Camping Food List
Check, Buy and Pack

The camping food list is sorted in categories to make your packing and buying easier. Once again leave out what you feel is unnecessary or add your favorites.

Before we start with the official list, always make sure to have plenty of drinking water especially if you don't know what the quality of the water will be where you're going.

Take plenty of healthy snacks like nuts, dried fruit, granola bars and some others like chips/crisps, biscuits, etc.

Here is a 7 day camping menu all worked out for you.

canned Food List

Great Tip

Put bottles of cooking oil and condiments into individual Zip-lock bags, seal properly. If the bottle opens while traveling at least it's doesn't a mess up everything.

Canned foods are easy to add to any meat dish or use as a side dish. Available in a wide range of products and easy to transport. The only downside is that it takes up a lot of space.

Beans
Vegetables
Chickpeas
Sweet corn or whole kernel corn
Ham
Tomato and onion mix
Tomatoes
Tomato paste or tomato product
Tuna or other fish
Anchovies
Fruit
Condensed Milk
Evaporated Milk
Tinned meat
Soup
Olives

Dry Foods

Carbohydrates is great for energy and an important part of everyday diet. Useful to have all purpose flour to bake a quick bread, scones or pancakes.

Flour/Self raising flour
Baking powder
Baking Soda
Dry yeast/instant yeast
Polenta/Cornmeal
Milk powder/Coffee creamer
Noodles/pasta
Thai Noodles
Chinese rice noodles
Instant noodles
Rice
Couscous
Sugar
Custard powder
Herbs and spices
Salt and Pepper
Soup/Instant soup
Dry vegetables
Cereals
Oats
Tea Bags
Coffee/Instant or Ground
Cocoa/Milo or Hot Chocolate powder

Pickles, Preserves and Condiments

Chutney, pickles, soy sauce and general condiments are great for adding flavor to any dish. Preserved salads like bottled beet root and the handy pre-made salads such as three bean and carrot salads are convenient side dishes for any meal.

Pesto
Pasta sauce
Gherkins
Pickled onions
Beet root salad
Olives
Chutney
Tomato sauce/Ketchup
Mustard
Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco
Olive oil/cooking oil
Vinegar
Salad dressing
Soy sauce
Mayonnaise
Spreads for toast/bread
Peanut butter
Jam/preserve
Syrup

Snacks

Prepare small zip-lock bags or any other small containers with tight fitting lids for in between snacks. Fill with a mixture of nuts, raisins, pretzels, dried cranberries or any other dried fruit add some jelly beans or small chocolates and dish out whenever anyone needs an energy boost or a snack in between meals.