The Camping Club

Chicken Salad with Seedless Grapes

Servings: up to 6
Prep Time: less than 10 minutes

Ingredients:
10 oz. cooked or roasted chicken cubed
1 cup of seedless grapes cut in half
1/2 cup chopped English walnuts
1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
Juice of one lemon
1/2 cup mayonnaise
Salt & Pepper

Directions:
1.) Blend lemon juice with mayonnaise and stir in all the rest of the ingredients until all is coated and bonded into a salad.
2.) Salt & Pepper to taste.
3.) Serve on a big lettuce leave with a hard boiled egg on one side
4.) Cut in half and a small bunch of grapes on the other side.

Submitted By: Nancy Copeland

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Camper Pie Dessert

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
Sweet White Bread
Pineapple Slices
Ground Cinnamon
Square of chocolate

Directions:
Using metal pie shapers, we put sweet white bread on the outside and filled with pinapple slices.  Sprinkle ground cinnamon on each side, and add a square of chocolate in the center.  Close and bake in the fire until golden.  This Chocolate/ pinapple desert pie is one of our boys' favorites!  It isn't camping for our kids without our desert pie by the fire.  This year they met their new cousins and we all made camper pies for a desert. Now our cousins camp and make the same pies in Florida. Here is a pic of them all together.  This is a nice family memory they will cherish forever.  We hope to pass it on to other families, who will cherish the faces of their children as they enjoy these sweet pies.

Submitted By: Tonia Crews

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Peach Cobbler

It will smell and taste delicious. Most often we end up sharing it with our camping neighbors!

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
2 sticks butter or margarine
1 packaged yellow cake mix
2 cans of peaches in syrup
Shortening - to grease dutch oven

Directions:
1.) Heavily grease 4 or 5 qt dutch oven with shortening.
2.) Next, pour in 2 cans of peaches.
3.) Pour packaged yellow cake mix on top of peaches.
4.) Slice or pinch up 2 sticks of butter or margarine on top of cake mix.
5.) Place lid on dutch oven.
6.) Put approximately 6 nice sized coals underneath dutch oven and 7 on top of lid.
7.) Let it bake for 30 - 45 minutes. (Check it after 30 and if it doesn't look nice and done, let it cook for up to 15 more minutes.)

Submitted By: Angela Garland

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Mexican Tortilla Soup

Canned goods are always a safe bet while camping!

Servings: Up to 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:
1 LG can of Chicken broth
2 cans of white chicken
1 can of whole kernal corn
1 can of Garbonzo bean
1 Med. jar of chunky salsa

Directions:
DO NOT DRAIN ANY OF THE CANS!
Just pour everything into a pot and heat like you would a soup and serve with tortilla chips.

Submitted By: Jennifer Houston

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The Camper's Garbage Plate

Keep in mind, this meal is not for health fanatics and is not recommended for those with high cholesterol.

Servings: 10 people
Prep Time: 15-20 minutes

Ingredients:
1 lb Kielbasa Polish Sausage (diced into cubes)
1 lb Hot Dogs (Cut up)
3or 4 Hamburgers (diced into cubes)
4 cups of water (for macaroni and cheese)
2 Boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
3 Slices of American Cheese
1 lb French Fries
½ Tablespoon of Hot Sauce
½ Tablespoon of Salt
¼ Tablespoon of Pepper
Barbeque Chips

Directions:
1.) Smoke and cook all meat over the fire.
2.) Lay down a piece of foil over the grill on the fire.
3.) Allow French fries to cook on it until slightly browned. (flip a few times)
4.) Place a large foil pan (at least 3 inches in depth) over the fire, pour water in.
5.) Once water is boiling add in macaroni.
6.) Drain the water when the macaroni is ready.
7.) Mix in Macaroni and Cheese ingredients.
8.) Stir in American Cheese.
9.) Add all three meats to the macaroni. (stir)
10.) Add the French fries to the macaroni. (stir)
11.) Add in all other ingredients.
12.) Lastly, crunch barbeque potato chips on top. (stir)

Submitted By: Paul Dudkowski

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Chicken & Dumplings

Add biscuits to the Dutch oven and simmer for about 20 minutes

Servings: 4-6
Prep Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
1 tbsp. cooking oil
salt & pepper to taste
1 medium onion cut up
fresh parsley
a dash of thyme
2 cans chicken broth
1 box Biscuit mix

Directions:
This is all done on an open fire, make sure you have a nice bed of coals, not open flames, that would burn the chicken

1.) In a Dutch oven fry up chicken with onion, salt & pepper.
2.) Add broth, parsley, thyme.
3.) Simmer about 1 hour
4.) When ready mix biscuits to box instruction (whole box).
5. Add biscuits to Dutch oven and simmer covered about 20 minutes, turning biscuits once .

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Sauteed Eggplant & Rice Burrito

Ingredients:
1 Egg Plant (small) peeled and small cubed (sauteed & seasoned to taste)
1 box long grained wide rice
Flour Tortillas

Directions:
1.) Cook ingredients
2.) Heat tortilla slowly over boiling water (do not get them wet). 
3.) Spoon in eggplant and rice and roll.
4.) Serve with remaining rice and beans.

 Submitted By: Donald Crisp

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BBQ Marinated Steak

Enjoy this delicious dinner on your next camping trip!

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 25-20 minutes

Ingredients:
3-5lb steak
4oz Italian dressing
2oz Soy sauce
Quarter onion
3 cloves garlic
Fresh ground pepper to taste.

Directions:
1.) Mix dressing, onion, garlic and pepper -preferably in blender
2.) Marinade steak and keep cool for 2-6 hrs
3.) Cook on hot BBQ and enjoy

Submitted By: Russell Pallace

BBQ Hot Wings

For a different taste substitute cocktail sauce for BBQ sauce or Jalapeno BBQ sauce for a hotter wing!

Servings: 6-8
Prep Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:
1 bag of wings & drums
Hot sauce
BBQ Sauce

Directions:
1.) Take the bag of wings & drums
2.) Pour hot sauce over them
3.) Wrap in foil cook over fire for about 30 min turning half way.
4.) When wings are done or juices are clear drain
5.) Add BBQ sauce over them
6.) Cook for another 10-15 minutes.
7.) Serve in bowl

Submitted By: Rick Jones

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Chicken Recipe

I made this recipe while camping at Ft. Bragg, CA. It was a wonderful success!

Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:
3 lbs chicken tenders
2 c buttermilk
1 c dry potatoes
1 c all-purpose flour
1 tsp poultry seasoning (optional)
1/2 t salt
1 tsp pepper
1/4 c olive oil
1/4 c butter
1/2 t garlic powder

Directions:
1.) Rinse chicken and pat dry
2.) In a shallow dish pour buttermilk and add chicken to it
3.) Let sit several hours or overnight
4.) Mix potato flakes, flour, seasonings in a plate or bowl.
5.) Dredge chicken in potato/flour mixture. 6.) In a large skillet heat oil and butter until hot.
7.) Fry over medium heat until done.

Submitted By: Rick Jones

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