The Ultimate Recipe to Upgrade Your Campfire Cooking

The best food to eat around the campfire is unapologetic comfort food. It’s hot, hearty and, after a long day of trekking through the woods, it satisfies the body and soul. And if you believe a flavorless and freeze-dried meal, wolfed down in solitude, has ever made a hiker happy, Molly Herber, Staff Writer at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and wilderness-foodie-extraordinaire, will disagree. Herber instead recommends a recipe that’ll knock the wool socks off any camper: backcountry pizza.

“It makes people think of home. It’s fun to share. And it makes people shocked that they’re able to make something as fun and tasty as pizza when they’re out camping,” Herber said. In addition to being delicious and easy to make, Herber said that part of what makes backcountry pizza such a great camp recipe is that it’s communal. “You’re not making a pizza just for yourself. There’s a lot of bonding that comes from it.” Pizza will warm and fill you up, and should set you to sleep with enough energy to push through the next day of your trek. Plus, it can be made in 40 minutes or less.

Read our own backcountry pizza recipe here.