Let us help you with your camping meal planning and prep! If you have food allergies, we created our roundup of 30+ gluten free and dairy free camping recipes just for you. Some of these recipes are perfect for making ahead of time to pack along, and other recipes are designed for cooking over your campfire.
Camping is a wonderful way to spend time with friends, family, and the outdoors!
Whether you’re camping in the mountains or on a lake, or just in your backyard, everything seems to taste even better when made over a campfire.
If you’re planning camping trips this summer, we’ve gathered up over 30 gluten free and dairy free recipes for your next camping trip!
These are all great recipes that everyone will enjoy, too, so even if you don’t have food allergies or want to share these recipes with people who can have dairy and gluten, these recipes will be a hit!
How to choose food and recipes for camping
If you’re planning on doing a lot of hiking as well and want to make packable snacks ahead of time, choose foods that:
- Are lightweight
- Easy to pack
- Need no refrigeration
- Don’t melt easily if it’s hot
For camping dinners and meals made over a grill or over a campfire, find foods and meals that:
- Are easy to make
- Uncomplicated and have simple ingredients
- Have ingredients that are canned or can be kept in a good cooler (find a cooler that can keep ice from melting for several days to keep your food fresh)
- Don’t use a lot of pots, pans, or dishes (like one pot meals or foil packet dinners)
If your cooler doesn’t keep things very cold and you’re camping longer, make the fresh foods at the beginning of your camping trip and plan canned or preserved foods toward the end of your trip so you can use up your fresh foods first.
Gluten free dairy free camping recipes
Here are over 30 dairy free and gluten free recipes that are great for your next camping trip!
Some of these recipes are ones you’ll want to make ahead (like the snacks and the breakfast cookies), but most of these are recipes that you can make at the campsite over your campfire.
If you have an RV with a mini kitchen, you have even more flexibility with your cooking (like Instant Pot recipes or oven recipes), but since not everyone uses an RV to camp, we focused this roundup on recipes that can be cooked over a grill or campfire.
Some of these recipes call for regular oats, but choose certified gluten free oats in place of regular oats if you need the oats to be certified gluten free!
For the overnight oats recipe, take a few plastic containers with lids and you can use them to prep your breakfast the night before. No cooking required!
A few tips for these recipes:
- Pre-cut your meat and store it in a bag with the meal name and day on it for easier prep and cooking.
- If possible, pre-cut your veggies or fruit and put them together in a bag labeled with the meal you plan on having it.
- Plan out your camping menu in advance to make prep and cooking even easier! You can use our small meal planner pages to make this easy.
Camping breakfast recipes
Banana Bread Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies (Make Ahead)
Make your morning a whole lot better with cookies for breakfast! These banana bread breakfast cookies are gluten free, sweetened with just a touch of maple syrup and can easily be made vegan.
Banana Sunflower Seed Granola (Gluten Free & Vegan)
Looking for a great meal prep breakfast recipe that’s lower in sugar and allergy friendly? Make this gluten free and vegan Banana Sunflower Seed Granola recipe on Sunday and have it for breakfast and snacks the rest of the week!
The Best Shakshuka Recipe
Foolproof Shakshuka Recipe: Eggs poached in spicy tomato-based veggie stew, baked to perfection, garnished with fresh herbs and served with crusty bread. Flavorsome, nourishing and healthy one-pot breakfast or dinner meal you will make over and over again!
Lemon Poppy Seed Granola (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
This easy granola recipe is super flavorful, delicious and healthy! This fun vegan granola makes a great breakfast cereal with milk or on its own as a grab and go snack or hiking accompaniment!
Toasted Oats Cereal (Camping Breakfast)
This warm toasted oats cereal (muesli) is made with rolled oats, chopped nuts, and dried fruit, and is a delicious and hearty camping breakfast. Make it ahead of time at home or at the campground!
Gluten Free Mocha Overnight Oats (Dairy Free)
This Gluten Free Overnight Mocha Oats recipe combines creamy chocolate and coffee, and it only takes minutes to make. It tastes like a healthy dessert for breakfast (plus it’s dairy free too, and vegan depending on your protein powder)!
Make ahead camping snack recipes
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Granola Bars (Dairy Free)
Craving granola bars that are simple, chewy, and better for you than store-bought? Make some of our best Gluten Free Granola Bars at home pack them for snacks and lunch! These also make awesome school snacks since they’re peanut free (you can skip the chocolate chips if you don't want them melting!)
Paleo Almond Coconut Bites (Vegan)
These Paleo Almond Coconut Bites are the perfect healthy treat with only 5 ingredients. They are vegan, gluten free, and great for snacks!
Fudgy Brownie Protein Bites (Paleo)
Add more protein to your snack with these yummy Fudgy Brownie Protein Bites! They are gluten free, dairy free, peanut free, and paleo
Orange Poppyseed Protein Bites (Dairy & Gluten Free)
Pump up the protein in your snacks with these Orange Poppyseed Protein Bites! They are packed with dairy free protein, gluten free, no-bake, and ready in minutes.
Camping lunch and dinner recipes
Stuffed Avocados with Chicken Apple Salad
This Chicken Apple Salad Stuffed Avocados recipe will remind you of Thanksgiving! Stuffed avocados with chicken apple salad make a healthy snack/appetizer
Easy Chicken Fajita Foil Packets
These 5 ingredient Chicken Fajita Foil Packets are a pantry staple, minimal prep lunch or weeknight dinner that can be made on the grill or in the oven. The whole family will love these.
Greek Chicken Kabobs
Greek Chicken Kabobs flavoured in as little as 30 minutes marinade, then grilled on skewers with vegetables for the most delicious and healthy chicken souvlaki.
TIPS: pre-cut the chicken at home and put it in a bag with the marinade in your cooler, then assemble whenever you're ready to cook this meal.
Campfire Chili (Vegan Bean Chili)
This spicy vegan campfire chili is made with beans, peppers, tomatoes, and a beer broth. It’s an easy cold-weather stew that’s perfect for camping!
Foil Wrapped Baked Sweet Potatoes and Chili
A hearty meal perfect for fall camping trips, this chili stuffed baked sweet potato recipe is easy to make around the campfire.
Shrimp Foil Packets With Zucchini (K, LC, P, GF)
You will love these easy Shrimp Foil Packs are loaded with tasty vegetables and ready in just 15 minutes.
Garlic Rosemary Grilled Cauliflower Foil Packets
These grilled cauliflower foil packets make for a flavorful vegan meal for two. They come together in less than 30 minutes, and feature veggies and white beans seasoned with garlic and rosemary!
Cajun Shrimp Boil Foil Packets Recipe
Enjoy all the flavors of a traditional shrimp boil in these easy-to-make foil packets! Packed with shrimp, sausage, potatoes, corn and a little Cajun seasoning, these foil packets are sure to be a hit with the family.
Camping side dish recipes
Foil Pack Grilled Red Potatoes
These 4 ingredient Foil Pack Grilled Red Potatoes are a pantry staple, minimal prep side dish that can be made on the grill or oven. You can prep them ahead and cook easily on the campfire.
5 Ingredient Soft Gluten Free Flatbread | Italian Piadina
The dough for this easy gluten free flatbread recipe is made in a single bowl with a spoon, and the dough gets cooked in a hot skillet. Make it easily over a campfire!
Vegan Camping Recipes: Middle-Eastern Spiced Chickpeas
In this deliciously fragrant vegetarian campfire dish, a homemade sub-ah b’har seven-spice mix is used to season onions, chickpeas and seasonal greens. Perfect as a side, or even as a light main meal.
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus On The Grill
This Roasted Bacon Wrapped Asparagus is even better because you make it on the grill! Perfect for when you are having a barbecue or camping!
Foil-Packet Grilled Vegetables
Easy grilled squash and zucchini on the grill (or campfire) made in foil packets
Camping Dessert Recipes
Gluten Free Graham Crackers (Vegan)
If you're having a tough time finding graham crackers that fit your allergies, make some of your own at home! These crispy and delicious gluten free and vegan graham crackers are perfect for lunch box snacks, s'mores, recipes, and more.
Gluten Free Fluffernutter S'mores (Dairy Free)
Have some fun with your campfire s'mores and change it up with our Fluffernutter S'mores! It's a mashup of those 2 great American classic treats. These are so fun to make and are gluten free and dairy free.
Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Skillet Cookie
This delicious Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Skillet Cookie recipe is full of chocolatey goodness and is fun and easy to make! Nobody would ever guess that it's vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free.
TIPS: put the dry ingredients for this in a bag, then all you have to do is mix it with the wet ingredients and pour it into the pan! Cook over your campfire over indirect heat until it's done in the middle, you might have to rotate your pan for even cooking.
Baked Banana Boats - Perfect for home or camping!
Baked Bananas are the ultimate quick dessert! Customize with your favorite nut butter and chocolate. Make at home or as a campfire dessert or when traveling!
Quick & Easy Campfire Apple Crisp
A quick and easy fall-inspired dessert, this vegan campfire apple crisp is guaranteed to leave you feeling warm and cozy at the end of the night.
Campfire Apple Crisp Foil Packets {Vegan, Gluten Free}
Easy campfire foil packets dessert recipe lovers, this one is for you. We have Campfire Apple Crisp Foil Packs full of sweet juicy apples, cinnamon and granola. These grilled apple foil packets can be made on the campfire, grill or simply baked in the oven. Bonus is that they require minimal prep and no cleanup.
Grilled Pineapple
This grilled pineapple is sweet, juicy and delicious! Serve it as a side dish at your next summer barbecue, or have it for dessert!
Sarah Jane Parker is the founder, recipe creator, and photographer behind The Fit Cookie. She’s a food allergy mom and healthy living blogger based in Wyoming. Sarah is also an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, ACE Certified Health Coach, Revolution Running certified running coach, and an ACE Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist