Tin foil dinners are easy to make and clean up, not to mention delicious. Try one for your next camping adventure or throw one in the oven for an easy meal.

Tin Foil Dinners

photo by Kim Blackinton

Ingredients

cubed potato

cubed or sliced veggies of choice (onion, carrot, peppers, etc.)

ground beef or turkey; or, other sliced or ground meat (pork, steak, chicken, etc.)

salt and pepper

dry onion soup mix (optional)

Equipment

heavy-duty aluminum foil

non-stick cooking spray

Directions

Coat foil sheet with cooking spray. Arrange potato, meat and veggies; season with salt and pepper and/or onion soup mix. Wrap it all up and throw it in the fire coals (or the oven at 350) for 30-45 minutes.

Variation: Tin Foil Pizza

source: Scout-o-Rama

Ingredients

1 pkg. pita bread
1 can spaghetti sauce
1 cup grated mozerella cheese
1 pkg. sliced pepperoni
Any other toppings as desired

Equipment

heavy-duty aluminum foil
spoon

Instructions

Cut pita in half and spoon spaghetti sauce into pocket spreading evenly. Add mozerella, pepperoni and any other toppings you wish.
Wrap in heavy duty foil and place in coals. Cook for 1 1/2 minutes on each side. (You just want it to get warm and to melt the cheese. For really hot coals this is plenty of time.)

Check out this site for more tin foil recipes.

Appeared in:

CK Online Summer Camp '09