1lb hamburger
1 onion,  chopped
1 /2 green & red peppers, chopped
12oz egg  noodles  / don’t cook
2 jars(24 0z.each) sauce add 1/2 jar water
24oz   cottage chesses
8oz  sour cream
4c    mozzarella cheese
1c   rot gut chesse, optional

Cook hamburger and onions and peppers until meat no longer pink.Drain off any liquid add sauce and water.Simmer sauce and in another bowl mix your cheeses and noodles .  Take out part of sauce and then add all the cheese and noodle mixture make sure you mixed well.Then add all the sauce to the top of cheese mixture. Let cook till it  bubbles cover turn off stove let site for 20 mins check noodles to see if they are done. May need to  reheat.Eat and enjoy!

from SR7-B conclave at Camp Durant NC
cook on a volcano COLLAPSIBLE GRILL with propane and  used volcano dutchoven

1-Red pepper

1-Green pepper

1-can yellow corn (sweet) 15oz

2-crushed cloves of garlic

1-can Dark Red Kidney Beans  15oz

1-can Light Red Kidney Beans  15oz

1-can Black Beans 15oz

1 large can tomato sauce 29oz

1 tsp cumin

2 lbs LEAN ground meat

3 Tablespoons of Chilli Powder

2 packets Taco Bell hot sauce or  1 Tsp of Red pepper

brown meat

leave meat in the pan after you drain off fat (if any)

add beans undrained  & corn drained

add tomato sauce

put chilli powder & hot sauce on top, stir to mix

cook simmer for covered 30 minutes…

I subscribe to “Bon Appetit” magazine. My guy and I jokingly refer to the magazine as my food porn. In truth, I pour over the mouth-watering recipes for hours, and rarely cook a complete recipe. More importantly, the recipes offer me creative inspiration that spice up my future meals.

I’ve been researching online recipes to share as I wait for my next chance to cook outdoors. In doing so, I found many over simplified recipes accompanied by a photo of a pot full of what I have come to call three-ingredient sludge. Sigh.

In fairness, I suppose food is secondary in camping. Campers want to get outside, feel the sun on their faces, push themselves to new physical heights, and marvel at the majestic beauty of nature. Nonetheless, a delicious meal not only nourishes our bodies; it also feeds our souls. I raise my fork to these sites whose cooks didn’t let the outdoors curb their quest for good food:

Dirty Gourmet for their Roasted Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers recipe:

Family Spice blog for Osso Buco with Beer prepared in cast-iron Dutch oven:

In closing, these recipes would make any camper’s mouth water; and I agree with the authors’ points of view: “campfire cooking is limited only by your culinary imagination.”