What says comfort food to you? For my husband chicken pot pie ranks right up there. He loves to douse it with hot sauce, and it brings back such good memories for him. Making camp cooker chicken pot pie while camping is comfort food for sure. And we get to create new memories with our […]
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Chili is one of our favorite foods to eat. In fact, we love it so much we serve three varieties of it every year at the kid’s birthday party in a chili bar. It tastes great as is or as a topping on a multitude of things. Our camping chili with cornbread is a great
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I have eaten some sort of variation on these ham & cheese melts at multiple potlucks over the years. They come in a multitude of styles. Some are little bite sized appetizers while others are full sized sandwiches meant for a meal. Some are served hot with melted cheese; others are served at room temperature
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True Story: Aaron convinced me to come to dinner and cooked me a full Greek dinner from scratch before I ever agreed to go on a date with him. The way to my heart was obviously through my stomach! And we have had a love affair with Greek food ever since so this spanakopita inspired
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I wish we had a better name for this tasty dish. We don’t. But if you like bacon and eggs and hash browns you will want to try this recipe. We take egg and hash browns, wrap them in bacon and cook them in a pie iron. While this is not a fast breakfast, it
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It’s funny how our gear requirements have changed as the size of our family increased. As our child has gotten older, we have found new ways to allow his independence while still keeping an eye on his safety. One of the best investments we have made is in a set of walkie-talkies for camping that
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We have been cooking in our pie irons since we started camping. You might know them as camp cookers, or pudgy pies, or even mountain pies. Whatever you call them, just know that these trusty tools make extremely delicious food cooked over the campfire. And we depend on them for easy pie iron dinners. We
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Many years ago, we were enjoying a character breakfast at Disneyland’s Storyteller’s Café. It was the Mickey’s Tales of Adventure Breakfast Buffet and the best dish on the menu was chilaquiles. Aaron had not had this dish before, and he raved about it so much we decided to make it at home. While it is
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2020 was such an interesting year. It was the year in which terms such as “social distancing,” “self-quarantining,” and “contact tracing” became normal. And it was a year in which camping became a favorite activity for families who were tired of staying home but wanted to stay safe. After all, outdoor recreation has tended to
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Have you ever packed your car for camping and realized that you can’t find your picnic lunch because the cooler is buried under everything else? When we first started car camping, we didn’t know how to pack logically. We crammed everything in wherever it would fit. Then, when we would stop for lunch, we wouldn’t
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