The last Cookbook Giveaway before 2012!
Roanoke Times weather columnist Kevin Myatt says we are about to get nailed by an “Arctic punch” in the next couple of days, which I’m sure will have some of you camping enthusiasts dreaming of a warm summer weekend.
I’ve got just the book to help you plan that next trip: “Ultimate Camp Cooking” by Mike Faverman and Pat Mac. Faverman and Mac, who host a show by the same name, are described on the back cover as “the Abbott and Costello of camp cooking, guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and make your mouth water with this portable and indispensible cookbook for campers, travelers, and outdoor food enthusiasts.”
The book includes such basics as Dutch oven cooking, camp cooking safety and bear safety.
Recipes include Dutch oven Benedict, spicy tequila chicken, bacon mac and white cheese, candied asparagus and blueberry dumplings. I’ll share a recipe below.
If you’re interested in winning this book, leave a comment on this blog entry. I will announce the winner on Monday.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Dad’s Potatoes
Serves 6 to 8
The great thing about this recipe is you can either cook it immediately or throw it in your fridge or cooler and cook it later. This is a good side dish while you’re camping. Because of the foil wrap there is absolutely no cleanup. Everyone likes that.
3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
Salt and black pepper
Celery salt
Garlic powder
1 lb. seasoned tater tots
1/2 cup chopped white onion
1/2 cup seeded and chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup chopped zucchini
Lay 2 feet of aluminum foil on a table and rub some butter along the middle. Add salt and pepper, celery salt and garlic powder. Do not overseason because the tater tots are already seasoned. Put the tots across the butter, then add the chopped vegetables.
Fold up the sides of the foil, making a canoe, then fold up the ends to ensure that none of the mixture falls out. Now take another piece of foil, wrap it around the air pocket, and roll like a newspaper.
Cook for 15 to 20 minutes on both sides over medium-high heat either on a griddle or grill, or in a fire pit. It is done when all of the vegetables are cooked through.
- Adapted from “Ultimate Camp Cooking”
December 30, 2011 - 1:21 PM
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This sounds like such a fun cookbook. I love to cook when I’m camping and make a challenge out of making the best food I possibly can each trip.
Lindsay! I must win this cookbook! I’m trying to convince Shoptimist Rebecca to give an overnight backpacking trip a chance, and I think it would be much easier if I can tempt her with delicious camp food!
We do a lot of camping. So, I’d like to have this cookbook.
We have a fire pit in our yard, but the only meal we’ve been able to cook over it is hotdogs! This cookbook would be nice to have to broaden our horizons!!
This is the one I’ve been waiting for.
Hi Lindsey. I would love to win this and give it to my boss. He and his wife go camping a lot and he always talks about the great cooking adventures they have. I know he would love this book!
Will have to try Dad’s Potatos. Always looking for new and yummy recipes to cook.
Hubby and I have a new camper. We are trying to act like “retired” people so we can get away. Maybe next year! It’s not happening now. Our favorite part of the camping experience is planning the meals.We would love to win this book!
Living in our RV for 10 months taught me how to conserve on propane by using my microwave more. I’m sure there aren’t many microwave recipes in this cookbook, but I would like to win it just to see what these guys have come up with for cooking outdoors, which I really enjoy doing on our grill. Please, Lindsey?
This sounds like it would be great or our summer camping trips.
This sounds like a great cookbook to be on the shelf at The Rustic Cottage at Smith Mountain Lake. Guests would enjoy trying out the different recipes!!
This cookbook looks amazing! I love camping almost as much as I love camp cooking
Oh, yes, would love to win this for my brother! He was just saying today how he learned to cook over a camp fire in Boy Scouts!
Oh my this seems like a fantastic cookbook for all of us who love the great outdoors. maybe this will be my day.
This cookbook is right up our alley! We do tons of camping and I know the family would appreciate something new to eat while sitting around the campfire.
Looks interesting! I would love to have this book.
I am tired of beans and wieners please pick me I need something new.
My stepson, son-in-law, and grandson are all outdoors men and would love to have this cookbook. I’m sure some of the recipes could also be adapted for inside. We’d love to have this cookbook!
You have no idea how much I need this book. My wife is still laughing about the last “stew” I made when we were camping!
I would love to use my Dutch oven for other things beside soups and stews and with this cookbook I’m sure I would find new ideas and recipes to inspire me in the kitchen. Also with camping you need to plan and prep some before going which is always a time saver and with limited time to prepare meals at home new ideas for advance preping would be great.
Love to try new things when camping with the boys. This cookbook would help out. Happy New Year!
Would love this for my hubby!
i do a mean hobo meal but am always looking for new twists to camping feasts!
Happy New Year back at you, Lindsey (and others). I received your gift, “I Love Meatballs” by Rick Rodgers, with the mail yesterday. It is awesome! Thank you so very much.
I hope I am not too late!