campfire cookout

Food is a very big part of my life, and of Gavin’s life (thank goodness, otherwise I’m not sure how well this would work out…) so for my first food-themed post on this blog, I’m going to talk about campfire cooking… I hope you didn’t think us being in the woods had any affect on our constant desire to make and eat delicious food? Because we are well in the woods and it was a welcome change from the eating we normally do. Turns out campfire cooking is awesome, as it keeps you outside for the preparation and consumption of a meal, the campfire seems to impart it’s own delicious smokey flavor to everything and, well, who doesn’t love a good campfire? Escpecially when there’s a good eatin’ at the end of it. So here’s our outline for a successful 5-day camping meal plan… We though it would be nice to share this because it seems hard to prepare for eating while camping before you’re actually camping. And sometimes it seems hard to imagine making much more than hot dogs and hamburgers. So here’s what we did. And let me tell you, my body was very pleased with this plan…

For MATERIALS, we suggest the following: A cooler, a small mess kit, utensils, small bowls or plates, a camping knife, small cutting board, a large dish towel, biodegradable dish soap (like Campsuds), tub or bucket, and a sponge. (Oh, and access to ice)

For INGREDIENTS, we had: A dozen eggs, 1 bag of pasta, 1 can of pasta sauce, 1 pack of sausages, buns for sausages, beans, rice, 1 loaf of bread, PB&J, cheese, 1 pack tortillas, milk&cereal, bacon, 1 stick of butter, chicken, cheap white wine, soy sauce (or soyaki, which we used), garlic, vegetables & adult beverages.

So…

For BREAKFAST: cereal&milk, fried egg sandwich [toast, eggs, bacon, veggies], avocado toast, scrambled eggs with sausage slices and an all-american breakfast [eggs, bacon, toast]

For LUNCH: leftovers, PB&J sandwiches, leftovers, quesadillas, leftovers (get creative with lunch)

For DINNER: Pasta Dinner [pasta, sauce, veggies], Sausages w/ veggies, Bean and Rice Burritos, Mama Lord’s Marinated Chicken [marinade = chicken legs, white wine, so sauce, minced garlic], Pasta Dinner Dos [sausages - try meat sauce this time]

So there you have it! Our meal plan. You might take a peek at some of our photos to the right as I included plenty of campfire food portraits. Now get your goods and go camping! It is, after all, summertime!

In other news, we have successfully arrived at StoneLake Farm after a couple more days of good camping. It’s amazing up here, there is no shortage of beauty, knowledge or good clean fun. I’ll tell you all about the gardening, adventuring and relaxing we’re doin’ up here in my next post… Oh, and did I mention there are five goats here?