10 tips to make your mealtimes at the ready-to-camp simpler
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You can always take the easy way out and eat ramen noodles or with a bit of prep at home, you can eat like a queen without loading up your bags and spending a lot of time at the cabins cooking.
#1
Prepping your meals and snacks before coming will save you time, garbage & cleanup at the cabins, as well as less weight and space in your cooler. You can brig your own cooler, but remember each treehouse also has a big cooler.
#2
Remove all packaging from food (including jars) and place in ziploc freezer bags; canned items or boxed dry goods will travel just as well in a ziplock.
#3
Prepping your meals and snacks before coming will save you time, garbage & cleanup at the cabins, as well as less weight and space in your cooler. You can brig your own cooler, but remember each treehouse also has a big cooler.
#4
Juices – Can be frozen in their cartons or plastic jugs, or better yet –bring frozen concentrated juices and add water, avoid the extra weight and bottles to bring back. We provide 15L containers for drinking water and a juice jug.
#5
Place ziplocked food bags in your cooler – they will act as ice packs – most of these food items will be thawed by the time you need to use them. This system is more useful than freezer packs that don’t last more than 24hrs and end up being bulky useless items to carry back.
#6
Your foods should not share the same space as your raw meats, keep them in a separate cooler or bag to avoid the possibility of cooler water seeping into your food and contaminating it. Drain your cooler often to avoid water build up at bottomof cooler. A few plastic containers to act as trays can help keep food separated and safe.
#7
Food safety – cooler should be at 40 °F or below.
You can always pickup ice at the reception.
#8
Pack food by placing each meal into a grocery bag – it will reduce the frequency of opening the food cooler, therefore keeping it cooler. Breakfast bag, lunch bag, dinner bag & snack bag, etc…
#9
Plan to eat more perishable items (like meat) early in the trip and save the dry goods (like spaghetti) for the end. Extend the life of perishable items by freezing what you can ahead of time. Pack food in a few collapsible coolers. The cabins have a large 60L cooler that you can place your cooler bags into or place your food packages into.
#10
Pack food in a few collapsible coolers. The cabins have a large 60L cooler that you can place your cooler bags into or place your food packages into.