Camping checklist

Camping Meal Planning

Stop stressing over your camping menu — we’ve got you covered!
Start with these great meal ideas.

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We’re Megan and Michael and we love cooking outdoors! We started Fresh Off The Grid as a place to share our favorite camping and backpacking recipes. Our goal is to make it easy for you to enjoy great food in the great outdoors.

Favorite Camp Cooking Gear

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GSI Frypan
Eureka Ignite Plus Stove
Eureka Stove
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Jetboil Mini Mo
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Aeropress
Green GSI mug
Insulated Mug
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Cast Iron Skillet
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Dutch Oven

Latest & Greatest

Two plates filled with panzanella salad next to a serving dish

Fall Panzanella Salad

A blue bowl of red beans and rice on a natural surface

Dutch Oven Red Beans and Rice

Sweet potato and chorizo hash with an egg on a plate.

Chorizo and Sweet Potato Hash

Pumpkin french toast on a plate

Pumpkin French Toast

A sandwich filled with beans and cheese cut diagonally in half, resting on a open pie iron

Pie Iron Baked Bean & Cheese Toasties

Maple syrup being drizzled over a slice of baked French toast.

Dutch Oven French Toast

Side view of two sausage and egg sandwiches with runny yolks.

Apple Maple Sausage Breakfast Sandwiches

Sliced quesadillas stacked on an orange cutting board.

BBQ Chicken Quesadillas

Three shrimp tacos on a silver plate with sliced limes and a small bowl of guacamole on the side.

Cajun Blackened Shrimp Tacos

A stack of pancakes on a blue plate, topped with slices of bananas and walnuts.

Banana Bread Pancakes

Backpacking Meal Planning

Dutch Oven

More Dutch oven recipes ↠

Dehydrated Backpacking Meals

More dehydrating recipes ↠

Campfire Meals

More campfire cooking ↠

Camping & Backpacking Gear

Dehydrated risotto in a backpacking pot. A man is lifting up the lid.

Our Backpacking Cooking Gear Kit

Woman hiking in the Cascade Mountains with fall foliage

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Megan cooking over a camp stove at a campsite

Camping Kitchen Equipment Guide

A large pot and a cast iron skillet on a red two burner camping stove

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Lighting an MSR Pocket Rocket backpacking stove

How to Choose the Best Backpacking Stove

Overhead view of backpacking gear laid out on the floor.

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Dutch oven in a fire pit with embers on the lid

How to Cook with a Dutch Oven while Camping

Hiking & Backpacking

Woman looking at Little Harbor from the trail on Catalina Island

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Megan putting her foot in the water at red rock Creek

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Megan relaxing in ringbolt hot spring

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Michael standing on a rock outcropping

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Woman hiking in the Cascade Mountains with fall foliage

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Megan and Michael standing together in the Narrows

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Michael standing on a rock outcropping looking into snow canyon

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Road Trips

A campervan parked with a sunset and the Teton mountains in the background

How to Find Free Camping in the US & Canada

Beauty Mountain Trail in West Virginia

Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Our 7 Day Road Trip Through the Mountain State

Megan watching sunset over the Snake River in Twin Falls, Idaho

The Gem of the West: Our 7 Day Idaho Road Trip

A green car driving on winding switchbacks

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Woman drawing on a map

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White camper van driving passed the Berserkjahraun Lava Fields in Iceland

Planning an Iceland Camper Van Road Trip

Gullfoss waterfall

Our Iceland Ring Road Itinerary

The Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall with the Kirkjufell mountain in the distance

Snaefellsnes Peninsula Road Trip Itinerary