On Monday, I complained about my experiences with bland camp food and shared a recipe of one of the more successful meals I had camping.
Pat Resende of Woodinville wrote Patch to share her experiences with making scrumptious camping meals. She wrote:
Annie, I used to agree with you. Then I discovered Dutch oven cooking and everything changed. We just got back from spending a week at Moran State Park on Orcas Island, a journey we've made every summer for the past 17 years. Some of our meals were:
- Breakfast - Strata with sausage & onions, hashbrowns, cheese, eggs, and a biscuit topping,
- Breakfast - Fresh blueberry pancakes (made from scratch), bacon
- Breakfast - French toast with sausage
- Breakfast - Bacon, scrambled eggs, homemade biscuits with butter and jam
- Dinner - Grilled cheeseburgers with coleslaw and homemade-from-scratch baked beans,
- Dinner - Tamale Pie with Caesar salad
- Dinner - Pie iron pizzas (admittedly not my fave, but husband and kids just love them) with salad and corn on the cob
- Desserts - peach and cherry cobblers, triple chocolate cake
I spend about 20 minutes prep for a meal, about 30 minutes actual cooking time, and (with two people working) about 20 minutes cleanup time.
I can cook literally anything in a Dutch oven that can be cooked in the oven at home, including casseroles and desserts. The secret is preparation -- I prepare absolutely everything I can at home so assembly at camp is a breeze. I'm attaching a few pics from our recent trip.
One of the things we love most about camping is the food!
Share your favorite camping meals or stories with the community, either in the comments below or send them to ann.archer@patch.com.
