Everyone know thats Thanksgiving is about two things: One, giving thanks and appreciating good times spent with friends and family. Two, of course, FOOD. Everyone also knows that food always tastes better while camping, which is also, coincidentally, a great way to connect with friends and family. This year, combine forces and spend some quality turkey time around the campfire.
What you’ll need:
Campfire, camp stove or portable grill
Chopping board(s) – preferably more than one so everyone can get up in there
1-2 chopping knives
1 large skillet (we love our cast irons!)
2 pots
Mixing spoon
Can opener
Tin foil
Personal cups, plates and sporks
Timeframe for cooking:
Chop what you can before you get to your campsite. This will save you loads of time!
Start with the hot totties and the soup. No one likes to cook while cold.
As everyone’s eating the soup and enjoying their drinks, two people can take charge of the stuffing and the instant tatters.
As that group finishes up, have one more person get on the monkey bread—this will take around ~30 minutes to cook.
Everyone helps clean. That’s a camp rule!
Starter: Souped up Carrot Ginger Soup
There are lots of ways you can take your average boxed or canned soup and make it ten times tastier. Here’s one way we know how…
Cook onion, squash, zucchini, celery with coriander, cumin, salt and pepper until the onion is slightly translucent
Add in the soup!
Add in the corn!
Add Sriracha or whatever hot sauce you love and enjoy
Main: Apple Fennel Stuffing with Turkey Sausage
Ingredients:
1 loaf of bread (preferably a baguette)
1 bulb of fennel
1 white or yellow onion
1 green apple
Precooked turkey or veggie sausage
1/2 cup of vegetable stock
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Cube the loaf of bread
Core and chop the fennel
Chop the onion
Chop the apple
Add all of the vegetables (and fruit) to the fire
Add precooked turkey sausage (or veggie sausage!)
Add 1/2 cup of vegetable stock
Salt and peper to taste
Cook for 5 minutes
Side: Instant Taters Done Right
Instant mashed potatoes are a camping staple. Throw on some of your favorite spices, maybe a can of cranberry sauce and have at it! The sky is the limit for instant taters.
Desert: Pumpkin Pie Monkey Bread
Video by Lizzie Philip
Ingredients:
Biscuit dough
1 tbsp pumpkin spice
9 tbsp sugar (6 white, 3 brown)
Pumpkin puree, canned
Directions:
Cube the biscuit dough into fours and put in a plastic bag
Add 1 tbsp of pumpkin spice
Add 4 tbsp of sugar
Put in a large skillet lined with tin foil
Mix together
In a separate container, mix half a can of pumpkin puree with the remaining sugar
Mix the puree and sugar in with the skillet
Cook on the fire for 30 minutes, serve warm
Drink: Spiced Hot Totties
Ingredients:
Honey
Lemon juice
Bourbon of choice
Spiced orange tea
Cinnamon stick
Lemon slices
Directions:
Heat up hot water on your campfire
Steep the tea
Add desired amount of lemon juice, honey and bourbon
Finish off with a cinnamon stick and a lemon slice
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