Category Archives: foil cooking tips

Tips for cooking outdoors using foil

Cooking Baked Apples

January 23, 2009

Baked apples are a fun, easy dessert to cook in the fire when you’re camping.  The basic idea is to core of the center of the apple, fill the center with a filling, wrap the whole thing in foil, and cook it in the fire. To core an apple, I take a paring knife and, [...]

Cooking Rice in Foil Dinners

January 3, 2009

I like rice in my foil dinners.  But it requires some moisture.  Usually I make up the foil packet, leaving one end open, and then pour 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water in open end and then seal that end up. Unfortunately, it seems like my foil packet is never quite air (or water) tight [...]

12 Ways to Spice Up Foil Dinners

December 4, 2008

Foil dinners are a long time favorite over the fire.  They are easy to make, easy to cook, and you can eat them right in the foil, so there isn’t much to clean up. My standard dinner includes hamburger, potatoes, carrots, onions, and rice.  You probably have a standard foil dinner as well.  Here are [...]

Foil Cooking Tips – How to Cook with Foil Over the Campfire

August 13, 2006

Foil is easy to use to cook over the campfire. It is light-weight, inexpensive, widely available, can be used to cook a variety of meals, and cleanup is extremely easy. Just roll the foil up and toss in the garbage. You can even eat right out of the foil packet if you want. Here are [...]

Tex-Mex Foil Dinner

July 14, 2006

If you need something quick and easy to do over the campfire, these foil packets will do the trick. You can even make them ahead of time so that you can toss them into the campfire or on a grill when you get to camp. Do all the prep ahead of time. Tex-Mex Foil Dinner [...]

Foil Chicken – Great Tasting Chicken Recipe Cooked in Foil

July 13, 2006

Here’s another easy dish that you can cook in foil. I love foil recipes, because they are easy to make ahead and have ready when you go camping. All you need to do is get a fire or charcoal going and toss them on. And there are no pots and pans to clean up. My [...]

Foil Fried Potatoes

July 10, 2006

I’m a meat and potatoes guy. I’m always looking for a way to cook potatoes outdoors. This recipe is cooked in foil right on the campfire. Foil Fried Potatoes Print Recipe type: Potatoes Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 35 mins Ingredients 6 potatoes, sliced 1 large onion, sliced 6 slices [...]

How to Make and Cook Foil Dinners

June 3, 2006

Foil dinners are a great way to cook an all-in-one meal over coals. You can customize them to your own taste, prepare them ahead of time, and there aren’t any pots and pans to clean up afterwards. Heavy duty foil is the best to use, since it will be less likely to be punctured. If [...]