Charcoal vs traditional fires (for cooking)
We answer the question once and for all, what is the best way to cook while camping? I admit to being a skeptic when it came to using charcoal. I’ve been around long enough to see a lot of fads…
Cooking
Whiz-Bang Walnut Banana Bread
Sweet, sweet camping sustenance… My love affair with banana bread has lasted longer than any real relationship I’ve had. I’m okay with that. When I turn up to dinner parties, picnics – or in this case, a canoeing weekend on…
Cold nights call for warm curry
I prepped this curry on the tailgate of my friend’s 1990 Chevy next to a river that continued to drown the engines of eager (but not-so-clever) 4WDers. The sun and dust had settled from a long day of wheeling dirt…
Roast me …
With the winter months well and truly upon us, I’ve fallen into a ritual of cooking a Sunday camp oven roast every week. I actually crave it! Now, I’m not home every weekend (nor would I want to be), but…
Stale bread = yum campfire dessert
If there’s one thing that makes a night around the campfire memorable, it’s finishing a great meal with a perfect dessert. The problem is, after all that four-wheel driving followed by a hearty meal, it seems impossible to get out…
Why I lashed out on a Coleman Hyperflame Fyreknight gas stove
If you are anything like me, there is a certain level of satisfaction that comes from knocking out a half decent meal at the end of a long day on the trails. What started out as a one-off after drawing…
Recipe: Peach & walnut French toast bake
Peaches on the beach…es I haven’t really been able to come up with a proper introduction for this one, other than to say that it’s really, really good. Super good. I might be going on an evaporated milk bender here,…
Dreamy Creamy Pesto Pasta
The recipe I’ve made a hundred times over, now in camp-friendly form! CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE I sometimes imagine what it would be like to line up all the jars of pesto I’ve…
Best-Ever Banana Oatmeal
The Three Bears ain’t got nothin’ on this porridge My food philosophy – which I suspect is genetic – is ‘more is always better’. Breakfast is the least of all exceptions, and heaven help any poor soul who’s caught me…
LEMON AND LIME CAMPING SLICE
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE A very ‘a-peeling’ camp treat Citrus is great to take camping – it is robust against all that 4X4 touring and can last a long time out of the fridge.…
Biolite 2: Cook Your Food and Charge Your Phone
Cook your food and charge your phone with sticks and leaves? Tell us more! Every now and then, I see a product I simply have to have. The BioLite 2 stove is one such product, and so far it has…
RECIPE: BEER BREATH CHICKEN
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Who would have thought that a can of ale could enhance Australia’s favourite bird? Drunken chicken indeed. Ingredients 1-1.4kg chicken 1 can of beer 1 tablespoon each…
GEEHI GLAMPING: THE ART OF ROUGHING IT IN COMFORT
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE I have a lot of friends who would associate ‘camp grub’ with stuff that comes out of a can – such as Spam, baked beans, sardines and sauerkraut. Nothing wrong…
ZUCCHINI SLICE
Don’t get to use your cheese grater enough? Then this is the recipe for you! CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Ingredients 3 large zucchinis, grated 2 carrots, grated 3 eggs 1 cup of cheddar cheese,…
HAPPY CAMPER LAMB AND MUSHROOM GNOCCHI
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