As many of you know, Joe and I have been camping / traveling / vacationing for the past month or so, hence my absence on the blog (after Joel's experience I wasn't about to duck into a truck stop to try to get some Interwebs). We did make some awesome campfire meals though, so wanted to post a few very simple but delicious recipes here since I know several of you will soon be camping out west!
Also we didn't really take pictures of the food, and realize this is breaking one of Joel's rule, but I assume that was more of a guideline than a rule. Happy camping!
KReh (and Joe, who did assist on these)
Campfire Halibut Filet
So at this bumpkin grocery store in Maine they were having INSANE sales on seafood, so we got a 1+ pound halibut filet for 7 bucks. If you aren't lucky enough to find that, you can sub any mild fish.
Ingredients:
- ~1 lb halibut filet, or any other mild fish (can double, triple, etc. and just put each lb or so in it's own tin foil wrapping)
- Olive oil (optional)
- Spices: Seasoning salt, garlic powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper (adjust based on what you have)
- 1 lemon -- half of it sliced into thin slices
- Aluminum foil
- Lay out a piece of foil large enough to wrap your entire fish
- Drizzle a teaspoon or so of olive oil on each side of the fish to lightly coat
- Sprinkle seasonings on both sides (be pretty liberal -- it's a mild fish after all :)
- Squeeze half the lemon over the fish, then cover the fish with lemon slices
- Wrap the fish up (double-wrap if you're doing over the fire so as not to set your lovely dinner on fire)
- Cook over the campfire for ~8 minutes a side
- MAILMAN! Then snuggle up in your tent :)
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| A photo of Asheville hiking in lieu of a mailman :) |
This is super simple, but we did it about every night with different veggies
Ingredients:
- Veggies (e.g. green beans, asparagus, squash) OR potatoes (do them in separate packets due to cooking time variance)
- Olive oil
- Seasonings -- salt and/or seasoning salt, pepper, garlic powder, cayenne, etc. Anything works, those are what we used :)
- Tin foil
- Trim veggies and/or chop potatoes into small cubes or wedges
- Drizzle liberally with olive oil and mix with your hands so everything is covered
- Season and again mix with your hands so everything is coated
- Double-wrap in tin foil
- Throw on the fire and cook for ~10-15 minutes for veggies, ~20-25 minutes for potatoes, flipping once halfway
- Mailman, hopefully with a delicious micro brew
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| Acadia National Park, again in lieu of a mailman :) |
