Imagine being all toasty warm inside your sleeping bags on a crisp morning while out camping. Who wants to get out of bed? Not me, but hunger calls and then I start to smell coffee percolating. What’s for breakfast? If I have these camping breakfast burritos already made, as soon as that campfire is ready, […]
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While there are multiple ways of making Philly Cheesesteaks over a campfire, this pie iron version is the easiest for beginners. Often, we will cook up our steak the night before and use the leftovers for this recipe the next night. However, even when we start from scratch Pie Iron Philly Cheesesteaks are well worth
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I absolutely love the candy known as “turtles” which are pecans, caramel, and chocolate. I used to make homemade ones with my granny every year and in memory of her birthday we like to make these camping turtle pudgy pies in the fall. Not that these aren’t delicious all year round. I just think about
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I have loved “pizookies” made famous by BJ’s Brewhouse for many years now. It just seems so delightfully decadent to eat a cookie that has been made in a cast iron pie plate. Imagine my delight when I realized I could make my very own cast iron cookies at the campsite. These can be made
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Imagine being all toasty warm inside your sleeping bags on a crisp morning while out camping. Who wants to get out of bed? But hunger calls and you start to smell coffee percolating and bacon sizzling. Will this be enough to lure you out of bed? Maybe not, but the thought of pie iron breakfast
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Man might not live on bread along, but I could make a strong argument for including chips and salsa in my everyday life. Tex-Mex flavors are my comfort and these foil packet steak fajitas are my jam! Just try them and see how tasty camping food can be. The key to a great foil packet
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What happens when one of us wants to make Philly Cheesesteaks while camping and the other one gets inspired to cook the steak first? We move the Philly Cheesesteaks to the second night on the menu and cook up Pie Iron Steak that first night! The first time we made this at a State Park,
The first time we made foil packets I wanted to make sure we weren’t disappointed by cutting into raw meat which meant my best option was precooked sausage. The second time we made foil packets we chose to make these again because they are just that good. The third time, well that is a story
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I’m not exactly sure why or when we started making these cheesy tots in the pie iron. But even when we are grilling at home if I have the ingredients, I want to add them to the meal. They are quick to prep and quick to cook so they make a quick addition to any
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One of the first meals I “learned” to make was called Tex Mex chicken. It was chicken breasts sauted with salsa, over rice, and covered with cheese. These were great for many reasons, one of which was they were so easy to make. Over time I added ingredients to the mix and made them look
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