Hello everyone! Kathleen Raskin of Las Vegas here again bringing you more cooking tips. The weather is starting to cool down in Kathey Jo’s Kitchen land, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have camping on the brain. Eating well in the great outdoors can be intimidating, but with a little planning ahead, you can change up the old standbys of chili, hot dogs, and hamburgers. But if that’s what’ll suit the others in your party, I say embrace it.
If you want to try something fresh though, I recommend that you pack your cooler with everything already prepared; all you need to do is heat it up (or cool it down). For some ideas, check them out below, and let your fellow Kathey Jo’s Kitchen fans what your favorite campfire dish is.
Breakfast
- Chilaquiles with blistered tomatillo salsa and eggs: All you need is a camp stove and grill. Prep the salsa over live fire, and make your eggs just like Mom used to make on your stove.
- Corned beef hash with eggs: for a crispy texture, cook over moderately high heat. Fold in the browned parts from the bottom of the pan as it cooks.
- Flaxseed–chia seed pancakes with bacon: flaxseed and chia seeds pump up the flapjacks to give you more energy through the day.
- Breakfast hash: where you eat everything on hand on your last day and put them all in your pan to enjoy one last delicious meal.
Lunch and Dinner
- Pan Bagnat with fennel: the sandwich fixings get better the longer it sits, so prepare it the night before or the morning of, and eat it for a solid meal at lunch.
- Bacon-wrapped trout: the bacon secures the fresh herbs in the fish, where the filets get seasoned from the inside out.
- Campsite Jambalaya: pack the perishables in a cooler, and combine when you’re ready to go.
- Mushroom, leek, and fontina frittata: they’re best warm or at room temperature, which means this is best made before you leave home.
- Peach-blackberry camp cake: line your Dutch oven with heavy-duty foil before baking to make cleanup even easier.
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