Happy 4th of July to all of my fellow Americans! I hope your day is full of celebrating with loved ones and BBQ! In case you missed it, yesterday I compiled a list of that would be perfect for a picnic or BBQ today.
Kitchen Mayhem
Over the past few days I have spent many hours preparing food for our camping weekend. Typical camping food for us is usually kabobs, burgers, chex mix, and s’mores, or something close to that, but this time around we will be eating a little differently. With my hopes to keep up with the while I am away, I planned out a whole clean menu for us. I don’t even want to know how many total hours I truly spent in the kitchen. All I know is it is a lot more time than what I usually spend when preparing food for a camping trip. I knew it would be a lot of work to plan a “clean” menu, but also knew it would be so worth it! I enlisted the help of some clean eating recipes that I found online to help ease the process. In case you are interested, I thought I would share with you my clean eating food menu for camping.
On the menu for the weekend:
Breakfasts:
- Cooked buckwheat with cinnamon, a touch of stevia, almond butter and dried fruit. I am incredibly excited for this. I taste tested it after I made it and it’s awesome! To prepare it, I cooked it per directions after letting it soak for 24 hours to aid in digestion. I then added coconut milk, cinnamon, and stevia. I let it cool and then packaged it in a canning jar to bring along with us. We can either eat it cold, or warm it up at the campsite for breakfasts.
Lunches:
- Baked Falafel with salad and homemade (dairy-free) ranch dressing. I used my and also added carrots, red onion, and flaxseed. I baked them at home so that they would be all ready to go when needed. I’m excited to see how they turned out! I used recipe for the ranch dressing. It’s pretty tangy and should be really good on a salad with the falafel.
- Lunch out somewhere
- Leftovers
Dinners:
- Asian turkey meatballs over sesame spaghetti squash. I mixed and formed the meatballs and then froze them raw. We will cook them once we get to our campsite most likely on the first night so that we can have them for leftovers for lunch the next day. I got the meatball recipe from but also added garlic and coconut aminos. I used a recipe from as my inspiration for the spaghetti squash but made a couple of tweaks to it as well. I used coconut aminos instead of wheat-free tamari paste and red wine vinegar instead of rice vinegar.
- Black bean quinoa burgers with roasted veggies. I also formed these patties and froze them uncooked. I used a recipe I found online but am not super happy with them. I taste tested one and they tasted okay but they are pretty crumbly. I like better but couldn’t make them this time around because they have tomatoes and eggs in the recipe which are not allowed on the clean program. *Remember this is VERY short term!* For the roasted veggies, I roasted them halfway to start the process and will finish toasting them up at the campsite.
- Leftovers or out
Spaghetti squash…
Raw turkey meatballs…
Uncooked black bean quinoa burgers…
Halfway roasted veggies (zucchini, onions, garlic, kohlrabi, and turnips)…
Snacks:
- Raw veggies: snap peas, carrots
- Raw fruit: watermelon, cherries, apples
- Dried fruit: no-sugar added dried cranberries, mango, and pineapple
- Mixed Nuts
- Brown Rice Cakes
- Rice Crackers
- Homemade sugar-free dark chocolate (lightly sweetened with stevia)
I made insane amounts of the burgers, meatballs, and falafel which is why I am planning on having leftovers for 1-2 meals. As you can see, I was a busy, busy bee. I even have callouses on my hands to show for it. I can’t wait to go relax and enjoy all of this wonderful food now!
I hope you all have a fabulous holiday weekend! Catch up with you later gators!
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