Vegetarian Camping Dinner Recipes

While many traditional camping meals can be very meat-heavy, there’s a lot of compelling reasons to consider a more vegetarian approach instead. Below are a few of the reasons why we prefer to cook vegetarian meals while camping, plus a bunch of our favorite vegetarian camping recipes. It’s a lot easier than you might think!

Cheaper: Meat is expensive, especially if you’re conscious about shopping for organic and humanely raised options. Incorporating some vegetarian meals can help lower that grocery bill before heading out to your campsite.

Less refrigeration: Bringing raw meat camping means you really need to be on top of your cooler game. Sealing everything in contains, packing enough ice, refilling when necessary, and making sure not to leave anything out for too long. While not all vegetarian meals eliminate the need for a cooler (some do), it certainly reduces your overall risk of foodborne pathogens. Reduces overall stress, too.

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Feel better: We’re no dietitians, but after a couple of days of eating hamburgers and hot dogs, usually we aren’t feeling too hot. Most traditional camping meals tend to be pretty heavy, which is fine for a day or two, but it can take a toll on the system after a while. So we like to put a vegetarian twist where we can to make our camping diet a little more sustainable.

If you need a little inspiration on how to incorporate some vegetarian meals in your camping routine, we’ve got a few ideas to get you started. Check out the full list below.

Combining the flavors of banana bread with the classic camping breakfast: pancakes! Topped with walnuts, sliced bananas, and maple syrup, these pancakes make rolling out of your sleeping bag in the morning just a little bit sweeter.

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Grilled halloumi cheese, sweet Hawaiian rolls, a fried egg and spicy mayo come together to make a fantastic quick and easy camping breakfast.

This vegan French toast uses coconut milk and bananas for the batter, which give it a delicious and unexpected flavor! Shelf stable ingredients mean you don’t have to use up space in your cooler.

These Dutch Oven Nachos are super easy to throw together at lunchtime and can be totally customized with all your favorite toppings!

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Trail Mix is such a great camping snack – just throw it in your day pack and hit the trail to explore for the day! This post has a ton of our favorite trail mix combinations.

If you’re looking for something hearty, comforting, AND healthy the next time you’re out camping, you need to try this vegan sweet potato peanut stew.

Combining red lentil pasta with garlicky sauteed kale, this super easy one pot camping meal delivers a ton of protein while still being completely vegetarian.

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An easy cornbread recipe that cooks up in a cast iron skillet over your campfire. Perfect with a bowl of chili on your next camping trip!

Combining healthy sweet potato, beans patties, and smokey southwestern spices, these veggie burgers are the perfect excuse to fire up the grill!

Layers of baked pasta, crunchy edges of melted cheese, flavorful tomato sauce, and fragrant Italian seasonings. Can anything come close to the mouthwatering perfection that is lasagna?

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These Red Lentil Sloppy Joes are a plant based update to the camp classic. It all cooks up in one pot, making cleanup easy!

These Dutch Oven Enchiladas are such an easy camping meal! Stuffed with veggies and beans, covered in sauce, and topped with melted cheese, this recipe is one that everyone will enjoy.

This vegan chickpea curry is SO easy to make! A creamy coconut based sauce is loaded with spices like garam masala, cinnamon, ginger, and tumeric. Serve with toasted naan and rice for a complete meal.

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Toothsome sweet potatoes, assertive poblano peppers, and flavorful black beans, wrapped up in a crispy corn tortilla. These vegan tacos deliver a smoky southwestern sensation with each and every bite.

A vegan kebab with a French twist, this campfire Grilled Ratatouille is a great way to incorporate some vegetables into your camping diet.

Grilled sweet potato “steaks”, roasted peppers and onions, and a New Mexican chile marinade, these vegan campfire fajitas are a new take on an old classic.

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Soft cinnamon-spiced apples, crumbly topping, and a sweet syrupy sauce, all baked to golden brown perfection inside a Dutch oven, this apple cobbler is a great dessert to enjoy around the campfire.

Fresh Off The Grid is a culinary resource for the outdoor community. We offer a collection of recipes, how-to guides, and camp cooking gear to help you enjoy great food in the great outdoors!Are you looking for some vegetarian camping food that’s simple but also delicious? These vegetarian camping meals are foolproof favorites for the whole family. They’re perfect for making out in the woods or even just in your own backyard!

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Vegan Camping Recipes » Homemade Heather

I’ve been a vegetarian my whole life. Back when I was growing up, some kids at school thought it was odd, but it’s become much more commonplace now. Despite the fact that my parents were vegetarian and I’d grown up on a vegetarian diet, I never had any vegetarian camping food until I got married.

My husband grew up in a family of campers. He lived minutes from stunning mountains and canyons, and would regularly head up with little notice on weekends. I’ve always really enjoyed the outdoors, so I loved the idea of making camping part of our family culture once we had kids.

Now, nearly 12 years later, we’ve been camping countless times, both with and without kids. We’ve also made countless vegetarian camping meals. Some have been delicious and others…were less so. Some of the vegetarian campfire meals were so good that I want to make them even when we’re not camping. Now THAT is the sign of good vegetarian camping recipes.

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It’s also important to me that our camping meals are simple and fast. I have no interest in hanging around the campsite all afternoon getting food prepped when we could instead be out hiking and enjoying nature. I want something that is simple and quick to prepare after returning to the campsite, but still warm, hearty, and filling.

Read on for our very favorite simple vegetarian camping food, whether you’re heading out into the middle of nowhere, or just doing some backyard camping with kids!

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Mango Chutney Campfire Cheese Toasties Recipe

We make breakfast burritos at least once almost every time we go camping. They’re perfect for any meal morning or night, they’re simple to make, and they’re easy for each person to customize. They make for ideal camping food for a group! Here’s how we make them.

EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Nonstick pan, camping stove, spatula. You could also use a cast iron skillet or cast iron dutch oven to use over a campfire.

Scrambled eggs (We often scramble our eggs in advance, pour them in a heavy duty Ziploc, and freeze, then thaw before cooking)

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Fry eggs. Cut biscuits open like a sandwich and toast on the same pan. Assemble with egg & a slice of cheese.

We keep our lunches simple when camping. We almost always do basic sandwiches like peanut butter and jam. Occasionally, we may cook frozen veggie burgers back at the campsite. Either way, we try to keep the prep as minimal as possible for lunch.

This is our favorite vegetarian chili recipe that’s perfect at home or while camping. It’s super easy to make in the Instant Pot ahead of time. If you prefer to make it at the campsite, I would pre-mix the spices and use canned beans to make it in a dutch oven over the campfire.

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We love making this Instant Pot burrito filling in advance and filling tortillas. Then we wrap them in foil, and they’re all set to set over a campfire grill. Perfect and so simple! Make sure you use heavy duty foil so it doesn’t tear.

We love these as a perfect side for any vegetarian campfire meal! Make sure you use heavy duty foil so it doesn’t tear.

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