Garlic Butter
This simple condiment makes the best garlic bread. You can also use this as a compound butter to garnish a steak for an extra touch of class and flavor.
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Drying Herbs
Herbs are easy to grow in your garden, or even in pots on your deck or patio. They often produce far more than you can use, so you can take the extra and dry it down. Drying your own herbs reduces waste, but it also …
Quesadilla
“Just make yourself a dang quesadilla!” (Napoleon Dynamite)Quesadillas are probably easier to make than to describe. This is our go to meal for busy days – cheesy, gooey, tasty and speedy!These can be as simple or complex as you like – from just melted cheese …
Shortcakes
This is a simple recipe so you can make your own shortcakes for strawberries or other fruit.
Rustic Italian Bread
This bread goes great with a wide variety of dishes such as Cajun and BBQ in addition to Italian. It also makes great garlic bread and bruschetta. My boys would eat the whole loaf before dinner if I let them. This recipe makes two loaves. …
Drop Biscuits
These are easy to make when you want to have some biscuits with your dinner. I think they go particularly well with soup or chili. This recipe is courtesy of America’s Test Kitchens. Makes 9-12 biscuits.
Chicken Cacciatori
You’ve heard the name, but have you ever tried it? Translated as Hunter’s Chicken, this is a rustic comfort food that traditionally used what the hunter brought home – quail, rabbit, squirrel, whatever! This recipe is also a great way to use leftover turkey.
Camping Stir Fry
Here’s another complete meal with meat, veggies, and rice. Fresh ingredients are great, but this is camping so canned ingredients might make more sense. This can be served over plain white rice, or make seasoned rice or a packaged oriental rice side dish.
Breakfast Skillet
This hearty breakfast is delicious, and the whole cooked eggs are a nice change from the typical breakfast casserole with scrambled eggs.
Campfire Skewers
Sure, these are a lot like shish kababs, but since I’m leaving the options open on marinade and seasonings I don’t want to call them that since shish kababs have a very specific seasoning profile.I like to cook the meat and the vegetables on separate …