Recipes

I love to cook, both at home and at camp. Here is a list of the recipes on my site. If you are looking for something more specific, you can also check:
Cubs in the Kitchen
Camp Cooking
Foil Pack Cooking
Dutch Oven Cooking
Cooking on a Stick
Trail Food

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Baseball Cookies Recipe  It's baseball season. If you are doing a sports theme with your Cub Scouts, why not make some baseball cookies?

 

Earth Treats Recipe  In honor of Earth Day, here is an Earth themed snack. Basically these are rice krispie treats shaped like the earth. You can make small "earths" or larger ones, but it seems to set better if you don't make them too big.

 

Sweet Corn Bread Recipe  This is a very sweet corn bread. In some areas, this would be called corn cake. The sweetness of the bread goes well with spicy foods like chili or ham and beans with lots of hot pepper sauce.

 

Firecracker Burgers Recipe  Boy Scouts and Venturers can make this one at camp or your Cub Scouts can help you make this for the Fourth of July to help fulfill their cooking requirements.

 

Foil Pack Dinners  The most typical foil pack ingredients are ground beef, potatoes, carrots, and onions. But don't get stuck in a rut! Try some new combinations.

 

Pizza Quesadillas Recipe  Here is an easy and quick lunch for a campout. You can cook the quesadillas on a piece of foil on the grill or on a cast iron griddle.

 

Shamrock Cookies  St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. Here is a fun recipe to make with your Cub Scouts to celebrate.

 

One Pot Hoppin' John Recipe  Hoppin' John is traditionally served on New Year's Day to bring luck through the year. You can have in anytime though. This recipe works at camp or you can cook it at home on your stove.

 

Spaghetti Dinner  I am taking my Webelos I den camping this weekend. We're going to make this for dinner Saturday night. We're going to serve it with fruit, salad, and garlic bread.

 

Smacos Recipe   If your Scouts need a chocolate marshmallow fix, but you don't have a fire for some reason, you can fix these on a camp stove with a griddle.

 

Dutch Oven Breakfast Quiche  Here is an easy camp breakfast recipe for those who enjoy some eggs in the morning. I really enjoy Dutch oven recipes at camp because you can put all of your ingredients in and relax while it cooks. And relaxing and enjoying the moment is part of what really makes camping great.

 

Powdered Sports Drink Recipe  Sports drinks like Gatorade or Power Aid are designed to replenish the water and salt your body loses when you are active or exercising. You can mix up your own powdered mix to accomplish this for a fraction of the cost of purchasing these drinks by the bottle.

 

Grilled Honey Lime Pork Chops Recipe  This is a really easy camping recipe. Do a little preparation before you leave for camp and you will have delicious grilled pork chops with almost no cleanup.

 

Snowball Cookies  These are a family recipe. As kids we called them "snowballs" because that is what they look like - small ball shaped cookies rolled in powdered sugar. My mom always called them Russian tea cakes.

 

Pepperoni Crescent Wheels Recipe  Here is a "wheel shaped" snack to go with this month's cycling theme. These are pretty easy to make and would be a good snack for a meeting. Younger Cub Scouts will need some help with these, but they are simple enough that they can do a lot of the recipe themselves.

 

Magic Wands Recipe  If you are using the Abracadabra theme this month, try making some Magic Wands to go with them. This recipe is simple enough that you could use it at a Pack meeting.

 

Fruit and Yogurt Parfait Recipe  One of the kid's aunts, who is a nutritionist, came in and did some activities and made some healthy dishes with the Cub Scouts. One of the recipes she made with them was this fruit and yogurt parfait recipe.

 

How to Make Homemade Popsicles  Popsicles are a great summer treat. And the ones from the store are very convenient, but sometimes it's fun to make your own. Your kids can get pretty creative with the ingredients. If you have your own popsicle molds, great! Otherwise it is still pretty easy to make your own frozen treats.

 

Camp McMuffins Recipe  One of the challenges of camp cooking is the amount of time it takes. Here is an easy and quick recipe for a breakfast at camp. It doesn't require a lot of preparation or ingredients, but you still get a good breakfast to start a busy day.

 

Foil Pack Hawaiian Chicken and Rice Recipe   Foil packs are great for camp, but sometimes we get tired of having burger, potatoes, and carrots every time. Here is a different twist on the hobo dinner.

 

Pumpkin Bread Recipe  Pumpkin bread is a favorite snack bread and dessert at our house. This recipe is easy enough for kids to make.

 

French Toast Recipe for Cub Scouts  This is a very easy French toast recipe. French or Italian bread works well in this recipe, but plain white bread will do.

 

Soil Sample Cupcakes Recipe  Scouts always enjoy playing with their food! This would make a nice snack for any den meeting based on one of the ecology lessons.

 

Edible Campfires Recipe  Scouts should know how to build a fire. I am always amazed how many kids don't understand the concept of using tinder and small sticks. This snack will help introduce the concept.

 

Walking Tacos Recipe  Here is a fun recipe for a hearty camp snack. If the taco meat is cooked beforehand, they can put this together pretty quickly.

 

Candy Corn Mix Recipe  You could count this for Bear requirement 9b: With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting. It isn't the healthiest thing in the world, but it probably a little better than the bags of chips or ding-dongs the parents used to send for our den when we had our meetings right after school.

 

Black Forest Dump Cake Recipe  There are lots of different dump cake combinations out there. Chocolate and cherries is one of my favorites.

 

Forgotten Cookies Recipe  My kids always enjoy making these cookies. They are called forgotten cookies because you put them in a hot oven, turn it off, and then forget about them until the next morning.

 

Mountain Man Breakfast Recipe  A hearty breakfast recipe with meat, eggs, and hashbrowns. This recipe includes instructions for cooking outdoors with charcoal and indoors in an oven.

 

Red White and Blue Bread Braid Recipe  This is a recipe for cooking with Cub Scouts. This is a little more involved than some recipes I used with my Cubs, but they really enjoyed kneading the color into the bread. And even if the colors don't come out bright red, white, and blue, Cub Scouts will enjoy eating fresh baked bread.