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| I've been doing at least 1 week, sometimes 2 weeks per year on LOTW for 25 years.
We typically have used the same menu every year.
We have steak night, brat night, burger night, and then on those nights we don't want to have to actually "cook" ... we have a premade goulash pasta and another hot dish cooked ahead of time at home and frozen so it's an easy heat and eat night without any grilling needing to be done.
We are looking to shake up the menu with a new item or two for our next trip ... without having to fire up the grill.
Anyone care to share their favorite "easy to heat up" meals?
Thanks - Ball Cap
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Location: NW WI | U own any form of smoker? |
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| Each member of our group brings one meal, typically meatloaf, puled pork, lasagna, stew, steaks etc. I will sometimes bring a smoked pork butt or smoked chuck roast. Normally toss in a fish fry or two. Chili and sandwiches if we are in for lunch. Lots of snacks, smoked fish, pickled herring, nice cheese, salsa chips. We will often eat early to fish the evening until dark
We lean to the precooked meals to limit our kitchen time.
Have fun
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| Soup, Chili, Frozen Pasties, Frozen Pizza, (there's some premium frozen pizza's sold in Wis./Minn areas and some of the Pizza places sell take in bake) Walleye if your fishing in Canada/Minnesota Perch if your fishing in Wisconsin/Minnesota.
In the late fall we get off the water at dark and go out for dinner at a restaurant. (at that time of the year some nights all the restaurants are closed Mon/tues so we eat pasties or pizza in our room, even the lodge was closed)
And late in the fall not many bathrooms not open for use or close by out on the lakes so we ate just some Jerky, Peanuts and some home made chocolate chip cookies just enough to keep your backbone from rubbing on your belly button.
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| Frozen pasties were something we used to bring to hunting camp. Good, hearty food and serve to keep other stuff cold in transit. Bet you could not find a deer camp in the U.P. that didn't have them in the cooler/fridge. |
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Location: NW WI | ^Ole Chuckski and his Tombstone Pizzas haha I love it!
But hey, Pasties is a good idea, never thought of that one. Which inspired me to think of
"Pot Pies" |
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| You into Mexican? Pick up a couple packs of tortillas, flour or corn, does not matter. I prefer flour. Also chorizo, pork or beef. It's easy to make your own breakfast burritos. Eggs, chorizo, and Mexican cheese. You can also add green peppers and onion. Then brown your tortillas in a skillet with oil. Add some hot sauce or sour cream, yep...I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow. Any tortillas left, be creative and make your own tacos. Kdawg |
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| kdawg - 8/13/2024 4:58 PM
You into Mexican? Pick up a couple packs of tortillas, flour or corn, does not matter. I prefer flour. Also chorizo, pork or beef. It's easy to make your own breakfast burritos. Eggs, chorizo, and Mexican cheese. You can also add green peppers and onion. Then brown your tortillas in a skillet with oil. Add some hot sauce or sour cream, yep...I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow. Any tortillas left, be creative and make your own tacos. Kdawg
Sounds like a great breakfast but eat that, in particular with chorizo, cheese and a lot of spice, better hope there is a breeze around that boat if you got three anglers aboard.
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| North of 8 - 8/13/2024 5:04 PM
kdawg - 8/13/2024 4:58 PM
You into Mexican? Pick up a couple packs of tortillas, flour or corn, does not matter. I prefer flour. Also chorizo, pork or beef. It's easy to make your own breakfast burritos. Eggs, chorizo, and Mexican cheese. You can also add green peppers and onion. Then brown your tortillas in a skillet with oil. Add some hot sauce or sour cream, yep...I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow. Any tortillas left, be creative and make your own tacos. Kdawg
Sounds like a great breakfast but eat that, in particular with chorizo, cheese and a lot of spice, better hope there is a breeze around that boat if you got three anglers aboard.
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| Fun thing we did on a trip - take everything you'd need to make an omlette, chop it all up ahead of time - bacon, sausage, ham, whatever vegetables (don't forget to bring eggs) All you need is a pot of boiling water and those ziplock bags you can cook in. Everybody gets a bag with their name on it, and fills it up with whatever they like. Add however many eggs (scramble them first) seal the bag and boil. You can even eat out of the bag with a plastic spoon. No dishes to wash, no mess, and no griping because so and so doesn't like tomatoes or whatever. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | Frozen enchiladas that we make ahead of time, ravioli lasagna, baked chicken and rice, pulled pork, meatloaf,
Chicken cordon bleu, and the usual suspects have all gone on trips of ours. We spent 14 days on lotw a few years ago and the resort owners were upset with us that we never ate with them to provide reports or details. Prepping food ahead of time meant more time to fish and relax between activity periods. My dad will be 70 this year so we try to maximize our odds. |
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Location: NW WI | esoxaddict - 8/13/2024 6:15 PM
Fun thing we did on a trip - take everything you'd need to make an omlette, chop it all up ahead of time - bacon, sausage, ham, whatever vegetables (don't forget to bring eggs) All you need is a pot of boiling water and those ziplock bags you can cook in. Everybody gets a bag with their name on it, and fills it up with whatever they like. Add however many eggs (scramble them first) seal the bag and boil. You can even eat out of the bag with a plastic spoon. No dishes to wash, no mess, and no griping because so and so doesn't like tomatoes or whatever.
Never done it, but that sounds smart and delicious as H***. Way to peacefully navigate an egg bake. |
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Location: WI | Pork that I smoked, pre-made chicken alfredo or lasagna. We grill a bunch of brats & burgers day 1 & just nuke em during the week. And NO going back to the resort for lunch. Trail mix & jerky for boat chow. |
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Location: Walker, MN | For easy pork tacos al pastor I use the un-sauced, precooked pulled pork from the grocery store. Just heat it up and add a bit of canned crushed pineapple and a small can of green chilies. |
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Location: SE, WI. | We bring a corned beef up. Put in slow cooker while out fishing. Come in it’s done. Have a second night if leftovers, or makes great sandwiches in the boat for lunches. JD |
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| We all found the good foods places when we are fishing vacations and the same time some of the stuff we eat in the cabin well if we cooked that stuff at home our families would throw our throw our pots and pans in the trash. (along with the food).
And many times we drive by a building and every year it's a different place (business) and down the street something has been there forever. In the late 1970's we came up with an idea to make Mexican food in Eagle River for a going away party for a friend. A friends mom said she would make it for us it we got all the stuff. We drove to three stores in Eagle River then over to St. Germain and then down to Rhinelander to find Taco Shells and Taco seasoning. As far as egg's go you put one in the corn bread mix, two in the Blueberry muffin mix and a couple in the pancake batter To eat them by themself no way. Five times my grandma tried to make me scrambled eggs, I could never get them down. |
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| My go to is "Ranger Rick's Triple Kick Ass Spaghetti Sauce". Made from scratch, chunky with Italian sausage, mushrooms, red and green peppers, sweet onions, good canned whole tomatoes, etc. Served over Rigatoni pasta with lots of shaved Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, garlic bread, a hearty salad and excellent red wine. Best thing is, besides the wine, it's very easy to cook at home and freeze flat in gallon ziplock bags. The frozen sauce keeps other food cold in the big cooler on the way to the resort and finishes thawing in the cabin fridge. |
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| Garlic will keep the bugs at bay too! |
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| Tried that.. Had a a nice Italian meal the night before fishing. Ate half a loaf of bread with crushed garlic, fresh parmesan, and olive oil. We're talking 3 big cloves of garlic here. Next day was fine until about 1:00 when it got up into the 90's and the wind died. Something smells burnt. Like burnt toast? No, it smells like a burnt pizza. Is that ME? Yep.
Good news is I didn't get bit by any mosquitos or black flies that day. Didn't make any friends that day either... |
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| esoxaddict - 8/14/2024 11:40 AM
Tried that.. Had a a nice Italian meal the night before fishing. Ate half a loaf of bread with crushed garlic, fresh parmesan, and olive oil. We're talking 3 big cloves of garlic here. Next day was fine until about 1:00 when it got up into the 90's and the wind died. Something smells burnt. Like burnt toast? No, it smells like a burnt pizza. Is that ME? Yep.
Good news is I didn't get bit by any mosquitos or black flies that day. Didn't make any friends that day either...
I think if you combined that evening meal with Kdawgs' chorizo sausage, mexican cheese breakfast burritos you might be able to clear an entire bay for your exclusive use. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | Cornbread. m |
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| mikie - 8/15/2024 10:36 AM
Cornbread. m
People are still talking about your cornbread at the Cass Lake Outing. I tried to give you the nickname "Cornbread" but it didn't stick.
Al Warner was the star at that outing, he had a whole, huge ribeye roast and we cut steaks to our desired thickness. Brought a big shaker of "Cellar Dust" for seasoning, outstanding. He's an excellent camp cook, saw him make a droolworthy chicken noodle soup from scratch at a remote Yoop campout at the Mine Ponds. Best camp cook I ever met.
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| Roast Beef in the crockpot. Put roast, potatoes, and carrots in the morning and it its ready at dinner time. All the other options mentioned are on our menu for 1-2 week trips. Frozen lasagna and chili are also favorites. |
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| Lasagna from Costco. We keep it simple. |
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Location: Michigan | esoxaddict - 8/13/2024 7:15 PM
Fun thing we did on a trip - take everything you'd need to make an omlette, chop it all up ahead of time - bacon, sausage, ham, whatever vegetables (don't forget to bring eggs) All you need is a pot of boiling water and those ziplock bags you can cook in. Everybody gets a bag with their name on it, and fills it up with whatever they like. Add however many eggs (scramble them first) seal the bag and boil. You can even eat out of the bag with a plastic spoon. No dishes to wash, no mess, and no griping because so and so doesn't like tomatoes or whatever.
This is a good camping hack as well |
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| A lot of the meals we make have been mentioned already. Each boat (usually 3 boats total) takes 2 meals for our 8 days in Canada, and we eat leftovers or whatever we can get the other 2 days. That way each boat only needs to come back to camp early 2 days to spend time cooking. So, we do it quick and easy and then fish closer to camp while we are "cooking." That is usually stirring the crockpot or throwing something in the oven. We head back out for an hour or two depending on what we are making. Anything you can cook in a crockpot is nice - BBQ, Taco's, Spaghetti, Cheesy tater casserole, etc... Plug it in before you go in the morning and make sure the food was pulled out of the freezer a couple of days before you plan to cook it. And then fish all day. We usually get together for cocktail hour around 4, then eat and have discussions with the guys to see what was seen or caught. Then back on the water by 6:30 or so for Prime time and then back to camp about 11:00. My wife will make us a pan of her homemade Lasagna. One guy makes a Mexican night with margaritas and most of his stuff is prepped before he arrives. My brother's wife makes a homemade deep-dish pizza that is awesome. Burger/Brat night and Steak night usually is part of it too. So, I guess there is a reason I am fat! But the food in Canada is one of the great things about going up there. We will do a fresh fish meal as well - with the pike we catch. We do not walleye fish at all and only get those if guys in the cabins around us bring some leftovers to us. My Canada trip is done for the year already and I am jealous of the guys that still get to plan their trips and eat the good grub. I definitely eat better in Canada than when I do at home. Good luck to those of you who are still going! |
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| This thread should serve as a guide for folks going on fishing trips for years to come. I was up on Eagle three weeks ago and we had the full meal plan and if I go again, that is what I will do as well. I'm old and getting to the stage where easy is desirable. (Breakfast is my favorite meal and having 13 choices is nice)
But a fishing buddy is going there next year and I will pass these suggestions along to him. He is a pretty good cook but I think all of us struggle with meal planning. |
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| I always get a big spiral cut ham and put it in a foil pan on a gas grill cover it with foil and add a little water to the pan and heat it up on low flame for about 1 hour and 6 sweet potatoes wrapped in foil with butter on the grill and microwave green beans.
Great meal for 6 guys and have a lot of left overs for ham and eggs and sandwiches.
And don't forget the cheese cake for desert,
I do this every year on LOTW and nobody ever complains. |
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| We rent a cabin so we have to keep in mind what they have for cooking meals. My sister used to bring a skeleton set of cooking utensils, if you make a pot roast you'll need a roasting pan or measuring cups if you make cookies ECT. Where I stayed last year they didn't have a Pizza cutter. (of course some of the things have a way of walking away as the season goes on) |
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