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Archive for June, 2009


The Great American Backyard Campout® encourages everyone to get outside and camp, to renew his or her connection with nature or experience it for the first time.

It also provides an opportunity for parents to re-connect with their kids following an endless schedule of programmed activities during the school year. So turn off your TVs, iPods, Playstations, computers, and cell phones and experience a night outside.

Contact campout@nwf.org with questions and comments.

GET OUTSIDE THIS SUMMER DURING THE GREAT AMERICAN BACKYARD CAMPOUT®, JUNE 27!

Join thousands of campers across the country for National Wildlife Federation’s fifth annual Great American Backyard Campout® on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Remember when you were a child and sleeping under the stars and sharing stories around the campfire were favorite pastimes? Celebrate these summertime traditions again in your backyard or favorite camping spot.

Visit the Great American Backyard Campout® online at www.backyardcampout.org to register your campsite and join the nationwide community of backyard campers. Share your experiences and get ideas from other campers in your area. Download fun activities, camping tips, recipes and more.

In today’s high-tech world, children and families are losing touch with nature and the outdoors.




This dish is good when the boys (or girls) come over the see the game.

1 pack Italian Sausages (5), Hot or Mild
1 pack of Hoagie Buns
1 large Bell Pepper
1 large Onion
1 15 oz can of Diced Tomatoes
1 8 oz can of Tomato Sauce
2 cloves Garlic
1/2 tsp Basil
1/2 tsp Oregano
Salt & Pepper to taste
Vegetable Oil
Olive Oil

Heat a 10” Dutch oven until hot. Wipe oven with a small amount of vegetable oil and cook sausages till brown on all sides. While sausages are browning, mince garlic, slice bell pepper and cut onion into rings about 1/8” wide. Remove sausages and drain on paper towel, set a side. Wipe out remaining fat. Add olive oil to coat bottom of oven and sauté bell peppers, garlic and onions till wilted. Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, basil, oregano, salt & pepper, simmer for about 15 minutes for flavors to meld. Add sausages back to mixture and warm through.

The hoagie buns could be brushed will a little butter and toasted on grill or oven lid.




This dessert is very easy and a great one for beginners, we love it!

1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
1 can Cherry Pie Filling
1 20 oz Cherry 7-UP

Lightly spray a 12” Dutch oven with a non-stick spray and wipe it out or wipe it with a very, very light coating of vegetable oil. Dump in can of pie filling and spread out, but stop short, leaving about an inch or so around the outside. Pour the dry cake mix evenly over the entire Dutch oven and level off. Pour the 7-UP over the dry cake mix and you’re done. No mixing or anything else required. Bake for 45 – 50 minutes using the smell test. Remove from heat and let cool with the lid off.

If fresh fruit is available, coat the fruit in flour first, then continue as noted above.



This cake comes out brownie like at the edges and pudding like around the fruit. It is good and sweet, the kids will love it.

The variations of Dump Cake are endless. Try a white cake mix with peaches and a peach flavored soda pop.





This meals is very easy and a good one to try if you’re a beginner.

Yum!

1 lb. Bacon
1 large Onion
1 large Bell Pepper
1½ cups Mushrooms (fresh or jar)
3 cloves Garlic, minced
8-10 Medium Potatoes, sliced thin, diced or grated
12 Eggs, beaten
Salt and Pepper
3 cups, Grated Cheddar Cheese

Heat 12″ Dutch oven with 8 or 9 briquettes on bottom until hot. Cut bacon into 1″ sections. Add bacon to Dutch oven and cook until brown and drain. Remember to rotate Dutch oven to even out hot spots. Wipe out excess fat, but leave a little fat for the next step. Add onion, mushrooms, bell pepper and sauté until onions are translucent. Remove Dutch oven from coals. Add potatoes and season to taste, stir to combine. Place oven over 5 briquettes, 4 in a ring and 1 in center. Cover and ring the lid with coals all the way around. Bake for 30 minutes, rotate oven and lid during cooking to even out heating. Sprinkle bacon over potatoes. Beat eggs and season. Pour eggs over bacon and potatoes. Cover and bake another 20 minutes. When eggs are done, Remove all coals, add cheese and replace lid. Let stand until cheese is melted. The Dutch oven will hold its heat for another 20 minutes or more.

Serve with picante sauce or your favorite toppings.

Serves: 6




The variations are endless for this type of dish. The bacon can be replaced with sausage, hot or mild. You could use frozen hash brown and the hash browns with the onion and bell pepper already in it. Almost any vegetable could be used, what do you like? Go for it, anything is possible.

“This is one of those dishes that we have every time we camp out or have friends over for Sunday Brunch in the backyard. Oh, so easy and a pleaser.”

I hope you like it, Camp Master