I made a skillet bean dish on a whim with a sun-dried tomato sauce and the two of us could not. stop. eating it. It was so rich that I tempered it with bright green dandelion leaves, sliced thinly and abundant on the forest edge. (Make sure you've clearly identified it before foraging - if you're not sure ask @wildforageflx). The recipe is in my free guide to "cast iron care and cooking" (link in profile ☝️), and could not be easier! I use canned white beans because they're easiest to make last-minute and perfect for cooking outside, as are sun-dried tomatoes, which don't smush when you're packing for camp. 🍅🌱🍂(Thanks for capturing me and my little cook @vicmasters; heeeeyy @nomonthiss) ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #campcooking #campfire #outdoorcooking #bushcraft #campfirecooks #campfirecooking #campinglife #trailgating #openfirecooking #ourcamplife #ourcampdaily #GetOutside #KeepItWild #EnjoyYourWorld #LeaveNoTrace #campinglife #outdoors #WeAreTheWild #LiveAuthentic #slowfood #castiron #castironcooking #glamping #explorerkids #childhoodunplugged #curiouslittleexplorers
*Peach Campfire Crisp with Rose Petals* is live on the blog today (link in profile)! 🍑🌷 ⠀ ⠀ This really is a campfire crisp you can't resist, and there are still peaches at the market! It's sweet enough to pass for dessert while squandering leftovers for an energizing breakies. I like to drench mine with heavy cream but a dollop of plain yogurt will satisfy. This recipe is perfect for beginner campfire cooks, and just as easily made at home in the oven. For the open flames, it's best made in a Dutch oven with a "flanged" lid (a lip around the edge to hold the coals). I'm using my favorite one from @barebonesliving, and so grateful to them for letting me test out their cast iron and get inspired to keep cooking outside. Without further ado... tuck in 👉 http://bit.ly/campfire-crisp 🔥 (Thank you to the @goodlifecider for your charmingly freckled, organic, succulent peaches 🙏).⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #campcooking #campfire #outdoorcooking #bushcraft #campfirecooks #campfirecooking #campinglife #trailgating #openfirecooking #ourcamplife #ourcampdaily #GetOutside #KeepItWild #EnjoyYourWorld #LeaveNoTrace #campinglife #outdoors #WeAreTheWild #LiveAuthentic #slowfood #castiron #castironcooking #dutchoven #crisp #dessert #recipeshare #recipeoftheday #barebonesliving #glamping #feastbyfirelight
Coming tomorrow on the blog (remember that thing I have? 😜): a new recipe for campfire crisp, because I'm in love with this simple crowd-pleaser and the rainbow of possibilities it offers. Mind you, all while looking very impressive and mouthwatering. I also get to talk about my new favorite cast iron Dutch oven by @barebonesliving! Stay tuned... 🍴⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #campcooking #campfire #outdoorcooking #bushcraft #campfirecooks #campfirecooking #campinglife #trailgating #openfirecooking #ourcamplife #ourcampdaily #GetOutside #KeepItWild #EnjoyYourWorld #LeaveNoTrace #campinglife #outdoors #WeAreTheWild #LiveAuthentic #slowfood #castiron #castironcooking #dutchoven #glamping
It is the season of gold upon gold upon gold... in the light, reflected in the water, spewing forth from the ground. It is the time to savor and store the sun. Who better to write of goldenrod than Robin Wall Kimmerer: "If a fountain could jet bouquets of chrome yellow in dazzling arches of chrysanthemum fireworks, that would be Canada goldenrod. Each three- foot stem is a geyser of tiny gold daisies, ladylike in miniature, exuberant en masse." (From Braiding Sweetgrass)⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #goldenrod #robinwallkimmerer #braidingsweetgrass #wildflower #wildflowers #firelightcamps #glamping #safaritent #iloveny #ithacaisgorges #fingerlakes #fallflowers #upstateny #ithaca #keepitwild #getoutside
The hubs building a forest campfire for us, because why not (and remember, we've got those brownie stuffed oranges to bake in the coals!). 🍊⠀ ⠀ Can you tell from the kindling (the small pile of sticks) what method he's using to build the fire? It's our favorite, and the same process we teach our Camp Hosts at @firelightcamps. Here's a hint: it's named after a tented structure. 🔥(Pic by fellow forest feaster @vicmasters) ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #campfire #camplife #keepitwild #bushcraft #fall
We're entering the best season of all for campfires! Who's made campfire brownies in an orange before?! 🍊🔥🍂 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #buzzfeast #yahoofood #eeeeeats #f52grams #thektchn #feedfeed #instayum #tastespotting #fwx #forkyeah #beautifulcuisines #f52farmstand #thekitchn #huffposttaste #munchies #slowfood #bonappetite #foostagram #campcooking #campfire #outdoorcooking #campfirecooks #campfirecooking #campinglife #trailgating #openfirecooking #ourcamplife #ourcampdaily #brownies #orange
Can I stand here forever, Where light meets night and the mountains crown the sky; Where my baby takes my hand and together, we learn to fly. 🦅 🌅 ✨ (I wrote a poem. Hehe.)
My friend and Camp Host this morning, @emmapure_, told me "@firelightcamps is giving me life!" Even after four seasons, I still know what she means. The community of guests and wanderlusts, the campfires; it's all magic. This little corner of earth is special. I find myself drawn here even when I'm not working, to roam with Ayla and see what gifts we'll find. The land is plentiful, bursting, alive! Today we started in the blackberry patch, and the Concord grapes are now rivaling the berry bushes. With lips and fingers stained and smeared, we ventured around the pond and got caught in the slightest shower, which made the goldenrod and cattails dance 🌾. A little ways down the path we spotted a hare! And then as we came full circle to the lobby there was a tremendous burst of thunder and then this. A double rainbow, and Ayla's first. 🌈 I feel so grateful to our friends at @latourelle_ithaca for inviting us into their backyard, and for our Firelight family (animals included!) who help keep this world enchanting, for little ones at heart. 💜 (See Ayla's "rainbow!" And "ba-ba-bunny exclamation in my story ☝️).
It was this time two year later ago I pulled ashore on this secluded island beach off the coast of Sitka, Alaska. I was with my salmon sisters @wildforageflx and Edub, and Alaskavore chef @rob_kinneen. It was the last day of a ten-day tour through Salmon country, from river runs to open sea and the table. The ocean was ice cold but we threw ourselves in and then ran wild, barefoot, through the forest. It was carpeted and wallpapered with moss like you've never seen. The heat and rare summer sunshine flooded quickly back into our bones, and we collected eagle feathers for the children, who stood on the fringe gobbling salmonberries from the bushes. Ayla was growing inside me then, and I remember wanting to give this all to her one day. 🌏⠀ ⠀ Help me keep this wild bastion alive by funding The Wild, an incredible documentary by @thebreachfilm, that will tell the story of the largest wild salmon run in the world, and the perils it faces. Let's keep this magic, this power, alive for our children! 🐟 Copy & paste 👉 https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/thewildfilm#story. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #wildsalmon #savewildsalmon #comehometothewild #salmon #sockeye #alaska #sitka #sitkaalaska #wildfoodlove #wildwomen #salmoncountry #salmonrun