Families of all kinds, love to spend time camping in the summer. With all the beauty this world has to offer, there’s always a place to camp out under the stars and create magical family memories.
A big part of the camping experience is cooking in the great outdoors. Campfire cooking can take on many forms and a trip to your local sporting good store will help you get started.
But what will you cook?
How about Buckwheat Pecan Pancakes for breakfast and Camp Au Gratin Potatoes for lunch. These are just two of the many recipes you’ll find in the 101 Camping & Outdoor Recipes ebook.
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Buckwheat Pecan Pancakes For Camping
(mix in a ziplocak bag)
2 c Buckwheat flour
1/2 t Salt
2/3 c Wheat flour
2 t Baking powder
2/3 c dry milk,Instant
3 T egg (optional), Dried
(in a small tight container)
2 T Oil
2 T Molasses
(add when mixing)
2 1/2 c Water
1/2 c Pecan halves
(for topping when done)
1/4 c Butter (optional)
1 c Maple syrup
This is a camping recipe. Assume moderate heat on a campfire or pack stove. When ready to cook, mix all ingredients except the butter and syrup and let set a couple minutes. If stiff, add a little more water. If you heat the pan well first, no oil is necessary; however you will need a good, flat metal spatula. If you have time, place 3 or 4 pecan halves on each cake instead of mixing them in. Serve hot with butter, syrup or jam. Can be saved for later in the day.
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Ready for lunch?
Camp Au Gratin Potatoes
1 can of corned beef, 2 cans of tuna or similar meat
2 boxes au gratin potatoes
6 c water
1/2 c dry milk powder
1/4 c margarine or oil
1 medium pot for heating water
1 large pot for potatoes
1 stirring spoon
Put the corned beef or tuna on the bottom of the pan. Open the potato packages and layer the potatoes on top of the meat. Sprinkle
the cheese powder over the potatoes. Put the oil or margarine on the potatoes. Heat the water to near boiling and add the dry milk. Pour the hot liquid over the dry potatoes and put the pot on a moderate fire to simmer gently for 40 minutes. This arrangement should result in a slightly liquid mixture. Turn the pot from time to time if it is being kept at the edge of the fire to assure it heat all the way around. The oil or margarine is to keep the liquid from foaming. A smaller quantity or none can be used, but more care to keep the liquid from boiling over must be made. Good served with something that will sop up the extra juices.
You’ll get these tasty recipes, plus many more!
#27 – Campers Cookies
#78 – Mountain Man Breakfast
#82 – One Pan Breakfast
# 83 – Onion Swiss Steak
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Your kids will love to play in this Exotic Reef Snapset Pool decorated with bright tropical fish. Dogs also love to cool off in this pool! Snapset Pools are a snap to set up! Simply unroll and fill with water. The Exotic Reef Snapset Pool features hard plastic sides with an assembled size of 6′ wide x 15″ high (183cm x 38cm).
This solid-side plastic pool has bright colorful exterior graphics. Have a dog? This pool makes an ideal doggy dip to cool off on hot days. This Snapset plastic pool has a water capacity of 258 gallons (977 L). The Exotic Reef Snapset Pool is recommended for children ages 3 years and older. This plastic pool comes with an easy to use repair patch.
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Summer is upon us, and that means the days get longer and the sun shines brighter, but before you know it, you have a bunch of kids chiming in that there’s nothing to do with all of those long, carefree days. If you’re looking for a way to keep kids of just about all ages busy for an afternoon of crafting fun without it costing you a fortune, then grab a few inexpensive flower pots at the local home improvement or craft store and some craft supplies that you have lying around your house, and let them go to town!
One of the nice thing about using a pot as the basis of a craft activity is that it offers a different “canvas” than usual. Unlike the flat expanse of white paper, the shape and size of different types of pots can make for a wide variety of projects, and can remain interesting to kids, so they won’t easily be bored because they feel like it’s something they always do. In fact, you can fill more than a few lazy summer afternoons with a pot decorating project and each time the project can be different and interesting.
The best part about using flower pots as the basis of a summer craft project is that when the kids are done creating, you are not left with an art project that you put on your fridge for a few days out of obligation or send to the trash after a few initial “oohs” and “aahs”. Instead you are left with a functional item that can be used around the house, either inside or out, to plant some flowers, herbs or a plant or two – or you can earmark the finished flower pots as the perfect personalized gifts to give to teachers, grandparents, neighbors or anyone that you think could use a little pick me up.
So what do you need to get the kids creative juices flowing? Here are a few ideas, although there is really no right or wrong way to proceed with this type of craft project.
- Pots (you can buy clay or plastic pots in home improvement or craft stores and they’re pretty cheap)
- Acrylic paint
- Oil pastels
- Colorful gems, stones, shells, rocks or other small trinkets
- Glue (make sure it is strong enough to hold larger items like rocks, if used)
- Photos, magazine pictures, wrapping paper, or colorful strips of paper with modge podge – your kids can create a colorful collage right on the pot!
- Ribbon of varying widths (just glue in place)
- Waterproof sealer – if the kids are painting, using pastels, or creating a collage, you should apply a waterproof sealer over their finished artwork so it doesn’t get ruined the first time you go to water the flowers inside.
Just about any type of craft items you have in the house can be used to decorate the pots – just let their imaginations be their guides. Then, if you want, you can fill another afternoon by getting a bag of soil and some seeds, flowers or small plants, and having the kids plant them in their newly decorated pots.
This summer fun craft idea was contributed by Andrea Cohen, an editor at DIY Her Way.com,a site filled with home improvement advice, how-to info, and creative project ideas geared to women of all ages.
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