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Camping Fare

Summer is upon us...and many of you are likely off camping this weekend.  I am out in the Canadian Rockies, enjoying the scenery, the company and the food...of course!  What's a camping trip without good food?  There's nothing like combining food and fire and cooking up some great campfire treats.  I'm going to share with you a few of our family favorites...things we like to cook over the fire with the grands.

Everyone loves s'mores.   But not everyone knows that s'mores are made so much simpler with the use of  buttery biscuits topped with the perfect layer of melt-in-your-mouth milk chocolate. I usually use Petit Écolier biscuits...but recently have been using Celebration brand.


Roast your marshmallow to perfection.  Sandwich it between two cookies...and enjoy a classic campfire dessert with a bit of a twist.  When I purchased a a package of the cookies and marshmallows this week, the cashier asked if I was planning to put the two together.  I explained how they made great s'mores.  She thought that was the most brilliant idea and was going home to give this method a try!  So, in case you have never made s'mores this way I thought I'd pass along the tip.

Banana boats are always a hit...for all ages.


Stuff a banana (skin on) with toppings of your choice (things like peanut butter, chocolate chips, and marshmallows)...wrap in heavy foil and roast over an open fire.  After about five minutes...un-wrap and enjoy the ooey-gooey goodness right out of the boat.  Ice-cream and chopped nuts are always a nice addition!  For detailed instructions...you will have to check out the recipe in the Celebrations cookbook on page 133.

Another camping favorite  is the 'bush pie'. A bush pie is basically bread stuffed with a filling of your choice...and then cooked inside a cast-iron bush pie maker (available at any sporting goods store).



We used pizza toppings inside our bush pies and cooked them two at a time inside a double bush-pie-maker.  Our grands love them!  We have also tried the dessert version...which is filled with any pie filling or Nutella and bananas.

For breakfast...or anytime...try cinnamon snakes.



Cover the wiener sticks with tinfoil...then wrap long strips of dough around the foiled end (we used refrigerated Pillsbury crescent dough) and roast them over the open fire until golden. Brush the cooked 'snake' with butter and roll in a cinnamon/sugar mixture.  So good!


And here is a favorite camping lunch that doesn't even need a fire!  Walking Tacos are always a treat. Purchase the single-serving size nacho chips...slit the bag...and make up your nacho plate right in the bag. Again...complete instructions can be found on page 135 of the Celebrations cookbook.
 
And those are the Saturday tips for this week...a few campfire food ideas while the season is upon us.

Have a wonderful weekend!

17 comments:

  1. Great ideas! Some new ones to me, like the Walking Tacos. I am going to try that with my family. I wish I were at YOUR campsite!

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  2. These camping treat ideas are fantastic Judy! Yummy and fun. We love camping and have made orange muffins by hollowing out orange halves (by eating the pulp) and then filling the shell with muffin mix, wrapping it loosely in foil and baking it on the camp fire.
    Have a fantastic Canada Day Weekend in the Rockies!!!

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  3. reminds me of when I worked at a girl scout camp :)

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  4. I've never heard of nor tried a bush pie and my youngest daughter LOVES pizza. So we're going to have to try that out. And the tip about using foil for the cinnamon snakes is a great idea. We've tried those in the past with problems getting them off the sticks. Great post and even better pictures.

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  5. For camping, the banana boat idea is used a lot. We use the Reddi Whip (aerosol whipping cream) type of topping instead of ice cream (easier to transport w/o proper refrigeration available). Yum!!!!

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  6. Banana Boats: you forgot to mention splitting the bananas down the middle, lengthwise, skin on, before stuffing. Yes indeed, all of this is standard Girl/Boy Scout/Guide fare.

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  7. Love the Walking Taco idea. Thanks for the great ideas, Judy!

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  8. these are some really cool ideas - thanks for sharing!

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  9. we did bush pies using nutella,caramel syrup marshmallows and some nuts-talk about yummy!! love the other ideas and want to try the cinnamon 'snakes'

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  10. We call them mountain pies in Central PA!!

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  11. My Mom was a scout leader and started using chocolate covered graham crackers for smores 40 years ago and we have always done it that way as a family. So much easier around the campfire!

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  12. Great ideas, Judy, thank you - we actually had the walking tacos on our boat outing today. - so nice - and no dishes to wash!

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  13. It has been years since I have made banana boats. Thanks for the reminder!! The other ideas...brilliant!! Enjoy your camping trip.

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  14. The S'mores really caught my eye with the Celebration biscuits AND the Walking Tacos, wow, I never would have thought of this.

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  15. Super-Duper site! I am Loving it!! Will come back again, Im taking your feed also, Thanks. lorriane

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  16. Really, We can't deny that Smores are the best food for summer season.

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