5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 6 dinners. Every meal Saturday through Wednesday is cooked in the RV — Thursday is entirely restaurants in Salt Lake on the way out. The two Bryce dinners are bought fresh at the General Store there, so nothing rides in a small fridge for days. Breakfast repeats just two ways: yogurt bowls or an egg wrap. One grocery run in Salt Lake on Sept 5.
Zion · Sept 5–7Bryce & SLC · Sept 8–10
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Sat · Sept 5Zion
Dinner
Pesto turkey sandwich & chips No cook
Arrival night — nothing to cook after a travel day. Assemble and eat. (Backup: if e-bikes for tomorrow fall through, plan on eating at a Zion restaurant tomorrow night instead.)
Or, if it's too late to cook tonight: skip the sandwich and eat at a Zion restaurant instead. With an 8am flight, a stop for groceries, and a 4.5-hour drive, you may not roll into camp until close to 6pm — decide once you're actually there.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2)
4 slices bread or 2 bagels
¼ lb sliced turkey
2 tbsp pesto
Chips, to serve
Directions
Spread pesto on bread or bagel halves.
Layer turkey, close the sandwich.
Serve with chips on the side.
Sun · Sept 6Zion · E-Bike & Emerald Pools
Bfast
Yogurt bowls No cook
Nothing to cook — just spoon and go before you roll out to the Grotto. This is your default breakfast; you'll repeat it Tuesday.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (per person)
¾ cup plain Greek yogurt
Handful fruit — banana or apple, sliced
1 tbsp chopped nuts
1 tsp honey
2 tbsp granola
Directions
Spoon yogurt into a cup or bowl.
Top with fruit, nuts, honey and granola. Done in under two minutes.
Lunch
Pesto hummus & veggie wraps No cook
Made before you head out. No meat to keep cold in a hot pack — just hummus, pesto and crisp veggies, all fine at trail temperature for hours. Ride the West Rim in by 12:30, eat these during the relax window, then head into the afternoon's Emerald Pools hike.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2, 2 wraps each)
4 large tortillas
3 tbsp basil pesto
4 tbsp hummus
½ bell pepper, sliced thin
1 cup baby arugula
2 tbsp sunflower seeds or chopped walnuts
Directions
Spread pesto and hummus over each tortilla.
Layer pepper strips, arugula, and a scatter of seeds down the center.
Fold in the sides and roll tightly. Wrap in foil so it holds its shape in a pack.
Dinner
Steak fajitas w/ chips & salsa GrillMicro
Season and grill the steak, slice against the grain, pile over rice with grilled pepper and onion. Chips and salsa on the side for scooping — no tortillas to wrap, just a bowl.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2)
1 lb flank or skirt steak
1 packet fajita seasoning
1 bell pepper, sliced
½ onion, sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 lime
½ box minute rice
Chips and salsa, to serve
Directions
Season steak with fajita seasoning and a little olive oil.
Grill 3–4 min a side for medium, then rest 5 min before slicing thin, against the grain.
Grill pepper and onion in a foil tray alongside, 8–10 min, stirring occasionally.
Microwave rice per package directions.
Pile steak, pepper and onion over rice, squeeze lime over the top. Serve chips and salsa on the side.
Dessert
Banana boats Grill
The one dessert of the trip — a classic campfire treat, ready while the grill is still warm from dinner.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2)
2 bananas, unpeeled
1 Hershey bar, broken into pieces
Handful mini marshmallows
Directions
Slice each banana lengthwise through the peel, not all the way through, to make a pocket.
Stuff with chocolate pieces and marshmallows.
Wrap in foil and set on the grill, 5–8 min, until melty.
Unwrap carefully and eat straight from the peel with a spoon.
Mon · Sept 7Zion · The Narrows
Bfast
Egg scramble pesto wrap Grill
Cooked fresh this morning, not made ahead — no batching, no fridge storage. Ten minutes on the grill or camp stove before the bike ride to the trailhead.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2)
4 eggs
Splash of water
Handful spinach
2 tbsp pesto
¼ onion, diced
2 large tortillas
Directions
Sauté diced onion in a foil tray on the grill with a little oil, 2–3 min.
Add spinach, stir until just wilted.
Whisk eggs with a splash of water, pour in, scramble until just set, 4–5 min.
Stir in pesto off the heat. Divide between tortillas, roll, and eat — or wrap in foil for the trailhead.
Lunch
Peanut butter, honey & banana wraps No cook
Nothing perishable in this one — you're wading the river most of the day, in and out of water, and this holds up fine whether it's 90°F or your pack gets splashed. Hard cheese, crackers and jerky on the side for salt and protein; none of it needs to stay cold.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2)
2 large tortillas
4 tbsp peanut butter
2 tsp honey
1 banana, sliced
Hard cheese (cheddar or gouda), crackers, and jerky on the side
Directions
Spread peanut butter and a drizzle of honey over each tortilla.
Layer sliced banana down the center, roll tightly.
Wrap in foil. Slice a hunk of hard cheese and pack it with crackers and jerky alongside — none of it needs ice.
Dinner
Pesto flatbread pizza Grill
Grill the chicken and the naan, then assemble — quick, and it eats well after a long day at the river.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2)
2 naan breads
1 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp pesto
1 cup spinach
½ cup shredded mozzarella
½ lb chicken breast or thigh
1 tbsp balsamic glaze
½ tsp lemon juice
Directions
Grill chicken 6–7 min a side until cooked through, then slice.
Brush naan with olive oil, grill 2–3 min a side until charred.
Off the grill: spread pesto over the naan, scatter spinach, mozzarella and sliced chicken on top.
Return to the grill, close the lid 1 minute to melt the cheese.
Finish with a drizzle of balsamic glaze and a squeeze of lemon. Slice and serve.
Same as Sunday. You're on the road out of Zion by 5am — this travels fine in a cup with a lid, eaten in the car.
Directions
Spoon yogurt into a lidded cup, top with fruit, nuts, honey and granola.
Eat in the car.
Lunch
Hummus, avocado & pepper wraps No cook
Made and packed before you leave camp — eat during the midday break between the Queens Garden/Navajo hike and the Rim Trail. No meat riding in a hot pack all day; hummus and avocado hold up fine for a few hours. Two wraps each, plus an apple and trail mix.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2, 2 wraps each)
4 large tortillas
6 tbsp hummus
1 avocado, sliced
½ bell pepper, sliced thin
Handful arugula
2 tbsp sunflower seeds or walnuts, for crunch
Directions
Spread hummus over each tortilla.
Layer avocado, pepper strips, arugula and a scatter of seeds down the center.
Fold in the sides and roll tightly. Wrap in foil so it holds its shape in a pack.
Dinner
BBQ chicken w/ corn on the cob GrillMicro
Chicken and corn bought fresh at the Bryce General Store that afternoon — nothing carried from Salt Lake for two days in a small fridge. You won't be back from the sunset window until close to 8pm; this is quick once you're home.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2 — buy at the Bryce General Store)
½–¾ lb chicken (thighs or breasts)
BBQ sauce or seasoning, whatever's available
2 ears corn on the cob
Butter, salt
Any leftover peppers or onion from earlier in the week
½ box minute rice
Directions
Grill chicken over medium heat, basting with BBQ sauce or seasoning, until cooked through.
Grill corn alongside, turning occasionally, 10–12 min, then finish with butter and salt.
Microwave rice, stir in any leftover chopped veggies.
Serve chicken and corn over the rice.
Wed · Sept 9Bryce · Peekaboo Loop
Bfast
Egg wrap or oatmeal Grill
Whichever sounds better that morning. Same egg scramble pesto wrap as Monday, or a simple bowl of oatmeal with fruit and nuts if you'd rather go lighter before the Peekaboo Loop.
Ingredients & directions — oatmeal option
Ingredients (per person)
½ cup rolled oats
¾ cup water or milk
Handful fruit — banana or apple, sliced
1 tbsp chopped nuts
1 tsp honey
Directions
Microwave oats and water or milk, 2 min, stirring halfway.
Top with fruit, nuts and honey.
Directions — egg wrap option
Same as Monday: sauté onion, wilt in spinach, scramble in the eggs, stir in pesto, roll into tortillas.
Lunch
Hard cheese, cracker & jerky plate No cook
No leftover meat riding in a hot pack for a 5.2-mile loop — this is entirely shelf-stable and fine at trail temperature all day. Add carrots and trail mix.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2)
4 oz hard cheese (cheddar or gouda), cubed or sliced
Handful crackers
2 oz jerky
Carrots and trail mix on the side
Directions
Slice or cube the cheese the morning of — no need to keep it iced, hard cheese holds up fine for a day trip.
Pack cheese, crackers and jerky together. Add carrots and trail mix.
Dinner
General Store meat & veggies Grill
Last night in Bryce — buy whatever meat and veggies look good at the General Store that day. Nothing pre-planned, nothing carried from Salt Lake. The ranch seasoning packet does the flavor work.
Ingredients & directions
Ingredients (serves 2 — buy at the Bryce General Store)
Meat of choice — steak, chicken, or sausage
Assorted veggies — zucchini, peppers, onion, whatever looks good
1 packet ranch seasoning
1 tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper
Directions
Toss veggies with olive oil and the ranch seasoning packet in a foil tray. Grill 15–20 min, stirring occasionally.
Grill the meat directly on the grate, seasoning with salt and pepper, until cooked through.
Serve together.
Thu · Sept 10Bryce → Salt Lake City
Bfast
Ruby's Inn coffee shop Out
Skip cooking entirely — after the sunrise stop, grab something at the coffee place at Ruby's Inn before the drive to Salt Lake. This is the last thing before you drop the RV off; lunch and dinner today are both restaurants in Salt Lake too.
Lunch
Spitz Mediterranean Street Food Out
325 South Main Street, Salt Lake City. After the RV drop-off and car rental, while you see the town.
Dinner
Slackwater Pizza Out
684 South 500 West, Salt Lake City. Last stop before the drive to Park City.
Grocery Checklist
Grouped by store aisle so you can move through the trip in one pass. Tap any item to change it before you go, tap the box to check it off in the store.
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Meat — Salt Lake, before Zion
Tuesday and Wednesday's meat is bought fresh at the Bryce General Store the day of — nothing pre-bought rides in the fridge for two extra days.
Produce
Dairy & Cold
Pantry
Coffee
Trail Fuel & Snacks
Beer & Wine — Separate Stop
RV Cooking Supplies
Don't forget: bring coins for laundry soap (~$2.00) if you'll need the machines anywhere along the way.
Kitchen Notes
Chop onions and peppers on night one and bag them. Fajitas, the egg wraps, and BBQ chicken all use them, and you only clean the cutting board once.
Freeze the steak at the store. It'll thaw in the fridge right around Sunday, and the RV fridge stays colder with frozen mass in it — useful in a small unit.
Wine and beer are a second stop in Utah, and it has to happen Saturday Sept 5, in Salt Lake, before you drive to Zion. Grocery and convenience stores there sell only beer at 5% ABV or under — wine and spirits come exclusively from state liquor stores or package agencies, and those are closed every Sunday and on state and federal holidays. That rules out Sunday Sept 6 and Monday Sept 7 — Labor Day. Saturday is your only window for the whole trip. Typical hours run late morning to somewhere between 7 and 10 p.m. Worth knowing separately: Utah's DUI limit is 0.05%, the strictest in the country, so plan on the drinking being a back-at-the-RV thing.
Pesto earns its keep. One tub covers four meals — Saturday's sandwich, Sunday's lunch wrap, Monday's egg wrap breakfast, and Monday's flatbread pizza. Buy the larger tub.
The RV already has dishes, cookware, a toaster, and trash bags — the supplies list above is for backup and for eating outside without hauling the RV's dishes to a picnic table. It also comes with a Keurig and pods, but if you're bringing your own machine or better K-cups, those are on the coffee list.
Tuesday and Wednesday dinners are bought fresh at the Bryce General Store the day of, not planned in advance — meat, corn, and whatever veggies look good. That's the whole point: nothing pre-bought sits in a small fridge for two extra days waiting for Bryce.
The egg wrap is cooked to order, not made ahead. No batching, no foil-wrapped burritos sitting in the fridge for days — just a ten-minute scramble the morning you need it.
Meat stays at dinner, not in the pack. Every dinner is grilled fresh and eaten within minutes — that's the safe way to eat meat outdoors. The trail lunches (Mon and Wed) skip meat and leftovers entirely, since a few hours in a hot pack is exactly the window where bacteria multiply fastest. Peanut butter, hummus, hard cheese and jerky don't have that problem — they're shelf-stable by design.
Eat before the hike, not after. A full cup of yogurt with granola, or an egg wrap, is roughly what a long canyon day actually costs you. Under-eating at breakfast is the most common reason a good hike turns miserable at mile six.
Thursday is entirely restaurants — breakfast at Ruby's Inn, lunch at Spitz, dinner at Slackwater. Nothing to cook, nothing left in the fridge before you drop the RV off.