Category Archives: Recipes

Recipe // campfire breakfast burritos

July 6, 2012

We have been able to go camping a lot this summer, and one of the best parts about camping aside from being in the mountains, is the food!  I like to prepare the food in advance as much as possible, and these breakfast burritos are perfect to make ahead, then heat up on the campfire when you wake up in the morning! Read more on how to make them below!{Campfire Breakfast Burritos}
Makes 4-6 breakfast burritos
4-6 Flour Tortillas
7-8 Eggs
2 tbs milk
1 tbs water
2 tbs fresh chives, chopped
Salt and Pepper
Shredded Cheese
6 slices Bacon, cooked cut in 1 inch pieces
1 Zucchini squash, diced
1 Red Peppers, diced
1 cup Mushrooms, sliced
5 Red Potatoes, cubed and roasted Olive Oil
In a medium bowl, combine eggs, chives, 2 tbs milk, 1 tbs water, pinch of salt, handful of shredded cheese, pinch of pepper.  Whisk well, and heat a large skillet over medium high heat.   Scramble the eggs until cooked well and set aside.
Heat oven to Broil.  Place cubed red potatoes in a baking dish, and drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Roast potatoes for about 15-20 minutes until tender.
In a large skillet heat 1 tsp olive oil, then add squash, red peppers, and mushrooms.  Saute until tender, over medium heat, about 5-7 minutes.
Cook bacon.
When ready to assemble.  Lay a flour tortilla on a sheet of foil.  Layer scrambled eggs, bacon, squash, mushrooms, peppers, potatoes, and top with shredded cheese.
Roll up tortilla, tucking each end in, then rolling.  Roll the burrito up in foil.When ready to cook it for breakfast when camping, place the burritos in the foil directly over hot coals for about 5 minutes or until heated through.
Serve with salsa!

gourmet tin foil dinners …

June 29, 2012

we went camping recently, and we made some pretty killer tin foil dinners.

just because your camping, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have good food!  tin foil dinners are nice because they can be prepared in advance, and while you are camping you can just throw them in the fire and dinner is ready to go in no time.

making tin foil dinners is simple, and you can “gourmet them up” pretty easy by adding a few little extras like amazing veggies, seasoned meat, and some amazing herbed butter.

I started by mixing up some ground beef with a half an onion, 2 cloves of garlic and some spices, salt and pepper and a little ketchup.  You can season them to your preference! Mix well.

Next, I mixed up a little butter with fresh herbs! Chives, Thyme, basil, salt and pepper.

For the vegetables I decided to chopped up fresh corn on the cob, thinly sliced potatoes, carrots, peppers, green beans, onions. Whatever sounds good to you!  You can slightly steam or boil the veggies ahead of time to cook faster if you choose.

For each dinner.  I placed a large piece of foil, and a piece of parchment inside. This will help from sticking.  I then placed a large pat of the herbed butter and spread it around to help avoid sticking.  Next about a hamburger size patty of the ground beef mixture, then topped with a mixture of the vegetable options of my choice.  The neat thing is that you can make these ahead and custom to each persons preference of toppings.  I added more of the herbed butter to the top, and a good amount of salt and freshly ground pepper.

Wrap up the tin foil in half then fold down the seems, then in half the other side then fold down the seems.

Cook in an open campfire close to the heated embers for the best heat.  About 25 minutes or so and turn half way or until meat and vegetables are cooked through.

Enjoy!

Recipe // grilled sweet corn salsa

June 22, 2012

I look forward to summer all year long, the warm weather is amazing of course, but I also love to make homemade salsa with fresh ingredients!  There are so many ways to make salsa, with so many different combinations of ingredients!  But, have you ever tried fresh grilled corn in your salsa?  It is amazing!  And, cooking the corn on the grill brings out some nice smokey flavors!
Keep reading for a great recipe for grilled corn salsa!
{Grilled Sweet Corn Salsa}
Serves 6-8
2 ears white sweet corn on the cob, shucked
2 roma tomatoes, diced small
1 red bell pepper, diced small
1 green pepper, diced small
1 jalepeno, diced small and seeded (unless you want it hot you can keep the seeds in)
1/2 red onion, diced small
1 tsp red wine vinegar
1 lime, juiced
1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
salt (to taste)
fresh ground pepper (to taste)
To grill corn:  Preheat your grill.  Shuck the corn, and spray a little coating of olive oil on it.  Place your corn over a medium heat grill, and grill for about 10 minutes rotating the corn every few minutes to get nice grill marks on every side.  Remove corn, and cut the corn from the cob.
Place corn and the remaining ingredients in a medium bowl and stir well.  Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with tortilla chips, with fish, steak, eggs, you name it!
Happy Grilling!