Top 3: Camp Side Recipes

 Hey Y'all!

Let's talk food!

We both have found a new love for cooking, and trying new things. Here's our top 3 recipes right now!

I'm using the word recipe loosely and assuming you know the basics of cooking. 

1) Taco Salad

There's a lot of different taco salad recipes out there, but we don't like any dressing with ours so here's our ingredients list:

1lb Ground Beef (or Ground Turkey, whichever was cheaper)

1 Mild Taco Seasoning Pack

Lettuce (again whichever we have on hand)

16oz Black Beans

12oz Corn

Rice, sometimes, other times we omit it (Depends on how hungry we are, and what we have on hand.)

Tortilla Chips

Shredded Cheese, typically the taco or Mexican blend of the store brand

Avocado, or guacamole

Sour cream

Tomatoes

Salsa

Bell Pepper 

To start we brown the meat, then add the seasoning packet along with the beans and corn to the skillet (or grill it all up together on the Blackstone) and let that simmer while we cook the rice. Once both of those are done we  slice, chop, and assemble all the ingredients in our bowls and enjoy! 4-6 servings.

2) Buffalo Chicken Mac 'n Cheese

Neither of us loves anything too hot, so this recipe is perfect for us.

Ingredients:

Chicken Breast (1lb)

Pasta, we like either the shells or elbow mac (1 box/bag)

We, more often than not, cheat with the Velveeta cheese sauce packet or something similar. (We 1. Don't have a lot of space, and 2. Don't have a lot of refrigerator space.)

This Buffalo Sauce (2oz):

To put it all together: Cook your chicken and shred it up, cook your pasta, drain. Add chicken and pasta to same pot, add in cheese and buffalo sauce, stir. Dish out, and eat! We always have leftovers, so I'd say feeds 4 easily.

3) Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry

 

This one is a little different every time we make it. Sometimes we add more or less vegetables, different ones, etc. The carrots and broccoli are always there, as well as:

1lb Chicken 

Teriyaki Sauce (Which ever you like. We like a thicker sauce, not a marinade.)

Other potential ingredients:

Bok Choy

Cabbage

Brussel Sprouts

Onion

Cauliflower

Sesame Seeds

Etc

This one comes together pretty easy, we get our chicken all cooked up, then add some of the teriyaki sauce. We leave it alone while we: Cook those veggies, low and slow with a lid on the Blackstone, or in a skillet. Once they're done add them to the chicken with some more of that teriyaki sauce. Stir, serve, and eat. Sometimes we add rice, but usually we eat it as is and are plenty full. 

Do you have any favorite recipes? Share in the comments below!

When we can't cook?

We still enjoy trying out local cuisine, if we're somewhere that allows for that. We also keep a box of "it doesn't need cooked" foods on hand. We like the Tuna Smart Bowls from Startkist, and we almost always have the fixin's for some type of sandwich. 

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

Bonus, 3 more:

1) Breakfast Burritos

• Ingredients:
• 1 lb breakfast sausage
• 6 eggs
• Guacamole
• Salsa (2T ish, each)
• Sour Cream (1T each)
• 1 can (4 oz) Chopped Green Chiles, drained
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (8 oz)
•  Pepper to taste
• 4 (12-inch) flour tortillas
• Pretty simple. Start the sausage in your pan or on your griddle, when it's done add your eggs, pepper if you want to, when the eggs have started to cook well add the chiles. While that's doing it's thing warm your tortillas, either on the other side of your griddle or another pan. Trust me warm tortillas are better. Once those eggs are done add your cheese. Assemble however you like. Sometimes we add all the things to the tortilla, sometimes we just dip them. There's no wrong way to eat these.
• Feeds 2. 

2) Easy Mexican Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 lb uncooked chicken breast strips for stir-fry (sometimes we cheat and get the precooked)
• 1 packet (1 oz) Taco Seasoning Mix
• 1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained, rinsed
• 1 can (11 oz) whole kernel corn with red and green peppers, undrained
• 1/4 cup water
• Cook up your chicken, add your beans, then add the corn. Sometimes we add to this with:
• Tomatoes, peppers, guacamole, salsa, sour cream, tortillas, cheese, rice, lettuce... Sometimes we add  nothing.
• We either eat as is, make a salad, or a wrap!
• Feeds 4-6 or so

3) Turkey Sandwich

Ingredients:

• 4 slices sourdough bread, 1/2 inch thick
• 8 large spinach leaves
• Dukes Mayo (2T)
• 1/2 lb sliced oven roasted turkey breast
• 1/4 cup chopped drained roasted red bell peppers  -Chris doesn't like them.
• We're going to assume you can make a sandwich without instruction. We included it because we've really been enjoying a turkey sandwich.
• Sometimes we add pickles, cheese, a different bread, etc. Sometimes we grill the bread, and/or turkey. Sometimes we put it all in a wrap. Do what you like!
• Feeds 2