FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015
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Easy camping meals
Homemade Goodness
By Eileen Driver
One of my favorite sum-
mer pastimes is camping—
the real camping with a
tent, cooking over an open
fi re, roasting weenies and
making s’mores.
Ever since I was a little
kid I looked forward to
going out to live in nature
every summer. As I got
older with kids of my own
I still loved to go camping
but did not look forward to
all the work involved.
Let’s face it, I hate
washing dishes at home
and it’s even worse outside
far from my kitchen sink.
I want to be able to relax
and have fun along with
everyone else not spend all
my time cleaning up after
every meal. I don’t want to
spend half of the fi rst day
and most of the last load-
ing and unloading camping
gear.
So I searched high
and low for recipes and
ways to make camping
meals enjoyable but with
a lot less work and with
minimal expense, gear
wise. With these recipes all
you need to pack is a grate
to put over the campfi re
(one from an old BBQ will
work great), some long
handled tongs, paper plates
and forks all around. You
will want some small tin
pie plates and heavy duty
aluminum foil to get start-
ed, oh and a black marker
to label your creations.
Camping Breakfast
Packets
Lay out one square of
heavy duty foil or double
layer regular foil per
person.
Spray lightly with non-
stick cooking spray
On bottom of packet put
meat, 23 sausage links, 24
The
slices bacon, or
1 slice ham (this
way it gets the
most direct heat
to cook through).
Next add a
handful of hash
browns either
frozen or leftover
diced potatoes
Add onion,
green peppers or
tomatoes (what-
ever you like)
Sprinkle on Salt,
pepper, or any
seasoning to
your taste
Crack an egg or 2 over
top and sprinkle with
shredded cheese.
Close up foil packet and
place on grate over fi re for
1520 minutes until meat is
cooked through.
Eat this right out of the
packet and the only thing
you have to wash is the
fork you ate it with.
Yes I am one of those
people that wash plastic
utensil. I believe in waste
not, want not!
For lunch we usually
have sandwiches, the fi ll-
ings I make up in advance
but if it’s rainy or chilly
out or you just feel like
something warm for lunch
make up a few of these to
throw on the grate.
Campfi re Quesadillas
12 tortillas per person
Shredded cheese, your
choice of fl avors
onion, mushrooms or
veggies you like
leftover cooked chicken
diced or any kind of
cooked meat
Lay tortilla on foil, put
layer of cheese down mid-
dle, top with veggies,meat
and a second layer of
cheese.
Fold over sides of
tortilla, wrap in foil. Grill
several minutes on each
side til cheese is melted
and quesadilla is warmed
through.
Couldn’t be simpler than
that. Absolutely no dishes
to wash after serving these
goodies. Of course by the
time dinner rolls around
you are tired from all the
fun you have been having
all day so you need some-
thing easy but yummy to
fi x for dinner, so this will
go great with those roast-
ing weenies.
Campfi re Mac ‘n
Cheese
In individual pie tins per
camper you need:
½ cup cooked elbow
macaroni
¼ cup shredded cheddar
cheese
1 tablespoon parmesan
cheese
1 tablespoon milk
½ tablespoon butter
salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients
in tin. Wrap completely
in heavy duty foil leaving
bottom of tin fl at for sitting
on grate. Cook 710 min-
utes until cheese is melted.
Take off grate and let
cool slightly.
Open packets carefully,
stir and eat.
If you had s’mores last
night and want something
equally as good but a little
different around the camp-
fi re, these are my personal
favorite.
Banana Boats
1 medium banana per
person
assorted fl avored
baking chips ( chocolate,
peanut butter, caramel,
whatever fl avors you like)
miniature marshmallows
Leave peel on banana.
Cut banana lengthwise ½
inch deep leaving ½ inch
at each end.
Open peel wider to
make a pocket. Fill pocket
with your choice of good-
ies. Wrap bananas with
heavy duty foil to form
a boat. Place on grate or
around edges of camp fi re
for about 10 minutes until
goodies are melted and
banana is warmed.
I look forward to eating
banana boats all year! Of
course mine are fi lled with
chocolate and peanut but-
ter chips and are wonder-
ful. And remember any of
the above recipes can be
made ahead and frozen.
Put in your cooler fro-
zen and they will help keep
your other food cold and
slowly thaw to be ready to
cook.
So I hope you will try
these recipes to make your
camping experience more
fun and less work this year.
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