20 Mess-Free Foil Packet Meals You Need To Make Now

As a kid, I used to love putting together things like banana, chocolate buds and vanilla together and cooking it in the oven in an aluminium foil envelope.

The gooey delicious food was always hot and delicious, served with some ice cream (yummm!) — makes my mouth watering just thinking about it.

My family did this a lot when we were camping too — putting a few different ingredients that we might like into foil, folding it over and cooking for about 10 minutes.

I came across them again recently, and I felt quite a bit of nostalgia. And I’m looking forward to getting in the kitchen with my kids to try a few different styles of ‘foil cooking’. In the US, they call this style of cooking, ‘hobo dinners’. So, here are 20 mess-free foil packet meals you need to make now.

1. Prawn and Asparagus Foil Packs

The freshness of the shrimp and flavourful crunch of asparagus make this one a superb meal!

Delicious shrimp and asparagus foil packets perfect for quick, mess-free meals. Fresh herbs and lemo. — via cookingclassy.com

2. Grilled Chili Cheese Fries Recipe

Can I just say, this is “THE BOMB!”

Easy foil packet meal with cheese, beef, and fries. — via readyseteat.com

3. Scrumptious Garlic Butter Salmon

You’ll never look at salmon the same way again with this mouth-watering salmon cooked with garlic and butter in foil. Yum!

4. Slow Cooker Savoury Quiche

This quiche is not just savoury, it’s frugal! And cooking eggs in the slow cooker gives a soft texture to the eggs which I really love.

5. Brown Butter Cauliflower Foil Packets

This flavourful dish is not only super delicious, it’s healthy too! It’s paleo, gluten-free and low carb. What more can you ask for?

Delicious cheesy cauliflower florets perfect for a mess-free foil packet meal. Easy to prepare and f. — via foodgawker.com

6. Garlic Butter Mushrooms and Gnocchi in Foil Packets

This tasty mushrooms and gnocchi packed with garlic and butter, placed in foil and baked is heaven on a plate (or rather on foil).

Delicious garlic herb potatoes cooked in foil for easy mess-free meals. Perfect for quick family din. — via eatwell101.com

7. Spicy Cilantro Garlic Shrimp

Nothing beats a grilled shrimp recipe. It’s easy and simple! And with this dish, just add some garlic, cilantro and some spices and voila! A no fuss, real tasty grilled shrimp.

Delicious seafood foil packets featuring prawns, herbs, and lemon, perfect for easy, mess-free meals. — via cocinandoconalena.blogspot.com

8. Foil Pack Italian Chicken and Veggies

For a healthy satisfying dish with no guilt, try this chicken and veggies recipe that’s packed with amazing Italian seasonings. Yum!

Delicious foil packet chicken with potatoes, carrots, and herbs, perfect for quick, mess-free family. — via chelseasmessyapron.com

9. Parmesan Chicken Foil Packets

You’ll never go wrong with this lovely chicken foil packets cooked with zucchini and tomato sauce and topped with creamy mozzarella cheese. This is sooo good!

Easy foil packet meal for quick dinner preparation. — via spendwithpennies.com

10. Grilled Pasta Packets

Pasta in a foil with tomatoes, basil, garlic, lemon and goat cheese? Divine!

Delicious foil packet spaghetti with fresh tomatoes, lemon, and herbs, perfect for quick, mess-free. — via eat8020.com

11. Bacon Ranch Chicken

This yummy chicken dinner recipe cooked with potatoes and ranch-flavoured butter, topped with melted cheese and bacon is a delicious way to end your day.

Baked chicken topped with crispy bacon, melted cheese, and fresh herbs, served with roasted potatoes. — via thebestblogrecipes.com

12. Mediterranean Salmon in Foil Packets

Even your kids will love this Mediterranean salmon with pesto sauce and cooked in foil packets. Super flavourful, the whole family will love it.

Foil packet meal with fresh vegetables, herbs, and cheese for a quick, mess-free dinner. — via theseasonedmom.com

13. Foil Packet Sweet Potato Tacos

Turn your nights into one you’ll never forget with this flavourful sweet potato dish with taco filling and cooked in foil. Magical!

Healthy foil packet dinner with beef, carrots, and vegetables for quick family meals. — via melskitchencafe.com

14. Barbecued Apple Crisp

Apples with some old-fashioned oats, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar, pack in foil and throw onto the grill, this is one delicious dessert you must make now!

Stay At Home Mum — via cookingwithjax.com

15. Indian Spiced Baked Potato and Egg

Take baked potato to the next level by adding Indian spices and egg.

Easy foil packet meals for quick, mess-free cooking at home. Perfect for busy weeknights and family. — via yummly.com

16. Chicken and Rice Fajitas in Foil

Let the whole family enjoy the tasty goodness of fajitas with chicken, peppers, onions and rice all cooked in foil packets.

17. Pineapple BBQ Chicken Foil Packets

The incredible sweet and sour taste of this Pineapple BBQ Chicken Foil Packets cooked in the oven is so delectable, you’ll find the whole family begging for this.

Healthy foil packet salmon with colorful vegetables and lime wedge. — via eatwell101.com

18. Zucchini Parmesan Foil Packets

This healthy dinner using eggplant, layers of fresh zucchini, lots of spices and herbs, butter, and Parmesan cheese is definitely one to include in your menu tonight.

19. Beef, Carrot & Potato Bundles

Just stack them together, add some spices then cook it in foil. That’s it! One nutritious and filling dinner for you.

20. Philly Cheesesteak Tin Foil Dinners

You just can’t get enough of this Philly Cheesesteak with green peppers, onions, mushrooms, provolone and some spices then wrapped in foil packet.

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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