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Tag: Cooking tips

How to barbecue, great tips for building a campfire and making your own rocket stove, campsite cooking ideas and outdoor cooking knowhow.

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Have We Found The Best Camping Stove? Testing the Cadac

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear, Camping recipes

An instant barbecue that doubles as a camping gas cooker? How perfect that sounds. People seem to love the Cadac camping stove, so we’ve given it a try too. See what we thought. Read more

Tagged   Camping food, Camping stoves & barbecues, Cooking tips
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Clever Ideas For Easy Camp Cooking

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear

Clever tips and cooking equipment to make campsite meals easy and fun. From using less gas to carrying eggs; from keeping pans clean to unsalting the too-salty! Read more

Tagged   Camping food, Camping gear, Cooking tips, Fridges & coolboxes
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25 Ways To Make Camping More Environmentally Friendly (Green Camping)

  By Campfire Team Camping gear

How do we all stay green when camping? Read our BIG green guide to making camping a bit more environmentally friendly. From keeping clean to buying food. Read more

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The Whatever-you-like Camping Pancake

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes

Call it an eggless omelette, a Mediterranean soca, a pancake with panache…here’s a quick, easy and ultra-adaptable recipe for camping breakfasts, lunches or dinners. Read more

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Vegan Camping Meals – Fast Food, Easy And Delicious

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes

Family, friends, fun and food are the four ingredients that make a camping trip truly special. When it comes to packing provisions, though, how can you make things easy, exciting and nutritious for vegans and people on plant-based diets? Read more

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Testing The LotusGrill Barbecue – Our LotusGrill Review

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear, Camping recipes
Lotus Grill

We’ve been promising to review the LotusGrill barbecue ever since we thoroughly road-tested the Cobb. So here we are. Did it prove to be smokeless? Did it really only take three minutes to get to cooking temperature? Read more

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Tasty Camping Cooking And The Magic Of Mushrooms

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes
Jesper Launder mushroom forage

Camping and foraging for mushrooms are the perfect recipe for a wild weekend. Our expert tells you what to look for. Read more

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Best Insulated Travel Mugs And Zero-Waste Reusable Cups Guide

  By Campfire Team Camping gear

Which travel mugs keep drinks warm (and cold) the longest? Which reusable takeaway coffee cups are a joy to use instead of throwaways? Discover the best in our guide to insulated travel mugs and reusable coffee cups. Read more

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Tasty Cheats – Super Easy Camping Food

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes
balti vegetable

Although we love campsite cooking, there are times when we just want something fast and delicious. We’ve tested lots of readymeals and kits to find the ones that work. Shhhh, don’t tell! Read more

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Woodburning Camping Stoves guide – Give up the gas?

  By Campfire Team Camping gear, Camping recipes
The Campfire Solo Stove four-person stove

We set our testers the challenge of making a meal using some of the most popular woodburning camping stoves – the Frontier, the EcoZoom Versa, the tiny Woodgas stove and the high-tech Biolite. Plus the Solo Stove gasifying model and more. See how they fared. Read more

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A Wild Garlic Primer

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes
wild garlic recipes

Forage for wild garlic (responsibly and carefully) and make these simple camping-friendly recipes. Vegetarian options too. Read more

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The Cobb vs the LotusGrill

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear, Camping recipes
Cobb oven

We’ve come across some clever-looking barbecue innovations, but are they really any better than a basic barbecue? How do the Lotus Grill and the Cobb compare? Read more

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Fast And Delicious Gourmet Camping Food Recipes

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes

Chargrilled tofu or steak with rice and lentil pilaff, a gooey chocolate pancake and a perfect camping breakfast-on-toast. Try our fast and simple camping recipes using either a Cadac Safari Chef or any decent camping stove. Read more

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Courgette Fritters – And A Hand-Powered Food Processor

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes

Which kitchen tools are essential for your camping kit? Delicious courgette fritters persuaded us to take a hand-powered processor perfect for campsite meals and dips. Read more

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Campfire Tripod Cooking – The Best Three-Legged Cook Guide (3 Legs)

  By Campfire Team Camping gear
Bon-Fire on beach

Want the pleasure of campfire cooking without the hassle? Kotlich cooking with a tripod or the snazzy Bon-Fire are exciting ways to make a delicious outdoor meal. Read more

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Should I Buy A Cobb Barbecue Stove? Read Our BBQ Review

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear
Cobb oven and kebabs

Is the Cobb barbecue better? Will it change our camping cooking? We’ve tested this tabletop barbecue on a menu of marinated trout and veggies and turkey kebabs. Here’s what we thought of it. Read more

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Camping And Campervan Baking – Bread And Cakes

  By Campfire Team Camping gear

How do you make your own bread or cakes when you’re camping? Hear from tent-campers and campervanners who use everything from the Remoska to the Frontier stove for beautiful baking while travelling. It’s inspirational! Read more

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The Call Of The Campfire

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear, Campsites

”We are the cooking apes, the creatures of the flame”. Matthew de Abaitua shares an extract from his book, his campfire cooking kit and his love of eating outdoors. Read more

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Cobnut Recipes…And Amazing Carrot Bacon

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes
Cobnuts

What a find. Free nuts in the hedgerow! It looks like a bumper year for British cobnuts. We’ve created a few of recipes to bring out their deliciousness. Try our (vegan) carrot bacon with them too! Read more

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Local Food, Campfire Cooking And Camping With Kids

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear, Campsites
Campfire cooking in Wales

If you thought the camping season was over, you’re missing a treat. Add some warm layers, stoke up the campfire and take some inspiration for outdoor cooking from Andy Stevenson, developer of online local foodie and outdoor cookery community Local Food Lunches. Read more

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A Welsh campsite discovery – and an EcoGrill success

  By Campfire Team Camping gear, Campsites

All the best campsites booked? Don’t give up. One reader and her family found a new site in Wales next to four wonderful beaches. Read more

Tagged   Camping stoves & barbecues, Cooking tips, UK campsites
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Going wild with Monica – a first foray into foraging

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes
Wild salad

Foraging is a great way to put free, super-fresh and tasty delicacies on the camping menu. Monica Wilde gives us an introduction to where, how and what to forage. Read more

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How to bake a cake when camping

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes

Here at Campfire Magazine, we always say you should be able to make great food with only two rings and a wobbly table (well, and a few tasty ingredients, of course!). Caravan-fan Amanda Regan tells us how she manages to bake cakes when camping. Read more

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The most delicious camping dessert…and a vegan version too

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear, Camping recipes

Oh goodness. This is delicious…coconut pain perdu. It’s simple, easy to make dairy-free and perfect for cooking on our Cadac Safari Chef or campstove with frying pan. Read more

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Autumn and winter campervan travels

  By Campfire Team Camping gear, Campsites

Camping out of season is fantastic, but you need to prepare. Here’s what we learned on a winter campervan trip in Scotland – how to find a great wild camping spot, stay warm, keep yourself entertained, eat well…and go to the loo! Read more

Tagged   Cooking tips, Tents & campervans, UK campsites, Wild camping
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How to build a campfire…and other camping tips

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear, Camping recipes
upside down fire

Feeling a bit Mad Hatter-ish, we’ve decided to make our latest campfire all wrong…but all right. Here’s a weird and novel way to get the campfire going, plus some random camping and campervan tips to try out. Let us know if they work for you.
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Carry on camping…and chatting

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping gear, Camping recipes, Campsites
carry on camping

There’s a new place to share camping, campervan and outdoor cooking ideas, ask questions and get advice. Camping and Campervan Chat UK is a new Facebook group designed to make camping even more fun. Read more

Tagged   Camping Europe & more, Camping gear, Camping stoves & barbecues, Cooking tips, Fridges & coolboxes, Tents & campervans, UK campsites, Wild camping
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Wild camping with ease at Eco Camp UK

  By Campfire Team Campsites
Beech Estate camping

Pick up some top tips from a real camping expert – and discover wild camping made easy. Read more

Tagged   Cooking tips, UK campsites, Wild camping
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A campfire crumble to keep winter away

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes

Just because it’s a work day not a holiday doesn’t mean outside is out of bounds. While we still have light evenings and warm(ish) weather, give yourself the treat of fresh air….and a blackberry campfire crumble. Read more

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Pad thai noodles

  By Campfire Team Camping food, Camping recipes
Pad That camping recipe

Noodles are a great addition to the camping pantry because they’re so fast to cook. We’ve taken a classic pad Thai recipe and made it campsite-cookable. Read more

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