Camping Recipes

Here are some neat recipes to spruce up any camping trip. Remember, always consider safety in any cooking adventure and whatever you wish to eat, always make sure you pack out the trash! We all know the old saying, "Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photos" and that refers to cooking and camping as well as hiking and sightseeing.

Recipes are always being added! If you have a favorite camping recipe you would like to share - send it to the webmaster!

NEW! Freezer S'Mores
"Camping" indoors? Try this fire-free, but delectable freezer twist on an old favorite.
Ingredients
1 package milk or dark chocolate chips
1/2 package mini marshmallows
1 regular-sized tub of Cool Whip
Graham crackers
Equipment
Foil
Refrigerator with freezer
Bowl
Large spoon
Instructions
Spoon Cool Whip into large bowl. Gently fold in marshmallows and chocolate chips. Half graham crackers and spoon mixture onto one side. Complete the "sandwich," wrap in foil and let set in freezer for 20 minutes to 1 hour. Enjoy!

Breakfast egg & bacon English muffins
Ingredients
1 dozen eggs
1 lb. bacon
1 pkg. of sliced cheese
1 pkg. of plain or sourdough English muffins
condiments of mayonnaise and/or ketchup and/or salsa are optional
Equipment
cooking stove (preferably)
skillet (cast iron preferably)
spatula
large spoon
Instructions
Cook bacon (save grease for cooking fried eggs); fry eggs in bacon grease (those who prefer scrambled eggs must wait until all fried eggs are done or cook them in another pan). Have girls split muffins in two, put condiments on muffins, place slice of cheese on muffin, place bacon on cheese and line up for fried eggs hot from the pan.

Impossible Breakfast Pie
Ingredients
1 lb. diced ham or bulk pork sausage
1/4 c chopped onion
2-1/2 c frozen loose-pack hash browns
1 c shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
1-3/4 c milk
4 eggs
1 c baking mix (Bisquick or Jiffy)
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 c shredded Cheddar cheese (1 oz)
Equipment
Dutch Oven
Charcoal
Large pot
Instructions
Brown meat and onion, stirring occasionally, in dutch oven. Drain. Mix meat, potatoes, and 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Combine remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese with fork until smooth. Pour into dutch oven. Bake at about 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheddar cheese. Bake about 2 minutes longer or until cheese melts. Cool 5 minutes.

Awesome chicken foil dinners
Ingredients
For each foil dinner:
1 boneless skinless chicken breast
1 potato, washed & sliced
sliced onion
3-4 fresh mushrooms, washed & sliced
6-8 stalks fresh asparagus, tough ends snapped off
salt, pepper, etc. as desired
Equipment
Heavy duty aluminum foil
sharp paring knife
hot coals
Instructions
Place the chicken breast on a large square of foil. Season chicken and add layers of sliced potato, mushrooms, onions and top with asparagus stalks. Wrap dinner 'butcher-style' and place chicken-side-down on hot coals, turning after about 20 minutes. After another 10 minutes or so, unwrap one dinner and slice chicken to test for doneness. If chicken is fully cooked - dig in!

Dutch Oven Lasagna
Ingredients
1 jar spaghetti sauce
5 lbs hamburger
3 lbs hot sausage
5 lbs mozzarella cheese
2 large containers of cottage cheese
6 eggs
2 lbs lasagna noodles
Equipment
14" dutch oven
10" skillet
large pot
Instructions
brown meat, drain, set aside
mix cottage cheese and eggs and set aside
boil noodles
Building the lasagna:
in layers place meat,cheeses & noodles
when dutch oven is about full pour in spaghetti sauce
put remaining cheese on top
cover and cook about 45 min on charcoal or hot coals, top & bottom
serve with garlic bread
serves about 12 hungry scouts

YUMMY STEW
Ingredients
100 grams beef steak per person
3 carrots
1 onion
small packet of dehydrated peas and corn
Equipment
Camp oven
large spoon
knife
chopping board
Instructions
Chop steak into strips and brown in heated camp oven. add onion and then 500 mls water. about 15 mins before it has finished cooking add all the vegetables (chopped up that is), and enjoy!

Coffee Can Stew
Ingredients Meat: Bacon + meatballs(ground beef/turkey/sausage or storebought); beef stew meat; or diced chicken breast
Diced Veggies: potatoes, carrots, green peppers, celery, rutabaga, tomatoes, onions, etc.
Various spices
Water
Oven mitts
Equipment Empty coffee can and aluminum foil
Instructions Put some cut up bacon in the bottom of the coffee can, this keeps the rest from sticking. Next layer meat, veggies, and spices until the can is about 3/4 full.
Put in about 1 - 1 1/2 cups water. Cover can tightly with foil. Sit can in hot campfire coals for about 1 hour. NO PEEKING! Use oven mitts to take cans out of the coals. Stir up stew and enjoy!

Chicken and Sausage Creole
Ingredients
1 to 2 pounds of chicken tenders (or thighs and legs if you like)
1 to 2 pounds of smoked sausage
2 onions, diced
2 bell peppers, diced
2 stalks of celery, diced
green onions to taste (3 or 4)
parsley to taste (good handfull)
two or three cloves garlic (more if you like)
2-15 oz. cans cajun-style crushed tomatoes (ro-tel can be used here)
1-15 oz. can of tomato sauce
lea and perrins sauce, to taste
hot sauce to taste
Tony's seasonings (when it is salty enough, then you need no more)
plain tap water (or chicken stock if you have it available)
olive oil
flour
Equipment
Dutch oven
Instructions
Dip chicken in mixture of flour and Tony's seasonings - saute in olive oil until just browned. remove and drain chicken. add more flour and oil and make a dark roux. add onions, peppers, celery and saute for few minutes. add tomatoes and tomatoe sauce. add the chicken and sausage. add enough water to cover the vegetables and meats.(it will cook down and you may have to add more anyway). add remainder of spices. let it come to a boil and then turn down to simmer. let it simmer as long as you can. taste best when done for 3 or 4 hours. add water as needed to prevent sticking. serve over cooked rice.
Comment start this right after lunch and it should be ready for dinner.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY TO DIE FOR CAKE
Ingredients
2 Regular size cans cherry pie filling
1 Chocolate cake mix, not the pudding kind.The cheap store brand kind
Water, Eggs, Butter, Cinnamon a good dash
Equipment
Dutch Oven We use #12
Charcoal, tongs, etc.
Foil to line oven
Instructions
Line the oven with foil, Put the pie filling on the bottom, and add about 1/2 can of water, some dots of butter, and cinnamon
Mix the cake mix according to the box directions, and put on top. Bake about 30 to 35 min. Check after 20 min. Done when top is no longer wet. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream in a can.

Ice Cream in a bag
Ingredients
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. sugar
1/2 c. milk (1/4 milk - 1/4 half & half)

In a small ziploc bag, combine all ingredients. Seal tightly and put into large ziploc bag.

In a large ziploc bag, put 3 Tbsp of ice cream salt and enough ice to pack around the small bag. Shake (or rock, which works better) until ice cream thickens. This may take some time, so be patient! Once ice cream has formed, remove the small bag, wipe away excess water/salt and enjoy!