My Webelos den is going to district camporee at the end of the month. So at last night’s camping focused meeting, we did some menu planning.
If this were a Scouts BSA Troop, the youth members would sit down with the grubmaster and do their menu planning without any adult interference.
But since these are Webelos and this is only their third campout, I did it with them. I only have four in my den and one was at opening night of a high school play he is in and the other was sick. So with just two – ZM and one of his friends – it went pretty quickly.
I have lots of recipes I’ve used in the past on my Camp Recipes page. So I started by talking about some of those which I thought the two of them could make mostly on their own. And that they would enjoy. Then they picked the ones they thought sounded the best.
Camp is about 90 minutes away, so we decided they would eat before leaving and then we would have a good snack after we setup our campsite. So they picked Walking Tacos and fruit. We will also toast some Peeps.
Breakfast will be sausage and pancakes.
For lunch, we will head over to the Boy Scout side of the camporee and the troop will provide lunch for us.
Dinner will be Pizza Quesadillas, salad, raw broccoli and carrots with ranch dressing, and more fruit. ZD’s friend is going to bring some brownies.
Breakfast on Sunday morning has to be quick, so we are just doing donuts and more fruit.
It was fun to see them discussing all of their options. The two of them both tend to have strong opinions and there was a lot of give and take before they came up with a menu they were both happy with.
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I LOVE this blog!! Our pack has always had “bring your own food” campouts, but at our next campout we are going to try a den specific meal on Saturday night. This is new to me!!! I have 8 Bears – is it possible to get them to agree on one menu? I had planned for the adults to decide and the boys to make it (probably the hot dog in the bun in the Bear book but the Pizza Quesidillas sound good, too). What are your thoughts?
See my camp cooking page for some of our favorite camp recipes. I’d recommend you try to get the Bears involved in the menu planning. Give them a list of choices the adults can live with. I had 8 Cubs in DS’s den and they always managed to work it out. In fact, they were very considerate of each other’s feelings. They’ll be much more excited about cooking it if it is something they really want to eat.
The link for your Camp Cooking Page isn’t working! Any chance you can update it?? I have been a WEBELOS leader twice before and am now the cubmaster. Although I already know quite a few recipes the boys like to make, I’m always open to finding new recipes to try with them!
There’s the usual tin foil dinners, shish kabobs, breakfast on a stick (shish kabob stick with bacon folded in half & cooked over a camp fire, half a piece of cheese laid on the bacon, and a canned biscuit stretched around the bacon and cheese, then browned over the fire. banana boats, upside down cake baked in a dutch oven (apple pie filling with spice cake baked over top is REALLY yummy! A little extra cinnamon sugar sprinkled into the pie filling makes it even better!!) and the old standby- s’mores to name just a few recipes.
I am in the process of reorganizing the site for the program changes. Use my recipes page (under ideas on the top menu) instead.
great ideas! Love the Peeps!!
Wanted to let you know everything went great. The boys were able to figure out their menu with minimal help – they decided on the Cheese and Chicken Quesadillas. One of the parents commented that he had been leery of letting the kids take charge but was surprised at how well everything went. Thanks for the tips! And they loved the roasted Peeps!
Yes, they can do it if you keep it simple. For many kids, it is the first time they have truly cooked a real meal themselves.