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How to Make Camping Recipes from Prepared Food. From soup to nuts, camping meals always
taste more home-cooked when you do some of the preparation at home. You will need Prepared
food Cooler Freezer and ice blocks, gel packs, or frozen drinks. Step 1. Fix up a blend of
your favorite nuts, seeds, dried fruits, wheat crackers, and raisins at home. Store it in
a zip-lock bag for snacks on the trail. Step 2. Combine a mixture of instant rolled oats
and dried fruit at home. In camp, add the mixture to boiling water and let it stand
until the oatmeal is cooked. Step 3. Cook up a stew or soup at home. Refrigerate it
overnight, then transport it to your camp in a portable cooler. Step 4. Bake a casserole
at home. Let it cool to room temperature, then freeze it. Carry it to your camp in a
portable freezer, and thaw it out in time for your meal. Don't pack food if it has just
been cooked and is still warm. Refrigerate the cooked food overnight before packing.
Step 5. Remember to pack plenty of ice blocks or gel packs around any perishable food that
you transport to camp. You can also use frozen drinks as cooling bricks. Now all you have
to do is wait for mess call. Did you know The first s'mores recipe appeared in the 1927
Girl Scout Handbook with the title “Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.”