Chicken Paprikash may not be the first thing you think of when you think about camping food, but if you want a hearty dinner after a busy day hiking, it’s really easy and only takes about 40 minutes to whip up. Chicken Paprikash is a very popular dish from Hungary that uses quite a bit […]
Parmesan-Crusted Catfish
Sometimes you just aren’t in the mood for cornmeal coated catfish. If you want to change things up on your next fishing trip, pan-fried parmesan-crusted catfish will do the trick. This recipe is very easy to make. Just a simple dredge in your dry ingredients, then a few minutes in some hot oil and you’re […]
Cucumber Tomato Salad
A cold cucumber tomato salad is a nice bright salad to offset a fatty cut of meat cooked over a fire. It is especially nice on a warm summer day. The trick to being able to make this at your campsite is getting fresh herbs out there intact. If you take them and flatten them […]
Braised Beef and Onions
At first glance, this recipe for braised beef and onions might not make any sense to you. The fact that there is zero liquid added to it makes it seem like the bottom will just burn and it’ll come out as dry as sawdust. Trust us, it won’t. The onions and the fat in the […]
Homemade Tasso Ham
Tasso ham isn’t exactly a campfire recipe, but it is a nice addition to anything you might cook out in the boonies. You can dice it up and mix it into eggs, mix it into red beans and rice, or throw a few chunks into a pot of beans or stew to add a nice […]
Dutch Oven Chicken Provencal
Chicken Provencal is a recipe that we cook at home a couple of times a month. It’s a weeknight meal for us, since it’s super easy, tastes excellent, and the ingredients hold up pretty well in the pantry or the refrigerator. With the ease of cooking and stability of the ingredients, we figured that, with […]
Camp Stove Teriyaki Chicken
All campfire food doesn’t need to taste like something you’d find on a cattle drive. You’re allowed to mix it up on occasion. This camp stove teriyaki chicken recipe helps you change things up and it tastes excellent all at the same time. If you buy a decent bottle of sake, you’ll also get bonus […]
Seasonal Produce Guide
One of the most important aspects of an excellent recipe is the quality of the ingredients you put into it. It doesn’t matter how well you cook or how flawless the recipe, it won’t be good if what you put into isn’t good. Think garbage in, garbage out. With that being said, fruits and vegetables […]
Camping Hot Water Cornbread
Hot water cornbread is an older cousin to the cornbread that most people are accustomed to today. Or maybe hot water cornbread is a distant great-granduncle to the typical stuff, since according to Sean Brock, the grand-master of all things Southern Cooking, it predates regular cornbread quite a bit. Hot water cornbread is a treat […]
Campfire Etiquette
When we went up to Colorado for our honeymoon, we found an amazing little spot on some Forest Service land that didn’t have loads of visitors. It was one of those places that you don’t want to tell anybody about because you know that once word gets out, it’ll end up being overcrowded and eventually destroyed […]