I am taking my 2 young kids campings for 2 nights.Preferrably healthy, easy, and requiring little or no ''equipment''.l already figured out fruit, smores, PB&J and hot dogs on a stick.

Go to your local camping store and get a bunch of ''space'' foods. The kids will get a kick out of it and you will have little to do and even less of a mess to clean up.

For 2 nights, that sounds like plenty to me. Maybe some beanie weenies, and by fruit if you mean melons, definitely plenty.

We always make baked potatoes. All u have to do is rub salt around the outside of them, wrap them in a couple layers of tinfoil, & throw them in the campfire (make sure u can get them out again - & use tongs or a stick!). They should be done after 30 to 45 minutes.

Also, instead of putting ice in the coolers, freeze bottled water. It keeps cartons & food from getting soaked, u do not have a cooler full of water to dump at the end, & u have bottled water to drink after it melts!

Go on about.com and key in foil packets. You should have a few ideas there, as well as typing in camp meals. Also you can go MacScouter.com. They have menu plans for outdoor cooking.

l have some great easy (& healthy meals) on my website http://rvworldllc.com/recipies.shtml. l have a 4 yr old and we go camping a lot and he loves most of these recipes.

Have fun!

Take hamburger, potatoes, and carrots in foil with a few drops of water. Cook over fire untill done. l put onion in mine. You can make them ahead of time.

Make stuff ahead of time & bring it in the cooler. Just remember to get ice often. You can bring milk for cereal, already made tuna or chicken salad, potato & pasta salads & precooked & chilled breaded or grilled chicken for salad toppers or sandwiches. If u do not want to bring a cooler then u can still do chicken or tuna salad just bring small unopened containers of mayo so u do not need to keep it cold & u can discard what u do not use. Also fresh veggies & fruits do not need refridgeration.

You can not beat Mountain Pies. Pizza mountain pies r usually a hit, especially with the kids.

Ingredients Needed for all Mountain Pies:

Bread
Butter
Non-Stick Spray

Pizza:
Pizza Sauce (About 2 tbsp. per pie)
Mozzarella Cheese - shredded
Any 'Topping' (pepperoni, olives, whatever)

Grilled Cheese:
1 slice of cheese (more than 1 u will burn yourself with melted cheese) <===sounds like the voice of experience!

Dessert:

Apple Pie Filling
Cinnamon
Brown Sugar

Cherry Pie Filling

Banana Boat Mountan Pies:
Sliced banana (one layer on bread)
4 tiny Hershey chocolate bar pieces (distributed in the center)
2 large marshmellows (9 mini-marshmellows)

put a bunch of canned vegies some meat some like frozen hashbrowns into a tin foil wrap it up toss it into the fire check it everynow and again, real tasty.