We recently went camping, and one of my favorite things to do when camping is cooking over a campfire. We did hobo packs the first night and mountain pies the second night. Both nights were a hit with the whole family.

I’ll show ya what we did if you tell me how you do it. Although, I did already solicit mountain pie recipes in 2018.

Hobo Packs

Pretty much anything you throw in foil packet and toss over a campfire will work here. You can go right on the coals, but this was a recent fire, so I put them on a grate on top. There’s 2 layers of heavy duty foil here, but you don’t want it over a direct flame. These would work great on the grill too. I went for 30 minutes, flipped it, & let it go another 30 minutes.

I was looking for stew meat or cubed beef in the grocery store, but the Aldi on the way to the campground had beef that was marked as “Good for Carne Asada” and it looked perfect.

Ingredients:

• Beef
• Onion
• White Mushrooms
• Russet Potatoes
• Red Bell Pepper
• Orange Bell Pepper
• Carrots
• Zucchini
• Butter
• Spices!
  • Black pepper
  • Season salt
  • Onion powder
  • Garlic powder
  • Mrs. Dash’s Table Blend

What would you put on yours?

Mountain Pies

I have made mountain pies many different ways, but this time we went with the classic pizza ones, and some Italian sub ones for dinner. Everyone went rogue for dessert.

Mine were done up proper…

• Pizza Mountain Pie
  • White bread
  • Pizza Sauce
  • Shredded Mozzarella
  • Pepperoni
  • Roasted Red Peppers
  • Black Olives
  • Mushrooms
• Italian Sub Mountain Pie
  • White bread
  • Ham Lunch Meat
  • Salami Lunch Meat
  • Pepperoni
  • Turkey Lunch Meat
  • Sliced Provolone
  • Roasted Red Peppers
  • Black Olives
  • Italian Dressing
• Banana Split Mountain Pie (This is the one I had!)
  • White bread
  • Jif Choclolate/Peanut Butter Spread
  • Sliced Banana
  • Mini Marshmallows
• Strawberry Chocolate Mountain Pie
  • White bread
  • Sliced Strawberries
  • Hershey’s Choclolate
  • Powdered Sugar (on top)

In the past I’ve made Mountain Pie Reubens (on rye), baked bean pies, leftover vegetable soup (thickened up) pies, apple pies, peach pies, peanut butter cup pies, breakfast (eggs & ham) pies, and probably more. The possibilities are endless. Sloppy Joe? Chipped ham BBQ? Grilled cheese? Ham n’ cheese? Turkey melt? Cheesesteak? Hot PB&J? Hot dog & baked beans? Biscuit dough around something? How do you do yours?

Of course, this doesn’t cover all the possibilities of campfire cooking. There’s hot dogs, s’mores, campfire banana splits, campfire corn, baked potatoes, & more. What do you do over your campfires?

We recently had a blast at Forest Ridge Cabins & Campgrounds & would love to go back for more!

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I’m actually contemplating getting a cheap electric countertop sandwich grill that seals the edges to make indoor mountain pies.