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Recipes for Great American Backyard Campout

I am so excited to be participating in a wonderful link up all about the upcoming Great American Backyard Campout this Saturday, June 23rd. Today’s participants will encourage you in many ways. Be sure to visit all the sites listed at the end of this post to inspire you to have fun camping with your children in the backyard!
This will be our first time to participate in the Great American Backyard Campout. And because this is our first time, we are starting low key.

My focus is on camping food. Simple backyard campout recipes. Since we are camping in our backyard, I plan to use the microwave and slow cooker. Being the practical girl I am, I lean very heavily on recipes with a short list of ingredients. But, don’t worry. For those of you that would like to grill or cook over a fire, there are plenty of Pinteresting ideas on our group Camping with Kids Pinterest board.

Inspiration for participation! I’m sharing our meal plan first then lists of more recipes for you.

Hodgepodge Camping Meal Plan:

  • Supper: Slow Cooker Barbeque Chicken (2 ingredients!), chips, watermelon
  • Snacks/Dessert: S’moreos, grahamwiches and/or cookies from the freezer (because who can possibly decide?)
  • Breakfast: Overnight Slow Cooker Grits, Morning Bars (made the day before)

Recipes for Evening Meal:

  • Pimento cheese sandwiches (when I camped with my grandmother, we always just kept it simple with sandwiches. And these have an allergy-friendly twist.) Plus, those leftover pimento jars are perfect for catching lightning bugs.
  • Slow Cooker Love Pinterest board (because, if you are camping in your backyard, why not use the slow cooker? You can even have a really nice meal and eat on paper plates)
  • Tin foil dinners
  • Frito chili pie
  • simple pigs in a blanket

Camping Snack/Dessert Recipes:

  • SunButter No-Bake Energy Bites (made a day or two before – you can even pull from the freezer. For those without nut allergies you can make with peanut butter.)
  • Campfire Cones
  • 4 ingredient slow cooker chocolate chip brownie cake
  • mini s’mores

Camping Breakfast Recipes:

  • Simple single-serving boxes of cereal all tied up with a plastic spoon – help yourself!
  • Rise and Shine Breakfast Pinterest Board packed with yummy ideas
  • Overnight Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Steel- Cut Oatmeal
  • Cinnamon sugar monkey bread
  • Campfire muffins

Memory making! A few bonus, just-for-fun projects:

  • A backyard campout party! at My Recipes
  • bleach pen t-shirts – maybe draw a tent?
  • lemonade stand – the neighbors might need some refreshment
  • an indoor campfire and more camping inside ideas (in case the weather or the mosquitoes drive you inside)
  • Handbook of Nature Study Summer Photo Challenge

Bonus Backyard Campout Fun:

  • Many grill/campfire meal ideas and much more on our Camping with Kids Pinterest board. All of our link up participants have been pinning to this board!
  • Seven days of camping recipes at One Sweet Appetite.
  • Feel free to browse the Hodgepodge recipe index.

Enjoy these recipes on your Great Backyard Campout or any time! I hope this listing of s’more recipes has tempted you to join in the fun!

Be sure to visit all these wonderful participants in today’s Camping with Kids. I know you will be inspired!

  • Adventure Tykes – Melissa
  • Go Explore Nature – Debi
  • Handbook of Nature Study  – Barb
  • Spell Outloud – Maureen
  • Tales of a Mountain Mama – Amelia

Are you planning on getting outside and participating this weekend? What are your favorite, easy camping recipes?

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  1. Maureen says

    June 18, 2012 at 7:55 AM

    Oh my goodness that S’more looks so good right now! Love all these recipe ideas.

    Reply
  2. Barb-Harmony Art Mom says

    June 18, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Love your list of backyard campout recipes…everything sounds yummy. I will be printing a few ideas out for our campout.

    Reply
  3. Debi says

    June 18, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    Oh my! What an amazing list of yummy recipes! Just in time to start planning our menu for this weekend. Thanks so much for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Melissa says

    June 18, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    Such yummy recipes. We will be camping in Grand Teton National Park during the campout and I am bringing along hobo packs (tin foil dinners) and campfire cones. Can’t wait!

    Have a great time!

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    • Hodgepodgemom says

      June 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM

      The Tetons?! One of my favorite spots on earth!! Envious but thrilled for you. Have a wonderful time!

      Reply
  5. Rachel says

    June 18, 2012 at 5:19 PM

    We went traipsing through the trees in our back yard yesterday … we came home with tons of mosquito bites! … 🙂

    Maybe we’ll try camping in the front yard instead?

    Reply
    • Hodgepodgemom says

      June 18, 2012 at 7:59 PM

      We are covered up in mosquitoes as well. I’m thinking it might end up being a half camp out and end up in the family room. But that’s building memories too!

      Reply
  6. Mike Barlow says

    June 21, 2012 at 6:37 PM

    What an awesome resource! The pintrist camping with kids board is loaded with good stuff!

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