I am quite sure everyone loves to eat while they are overlanding, but what do you use to cook? For the longest time we just used a Coleman 2 burner stove during our adventures, and that seems to be norm in the community. Although when my husband heard about the Tembo Tusk Cooking Skottle, he would not stop talking about how he wanted one. Well, I ended up getting him one for … [Read more...]
Overland Kitchen: Camp Chef Everest Review
During REI’s recent anniversary sale I scored Camp Chefs’ Everest 2 Burner stove for a great price and wanted to provide my initial review. I had been on the market for a more “base camp” style stove and had been doing some comparison shopping between Coleman and Primus for a couple of weeks. Finding myself at REI with a sale price that was backed up with a solid 4.3 rating … [Read more...]
Overland Kitchen – Mobile Foodie Survival Kit
So let’s get three things straight. I love the outdoors, I love great food, and I love to cook. Cooking to me is such a fun and creative outlet. My dad was an inspirational cook and I really have him to thank for what has become a lifelong passion with food and cooking. This article is hopefully one of many in a series of articles I’m coining, “Overland Kitchen,” which … [Read more...]
Brian’s Beer Bread
In the words of the great Homer Simpson, “mmm, beer,” and I would add, “mmm, bread.” Beer has often been called liquid bread, not the Kirkland Light kind of near-beer, but the real beers flowing forth from the multitude of craft breweries rising all over the country. After a tough day of wheelin’ there’s nothing better than a cold frosty adult beverage at the campfire… except … [Read more...]
Using Blue Apron for Camp Meals
Any food cooked at your remote campsite tastes better than it would at home, right? Yes that is true - but don't let that hold you up from stepping up your camp cooking game. Over the past year Becca and I have tried to get a little more creative with our campsite meals, starting last fall when we began using a Dutch Oven with pretty stellar results (biscuits anyone???). Our … [Read more...]
