Foil Dinners

Ah, camping food! We just got back from a two week vacation to Colorado - the Rocky Mountains, Leadville, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison. It was a wonderful taste of fall and the mountains were spectacular! I love Colorado.

Besides just getting away one of the treats about camping, at least for us, is the food. Since we tent camp we need easy to prepare and stuff that doesn't take up a lot of room in the cooler or grocery bags in the back of the car. That means we eat some of those semi-processed foods that I don't buy at home, things like Hamburger Helper or spaghetti sauce in a jar. We also have some food, like foil dinners, that we only make when we're camping. I suppose we could make them in the grill (we have a charcoal one) or in the firepit (which we did once) but I just don't think about making them if we're not camping. This trip we had the one we always make - hamburgers, sliced potatoes, carrots, and onions but I also found a new foil dinner that we really liked. At home this could easily be a sheet pan dinner, just cut everything up and roast in a 400* oven.

Note: adjust the amount of ingredients to the number of people you have and what you like.


Sausage & Veggie Foil Dinner
serves 2

1/2 smoked sausage, sliced
3 potatoes, thinly sliced
1 red pepper, cut into chunks
1 small red onion (or 1/2 a larger one), thinly sliced

Divide the ingredients between two large pieces of foil. Season with salt and pepper then fold over and seal the packets. Cook over coals for about 30-40 minutes, turning the packets every 10 minutes or so. Be careful of the steam when opening.