Home-made Trail Mix

Crushed Turkish flatbread, mixed nuts, cranberries, pumpkin seeds, chocolate and butterscotch chips, sugar-coated Cheerios.

Heirloom Tomato Crostata, Honey-Thyme Glaze

Salting Tomatoes for Crustini

Huckleberry Pickin' Time

Always Carry The Fixins' for Coffee

While George changed a tire at camp, I pulled out our emergency 'Coffee-Making Box', designed specifically for occasions requiring a cup of coffee - and, a home-made scone with fireweed jelly. The little propane stove also comes in the box.

Chips and Salsa - Chambers Lake

Tomato-Cheese Crostata

Zuchinni Roll-ups, Salsa and Cooked Chard

Using zuchinni and tomatoes from the garden - they are at the peak of flavor.

Heirloom Black Krim: Pasta Sauce

Last summer I collected seeds from my Heirloom "Black Krim" tomatoes.  These plants did beautifully, yielding over 30 lbs. of fruit.  We've enjoyed slices on toast, with cheese.  But ultimately I had to make sauce, to use up the remainder.

Chambers Lake Campground - My Firepit

When we left Chambers Lake Campground, I left a clear indication of where we used charcoal and where we used fire.  A grill plate sat inbetween both these areas, perfect for multi-uses while cooking food.  This is the third fire pit I've built.

Bushcraft Cooking At Chambers Lake

We enjoyed a wonderful four-day camping trip over the Labor Day weekend.  Lots of cooking, canoeing, hiking, and exploration.  

First thing, I rebuilt the firepit in the campground at Chambers Lake, extending it three times in length, so we could grill over fire, bake over charcoal, and enjoy a bonfire, all simultaneously!

  

This way, coals from the fire could be used to supplement the charcoal under the wok, which I used to bake naan.

Deep dish pizza, baked in a Dutch oven.

I used a propane stove to bake this blueberry coffee cake - berries found in the woods nearby.

Raised from last year's seeds - Heirloom Tomatoes

Fried Chicken - Mustard Sauce

Naan with Dill Dip, Feta and Salsa

This naan was baked over a wok, over charcoal, at Chambers Lake Campground.  The tomato salsa used garden veggies.