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Recipes tagged with: campfire cooking

Curried Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
  • Complexity: medium

Curried Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

October is a great time to find fresh squash. You will find an abundance of squash, from acorn squash, butternut squash, and zucchini to pumpkins, spaghetti squash, and hybrid varieties like honey bear. Squash is one of those foods that can be great cooked in many different ways. They can be baked, turned into pie filling, roasted, steamed, and cubed or pureed for soup. Before your local farmers market closes for the winter, make a trip to pick up some squash so you can fix this sumptuous soup for your friends and family.

Jerk Rubbed Grill Turkey
  • Time: 1 1/2 hours or longer
  • Complexity: easy
  • Origin: Caribbean

Jerk Rubbed Grill Turkey

Once you've grilled a turkey breast you'll never want to roast one in the oven again.

Pan Fried Trout
  • Complexity: easy

Pan Fried Trout

One excellent camping activity is fishing. After a long day of fishing, the best dinner is to enjoy your freshly caught fish. Cut and clean your fish, you should have at least half of an average sized trout per person.

Buttermilk Waffles
  • Complexity: easy

Buttermilk Waffles

One of the best meals for breakfast. There is nothing that can beat

hot buttermilk waffles.

Grilled Mac and Cheese
  • Complexity: easy

Grilled Mac and Cheese

One word - Yum

 PBJ S'Mores
  • Complexity: very easy

PBJ S'Mores

Ooey, gooey goodness.
Lowcountry Shrimp Boil

Lowcountry Shrimp Boil

low-country-shrimp-boilOriginally called Frogmore Stew this super easy, one pot meal makes the ideal a fun and festive camping dinner.  Even the pickiest eaters will love this.


This is great served with a homeade cocktail sauce that's super easy to whip up and can be made in varying heat levels to satisfy the mild in the group to the wild.

Easy Campfire Pepperoni Pizza
  • Complexity: easy
  • Origin: Pizza

Easy Campfire Pepperoni Pizza

Pizza usually ranks high on the list of "favorite" food.  With prepackages foods it's easy to prepare at camp on a grill, over a campfire or in a pinch a camp stove.

Campfire Shrimp and Asparagus in Black Bean Sauce Recipe

Campfire Shrimp and Asparagus in Black Bean Sauce Recipe

Quick, healthy and filling. Serve over rice or noodles.  Sure to be a new favorite at camp.

Pan-Seared Rainbow Trout
  • Time: 10 minutes prep + 10 minutes cook time
  • Complexity: medium

Pan-Seared Rainbow Trout

pan-seared-troutRainbow trout is a delicious spring cooking treat. It posses a great opportunity to enjoy fishing and a great cuisine to enjoy. Here is a great way to enjoy freshly caught trout.

Baked Potato Salad

Baked Potato Salad

baked-potato-salad

Serve warm or room temperature.  Make extra campfire baked potatoes the night before so you'll have potatoes already cooked for this recipe.  If you have access to a microwave you can shorten prep time by microwaving the potatoes.

Apple Pistachio Tossed Salad

Apple Pistachio Tossed Salad

apple-brie-salad

Sweet and salty mixed with cool, crisp greens.

Fried Corn
  • Complexity: easy

Fried Corn

The butter caramelizes the corn - making it even sweeter.  Yummmmm.

Black Bean Enchiladas
  • Time: 40 minutes to an hour
  • Complexity: easy
  • Origin: Mexican

Black Bean Enchiladas

These rich and hearty enchiladas are the perfect meal after a day of playing outdoors.

Sloppy Joe Sandwiches
  • Time: 30 minutes

Sloppy Joe Sandwiches

sloppy-joes

This classic hot sandwich is filling - but messy! Be sure to serve these with plates and forks. As a one-pot meal, sloppy joe's make a great camping dinner or lunch.

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