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Why is Cooking Bacon on an Open Campfire So Good?

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Why is Cooking Bacon on an Open Campfire So Good? There is a saying that bacon makes everything better. Well, camping is pretty awesome in itself, but yes, bacon makes camping even better. Its like having an awesome thing topped with an even more awesome thing! Once we teach you how to make bacon over the campfire, you will never want to go home. Two of the best campfire cooking supplies around, after the cast iron skillet, are tin foil and skewers. You can make so many different mouth watering tasty things with just a skewer or some tin foil and a campfire. The camping cult classic s’more begins with a marshmallow on a skewer, for example. To make the best of breakfast meats over the campfire of course we looked to the skewer. The secret to getting evenly crisp and delightful bacon is to weave each strip onto the skewer stick.Leave just a little bit of space between each weave. You want the bacon to be wavy, so that it will look like that old fashioned hard ribbon candy your grandma puts out in a bowl at Christmastime. More than one strip of bacon can be placed on a skewer depending on how long your skewers are, just be sure to leave a few inches of empty skewer at the end. Get your campfire going and place two good sized rocks or logs on each side to rest the skewers on over the flames. Place your skewers on the logs or rocks across the flames and rotate every 5 or so minutes (sort of rotisserie style) for even cooking. Bacon has a high fat content and grease will drip into the fire causing flames to flare up. For this reason you will want to stay near the fire to watch for flare-ups and be ready with a spray bottle of water should a flare-up be larger than normal. Keep rotating and after 30 minutes, you will have nice crispy bacon with the added goodness of a smoky campfire. For more tips on RV camping or information on RV rental please feel free to browse our website or contact us anytime. NW Adventure Rentals has a luxurious fleets of motorhomes and travel trailers, conveniently located in the Pacific Northwest at our Seattle location! Let us help you have a great outdoor vacation!

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Easy Camping Recipe – Chicken Pepper Pockets

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Easy Camping Recipe – Chicken Pepper Pockets If you love to travel in an RV you are probably always up for a new and easy recipe you can cook up right inside your RV kitchen. These chicken pepper pockets are not only easy to prepare, they are portable! You can whip ‘em up and take them out on your next hike or just enjoy them at the campsite. No plates or utensils required. Here is how to make them: Ingredients- Tools- Preparation/Cooking Instructions For more tips on RV camping or information on RV rental please feel free to browse our website or contact us anytime. NW Adventure Rentals has a luxurious fleets of motorhomes and travel trailers, conveniently located in the Pacific Northwest at our Seattle location! Let us help you have a great outdoor vacation! (Image above courtesy of Alpha Flickr) Recipe via: https://blog.goodsam.com/camping-recipe-chicken-pepper-pockets/

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Pie for Dinner? Filling Pie Recipes for Fall RV-ing

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Pie for Dinner? Filling Pie Recipes for Fall RV-ing Who doesn’t love pie? It’s great anytime of year, but especially in the fall when apples and pumpkins are in harvest. There are so many different ways to whip up a tasty pie to warm and comfort you on chilly fall days. We have a great savory Shepard’s Pie recipe for dinner, and a classic pie staple for dessert to make the perfect fall RV dinner. Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Prep Time: 45 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Serves: 8 You Will Need For Mashed Potatoes: For Meat Filling: Instructions Preheat Oven to 400 degrees. Wash, peel, and cut potatoes to 1/2 inch pieces. Place the potatoes in a medium saucepan and fill with just enough water to cover them. Place over high heat and cover until boiling, once the water is boiling uncover and reduce heat and simmer until the potatoes are very soft. This should take about 10 to 15 minutes. While the potatoes cook prepare the meat filling. Coat a sauté pan with the oil and warm over medium heat. Add onion and carrot to heated oil and cook about 3 to 4 minutes until they begin to change color. Add in the garlic and stir then add in the ground meat, salt, and pepper and let brown. Sprinkle the meat mixture with the flour and toss to coat. After about a minute add in tomato paste, broth, Worcestershire, and fresh spices. Bring to a boil reduce the heat to low, cover with lid, and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes until sauce is thickened. Meanwhile return to the potatoes. Drain the potatoes and return to pan. Heat the half and half in the microwave about 35 seconds until just warm. Mash the hot potatoes then add the warm half and half, butter, salt and pepper. Mash until smooth and stir in egg yolk until well combined. Add corn and peas into the meat and spread into an 11×7 glass dish. Top with the mashed potatoes. Place the glass dish on a parchment lined sheet pan and bake 25 minutes or until potatoes begin to brown. Let cool about 15 minutes and serve. Apple Pie Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes Servings: 8 Ingredients- 6 cups thinly sliced Granny Smith apples 1 tablespoon lemon juice Ready made pie crust 1 tablespoon butter 1 egg white Extra sugar Instructions- Preheat Oven to 325. In a bowl mix together both sugars, flour, and spices. In another larger bowl mix apples with lemon juice then add the sugar mixture to coat. Line 9 inch pie plate with one of the crusts and trim to fit. Fill with apples and dot with butter. Place the remaining pie crust over the top, trim to fit and pinch edges to join with bottom crust and seal. Cut slits in pastry then brush with egg white after beating to foamy. Sprinkle with extra sugar, cover edges loosely with foil and place in oven for about 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake 20-25 more minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Let cool. Now that your pies are cooked and the RV smells amazing, you are ready to enjoy a warm fall meal of favorite comfort foods. For more tips on RV camping or information on RV rental please feel free to browse our website or contact us anytime. NW Adventure Rentals has a luxurious fleets of motorhomes and travel trailers, conveniently located in the Pacific Northwest at our Seattle location! Let us help you have a great outdoor vacation!

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Great 30-Minute Meals You Can Create in Your RV

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Great 30 Minute Meals You Can Create in Your RV Taking an RV vacation is full of adventure and enjoying time with friends. If you like to fill your RV days with outdoor fun, you don’t want to get stuck in the kitchen using large amounts of time preparing meals. It is easy to feel that you may have to compromise on quality or taste of the meal in order to get something on the table fast. Truth is you can put together some amazingly tasty and comforting meals in under 30 minutes. We have some recipes that can be whipped up quickly and keep your crowd happy and energized for their next activity. Sloppy Joes Ingredients Directions Easy Comfort Chicken Casserole Ingredients Instructions Sausage Kabobs Ingredients Directions For more tips on RV camping or information on RV rental please feel free to browse our website or contact us anytime. NW Adventure Rentals has a luxurious fleets of motorhomes and travel trailers, conveniently located in the Pacific Northwest at our Seattle location! Let us help you have a great outdoor vacation! By jeffreyw (Mmm… sloppy joes Uploaded by Fæ) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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How to Make Bread in a Flower Pot on the Campfire

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How to Make Bread in a Flower Pot on the Campfire We can all agree that the best type of bread is freshly baked bread. Now you can have the best bread while you are on your RV camping trip! Of course you could just use your RV oven to whip up some bread and fill the RV with amazing smells, but we have another method to bring that freshly baked goodness to your camping meal. You may find it to be a bit more fun and adventurous and outdoorsy. Serve it alongside a nice warming soup during a fall camping adventure, as a side to a tasty meat main dish, or with pretty much anything. You could even slap some butter on it and just enjoy it by itself. Here is our fun method for baking bread over the campfire. You will need: Step One First you will want to clean out your flower pot. Thoroughly rinse the pot out with water. Once the pot is rinsed well, apply a thick coat of cooking oil to the inside of the pot and let it dry on the inside surface. This shouldn’t take long. After the first coat is dry apply a generous second coat of oil. Step Two Cover the hole on the bottom of the pot by placing a layer of foil on the inside in the bottom of the pot. Then apply a second layer of foil over the top of the first layer. Step Three Now it is time to add the bread dough. You do not want to fill the entire pot with dough; make sure to leave the top third of the pot empty to allow for the dough to rise. Once the bread is in the pot gently brush over the very top with some more oil. Step Four Cover the top of the bread-filled pot with foil. Make sure to get a generous amount of foil and leave it in a dome shape to give the bread some extra room to rise. Now you are ready to put the bread on the fire. Step Five Time to bake the bread! Place the flower pot directly on the hot coals of the fire. (You can even bake this on the BBQ grill!) Leave it there for about 20 minutes. You will know it is ready by the warm and fresh smell it gives off. Step Six Carefully remove the pot from the fire with a pair of tongs and some campfire gloves. Let the bread cool in the pot for about 3 to 5 minutes. This will help you to remove the fresh bread much easier and prevent it from sticking to the sides of the pot. Once you remove the bread from the pot carefully, you are now ready to enjoy it! Bon Appetit’! For more tips on RV camping or information on RV rental please feel free to browse our website or contact us anytime. NW Adventure Rentals has a luxurious fleets of motorhomes and travel trailers, conveniently located in the Pacific Northwest at our Seattle location! Let us help you have a great outdoor vacation!

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10 Minute Dinners Perfect for Camping

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10 Minute Dinners Perfect for Camping There are times when camping where you want to take your time and cook a classic comfort food or impressive masterpiece to enjoy the trip together even more; and then there are those times when you have been busy and active all day and just want a delicious meal put together and in your mouth as soon as possible. For those “I am hungry right now moments,” here is a list of camping meals that take 10 minutes to prepare. Kabobs Kabobs are great because you can throw just about anything on a few skewers, hot dog or marshmallow sticks and grill them up really fast. Any marinade or sauce will do! Check out these recipes for some great tips. Personal Pizza This is a great meal option for the whole crew. You can set out pre-made crust, sauce, cheese, and whatever toppings sound good. Let every person assemble their own pizza with the toppings they want and put it in a device called the camp cooker by Coleman and let it sit over the fire for about ten minutes. You can also grill pizza or get it nice and hot in a a cast iron skillet. Walking Tacos This is camp classic from years ago that has recently come back around in popularity, thanks to Pinterest. Prepare your favorite meat with taco seasonings as usual. Set out all the best taco toppings like tomatoes, lettuce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream, onion, cheese, etc. and snack size bags of corn chips such as Doritos or Fritos. Let everyone grab their favorite bag of chips, open up the top end and fill with all the taco fixings. Get a fork and dig right into the bag. Dinner is served and there is only one dish to clean. Grilled Cheese This is the most simple of meals and what is better on the grill than a classic with grill in its name? A grilled cheese can be made so many different ways with different breads, your favorite cheese, and a wide range of add ins such as bacon, thinly sliced apple, herbs, or saurkraut. Pigs in A Blanket Hot dogs are one of the best foods for roasting over a campfire. Add a little flare to a fire roasted dog by wrapping it in refrigerated crescent dough. Quesadillas Another very versatile meal that everyone will love. Grab two tortillas and some shredded cheese of your choice and get the cast iron skillet or grilling rack or even the camp cooker. For the more refined pallet add in some fun with hot sauce, black beans, chicken, corn, jalapeños, and more. You can get really innovative with your quesadilla fillings. Foil Wrap Meal You can make a great quick and healthy meal by filling a large piece of foil with veggies and small pieces of meat. Season and add a little bit of oil (we suggest avocado oil). Next fold the foil into a pouch around the food by bringing the long edges to meet and rolling down till it is almost snug against the food then rolling the short ends in. Place on the grills and let sit for ten minutes. When done, be careful as the whole packet will be hot; open while watching out for steam, and you have a whole meal in a pouch! For more tips on RV camping or information on RV rental please feel free to browse our website or contact us anytime. NW Adventure Rentals has a luxurious fleets of motorhomes and travel trailers, conveniently located in the Pacific Northwest at our Seattle location! Let us help you have a great outdoor vacation!