When preconcludeparing food for a camping trip, you concludenclusion that meat is an essential ingredient in the vast majority of recipes. We understand that when you're exploring, you need the protein and calories, and dishes using meat are frequently a little easier. However, vegetarian camping meals are sometimes a little more affordable than their meat-based equivalents and are fresher, healthier, and tastier.

We've discovered that vegetarian camping makes things a little easier during our extended trips, especially the time we've spent in our campervan. Numerous vegetarian foods don't require refrigeration, and they frequently cost a little less as well. We've compiled a collection of our favourite vegetarian camping meals, whether you're a hardcore vegetarian or you're just searching for healthful vegetable-heavy recipes.

 

Ideas for a Vegetarian camping cuisine

You'll require a lot of energy to begin your day of exploration. You can start your day off well with any of these simple campfire vegetarian camping meals.

 

Tomato and Cucumber Salad

One of our favourites for hot weather is this tasty, extremely easy salad. It doesn't require cooking, and the flavour combination is wonderful!

 

Grilled Veggie Kabobs In a Rainbow 

This straightforward dish will undoubtedly become one of your go-to vegetarian camping dishes because of the stunning colour of the kabobs. They are cooked over a grill in the original recipe, but a grate over a campfire works just as well.

 

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches With A Caprese Campfire

If you enjoy food as much as we do, it's difficult to beat the classic Caprese flavours of tomato, mozzarella, and fresh basil. Those aren't typical camping snacks, but if you add chilled pesto, everything changes! We are confident that you will find this to be one of your new favourite vegetarian camping foods as well. For a few minutes, grill it over the campfire to make it gooey.

 

Vegan One Pot M

Minestrone translates to "thick vegetable soup" in English, so it should come as no surprise that it makes the ideal vegetarian camping lunch. With crusty bread, this soup is especially rustic. We enjoy that we can kind of toss whatever into this soup and it still turns out amazing, just like some of our favourite camping lunches.

 

Backcountry Couscous With A Moroccan Inspiration

A few years ago in Washington, we were hiking to a wilderness lodge when we got the idea for this hearty, flavorful dinner. When we got there, a family was residing in the hut and preparing a similar supper. They shared the recipe with us, which we modified to make it our own, and the aroma welcomed us first.

 

Pasta In One Pot Pesto

This tasty, veggie-rich pasta salad is one of our go-to vegetarian camping lunches since it fills you up more than you may expect. Additionally, the primary components are shelf-stable, making it ideal for off-grid camping or living in a vehicle.

 

French Toasted Packoil

Although we're not sure why we didn't come up with this brilliant hack ourselves, we are certainly grateful that someone else did! The fact that you can prepare this opulent French toast in the oven, on a grill, or over a campfire is its best feature. Whatever your camping setup, this recipe will work! Also, take note that it calls for fruit and nuts; feel free to substitute them or leave them out entirely.

 

Skillet Mexican Street Corn 

Traditional street corn has a spicy flavour that we love, but it might be one of the messier vegetarian camping meals. The mess is avoided with this skillet recipe! Pair it with the cast iron nachos or even just a tortilla for a heartier supper.

 

Breakfast Burrito Bowls While Camping

This dish comes together quickly using a few breakfast essentials that you probably already have. It's also one of that vegetarian camping cuisine that can easily be changed with a few simple ingredient substitutions from breakfast to lunch or dinner. For an always-ready camping burrito bowl, for instance, omit the eggs and replace them with rice.

 

Bangkok Green Curry

Thai cuisine is one of our favourites since we adore tasty (and, yes, spicy!) food. It's far easier than you may think because we modified this recipe to be a simple one-pot meal for cooking in our campervan.

 

Migas For Breakfast Skillet  

It's difficult to beat Migas if you're looking for some incredibly simple vegetarian camping meals. There are only four ingredients total in this filling recipe, including salt and oil. Diced tomatoes, cilantro, and spflavoursce are some of our favourite flavours and spice enhancers.

 

Stuffed Mushrooms

Due to its adaptability, we adore this one a lot. It makes a great vegetarian camping dish on its own, but ground meat may also be easily added to the combination to make it suitable for carnivores. You could try both! You can also use your mushrooms if you go mushroom hunting!

 

Soup With Vegetable Lentils 

We frequently return to this delicious soup because it combines the qualities that all great vegetarian camping dishes should have: being hearty, affordable, flavorful, and easy to prepare. The best way to change this supper is to substitute the vegetables with whatever is in the season where you will be camping.

 

Curry of Chickpeas 

This Indian-inspired recipe, also known as chana masala, takes around 20 minutes to prepare from start to finish (see why it's one of our favourite vegetarian camping meals?!). The needs thing is that none of the ingredients needs to be refrigerated, making this dish ideal for taking on lengthy adventures or hikes when you are unsure of what will come next.

 

Mac & Cheese In A Dutch Oven 

Gooey, satisfying mac and cheese is always a good choice, especially when you're camping. It can be used as a side dish or a main dish, is inexpensive, and stays well for days. If there are any meat eaters in the group, make their dish more substantial by adding some diced chicken or cooked bacon.

 

Cinnamon Apple Overnight Oats

We love this kind of vegetarian camping dish since it's simple to prepare and incredibly versatile. Prepare the ingredients according to your preferences in five minutes (we like to use different milk substitutes and swap out the fruit for whatever is in season and local), and presto!

 

Nachos In Cast Iron 

Yes, we do consider nachos to be a meal. Consider this: they have cheese, veggies, and carbohydrates. To us, this meal appears to be complete and well-balanced. The wonderful thing about this dish is that you may add or subtract any toppings, making it completely customised. Additionally, it's a fantastic way to feed a crowd!

 

White Bean Skillet From Tuscany 

Consider this to be a Mediterranean chilli. This is one of our favourite vegetarian camping meals since it truly does put together quickly using only cupboard essentials and a cast iron skillet. The components are also flexible, so you can quickly substitute anything you don't have or want to use up. Are sun-dried tomatoes absent? No issue! Need a yellow squash to be used up? Add it in!

 

Conscious Oatmeal

Healthy Camp Oatmeal, one of our recipes, serves as the first course on our list of delectable vegetarian camping meals. This recipe is easy to make and doesn't need a lot of preparation time or ingredients. It's our go-to break when camping. Additionally, you can make your creations by adding different toppings or by following the instructions for the many variations.

 

Spinach In A Campfire

You can occasionally just need something quick and cosy. Others lead to an unplanned happy hour by the fire (those are the finest!). One of the best vegetarian camping dinners is campfire spinach dip, which is suitable for both situations. To make it heartier, add some vegetables or bread. If you want to get fancy, use this as the filling for croissants.

 

Rice With Thai Mango Sticky 

Although mango sticky rice is a favourite street meal in Thailand, camping isn't the best place for it. But thanks to a brilliant hack from REI, everything works flawlessly! It's one of our go-to desserts because it doesn't have an overpowering sweetness but still satisfies those desires.

 

Salad Tabbouleh 

This straightforward salad is the ideal light lunch or side dish because it is loaded with flavour, protein, and carbohydrates. Bulgur is the only slightly out-of-the-ordinary ingredient, although we can typically get it in most grocery stores. This is a great addition to eggs in the morning if you prefer a savoury Israeli.

 

Very Easy and Tasty Shakshuka 

This hearty Israeli dish is really simple to prepare on your camp stove and is excellent for breakfast or dinner. Add some flair to it with herbs, feta cheese, potatoes, vegetables, or even spices! Just skip the bread for our gluten-free buddies!

 

Baked Egg And Potato Skillet

This gourmet-looking, gourmet-tasting vegetarian camping dish only calls for three basic ingredients plus seasonings. Although the recipe calls for shredded sweet potatoes, we discovered that slicing them works just as well!

 

Grilled Eggplant Parmesan Stacks 

Consider this a simplified (and much simpler to make!) eggplant parmesan. It's a terrific lighter alternative among vegetarian camping foods because it doesn't require any heavy breading and is topped with fresh tomato and basil.