[Jason La Forest]

Looking for everyone’s favorite easy meals while fishing and camping to maximize time poling/casting. Also, cheapest spots in the Keys for quick grab deli sandos, breakfast tacos, anything low budget..

Spending 6 weeks camping / Airbnb and fly fishing all over upper and middle keys from my 16’ action craft.

Cold pizza and beer is my go-to for a day or two, but we’ll need some variety past that.

Non perishables, purchased-cooked (like Publix fried chicken), cooking in bulk for easy leftovers, or utilizing free mango snappers are all priorities.

What is your go-to on a budget?

 

[DuckNut]

Publix.

 

[Flyboy]

I’ve been interviewing in key largo the last four days- literally surviving on Publix subs and chicken

 

[j_f]

Can't help on your Keys quest, but this thread is making me super nostalgic about Publix. A well-stocked, clean, easy-to-navigate store full of helpful employees just isn't the New Orleans way. But we do have gas station po'boys!

 

[fatman]

Dion's > Publix
(actually, Trading Post > either)

a Cuban mix is a nice change of pace

 

[fatman]

Can't help on your Keys quest, but this thread is making me super nostalgic about Publix. A well-stocked, clean, easy-to-navigate store full of helpful employees just isn't the New Orleans way. But we do have gas station po'boys!

Pro tip: Boudin balls

 

[Dan Leverette]

+1 Dions

 

[fjmaverick]

I like making hobo packs with tinfoil. Can make it before you go then throw it on a grill for 30 min when you get where your going.

 

[BigEasy]

Here’s a couple ideas if you’re going to camp a few days the hit the Airbnb a few days rotation.

Smoke a pork butt and a couple chickens before you go and freeze in portion sized ziplocks. That should get you through a camping rotation or two. Then at the Airbnb make up/freeze foil dinners as suggested. You might get lucky and get an Abnb with a charcoal grill you could smoke another butt on an off day. If you wind up with a gas grill you can do up chickens easily enough.

You can also make up/freeze breakfast and lunch burritos at the Abnb.

Dont be afraid of campfire cooking. Take a grill grate and you have the perfect opportunity for steaks, burgers, hotdogs/brats. Pretty limitless actually. If it fits your schedule.

 

[DBStoots]

I use the Seal-A-Meal to vacuum seal up chili, rice, spaghetti sauce, etc. Serves a dual purpose on camping trips--helps keep other food items cold in the cooler and provides easy-to-heat meals.

 

[DBStoots]

Also, hard boiled eggs--lots of protein and they come in their own wrappers!

 

[Zika]

I like making hobo packs with tinfoil. Can make it before you go then throw it on a grill for 30 min when you get where your going.

Those were on the advance menu during a recent trip to the Glades. The only problem was forgetting to buy burger meat at Publix in Naples. We substituted fried trout.

 

[mwolaver]

Trading Post in Islamorada has some awesome food; chicken salad is amazing. But it's super expensive. Publix is my vote. There's one on upper Matecumbe now.

 

[Smackdaddy53]

Also, hard boiled eggs--lots of protein and they come in their own wrappers!

This is one of my favorite fishing foods

 

[Capnredfish]

Smoke the hardboiled eggs before going and bring some hot sauce

 

[Capnredfish]

You can also grab some Mayo and sweet relish packets, salt and pepper packets. Loaf of bread and make egg salad sands to extend them.

 

[Jason La Forest]

Smoke the hardboiled eggs before going and bring some hot sauce

Yew! Sounds awesome; I’m going to try that right now.

 

[Capnredfish]

I also like making a batch of meatballs, well seasoned. No sauce.

 

[Capnredfish]

Cook up some taters. The same ingredients for eggs salad will make a decent tater salad on the go. Cubed taters in a ziplock. Squeeze packets and knead in the bag. Diced celery and onions too.

 

[bcblues]

I bought a small, portable gas grill when I was working and camping for an entire summer. You know the type, they pack up about 18" long, propane cylinder fits inside with the turner and tongs. I cooked supper on it every night. Steaks, chicken, burgers, fish, brats. It was way better than restaurant food, and way more relaxing!