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Come Party With Me: Campfire Fiesta — The Look
My campfire fiesta won't exactly have decor. After all, hanging streamers and piñatas from the trees is a guaranteed way to get heckled by adjacent campers. But I will be needing provisions and gear — everything from aluminum foil for cooking the marshmallow cream puffs to a cute tablecloth to cover the picnic table.
Come Party With Me: Campfire Fiesta — Dessert
This week I'm celebrating the waning days of Summer with a Mexican-inspired menu for my campfire fiesta. But I know that if I don't serve s'mores, there may be a wilderness mutiny. So I'm bringing along milk chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers to make the traditional fireside treat.
Come Party With Me: Campfire Fiesta — Menu
When my friends and I go camping, the food planning comes first. Once we've figured out who's making every appetizer, cocktail, main dish, and dessert, we focus on other details like who's bringing bug spray and how to get where we're going.
So for this week's campfire fiesta, I'm forgoing invitations in favor of a flurry of emails to work out the logistics.
Yummy Links: From Fruit Salad to Fudgsicles
- This cool mojito fruit salad is perfect for Memorial Day. — Baking Bites
- If you're celebrating the long weekend in the great outdoors, learn how to pack your cooler and create a delicious menu. — Chow
- Sex and the City premieres next Friday and the look for the official premiere party will be saturated in crystals.
Off To Market Recap: Campground Tablecloth
Last week I told you about a friend who asked to borrow a sturdy, but stylish tablecloth to cover the campground's picnic table. I do not camp and have nothing to lend her, so I asked you to help me find one. You looked for a reliable, cotton, vinyl, or linen tablecloth that is fun, colorful, and outdoorsy.
Camping Gone Gourmet Side: Grilled Lettuce
The next time you're camping, serve grilled lettuce instead of a predictable side salad. Grilled lettuce makes for an excellent twist on a salad and it's deliciously crisp. Make the blue cheese dressing and bacon crumbles before you leave for the campground and pack both in your cooler with the lettuce.
Reader Recipe: Mexican-Inspired Campfire Cooking
Camping week is coming to an end, but we've got one last thing to share with you. TeamSugar member mapsarefun has shared her perfect camping recipe. Adapted from Rachael Ray, this Mexican inspired one-pot dinner is perfect for the campire.
Camping Plates Set: Love It Or Hate It?
If you can't make it camping — or if you're like PartySugar and don't enjoy camping — this set of four glass camping plates will allow you to bring the campground home. Designed by Caroline Wolfe, these are hand-painted with icons reminiscent of camp. The whole set is $60, which is more than a night under the stars, but they'll last a lot longer.
Come Party With Me: Camping Trip - Drinks
In my opinion, camping trips should always involve a lot of alcoholic beverages. For the gourmet-like menu that you'll be enjoying over the weekend, lots of beer, wine, soda, and water (sparkling and still) will be necessary. To chill all of these beverages you will need several coolers with lots of ice so be sure to delegate.
Fruit Dessert For Camping: Grilled Pineapple
I know that many people like to go camping because they enjoy roughing it. I'm not one of those people. I despise camping, but if I must rough it, I'm expecting some pretty delicious and comforting food.
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