Camping with Ominovores: Part VI - The Trip

I love waking to the sounds and smells of the campground. They are familiar and relaxing. The smell of campfires and cooking fires fill the air as the sounds filter of fires crackling, people talking, children playing, the occasional car door. As the progresses the sounds of radios filter through the air, mixing with the sounds of talking, laughter, and children playing. As busy as it is, there is also something simpler as people just breathe and live in a slightly different way. Chores still need done. Wood gets chopped. Meals get cooked. Dishes get washed. Life still moves forward, but it is different. I love waking up to as I stretch and emerge from my tent. (We don't just camp in fall weather, we tent camp.) I didn't get as much time camping during a recent trip, but I did get enough to give me a bit of a fall pick me up. We set up and slept in tents, we ate, we enjoyed time by the fire with family and friends, the kids played, and we took a nighttime hay ride.

I kept the meatless menu this weekend fairly simple, complementary to the menu the omnivores were eating. There were two of us eating meat- free (which pretty much never happens with my camping trips).

Friday Night (arrival): Tents and canopies were set up, the camp kitchen was set up, beds were made, and a fire was started. I grabbed a pre-dinner snack of roasted red pepper hummus with fresh veggies & pita chips.

The first night menu was just dinner and OYO (On Your Own). Most of my family had planned on hot dogs or pie iron sandwiches over the fire with pre-made pasta salad. I made a Tofurky beer brat in a foil packet with onions, peppers, and mushrooms cooked in hard cider over the fire, topped with homemade pepper relish, then served along side pasta salad.

In the evening, I enjoyed my a couple s'mores made with vegan marshmallows. Oh, so much yum and full of such happy memories form by childhood.

Saturday (full day): I packed oatmeal for breakfast with peanut butter, dried cranberries, maple syrup, agave syrup, nutritional yeast, sunflower seeds, and almond milk as options for it. This camping trip was mixed with time off camp for work responsibilities. I didn't feel like breakfast, making or eating, but it was enjoyed by my fellow Veghead instead of waffles.

Lunch was OYO. Thank goodness for hummus cups.

Dinner I made black beans and corn with dried veggies, onion, pepper, garlic, and hard cider in my mini Dutch oven with Tofurky beer brats cooked in foil packet with assorted veggies in place of the families smoked meat selection. Smoked macaroni and cheese was also on the menu.

Sunday (packing for homemade): Oatmeal happiness.