One of the main joys of camping is that the whole family can get involved in every chore, be it rigging up the tent or setting up the meal. You can even allow your children to cook the dinner with some simple camping recipes for kids. Here are some easy-to-make camp delights, which children and adults can enjoy.

Foil Recipes for Kids

All you need is a simple aluminum foil in order to come up with some amazingly tasty, easy to make and nutritious camping delights. Foil cooking comes in handy as you can cut the ingredients and wrap them up, for the trip, much in advance. Do not forget to use anti-stick spray on the foil. With this kind of cooking, you can be assured about the quality of food and also the ease with which it can be made. Foil cooking is one of the best known camping recipes for kids. It’s amazing the way kids warm up to otherwise ‘untouchable’ food like vegetables, when a campfire and a sheet of foil are involved. Give your children the foil wrapped veggies and let the kids have a first hand experience of what mommy does everyday. It is amazing how this can change the perspective of children. Another favorite foil recipe is the fried potatoes, which all kids love. Cut wedges of potatoes, liberally spray the foil with non-stick, and allow it to roast for 45 minutes. Add any kind of topping you like and serve hot. This is one of the most loved camping recipes for kids. Another work-of-art is the foil roast dinner. In this however, you may need to play an active role, in case your children are really young. Pan Fry some diced beef and add some potatoes, turnips, cabbages and mini carrots, to it. Also add simple garnish to it, like onion soup powder, and toss it in a foil. Roast it over a low flame for1.5 hours, and serve dinner hot, with the help of your children.

Smores for kids

Smores is something that kids and adults, both enjoy. Everybody knows how to make smores, but adding your own imaginative twist to it, makes it all the more exciting. One of the best known smores recipes is the vanilla wafer and white chocolate smores, which is a well known camping recipe for kids. All you have to do is put slices of bananas on a stick and hold it over campfire. Add two vanilla wafers, and some dark chocolate over it, and you have a beautiful smore ready, which even your kids can make on their own. Another kind of smore that kids thoroughly enjoy, both cooking and eating, is the Strawberry, Dark Chocolate and Oatmeal Cookie Smores. Pack yourself the ingredients like dark chocolate, fresh strawberries and oatmeal cookies. Put them all on a stick and cook over a camp fire, for a lovely and tasty smore. The best thing about smores is that they are tasty, healthy and easy enough for even the kids to make them.