"Off-Season" / "Dry Camping" season is here in New England!*** Updated 11/2/2008 ***
Most campgrounds are closed for the season but many are still open. This is a great time to camp! Usually things are much quieter, gas prices are much cheaper, things are low key, but the temperatures can be very cold with a few nice days thrown in here and there.
With campers winterized using the water for cleaning dishes is not available. To help solve this problem for us we are cooking ahead of time at home.
Thursday night I did some pre-camp cooking. I cooked a "Lazy's Man Lasagna" for Saturday evening dinner and a cream-of-chicken caserole (with potatoes -- not shown) for Sunday afternoon dinner. All cooked and then frozen ahead of time. My wife even made some Halloween cupcakes (not frosted here) for some snacks.
Lunch will be leftovers. Breakfast will be pastry, cereal, etc. All with disposal utensils, bowls, plates, etc. This will really reduce the number of dishes we need bring home or have do wash at the camp kitchen.
Despite the inconviences, we love off season camping!
*** Recommend defrosting these meals (in fridge for 8 to 12 hours) before cooking in oven. Worked out well but we didn't defrost and took longer time to cook. Not good with hungry kids!!! ***
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