My favorite meal to prepare in camp is CampingJay’s Paleo Dutch Oven Chili. My chili recipe follows all the paleo / whole30 rules: no legumes, sugar, grains, dairy, or alcohol. Instead, you get a giant serving of meat and vegetables. Its just what the caveman in you craves.
Every year I go on two or three car-camping or base-camping trips with friends, and I always find that I’d like to contribute more to cooking on these trips. When I was younger, my father always talked about cooking in the Dutch Oven on scout trips, but he never showed me how to use one. Two years ago, I borrowed one of his old rusty Dutch Ovens, and refurbished it, then tried using it on a camping trip in the Adirondacks. The results mixed, but I wanted to keep trying, and it is still a work in progress. Here is what I have learned so far about Dutch Oven Cooking