Like cornbread or fried chicken in the South, some purists may feel that using canned biscuits for chicken and dumplings is wrong and should never be done. I disagree when it comes to cooking at your campsite. Canned biscuits make cooking chicken and dumplings out in the sticks painless and straightforward. Cleaning flour-coated bowls isn’t […]
Campfire Beef Kebabs
Campfire beef kebabs are pretty much the perfect camping food. There isn’t much in the way of prep work and you can cook them directly over a fire. Meat on a stick is also a no brainer. The challenge is that an overly small cut of meat can easily dry out over a fire, and […]
Homemade Hot Cocoa Recipe
When you’re camping, nothing is more satisfying on a cold evening than a campfire and a mug of hot cocoa. Use our homemade hot cocoa recipe instead of those nasty chemical cocktails from the grocery store. Just because you’re drinking hot cocoa doesn’t mean you have to fill your body with crap that only a […]
Easy Shepherd’s Pie – Foil Packet Recipes
While Shepherd’s Pie probably doesn’t come to mind when you’re thinking about campfire food, this recipe will make your life easy at the campsite, since there is virtually no prep work outside of your home kitchen. All you’ll need is a bed of coals and about thirty minutes to cook it. Prep Time: 15 Minutes (using […]
Pie Iron Pizza
Making pie iron pizza is taking your campfire pie iron cooking to the next level. Sometimes eating plain old grilled cheese just isn’t enough to satisfy after a long day outdoors. This recipe, with almost no prep-work, is easy to customize to your taste and will keep the kids busy with assembly. With the right […]
Mountain Man Breakfast – Dutch Oven Recipes
You’ll find Mountain Man Breakfast on pretty much every website that covers cast iron dutch oven recipes. For good reason I think. This tasty breakfast is easy to put together and can feed a troop of hungry Boy Scouts for just a few dollars. You also might notice that everybody does their Mountain Man Breakfast […]
Cast Iron Dutch Oven Accessories – What You Need and Don’t Need
If you do a simple Google search for cast iron dutch oven accessories, you’re going to get bombarded with hundreds of different gadgets and gizmos, most of which are junk that’ll just end up in a box somewhere in your garage. The thing about cast iron dutch ovens is that they are simple and don’t […]
How to Make a Foil Pack for Foil Packet Cooking
Foil packet cooking is an easy, virtually mess-free way to cook over a campfire, briquettes, or propane grills. Below we’ll go over three different methods for creating a foil pack. Each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Your best bet for successful foil cooking has a lot to do with the type of foil you […]