We went camping for the Memorial Day weekend and as it usually does, it rained. I had plans to make rolls in my Dutch Oven, but it rained. I also had plans to try and cook Pillsbury rolls in the pie irons, but it rained. I had to improvise and decided to use my oven in the RV for the first time. After a little negotiation with the pilot light it decided to light. I set the temp to 400 degrees and prepped the rolls. Now here I did cheat, I used the Pillsbury rolls and put them in my cast iron skillet. Then cooked them in the oven. I was very impressed that the oven was right on, I cooked the rolls for the specified 15 minutes and they turned out perfect. Sorry, I meant to take a picture but it escaped my notice until the rolls were gone.
I have decided that I need to invest in a cook plate (I think that is what you call it) for the Dutch oven. With this I will be able to cook in the Dutch oven under the covenient cover of our awning. I have not figured out where I can get one but I have seen some homemade ones and will start doing my research.
I found a recipe for Camp Cobbler where you use a bag of Betty Crocker Oatmeal cookie mix, butter, and two cans of apple pie filling. This sounded very simple and delicious but I could not find the Betty Crocker Oatmeal cookie mix. So in my mad googling last night I came across the site Fake-It Frugal and Heather Bea has found ways to make (or fake) our favorite brands by mixing your own ingredients and prepackaging them for future use. I was thrilled to find this and my next task is to "make" some prepackaged Oatmeal cookie mix in preperation for our next camping trip in a couple of weeks. I don't know why this recipe sounds so good to me but I have to make it and see if I am right and it tastes as good as it sounds.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Big Sioux - 5/18/2012
We survived the first trip out! Yes we did forget a few items, I always keep a sticky pad and pen in the trailer so I can record the items I need to bring for the next trip.
We arrived at the Big Sioux Recreation Area by 6pm Friday night and it was beautiful outside. This Cardinal was visiting us at our site, I was able to get as close as five feet from him before he would flutter off to a tree.
Usually on Friday nights I keep the food low key and we simply had some ham sandwichs. Now Saturday that is a different story because you know camping is all about fun, food, and friends!
Saturday night we made grilled steak with a new recipe that I heard on Fox and Friends in the morning. Last year we would put Blue Cheese crumbles on top of our steak and always struggled with getting it to stay on the steak and to melt (Blue Cheese crumbles don't melt very well). Well last Thursday mornig there was a gentleman on Fox and Friends and he described making Blue Cheese butter logs and then cutting off slices to top on your steak and they would melt from the heat of the steak. This sounded like a genius idea! I did a little research online and went home that night and made two logs. The first was 1/2 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup Blue Cheese crumbled and 2 strips of bacon crumbled. Mix together and then form into a log on some wax paper, roll up and twist the ends. The second one I made was 1/2 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup Blue Cheese crumbled and 2 garlic cloves minced. Once the logs are wrapped you can store in the fridge for a week or the freezer for a month. I have to say these were fantastic! I wouldn't make the bacon one again, you can't taste the bacon so why put it in there. The next day we took the left over steak and topped with some more Blue Cheese log (not sure what else to call it) and made steak sandwiches.....Yummy.
This is what the Blue Cheese logs looked like wrapped up.
This is what the steak looked like topped with a slice from the Blue Cheese log.
We arrived at the Big Sioux Recreation Area by 6pm Friday night and it was beautiful outside. This Cardinal was visiting us at our site, I was able to get as close as five feet from him before he would flutter off to a tree.
Usually on Friday nights I keep the food low key and we simply had some ham sandwichs. Now Saturday that is a different story because you know camping is all about fun, food, and friends!
Saturday night we made grilled steak with a new recipe that I heard on Fox and Friends in the morning. Last year we would put Blue Cheese crumbles on top of our steak and always struggled with getting it to stay on the steak and to melt (Blue Cheese crumbles don't melt very well). Well last Thursday mornig there was a gentleman on Fox and Friends and he described making Blue Cheese butter logs and then cutting off slices to top on your steak and they would melt from the heat of the steak. This sounded like a genius idea! I did a little research online and went home that night and made two logs. The first was 1/2 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup Blue Cheese crumbled and 2 strips of bacon crumbled. Mix together and then form into a log on some wax paper, roll up and twist the ends. The second one I made was 1/2 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup Blue Cheese crumbled and 2 garlic cloves minced. Once the logs are wrapped you can store in the fridge for a week or the freezer for a month. I have to say these were fantastic! I wouldn't make the bacon one again, you can't taste the bacon so why put it in there. The next day we took the left over steak and topped with some more Blue Cheese log (not sure what else to call it) and made steak sandwiches.....Yummy.
This is what the Blue Cheese logs looked like wrapped up.
Next on our menu was corn bread made in the Dutch Oven. The only recipe I have used I pulled from Byron's Dutch Oven Recipes, because it is so good I haven't wanted to try anything else. This is simple to make and goes great with anything.
While cooking the cornbread in the Dutch Oven
After the cornbread was ready I pulled it out of the Dutch Oven and placed in a bowl. I use the Dutch Oven liners, this makes clean up simple and allows me to lift food out easily. If you leave the food in the Dutch Oven it will continue to cook.
We are camping again this Memorial weekend, this time we will visit Lake Cochrane.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
First camping trip of the summer
This weekend will be our first camping trip for the year. We are so excited and the trailer is packed and ready to go. This past weekend my husband installed our Rock Tamers that we received as gifts for Christmas. The front of our trailer is aluminum and therefore has several rock dents in it from rocks kicking out of the truck tires. We installed these on the truck this weekend and hoping it solves the issue of the rock dents. These went on easily and once trimmed they fit really nice and were easy to adjust to the truck.
We are trying a new campground in South Dakota not to far from home, Big Sioux Recreation. This will be the first time at this camp ground and it is only 20-30 minutes from home. We will be using our dutch oven and possibly our pie irons on our first trip out. It is also the free weekend for fishing so I am trying to convince my husband in packing the fishing poles for everyone. I enjoy fishing and continue to try to convince the rest of my family that it is fun. Wish me luck!
We are trying a new campground in South Dakota not to far from home, Big Sioux Recreation. This will be the first time at this camp ground and it is only 20-30 minutes from home. We will be using our dutch oven and possibly our pie irons on our first trip out. It is also the free weekend for fishing so I am trying to convince my husband in packing the fishing poles for everyone. I enjoy fishing and continue to try to convince the rest of my family that it is fun. Wish me luck!
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