Category Archives: Scouting

Pizza Dumplings

Are you looking for a fun snack at camp? Here is a quick and easy snack to make with your scouts. Continue reading

Recruiting New Scouts

The fall recruiting season for Cub Scouts, and Boy Scout Troop shopping season is just beginning. This is a very exciting time of the year. To help with attracting families to all that Scouting has to offer, we need to make sure that any barriers to joining are removed.

Here are 3 things that will help grow your membership : Continue reading

Dutch Oven Chicken Chili with Cornbread

It gets hot in the summer, so I love cooking outdoors.  Why heat up the oven and the house, when you can cook outside.  I will look for any reason why we should make a night of being outside and cooking something good to eat.

I love chicken chili because it is filling and healthy. I added some cornbread to the top because it pleases the crowd of hungry boys at the dinner table.

Try this one pot dinner that is sure to please everyone in the family.   Continue reading

Fire Baked Potatoes

Potatoes have been given a bad rap for dieters that they do not deserve. These starchy spuds are a staple to any budget friendly diet.  They can actually be considered healthy depending on how you cook them and how you top them.

They are also a favorite of growing boys.  Just watch a troop of boys eyes light up when you have a baked potato bar for dinner. Continue reading

Ribs and Corn on the Fire

You don’t have to go camping to cook over the fire. This weekend we grilled up baby back ribs and corn over the fire.  I think it looks impressive, but it is actually very easy.

We have a great BBQ. It is made Browning and is called the Cowboy Fire Pit Grill.  Until this grill, we just cooked over a fire.  Amazon has a much less expensive option that looks amazing.  It is called Sunnydaze 36 Inch Northland Grill Fire Pit. Continue reading