10 Recipes for Your Next Camping Trip

Summer is an excellent time to dig out your hiking boots, acquire a tent, and start scouting for that picturesque, woodsy location. The foods you eat while camping are fun and tasty, but they contain their fair share of animal products. Vegan camping food can be really easy to make and delicious. Plus, (for the most part) you don’t have to worry about it going bad in the summer heat. You bring something as simple as fruit and store-bought bars or you can make your own granola bars, sandwiches, and cookies to bring on your trip! Vegan camping food doesn’t have to be plain or boring. You can have filling and tasty food while on a camping trip!

Instead of gelatin marshmallows and pig part hot dogs, try these 10 meat and dairy-free recipes from our Food Monster App for your next camping trip:

1. Raw Vegan ‘Granola Bar’ Crackers

Mix and dehydrate these bars before your camping trip, then have them ready to quell hunger when hiking to your tent spot. They’re raw and healthy!

2. Raw Vegan Almond Fig Bars

Here is another raw snack idea that is great for munching while on the move. The almond, walnut, raisin, and cinnamon crust enclose a fig filling, with a pecan topping.

3. Trail Mix

Some packaged versions on the shelf are nothing more than salt and sugar-laden ingredients such as chocolate candies made with hydrogenated vegetable oils, or nuts that have been tossed in excess salt or sugar. Instead, make a superfood trail mix. Use 3 parts nuts (such as peanuts, cashews, almonds, hazelnuts) to 1 part seeds (flax, pumpkin, sunflower) to 1 part sweet things (such as dried bananas, dates, apricots, raisins, or even chocolate chips). Check out this guide for more inspiration:

4. Lemon Coconut Breakfast Bars

These lemon-coconut bars are perfect for sharing in the morning as you sit around the tent, basking in the woodsy sunrise and planning the day.

5. Tofu Vegetable Kebabs With Peanut Sauce

If you don’t like tofu, dare yourself to try it in a way you’ve never tasted – grilled and on a skewer. You’ll taste a delicious, smoky peanut sauce that the tofu soaks up perfectly.

6. Black Bean, Corn, and Walnut Vegan Burger

It can be tempting to pack with frozen veggie burgers for grilling at your campsite, but try making your own instead. These black bean, corn, and walnut vegan burgers are packed with flavor and healthy items like black beans, walnuts, carrots, and bell pepper.

7. Crunchy Raw Vegan Protein Balls

Protein balls are perfect for camping trips, as they’re easy to make, eat, store, and hold. Plus, there is no refrigeration needed. Almond flour and raw protein powder pack these bites with sustaining energy.

8. S’Mores

No camping trip would be complete without making a fire and toasting marshmallows for s’mores. Gluten-free and vegan products are widely available, so vegans can bask in the glory of biting into a toasted marshmallow with cool chocolate pieces in between crunchy graham crackers.

9. Orange-Triple Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bake these before the trip and hand them out to everyone while sitting around the fire. These cookies call for great ingredients like date paste, tahini, spelt flour, and brown rice flour.

10. Simple Vegan Sugar Cookies

Make these classic, more simple sugar cookies to balance out the flavorful orange and chocolate of the cookies above.

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