Creating Family Connections One RV Adventure at a Time
One of our family’s favorite parts about camping is the fun we have cooking around the campfire. And after the main meal is cleared away, it’s time (as Jarrett’s great-grandmother would say) to get the grease out of your neck … i.e., have some dessert! S’mores are generally our family’s first choice, but with the recent development of a gluten-sensitivity for one of our camping kiddos,
This past year I have been on the hunt for more gluten-free recipes to add to our camping meal repertoire. Fortunately there are a lot of great recipe ideas out there, but not all of them are a great fit for camping. I like my camping meals to be kid-friendly, simple (this is supposed to be a vacation after all), and ones that use easily obtainable ingredients
If you have not gathered by now, we love trying new desserts in the dutch oven! So I wanted a bit of a challenge and decided to make a cheesecake. I went to my trusty Scout’s Outdoor Cookbook and found a cheesecake recipe that I modified a little bit. And it turned out really good! The next time around I modified the recipe a little more to
Kristin and I had the chance to have a meal by ourselves on our last campout since the kiddos spent the day with their grandparents. So in preparation for an “adult” meal I went looking for some good side dishes to go with the steaks and potatoes I planned to cook. These bacon wrapped carrots with a maple-syrup glaze looked amazing so I thought I would
You know by now that I am always looking to expand my dutch oven cooking repertoire–and our recent trip to Charles Mill (review coming soon!) was the perfect opportunity to experiment with a new dessert option. We have been doing more gluten-free cooking here at home, so I found a recipe for dutch oven seven-layer brownies that I tweaked to be gluten free. Ingredients: 1 gluten-free brownie mix
As many of you know by now, when we are on our camping adventures we are often out exploring the region–whether hiking, biking, driving, or touring. So I rely heavily on my crock pot to take care of dinner preparations while we are out and about having fun. While we are away visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I will be using the crock
I LOVE BBQ wings … and so do my kiddos, but going out for dinner is expensive for a growing family, so we don’t eat them often. I have always wanted to try making restaurant quality wings while camping, so I did some research and found a winner of a recipe, which I modified a bit! I really wanted to cook these over a fire, but since it’s
Years ago when we were still in college, Jarrett did two summers working as a camp counselor. At the one camp, they had this special granola bar that they would take out on hikes and camping trips. It was called Wazi-Tack, and was something Jarrett and other counselors would fondly recall–and crave. Fast forward a few years into our early marriage and I stumbled across
For many families making their rounds of the Utah 5 National Parks, a visit to Bryce Canyon is a highly anticipated stop. With its sweeping vistas and spectacular hikes, Bryce offers something for everyone. But with most of the camping options concentrated immediately around Bryce, families that want to escape the crowds and explore Bryce…
For many families planning a trip to the Utah region, their itineraries often center on hitting the high points of iconic stops like Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, and Arches. Several lesser-known parks are also worth the stop, though, and for families looking for ways to escape the crowds, Cedar Breaks National Monument should be on…
