Outdoor Gourmet: Recipes to Bring Your Love of Good Food to the Campsite, the Backyard, and Beyond

by Robin Donovan

Overview

Bring great eating to the great outdoors with more than 100 delicious recipes you can cook at your campsite—but will want to keep making at home!

Getting in touch with nature doesn’t need to mean subsisting on energy bars, canned beans, and prepackaged meals. With these easy-to-follow recipes, you can use your camp stove or firepit to whip up restaurant-worthy food that will satisfy any gourmand.

Toss the trail mix, leave the hot dogs at home, and plan a totally new approach to outdoor eating.

• Wake up to bananas Foster French toast cooked on the camp stove
• Pack smoked salmon and wasabi aram sandwiches for an on-the-go hiking lunch
• Relax by the fire with a savory cheese s’mores snack
• Feast under the stars on mustard and rosemary lamb chops and roasted beets with citrus dressing
• And cook dozens more delicious recipes right at your campsite!
  
  

Outdoor Gourmet includes advice on choosing a camp stove and stocking your kitchen-away-from-home, storage strategies for fresh foods, and tips for making your new favorite camping meals in a traditional kitchen or on a backyard grill so you can keep vacation going all year.

Previously published as Campfire Cuisine, this edition has a fresh new look.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683694762
Publisher:	Quirk Publishing
Publication date:	03/11/2025
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robin Donovan is a food and travel writer, and an experienced camper who has successfully experimented with campsite cooking for more than 20 years. She lives in San Francisco.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Part I: Recipe for a Delicious, Gourmet Camping Trip
     Gear Up: Everything You Need
     Play It Safe: Storing, Transporting, and Preparing Food Safely
     Get Ready to Cook
     Focus on Flavor: Stocking Your Pantry
     Menu Planning
Part II: The Recipes
     Table of Condiments: Salad Dressings, Sauces, Marinades,and More
          Dressings
          Marinades
          Spice Rubs
          Balsamic Syrup
          Coconut Curry Sauce
          Easy Red Wine Reduction Sauce
          Hoisin Glaze
          Honey Mustard Sauce
          Spicy Peanut Sauce
          Yogurt Mint Sauce
          Easy Tomato Sauce
          Olive Relish
          Compound Butters
          Aioli
     Start the Day Right: Breakfast
          Real Homemade Pancakes
          Bananas Foster French Toast
          Skillet Scones
          Pan-Fried Bread with Pears, Blue Cheese, and Maple Syrup
          Sausage and Polenta Scramble
          Veggie Polenta Scramble
          Mediterranean Breakfast Wrap
          Lox and Cream Cheese Breakfast to Go
     Midday Meals: Sandwiches, Salads, and Such
          Curried Chicken Salad Sandwiches
          Tuna and Olive Salad Sandwiches
          Prosciutto, Goat Cheese, and Fig Sandwiches
          California Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
          Grilled Goat Cheese Sandwich with Shallot, Tomato, and Thyme
          Hot and Spicy California Grilled Cheese
          Aram Sandwiches
          Grilled Peach and Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese
          Black Bean Salad
          Creole Slaw
          Cucumber Salad
          Endive and Apple Salad with Blue Cheese
          Lemony Couscous Salad
          Middle Eastern Salad
          Olive, Orange, and Couscous Salad
          Thai Cabbage Salad
          White Bean and Roasted Garlic Salad with Grilled Zucchini
          Grilled Vegetable Salad with Goat Cheese
     Midafternoon Munchies: Snacks and Appetizers
          Simply Perfect Guacamole
          Salsas
          Smoked Salmon Crostini
          Pear and Prosciutto Bruschetta with Balsamic Syrup
          Savory Cheese S’mores
          Bacon-Wrapped Grilled Figs
          Roasted Garlic
          Parmesan Baked Apples
          Indonesian Peanut Dip
          Baba Ghanoush (Middle Eastern Eggplant Spread)
     Dinner’s On: Entrees
          Burgers
          San Francisco Cioppino
          Lemon Garlic Shrimp
          Coconut Shrimp
          Spicy Creole Shrimp
          Grilled Prawns with Hoisin Glaze
          Shrimp and Noodles in Peanut Sauce
          Halibut with Fennel and Olives
          Fish Cooked with Curried Couscous
          Orange-Herb Salmon
          Grilled Salmon with Balsamic Fig Sauce
          Bourbon-Glazed Chicken
          Chicken and Dumplings
          Chicken Skewers with Spicy Peanut Sauce
          Grilled Whole Chicken with Garlic-Herb Butter
          Indian-Style Curry Yogurt Chicken
          Mojo Chicken
          Soy-Glazed Chicken Breasts
          Spicy Orange Chicken
          Barbecued Peking Duck Wraps
          Cajun Spice–Rubbed Pork Tenderloin
          Maple Mustard Pork Chops
          Beer-Brined Pork and Onion Skewers
          Jambalaya
          Grilled Steak with Five-Spice Rub
          Grilled Flank Steak with Olive Relish
          Grilled Flank Steak with Yogurt Mint Sauce
          Grilled Steak Tacos
          Hoisin-Glazed Beef Kebabs
          Mustard and Rosemary Lamb Chops
          Grilled Eggplant Parmesan
          Grilled Flatbread Pizzas
          Tofu Steaks with Red Wine– Mushroom Sauce
          Vietnamese Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Grilled Tofu
          White Bean Stew
          White Beans with Lemon and Mint
          Orzo with Wild Mushrooms and Peas
          Grilled Tofu with Coconut Curry Sauce
          Goat Cheese Quesadillas with Tomato and Corn Salsa
     On the Side: Cooked Vegetables, Grains, and Other Sides
          Garlic and Herb Mushrooms
          Ginger-Steamed Snow Peas
          Grilled Asparagus
          Grilled Zucchini
          Grilled Cauliflower with Coconut Curry Sauce
          Grilled Radicchio with Balsamic Syrup
          Roasted Beets with Citrus Dressing
          White Beans with Chanterelle Mushrooms
          Maple-Glazed Yams
          Foil-Baked Yams with Spicy Chili Butter
          Olive Oil Roasted Potatoes
          Potato and Fennel Packets
          Cheesy Biscuits
          Coconut Couscous
          Creamy Polenta
     Don’t Forget the Sweet Stuff: Desserts
          Baked Chocolate Bananas
          Magic Layer Pie
          Maple-Caramel Baked Apples
          Rum-Baked Peaches
          S’moradillas
          Mexican Hot Chocolate
Table of Equivalencies
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author