Classic Camping Tin Foil Dinner

Tin foil dinners are a staple for us camping. They are easy to prepare ahead of time and can be thrown right on the campfire. Our friends that went with us said they were hooked on them now too! One thing to remember is to not cheap out on the tin foil. If you do, you will want to add extra layers.

The Anatomy of a Tin Foil Dinner

These are a great assembly line meal, whether you are making them yourself or if you have help!

First you will want to lay out your first layer of tin foil. It should be about 18 inches by 18 inches, depending on what you are putting in your tin foil dinner. This is a good starting point. More is better though! If your tin foil is too skinny, you can overlap two pieces to make it the side you need. Make sure they overlap by 3-4 inches.

From here you can start putting on your food. (See the recipes below) After the food is on you will want to roll up the sides. Grab the top and the bottom edge and put them together, and roll them up. Next, do the same to the two sides.

Next, you will need another large piece of tin foil that will wrap your tin foil dinner a second time. You can wrap it the same way or just fold it around the first. They should be wrapped separately so that it is less likely that they will spill out.

Classic Tin Foil Dinners

Ingredients:
Onion (A thick slice for each tin foil dinner)
Ground Beef(1/2 pound-ish for each dinner)
Baby Carrots
Potato Chunks
Montreal Steak Seasoning (Or other seasoning as you wish)

Directions:
Slice your onion into thick slices. Even if you don't like them, you want this on here. It flavors it and protects the meat from getting burnt. I eat the onion (it turns out perfectly caramelized most of the time and is delicious) but my husband hates eating onions and wont eat it. That's another reason that it's in a big slice is so that it is easy to find for the ones that pull it out.I have also heard of people using cabbage to cook their dinners in to keep it moist and from burning like I do with the onion, but I don't like the smell of cooking cabbage so it ruins it for me a little.

Next take a ball of the ground beef and squish it into a patty on top of the onion. Make them whatever size you want, but try to keep them from being too thick to make sure that they will cook easily.

Sprinkle your seasoning on next, then add your veggies. Now you can wrap it up and it's ready to go!