The Campside Guide to Dutch Oven Cooking ─ 66 Easy, Delicious Recipes for Backpackers, Day Hikers, and Campers

The cast iron Dutch oven is a classic workhorse for any camp cook, perfect for whipping up one-pot meals for breakfast, dinner, desserts, and beyond. Shared here in this compact, ready-made guide are 66 recipes and accompanying color photos that provide a delicious springboard for the new outdoor cook to launch his efforts at keeping fellow campers happily fed in the wild.

In addition to detailed and flavorful recipes, The Campsite Guide to Dutch Oven Cooking includes helpful advice on heating for different cooking styles, maintaining even cooking temperatures, cleaning and protecting your Dutch oven, and even tips on choosing the Dutch oven that’s right for you. Readers will also find cooking hints and a list of useful accessories to ensure you have all the skills and tools to cook many easy outdoor meals.

The recipes in this book are tasty and fun as presented, but author Paul Kautz asks readers to not limit themselves to use them exactly as they are written. Go ahead and swap nutmeg for cinnamon, exchange pork for beef, or replace cheddar with pepperjackexperiment!

Paul Kautz is a freelance writer and website developer, specializing in content about camping and wilderness skills. His Dutch oven experience comes from 14 years of camping and cooking outdoors with his two sons. Besides outdoor cooking, Kautz enjoys long distance hiking and blogging, in real time, from the trailhe hikes over 2,000 per year. When not cooking around the fire or hiking, Kautz leads training in Leave NO Trace, the Red Cross, and lightweight packing to youths and adults preparing for their own wilderness adventures. You can visit Kautz at DutchOvenDude.com. He resides in Eden Prairie, MN.