Recipes
Trying to figure out what to make for dinner is hard enough when you are at home but the task can be a real challenge when camping. Here are some recipes, menus, tips, and help to make this necessary chore a little easier.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards
No need to stress over dessert, even when in the great out doors. Try this recipe and put your own little twist on it. Camper’s Fruit Crisp
Fried Biscuits and Donut Holes – two breakfast favorites
Cooking from scratch wasn’t my mom’s thing. However, what she could do with a tube of refrigerated biscuits was amazing. Fried biscuits and donut holes are two of my personal favorites. Fried Biscuits Open a tube of refrigerated biscuit and separate each biscuit. Flour a flat surface and your rolling pin. Put a biscuit on Read More >>
I love broccoli
I love broccoli! Did you know broccoli is a member of the cabbage family and was introduced to America by the Italians in the 1920s? Let’s thank those Italians. Unfortunately Fred’s and my mother’s method of cooking any vegetable was boiling it beyond recognition so neither Fred nor I grew up with a dislike of Read More >>
Peanut Butter Cheerios Cookies
Here’s a simple recipe for a yummy and healthy NO BAKE cookies. Only thing missing is a glass of milk. I’ve been known to drizzle with melted chocolate over them or serve with a cup of hot chocolate. Perfect as a summer camping snack, they are also a good activity for days when the children Read More >>
Soft Butter
I must bake some bread for an upcoming camping trip but I’ve got my soft butter all done. (One of the advantages of having a motorhome – a refrigerator!) Fred reminds me they sale a similar product in the grocery store but I don’t think it compares. Recipe: It is so easy to make: Put a Read More >>
Peppermint Cocoa Mix
There are some things that are essential to all my camping adventures and hot chocolate tops that list. I feared, once diagnosed with a lactose intolerance, I would have to give up this camping essential. But for joy, for joy, there is something about cocoa that allows my body digest milk. Means hot chocolate remains Read More >>
Jane’s Oyster Crackers
Fred’s mother, Jane, had a shoebox full of good recipes but her Oyster Crackers recipe is one of my most favorite. Warning: they are habit forming. I’ve been known to “dress-up” these little nuggets of yum by adding raisins and/or mini-chocolate chips which makes the perfect for any hike and day shopping. Here I used Read More >>
Leftover Baked Ham Recipes
The definition of “Eternity” – a baked ham and two people. I have learned there is a lot of truth in that definition. The following are some recipes I’ve found and use for what’s left from our Christmas ham or, when on the road, chunks of baked deli ham. Enjoy. Easy Stromboli Serves 6 1 Read More >>
Camper’s style vanilla pudding
A batch of instant pudding, any flavor, has always been a family favorite around our campsite. It has always been made by the children. You see, I have long felt, the cook is on vacation, too, so others need to pitch-in. This pudding is easy enough Dad, as well as toddlers, can make. And the Read More >>
In my pantry is –
The RV is parked in front of the house and loading begun. Our annual conversion from stationary home-based residents to mobile full-time RVers has begun. Fred and I may debate over what clothes to bring but there is no debate when it comes to pantry. We have learned, while there are grocery stores everywhere, not Read More >>
