Creating Family Connections One RV Adventure at a Time
As we planned last spring for our three week Wild West adventure, developing an easy and simple meal plan was particularly important to me. We knew we were going to have many days of long travel and many more days of fun exploring and touring our amazing country. So I didn’t want to have to fuss with making complicated meals after long days, and I
Over on Instagram and Facebook we shared about a new pie iron recipe we tried last week: chicken pot pies. I found the recipe on 50Campfires.com. Since it was our first time making it, I didn’t make any modifications, but Jarrett and I were talking about some variations we would like to experiment with in the future. The ingredient list includes easy prep items like
We were excited to arrive at our South Dakota campground where we are allowed (and have time!) to do some campfire meals. The first night we did pie iron tortillas (probably our favorite!) and last night we did a kielbasa foil packet dinner. This is a simple meal to pull together, and can be customized to your family’s likes and dislikes. (I found the original recipe in a
Back when Jarrett was a counselor at a boys’ camp, two of the standing desserts they would fix on overnight backpacking trips was Angels on Horseback and a fruity campfire cobbler. This recipe is intended to bake in a cast iron dutch oven—and yes, Jarrett used to have to backpack with that weighty piece of cooking gear. This isn’t some classy, gourmet camping recipe. It’s
On our last camping trip I tried out a new chicken and pasta recipe in the dutch oven. The kiddos approved and it was a really quick meal to prepare–which was important since we didn’t pull into our campsite until late in the afternoon! Ingredients: 1 box penne pasta (we cooked the pasta at home the day before we left) 4-5 boneless/skinless chicken breasts (we cut
We have begun experimenting with some new recipes we want to use on our upcoming camping trips. While scrolling Pinterest on a snowy Saturday last month we found an idea to make a warm and gooey chocolate chip cookie pie in a cast-iron skillet. Jarrett decided to give it a try, so he whipped up a batch of his family’s chocolate chip cookie dough (see
We’re beginning to plan for our first camping trip of the year! Woohoo! We’ll be headed to Florida, making a stop at Disney World where we’ll be staying at the Fort Wilderness Campground. As we get closer to our trip we’ll be sharing more about how we are preparing for this touring adventure. But in the meantime I’ve been making some freezer-friendly “breakfast to-go food”
A couple of years ago we found a great chilli recipe that works fantastic cooked over the stove top or in a dutch oven over a campfire. Here’s our campfire chilli recipe so you can give it a try: Ingredients: 1 pound of ground beef 1 onion 2 T oil 4 T water 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp cocoa 2 tsp ground cumin 2
Several months ago I had found a Rachael Ray recipe that looked like a great campfire meal: Pigs in Ponchos. I tweaked the original recipe a bit for our kiddos and we gave it a go over our last camping trip. Ingredients for the piggies: 8 hot dogs 1 16 oz can of refried beans 16 flour tortillas (8-inch) 1 cup salsa Yellow mustard 2
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…
