it is summertime and today I'm going to show you a few different things that you can cook
over the campfire with skewers that is the theme of this video now before we dive in just want to
go over a couple options you have stainless steel skewers or bamboo skewers if you are
using the bamboo skewers make sure that you soak them before you use them or else they
will burn and so that's just kind of an extra step at camp that I typically don't want to
do so I have these reusable stainless steel skewers that I'm going to be using today so
with that we're going to get the fire going and we'll get started with the first meal
let me pull my hair back here I don't get my hair in the fire okay so here we have our fire
has been burning for a bit and it's starting to kind of come down we have some good coals
for cooking probably going to start by putting things on this side and I can get in there and
move things as needed and also keep adding wood to the fire to keep it going first up we're going to
make French toast bites you're going to start by making a basic French toast mix with eggs
whole milk lots of cinnamon and some sugar mix that together well and then I also have some
french bread cubed and now I'm simply going to soak a few pieces at a time in the egg mixture
you don't need to soak them for long just about a minute or so and then start sliding
the French toast bites onto the skewers I like to make sure that the skewer goes through the
crust to help them stay on better and then you simply place the skewers on the grill grate
I've found that it's best to cook these lower and slower so that the outside doesn't burn before
the inside is done also make sure that you rotate them frequently so that all sides get fully cooked
and nothing is left soggy once the eggs have set and the French toast is fully cooked remove them
from the Heat and slide them off the skewers serve with some fresh fruit and lots of pure maple syrup
food photographer in me couldn't resist sprinkling
them with a little powdered sugar but that step is not necessary [Music]
where are you going I'm gonna go put him on this next up we have simple grilled fruit the
two fruits that I like best for grilling are pineapples and peaches so after cutting the
fruit I slide them onto the skewers and place them on the grill [Music]
for a shorter time just to get some of the sugars to caramelize without
the fruit becoming too soft and mushy [Music]
now for serving I have two options to show you you can take some plain Greek yogurt and mix it with
fresh raw honey this makes a nice yogurt dipping sauce and you can even add in some granola here if
you want or you can use Mascarpone cheese with that incredible local raw honey this option is
much more rich and creamy and dessert like when compared to the Greek yogurt I love Mascarpone
cheese and this raw honey just takes it to a whole new level you can add as little or as
much honey as you'd like and then when the fruit is done remove it from the skewers and dip [Music]
the last thing I'm going to cook today is some protein and veggies in here I have
beef that's been cubed and marinating in my Citrus herb marinade you can get the recipe
in the description box below the video but if you want an option that does not have raw meat
these chicken sausages are perfect because they're fully cooked and all you have to do is heat them
up on the grill so this is something I like to do if I just need a quick dinner but today I'm
going to make these beef kebabs since they've been marinating and they're ready to go [Music]
thank you [Music] now let's talk about veggies my favorite vegetables for
skewers are bell peppers zucchini red or sweet onions and cherry tomatoes
I have some oil to coat the veggies in and also spices [Music]
I'm gonna start with the zucchini coat them all in oil and then for the spices I honestly
don't remember what's in these tubes but any all-purpose seasoning will probably work here
Traeger makes some great options that are nice to have on hand for these types of
meals and here I go again using my hands to quickly get everything coated in the
spices and oil and then I assemble them on the skewers and they hit the grill [Music]
[Music] while things are cooking I want to pop in here with a few tips now first one is to make
sure that you're cutting your ingredients in a uniform size and I think this is especially
important when you're dealing with meat because you want everything to cook evenly and so if
you have small pieces of meat and then larger pieces on the same Kebab you're going to have
things that are overdone and underdone and it just makes things a little bit harder to cook
so try to keep all your ingredients uniform sizes my next tip is to keep like items together on the
kebabs now I love a kebab that has like all those pretty alternating vegetables and it just looks
really nice but at the end of the day certain vegetables and fruits and stuff just cook at
different times so if you have a kebab skewer that has some peppers onions and tomatoes all
all in one skewer those Tomatoes might be done before the other ingredients so I tend to keep
like items together so I'll have a kebab that is just tomatoes and just peppers and it just
makes sure that you can kind of cook everything evenly and some things aren't just like falling
off because they're done while other things still need time next up is to make sure that
you have proper heat protection in the tools to be working over the fire with the kebabs
so I have these fire resistant gloves these are great because they protect your hands and
your wrists and everything as you're kind of working around the fire and then I also
love good stainless steel tongs these are great for flipping your kebabs and just moving things
around on the grill over the fire my last tip is just to be mindful of the Heat and be aware
of the fact that you're probably gonna have to move things and rotate things a little bit more
frequently when you're cooking over a campfire because there's just going to be areas of the
grill grate that are hotter than others you have direct heat over the flame and then you can move
things off to the side where you're going to have a little bit more of an indirect heat that it's
not as hot so just keep that in mind it's part of the fun of cooking over the fire but you're
probably going to have to get in there and move things around and rotate things a little bit more
frequently than you would if you're cooking on a propane grill at home for example just a few
more minutes on the veggies I've already pulled the tomatoes and then dinner is served [Music]
there you have it these are some really simple things that you can cook on kebabs we covered
fruit vegetables proteins how incredible does this plate of food look this is one
of my favorite recipes for kebabs and you can download this on my website so I'll put the
link in the description below this video for these Citrus herb kebabs with veggies so good
hope you like this if you did make sure to check out this video next I have so many camp cooking
videos on this channel so you can get tons of ideas for your next camping trip [Music]