How to Camp SCD Style

Camping trips are a staple at my house, we go quite often. When we go we like to keep the food simple and easy. It has been a challenge to convert our usual gluten and sugar laden diet to one that is simple, satisfying and portable. With 2 in my family eating normally, 2 gluten free, and me on SCD here is what I have found works so far:


Breakfast:

• Hard boiled eggs (cooked at home before we go, stored in their shells in the ice chest)

• Cereal or granola

• Muffins (made at home)

• Fruit and yogurt Sundae

• Yogurt (mix with some honey at home and store in individual serving size containers)

• Grape and apple juice

Lunch we usually take with us while we are hiking, so it has to be able to be kept in a pack without ice.

• Beef Jerky, this recipe has become one of our very favorites!

• Grapes (I prewash them and store them in a ziploc bag with a paper towel, keep them in the cooler until time to pack them)

• Apples

• Cashews

• Granola

• Dried Cherries

• Almond Butter Blondies (recipe review coming soon)

Dinner:
We do like to have a hot dinner, if possible. Sometimes with all the kids and gear we don't have room for our stove. In that case we take cold pizza and/or salads. Most of these dinners I have to leave out the potatoes or modify to make SCD friendly. Some ideas are:

• Breakfast for dinner (scrambled eggs, gf pancakes, sausage, bacon, hash browns)

• Escalante Chicken (stir fry chicken pieces with carrots, celery, garlic, salt and pepper, and potatoes in the dutch oven). I make mine in a separate pan with no potatoes.

• Hamburgers (lettuce leaves for buns on the gf/scd versions)

• Tin foil dinners with chicken, carrots, celery, potatoes, and jalepeno peppers)

• Cold Roasted Chicken shish-ka-bobs re-heated on sticks over the fire (I actually haven't tried this one yet but I plan to on our next trip)

If you like to camp don't let the fact that you can't have a s'more keep you from going. You can stay on your diet, feel good and camp with your family. Focus on the fun, not the food!