Camp Kitchen
Field-tested recipes for river camps and overland kitchens. Organized by meal, written for a skillet ten feet from the water.
Breakfast
Breakfast
Launch-morning fuel before the boats hit the water.
Dinner
Dinner
The camp-kitchen main event, after the boats are tied off.
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Black Bean Rice Bowls
Canned beans. Rice. Cumin. Lime. Whatever's left. The last night done right.
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Cast Iron Pizza
Pizza dough holds for five days. Cast iron and charcoal do the rest.
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Dinner Prep
Not a dish — the choreography. Tables up, stove pumped, onions down. Run it in order and camp eats an hour earlier.
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Dutch Oven Lasagna
Real lasagna. Dutch oven. Day 3 of a river trip. It works.
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Green Chile Chicken Tacos
Marinated at home, grilled in camp. The best taco night on the river.
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Pasta Puttanesca
Every ingredient is shelf-stable. Day 6 dinner that doesn't taste like day 6.
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Ribeye with Grilled Peppers
Night one. Fresh cooler. Cast iron over charcoal. The best steak you'll eat all week.
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Thai Coconut Curry
One pot. Canned coconut milk. Twenty-five minutes. The transition meal.
Snacks
Snacks
Between-meal and on-the-water grazing.
Drinks
Drinks
Coffee at dawn, something colder at camp.