Inspired by ... Camping Gourmet

A shot of a campfire from when we camped at Buffalo Creek
recreation area near Evergreen, CO, a couple of years ago.

I am planning a camping trip for my fourth wedding anniversary to the Grand Tetons. The plan is to stay there for five days or so, camping for most of the time.

The plan is also to save money by not eating out; in other words, we plan to eat primarily at the campsite. Which I love. And I think will be fun if I can plan the menu out ahead of time.
I love all parts of camping but the actual sleeping part. I don't remember the sleeping part bothering me when I was younger, when my parents would take us to Yankton, SD, or to the Black Hills on the other side of South Dakota during the summer. I have very fond memories of camping.

So I think it's the result of getting older. The air mattress and the larger tent do help.

I also prefer to car camp. Which means that we can really bring whatever we want to cook with when we go at the end of June.

To that end, I found this article with 16 Delicious Camping Meals from Sunset Magazine very inspiring!

I'll probably skip the steak recipes, but I did like the idea of bringing chili with us and making camp pizza in our new cast iron skillet. I'll have to test out some gluten-free crust recipes before that though.

The chicken enchilada nacho bowls also looked like a nice change from our regular diet of bratwurst and hamburgers.

What do you like to eat when camping?