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Cooking on the Campfire with Foil Packet Foods

Going camping or having a backyard cookout is a good time, but it frequently means junk food. All too often, people pack chips, canned beans, and a cooler full of cold cuts and cheese in their cooler. No one has to live on beans, sandwiches, and prepackaged snack foods. The easiest way to make some real food on a campfire is with foil packets. Simply wrapping foods in heavy duty aluminum foil and throwing them on hot coals sounds too good to be true, but it isn’t. The beauty of cooking in a foil packet is that you can add as much or as little of whatever you like, and it’s almost impossible to make something that isn’t delicious. It’s a sure fire way to guarantee that cooking on a campfire involves nutritious eating. Hobo Dinners Hobo dinners are a classic campfire meal. This foil packet dinner calls for ground beef, potatoes, onion, carrots, and green beans. Form the

ground beef into patties. Slice the potatoes and onions. Spray the foil lightly with cooking spray, and wrap the beef patty, potatoes, onions, and green beans. Some people like to add ketchup, tomato sauce, or cream of mushroom soup to the packet. Stick this packet into the edge of the fire for 20-30 minutes. Blueberry Orange Muffins For this tasty campfire treat, you’ll need about six oranges and a package of blueberry muffin mix that only requires the addition of water. Cut the tops off of the oranges and use a spoon to scoop out the fruit and eat it as you go, if you would like! Be careful not to puncture the skins. Mix the muffin mix with water and pour it into the orange skins leaving a little space to rise. Wrap each orange individually in foil, and poke holes in the top with a fork. Place the foil packets upright on hot coals, or near the edge of the campfire, and allow to cook for 10-

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