Well fruits and veggies are a good start! Other snack options could be beef jerky or turkey jerky, nuts or trail mix, goldfish crackers or other crackers (wheat thins, trisquits), rice cakes, low cal/fat high fiber/protein granola bars, low fat string cheese, cereal (if you like snacking on dry cereal), celery with peanut butter, carrots or broccoli or any other veggies with hummus, lots of fruit, baked potato chips/tortilla chips/pita chips, pretzels, dried fruit, olives, pickles, etc.
For meals try kabobs, they can be very healthy! You can either cook the meat before you go or do it over the campfire, chicken is a better option than beef and put on lots of veggies of course! Peppers, onions, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, etc. just brush with a little teriyaki sauce sauce and you're good to go. Maybe veggie dogs instead of a regular hot dog (although someone warned above that they don't cook well on sticks), if everyone else is having cheeseburgers you can too, but make it a small one, skip the bun and put lots of toppings like lettuce, tomato, green pepper, cucumber, onion and mustard or a little ketchup (no mayo!) or have a veggie burger. For sides have corn on the cob or other grilled veggies, you can put them on skewers or in tin foil pouches to make them easier to cook, cous cous is also very well suited for camping because you just add hot water and stick the pot over the fire for 5 minutes. Maybe make a dish or two before you go to bring along, for example you can make potato salad....but instead of mayo based potato salad make a german style potato salad (usually made with vinegar, olive oil and dijon mustard) and add in some onion, pickles and/or celery. Or maybe you could make a nice rice dish to go along.
As far as dessert if people are having smores just toast a marshmallow or two and skip the chocolate and graham crackers. Fruit is always a good option for dessert but pick one that feels like dessert so you're more likely to be satisfied. For example when I have an apple it doesn't seem like dessert to me, but strawberries or watermelon do.
For drinks skip the soda and stick to water, plain, sparkling, flavored, whatever. Maybe have some sugar free hot chocolate for the chilly nights.
For breakfast choose cantaloup, low fat granola, a meal replacement shake, or if you're cooking use egg whites instead of whole eggs, turkey bacon or canadian bacon, etc. or try a whole grain bagel with light cream cheese or peanut butter or sugar free jam
Most of all control your portions, sitting around the campfire can lead to mindless munching so watch out for that!
Have a great time on your trip!!!
Last edited by wisher; 07-13-2007 at 04:59 PM.
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