Memorial Day Weekend Camping Menu
Well friends we made it! This weekend is the unofficial kickoff to the summer camping season! Though many of us have already been out camping this spring it’s still time to get excited about all that’s to come. That’s why this summer I have decided to help make things a little easier in the kitchen.
There are 15 weekends in the traditional summer camping season and I am thrilled to say that I have created a menu for each one of them! I’m sharing with you a variety of meal plans that range from traditional camping food to nutrition restrictions like Keto to super simple no stress meals. Some menus focus on getting the most out of a single cooking tool like an Instant Pot or Blackstone griddle while most use your whole RV kitchen. And there’s even one just for tent campers with limited resources like a fridge.
I encourage you to take a break this summer, 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. 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.
The best part is that it’s all customizable for your family - if I tell my neighborhood tonight is spaghetti night, you 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 what I have done 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.
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 menu plan has four breakfasts, four lunches, four afternoon snacks, and three 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 time at camp and Monday breakfasts are easier than the others since you’ll be packing up. Most lunches can be packed up and eaten wherever you are exploring. The best part is there are very few repeats between all the weeks!
My hope is that your whole family enjoys these meals, but most importantly the time spent together enjoying the great outdoors.
You can download this week’s menu HERE. And don’t forget to Pin it for later! Or if you’d prefer to make your own menu this week, here’s a blank version to print.
Please come back each Wednesday to download that week’s menu:
May 26 - Memorial Day
June 2 - Mostly on the Grill
June 9 - Kid Friendly
June 16 - Keto Friendly
June 23 - Blackstone Griddle
June 30 - Fourth of July
July 7 - Real Foods/Whole Ingredients
July 14 - Tent Camping (No Kitchen)
July 21 - Protein Focused
July 28 - Quick & Easy
August 4 - Cool Foods for Hot Weekends
August 11 - Traditional Camping
August 18 - Instant Pot
August 25 - Prep Ahead
September 1 - Labor Day
Now all you need to do is place a grocery pick-up order for Thursday, pack up your camping gear, and head out on the open road!
