfire or grill.
S'more Sandwiches
S'more sandwiches are a delicious twist on classic campfire s'mores made on the griddle for a handheld treat.
Alternate Recipes
Switch up this menu with the following camping meal ideas:
- Camping Breakfasts: Pancakes, Instant oatmeal packets, Donuts, Cereal, Yogurt & granola
- Lunch: Pizza Sandwiches, Quesadillas, Reubens, PB&J, Bacon Cheese Dogs
- Camping Main Dishes: Chili Cheese Fries, Grilled Fish, Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches, Sloppy Joes, Salisbury Steak
- Desserts: Grilled Cake & Berries, Turtle Lava Cake, Grilled peaches, Campfire Cookies, S’mores
Camping Snack Ideas
- Trail mix
- Granola or protein bars
- Beef jerky
- Dried fruit
- Ants on a Log
- Nuts
- Popcorn
- Pretzels
- Cheese & crackers
- Fresh fruit
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Chips & salsa
- Veggies with hummus
- Rice cakes with nut butter
We hope your camping trip is more leisurely since we have done all the meal planning.
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