Food

Canoeroots columnist and star of the new online show, The Happy Camper wets our appetites for camp food with two delicious recipes that are sure to be a hit on your next canoe trip.

Watch the two video clips to learn about Callan’s secret ingredient for baking better bannock in a reflector oven and how to make the perfect pita pizzas out of an outback oven.

Read more: Learn Kevin Callan’s Secret Ingredient for Better Bannock

Everybody loves a good cup of coffee. And for some people, forgetting the java can spell disaster for a canoe trip. But to make a canoe trip really special, a new tool helps you create gourmet espresso on trip—which guarantees to wake up the sleepiest of campers.

Kevin Callan, Canoeroots contributor and author of numerous backcountry canoe guides, gives us this comical 3-minute video to show you how to make the perfect cup of backcountry espresso. I raise a mug to that!

Read more: VIDEO: Make a Bush Espresso!

Most of us love the taste of a freshly caught fish, especially when you've caught it from your canoe. A great way to cook it, if you don't have a frying pan handy, is on a rock. It's easy simple and there's no greasy pan to clean-up afterwards. See this simple how-to video.

Read more: Fresh Fish Rocks!

On canoe trips, while passing through the reedy-grasses next to shallow and sandy shorelines of inland lakes in Northern Ontario, I’ve often been surprised to discover patches of the wild rice grass. It seems to me, that wild rice would make a perfect edition to the evening’s dinner and would taste delicious alongside a freshly caught walleye or rainbow trout.

But how is wild rice collected? Well, this short video has some good tips on how to collect it yourself and it might just make for an interesting activity on your next late summer or early fall canoe trip, or perhaps it might add some excitement to a wind-bound day.

Read more: VIDEO: Harvesting Wild Rice by Canoe

After a long-day paddle, don’t quench your thirst with sun-warmed beer. Have ice-cold beer or even a bubbly soda with the new product Ice³.

Read more: Ice…Cold…Beer

Check out this unique and delicious grilled cheese sandwiched between bannock. It's sure to get you excited about your next canoe tripping menu.

Read more: Film: Tasty Canoe Tripping Lunch

The next time you’re camping at a provincial park or anywhere else you have access to ice, try this fun activity with a confectionary payoff.  It takes a little time, but it is time well spent when you and your friends or family can enjoy self-made ice cream!