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10 TIPS for Better Overland or Vanlife Camp Cooking: COOK EASIER, EAT BETTER

Camp cooking gets a bad rap. It’s either known to be freeze-dried backpacker meals that require boiling water, premade food that can easily be reheated, or the usual hamburgers and hot dogs. There’s an air of inconvenience whenever the topic of cooking at camp gets brought up.

“It’s a hassle.”

“Camp meals are just for sustenance.”

“I hate doing dishes.”

Times have changed. The economy has changed. Budgets are tighter. The landscape of food has changed. Chinese take-out is no longer considered an exotic cuisine. Kale has become an accepted part of contemporary salads. Cooking at home has become a haute couture again for families and households that watch their pocketbook. People love food and love talking about food. These sentiments also moved onto the world of camp cooking. Hamburgers and hot dogs have been replaced by street-style carne asada tacos, kimchi egg fried rice, or chicken adobo.

TipsgondirtinOctober 5, 2023camp cooking, travel tipsComment

CATCH AND COOK: Popping the Cherry with FISH N CHIPS in Baja California

As an avid cook, I find building a relationship with your ingredients is incredibly important. These relationships form the more you use them. I quickly started to know what good, and not so good, products were and where to get them. The more I cooked, especially with any kind of animal protein, the more I wanted to be a part of the whole process —from hunt to plate.

blogLinhbergh NguyenMarch 28, 2022camp cooking, baja, catch and cookComment

8 HACKS for better SANDWICHES While Traveling on the Road

There’s nothing worse than stopping for lunch on a hot day to have a dry and unsatisfying sandwich. We’ve all been there. Here’s a few tips before the heading into the long weekend to have the most enjoyable sandwich as possible on those quick lunch stops along the trail or at camp.