Camping is starting to finally happen in my life since I get back to Australia, the chances to camp are getting more and the places I have been camping so far are unforgettable each one for a reason.
And guess what my favourite meal is during the camping adventure? Of course the awaking, delicious and pampering morning breakfast.
Here are 3 easy and tasty camping breakfast ideas to start the day in the best way, healthy, with plenty of nutrients, vitamins and all that is needed to provide long-lasting energy and keep you full for hours.
Definitely going to camp in a relaxing, almost empty and fully immerse in nature location is the best deal for me and I guess for most of the people who love to go camping; and one of the most important things, when you do this, is to impact less on the environment that surrounds you.
This post will give you some ideas on what to eat in the morning and so, 3 easy and tasty camping breakfasts to enjoy before your hiking or exploration day. The breakfast can be vegan, vegetarian or non depending on what your diet is like at the moment, or simply what you feel like eating during the nature retreat, holiday or road trip you are experiencing.
3 easy and tasty camping breakfast
What makes camping an unforgettable experience? For sure, building your tent or setting up the caravan, lighting and chilling by the campfire, diving in the stunning location and the nature noises, the friendly neighbours and, very important, the food.
As a nature and food lover and as a chef I have learned through the years that being less impactful on nature is one of the principal facts for me.
So when I go camping, I try to think ahead and plan some of my meals considering the waste, the nutrients intake, my health and of course what the day is going to be like. In case I want to go for a long hike after breakfast, I will need plenty of energy to face the journey and avoid taking extra food with me (fruit and nut bars except).
Try all these 3 easy and tasty camping breakfast ideas and adapt them with your favourite fruits and protein to have even more choices during your adventure.
1 – Overnight oat
First of the 3 easy and tasty camping breakfasts comes the overnight oats, the most simple, stress-free and flavours breakfast I ate the most in the last couple of years.
All you need is:
- Rolled Organic Oats
- Oat milk or any other
- Peanut butter
- Seasonal fruit
- Mixed seeds
Since I worked in a “breakfast and brunch cafe” in Sydney back in 2019, I started to learn more about oats and so I decided to integrate them into my diet. This simple grain does provide so many benefits that can define the oat as one of the best grains to consume daily.
In fact, Oats provide antioxidants, it lower blood sugar levels, help you to feel full for longer, release skin irritations, promote healthy bacteria in your gut and more..
Simple as the name the overnight oats are prepared the night before, they keep for quite a long time if preserved at the right temperature in a sealed container; so they can be prepared at home by mixing most of the ingredients and then stored in the fridge for 2 to 3 days, in this case, you won’t need to take extra spare ingredients, so you will have more space for other things.
The best to use is for sure the rolled Organic Oats as the consistency and the integrity of the grain itself are kept much better in terms of nutrients and the texture just feels better while eating.
I like to mix my overnights oats with differents ingredients to get the right amount of energy I will need for the day, so for this easy and tasty camping breakfast, I choose to soak together some chia seeds, maple syrup or honey, coconut yogurt, cinnamon and pumpkin seeds.
Once you have this mix then is just so easy to enjoy. A couple of spoons in a bowl, mixed with your favourite fruit and why not some crunchy peanut butter.
2 – Avocado toast
All the time I wake up and fell like having a savoury breakfast, automatically the simplicity of the Avocado toast come to my mind. The same can be done during your camping day.
Simple as it is the ingredients are:
- Sourdough bread or any bread your choice
- Fresh and soft avocado
- Salt and pepper
My second choice for the 3 easy and tasty camping breakfasts is Avocado toast. Plain, effortless, bright light green, creamy and rich in flavour the avocado toast can be eaten in the morning as simple as the avocado comes, with some salt and pepper or fully loaded with other ingredients.
Avocados are a source of vitamins C, E, K, and B6, as well as niacin, folate, magnesium and potassium. They are full in monounsaturated fats, high in fibre and so helps to improve your digestion, prevent constipation and last but not least help feel fuller between meals. Even though the consumption shouldn’t exceed 50g daily.
If you have the chance to go to a bakery and buy some wholemeal, grains or seeded sourdough this will be the best way to enjoy your avocado toast as camping breakfast. In case you you can’t by sourdough just go for normal bread as the real flavour comes from the berry fruit its self (yes, avocado is a berry fruit).
To appreciate even more this breakfast you can smash the avocado together with some chopped red onion, lime zest and juice, Himalayan salt, pepper and chilly flakes. In case you feel like upgrading this already nutritional breakfast, picking some extra ingredients is completely up to you, from a fried or scrumble eggs, to cherry tomatoes, chickpeas, smoked tofu and mostly anything which tastes good with avocado and sourdough.
3 – French toast
Sounds like something really-not-camping-breakfast but this is absolutely wrong, french toast is, of course, one of the 3 easy and tasty camping breakfast and I will tell you how to do it in the most simple way and you won’t regret it to have trusted me.
The main ingredients for this breakfast are:
- Fruit loaf sourdough or any other thick-cut bread
- Eggs
- Milk of your choice
- Cinnamon
- Maple syrup
- Fresh fruit
First thing first, depending on whether you are vegan or not, you need only a few ingredients.
Alternative milk is always my choice – I don’t drink milk since I was 13 years old – egg, ideally organic and pastured or free-range, sourdough is best, but also normal bread loaf or even better raisin and cinnamon loaf if you lucky to find it (or to bake it your self with this good recipe).
Starting from the bread, I recommend choosing a whole loaf to slice by yourself as thick as you wish or an already thick sliced one, thus you can soak it for longer into the liquid mixture and the cooking results will be better.
A couple (or 3 if small) of eggs – will be enough for two people or four good slices of sourdough – mix with a cup of oat milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla seeds and the liquid mixture is ready to welcome the bread for 20ish seconds before the cooking process.
If you don’t eat eggs, just don’t use them for the mixture it won’t make a big difference and you will love the flavour anyway.
Ready to cook your french toast?
Reheat your non stick-pan, add some coconut oil or plant base butter and start caramelized your previously soaked sourdough. Make sure you get the right cooking checking the crunchiness and the colour of your french toast.
Season them with maple syrup, fruits and icing sugar if you want an extra fancy touch and finally you are ready to eat the best simple and healthy Frech Toast.
So sit with your coffee or orange juice and love eating one of the 3 easy and tasty camping breakfasts before starting your busy day doing anything else.
If you liked the breakfast ideas and want to have some more or if you have questions and you tried the 3 camping breakfast, I would love to read your comment.
What great and healthy ideas to start the day!