Recipes for Roughing It Easy

by Dian Thomas

Hiking and camping take a lot of energy. Similarly, fresh air makes food taste better. To properly equip the outdoor enthusiast, here are the best recipes for eating on the trail and around the campfire. From simply delicious breakfasts to "to-die-for" desserts, Dian Thomas shows readers how to creatively meet the challenge of cooking fun, flavorful meals in the great outdoors. Readers will learn how to pack for, prepare and cook mouthwatering, crowd-pleasing, easy-to-fix meals using portable gas stoves, aluminum foil, barbecue grills and Dutch ovens. With over 100 recipes and 50 photos and illustrations, this book contains the best camp breakfasts, quick-and-easy lunches and tasty dinners. Novices will appreciate tips on packing food for camping, directions for when to freeze or thaw food, creating a portable pantry, cooking one-pot meals or making intentional leftovers. Experienced campers will relish Dian's favorite ideas for novelty cooking - for instance, cooking a chicken in a backpack while hiking, cooking eggs and bacon in a paper bag, and making ice-cream in the woods!

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 2005

Reviews

[Christy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A classic guide to camping & cooking, with much love for the Novelty chapter - Backpack Chicken (‘cook your chicken in a backpack while going on a hike’), Car Manifold Cooking, Hamburgers on a Shovel, Pitchfork Hotdogs, Cooking Eggs in an Orange, Kick-the-Can Ice Cream, and the always impressive Boiling Water in a Paper Cup.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has so many great recipes for cooking without power in an emergency and when camping. Lots of dutch oven recipes.