Labor Day/Long Weekend Camping Meal Ideas

In 2021, I created 15 different weekend camping meal plans to help make life a little easier and give you more quality time with your family. Each weekend is an extended weekend Friday-Monday and each meal idea is something easy that everyone will love and perfect for Labor Day Weekend 2022.

If you would prefer to make your own meal plan grab my free blank printable menu anytime.

The best part is that it’s all customizable for your family! For example, if I tell my neighborhood, tonight is spaghetti night, let’s see what you make. I will have at least 15 different varieties of what each family thinks of as a spaghetti dinner. And all of them will be fantastic. So that’s my thought process for these plans. I give you a basic meal idea like grilled smoked sausage served with BBQ sauce and a side of roasted potatoes and now you can customize it with your family’s favorite BBQ sauce, grandpa’s famous roasted potatoes, and if you want you can even add a salad to your meal. If you don’t like one of my ideas, that’s not a problem, I’ve left you plenty of room to scratch it out and write in your own meal. 

And if there’s a chance that you haven’t heard of my meal idea, I’ve made sure that you can easily Google search it and find a recipe. You never know, it may become a new family favorite!

Each printable menu has four breakfasts, four lunches, four afternoon snacks, and three (sometimes four) dinners. It’s a full Friday-Monday meal plan to rely on each and every weekend. Friday night dinners were designed to be more simple to allow setup and chill time at camp and Monday breakfasts are easier than the others since you’ll probably be packing up. Most lunches can be packaged up and eaten wherever you are exploring. And because I love variety, there are very few repeats between all 15 weeks!

I encourage you to take a break when camping and spend more time with your family, and less time stressing about what to make to feed your crowd. All you need to do is make your grocery list and shop.

Kayaking and camping with kids

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My hope is that your whole family enjoys these meals, but most importantly the time spent together while camping and getting away from the busyness of your everyday lives. 

You can download your menu HERE! And don’t forget to PIN it for later.


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