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49 Quick and Tasty Camping Food Ideas

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49 Quick and Tasty Camping Food Ideas

As much as we all love the wild vistas, the geological marvels, and the hiking, swimming, and paddling of a camping trip, a whole lot of the joy of camping centers on food, right? It’s a cliché that grub tastes better outdoors, but darn it it’s a fact, too. Just like back home, though, it’s easy to become bored with your campsite cuisine—or, if you’re new to roughing it, it’s hard to know what camping meals to make in the first place.

Well, that’s where Mountain House comes into the picture. First off, our freeze-dried meals make scrumptious entrees that require no more prep work than boiling water—absolutely ideal for both car-camping and backpacking. We’ve been feeding campers since the 1960s, and our products boast a longer shelf life than any of our competitors; ; 30 years from the date of manufacture!

But we also want to inspire you more generally in the campsite-cooking department, which is why we’ve compiled this list of camping food ideas from some standout authorities. Read on and get ready to work up an appetite!

BREAKFAST

LUNCH

DINNER

DESSERT

SNACKS

TIPS

BREAKFAST

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and that certainly applies in the woods. Beginning your day with hearty camping breakfast ensures you’ll have the proper energy for an active morning of outdoor fun and exploration, avoiding the dreaded blood-sugar collapse and ensuing “hanger.”

Here are some easy camping meals for a lovely, laidback morning at the site!

Mason Jar Campfire Pancakes

Made-from-scratch pancakes for camp breakfast! Just add the dry ingredients to a mason jar to create a pre-made pancake mix and then add the appropriate amount of eggs and milk to two more jars (or any other container of your choice) and you’re all set! A great idea we’re all the way behind!

Upgraded Mountain House Breakfast Skillet

Our freeze-dried Breakfast Skillet pouch only requires some hot water and you’ll have a great-tasting breakfast in no time. But you can also hack your skillet with some extra ingredients like cilantro, chives, and avocado to upgrade your meal and add some black beans for an easy side dish. And if you bring along some tortillas, you can roll everything up into some delicious breakfast burritos!

Campfire Apple Crisp Breakfast

One skillet and a happy campfire are all you need to cook up this fabulously delicious breakfast treat shared by Escape Adventures.

Chickpea Flour Breakfast Scramble

Whip up a vegan-friendly camp breakfast with this Fresh Off the Grid recipe.

Campfire French Toast

If you think French toast is a breakfast classic best reserved for the kitchen back home, think again! This Lil Piglet shows how to make campsite-ready French toast.

Caramelized Banana Oatmeal

The ingredient list and preparation couldn’t be simpler, but Dirty Gourmet’s Caramelized Banana Oatmeal tastes like a genuine gourmet breakfast in the boonies

.Asparagus Pancetta Skillet Hash

It’s easy but ill-advised to skimp on the veggies while out and about in the Great Outdoors. This recipe from Fresh Off the Grid incorporates delicious (and vibrantly colorful) asparagus, a durable and delicious green that’ll last quite a while your comping food storage container.

Campfire Cinnamon Roll-Ups

Heads up: These devilishly good creations from Almost Supermom are going to earn you plenty of around-the-campfire accolades.

Kielbasa, Pepper, Onion, & Potato Hash

For a super-easy and quick-cooking but also hearty dinner, give this two-skillet preparation (you can make it in one, too, but read the recipe’s disclaimer) from The Two Bite Club blog a try.

Campfire Beer Pancakes

We’re not sure we have to say much else beyond the name of this breakfast dish to get you to check out the recipe over at Chowhound.

LUNCH

Whether you’re gunning hard on the trail, the river, or the rock faces, or indulging in more leisurely sightseeing in a national park or scenic corridor, camping inspires a mean and honest appetite. While backpackers might observe the midday camping meal with nothing more than an extended snack break, many other campers like to go for a more ambitious fresh-air lunch, in which case the following camping food recipes ought to fit the bill nicely.

Asian Broccoli Slaw w/Pineapple

Put together this zesty and colorful slaw from The Adventure Bite team before your camping trip, and it’ll just get more flavorful with the extra sitting time in a ziplock bag or Tupperware container.

Mountain House’s Elevated Mac & Cheese

There’s nothing better than mac & cheese for lunch! Plus, it’s kid-friendly! You can give it to the kids right out of the pouch and spice up your own serving with some tasty toppings like salsa and sour cream!

Cheesy Ham & Pineapple Sandwich

by Erin Clarke of Well Plated

This foil-wrapped, fire-cooked winner comes to us from Well Plated by Erin and its creator’s fond memories of Girl Scout campfire cookouts.

Grilled Hot Pastrami Sandwich

Another absolutely scrumptious foil-cooking homerun of a camping lunch, thanks to Kleinworth & Co.

Grilled Halloumi Tacos

This veggie tacos made with the Greek cheese halloumi (another Fresh Off the Grid score) are easy to throw together in the campsite or picnic area.

Campfire Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich

Enjoy the City of Brotherly Love’s signature sammie at the campsite with this hassle-free tinfoil recipe from Twin Dragonfly Designs.

Goat Milk Gouda Veggie Sandwich

Cheese takes a starring role in this delicious sandwich, a blue-ribbon midday reward on the trail. Check out the recipe at Dirty Gourmet!

DINNER

There’s nothing like an evening at the campsite, and nothing like thoughts of dinner to propel a hiker down the trail. Here’s a varied roundup of awesomely easy camping recipes: none of them particularly complicated or demanding to make, yet delivering flavors to impress even the pickiest (or snootiest) campsite diner.

Dutch Oven Stuffed Peppers

Easy to assemble, quick to cook, a cinch to clean up: You’ll definitely want to give these oozy delicacies from the Dirty Gourmet recipe archives a try!

Mountain House Restaurant-Style Fettuccine Alfredo

You don’t have to go to a fancy restaurant to get an amazing pasta meal for dinner. Prepare a pouch of Mountain House Fettuccine Alfredo and add some fresh herbs, mushrooms, shrimp, or breadcrumbs and you’ll have an amazing dinner in about 10 minutes.

Red Lentil Sloppy Joes

Sloppy Joes are a camping favorite for many, and with this preparation from Fresh Off the Grid, you can put smiles on the faces of the whole crew with a healthier alternative to the traditional.

BBQ Chicken Foil Packs

More foil-wrapped dinnertime goodness courtesy of Life in the Lofthouse!

Salsa & Corn Dumpling Soup

At the end of a long day on the trail or up on the knife-edge ridges, this delicious, warming broth—a gift to us all from the Dirty Gourmet team—is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Skillet Sausage & Potatoes

Smoked sausage, potatoes, and carrots come together in one-skillet harmony in this surefire camp-dinner recipe from Rasa Malaysia.

Dutch Oven Lasagna

Turn the campsite into an Italian trattoria with this easy-to-make Dutch oven preparation of lasagna, thanks to Fresh Off the Grid.

Campfire Whiskey BBQ Chicken

Make this to-die-for BBQ sauce (from Cooking With Janica) ahead of time at home, and you’ll be thanking yourself when the aroma of grilled chicken hits you over the campfire.

Shrimp Scampi Foil Packets

You’ll be dispensing gourmet goodness by following these Damn Delicious (indeed) directions for campfire-style Shrimp Scampi.

One Pot Chili

Schemed up by a self-admitted non-camper ahead of a camping trip, Made By Luci’s One Pot Chili is tummy-rubbing good—and a vegan, gluten-free dinner option.

Easy Campfire Pizza

Pizza is one of those beloved comfort foods that tend to star in an awful lot of backcountry hankerings. Well, no need to wait until after the camping trip to enjoy it—just check out this Damn Fine Dishes technique for Dutch oven or cast-iron skillet campfire pizza! You can also check out Barbara’s cookbook The Culinary Camper which features recipes based on her years of experience in camp cooking.

Pizzadilla

Speaking of pizza, here’s a sort of backcountry pizza hack employing tortillas instead of dough (courtesy of the experienced camp chefs over there at Backpacker).

Campfire Hot Dogs

These easy-peasy pigs-in-a-blanket are fun-to-cook crowd-pleasers. (How many hyphens can we have in one sentence?)

Camping Mac ‘n Cheese

Classic comfort food like mac ‘n cheese tastes even better out in the woods, and this recipe from Hapa Nom Nom is a quick-to-make, one-pot version that nonetheless tilts toward the gourmet side of the spectrum.

Campfire Roasted Pumpkin Rice

The campsite chefs at Dirty Gourmet “campified” an Armenian dish, ghapama, and the result is this delightful Dutch-oven dinner of rice-stuffed pumpkin.

Cheddar Corn Chowder w/Bacon

Bacon tastes all the better in the backwoods. This simple and hearty chowder brought to you by Backpacker, incorporates this reliably magical ingredient to keep hiking muscles well fueled.

Steamed Campfire Broccoli

Steamed broccoli over a campfire? Sure—just follow these steps laid out at the Spicy Apron blog! Don’t forget your aluminum foil!

Trout Tacos

For the angling-inclined among you, check out this great lakeside preparation courtesy of the folks at Dirty Gourmet.

Sweet Potato Peanut Stew

This healthy Fresh Off the Grid dinner option nourishes taste buds, stomach, and soul alike at the end of an invigorating day spent out-of-doors.

Miso Noodle Soup w/Tofu

Healthy, hearty, slurp-worthy: another Backpacker dinner gem.

DESSERT

Don’t neglect dessert at the campsite, which besides keeping the camping crew happy sets you up for a nice and warm snooze with some slow-burning sweet-stuff energy. The following confections will knock your socks off under a deep, blazing sea of stars.

Mason Jar Peach Crisp

A little pre-trip prep work pays off big time at camp when you pop open some jars of this guilt-free Flavour & Savour dessert.

Apricot Coconut Crumb Bars

Another easy and delicious dessert baked ahead of time and highly camp-friendly, via Dirty Gourmet.

Strawberry Almond Cake

Pound cake, dried strawberries, almond butter, and water—BAM. Thanks, Backpacker, for this wilderness dessert.

S’mores Dip

One does not compile a list of camping desserts without including at least one take on s’mores—so here you go, a playful spin on tradition by Hungry Brownie.

SNACKS

Back at home, it’s sometimes better to skip the snacks, but on a camping trip, they’re an essential part of your daily food intake. They needn’t simply take the form of a chocolate bar or handful of store-bought trail-mix: Expand your snack horizons with the following between-meal camping food ideas!

Sun-dried Tomato Bacon Guacamole

Dani over at The Adventure Bite shares a magnificently mouthwatering recipe for guacamole she reports is part of her family’s regular camping cuisine. Chips and guacamole at the campsite—heavenly.

Mountain House Granola and Fresh Fruit

Granola is an amazing snack at any time of day. Mix in some peanut butter or chocolate chips and add some fresh fruit and any other favorite toppings and everyone’s going to ask you to share.

Campfire Chili Cheese Fries

It’s not exactly health food, but hopefully, you’ve earned this decadent happy-hour-at-the-campsite feast from the Kitchen Magpie via some hearty hiking or paddling or rock-climbing…right?

Dried Cherry Almond Granola Clusters

Granola’s a classic trailside snack, of course, packed with both energy and flavor to keep you going when the miles start adding up. Here’s a great recipe for homemade granola from Call Me PMc.

Pecan Raisin Granola

Here’s another top-shelf granola recipe, this one courtesy of Dirty Gourmet.

Campfire Spinach Dip

Head over to Twin Dragonfly Designs and learn how to whip up some creamy, can’t-get-enough spinach dip through some campfire tinfoil cooking.

Tipsy Campfire Nachos

The name for this creation by Amanda over at Peppers & Pennies stems from a Canadian cheese soaked in wine, but the nachos recipe itself also calls for the incorporation of beer, all of which sounds pretty great to us.

Campfire Breadsticks

A dough-wrapped stick, a campfire: what could be simpler? This Shock Munch recipe may well end up in your go-to bag of campfire-cookery tricks.

TIPS

As some of the above mentioned recipes suggest, you can save yourself a lot of time and hassle at the campsite by prepping certain ingredients (grated cheese, marinated chicken, etc.) ahead of time.

Bring some aluminum foil for easy grilling. It also works great for making foil-pack recipes on the camp stove.

One- or two-pot meals work best at the campsite. You can exercise quite a bit of resourcefulness and creativity by planning out your cooking gameplan: Cook the rice in a pot, then set it aside covered and use the same pot to sauté veggies or heat up curry to go on top. Even if the rice cools down a little more than your liking, you can always dump it back in the pot with the rest of the cooked ingredients to warm it up right at the end, just before serving.

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todorokiprotectionsquad · 4 years ago

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okay a while ago a pal and i were talking about youtuber!todoroki doing a wilderness survival challenge so please consider:

his friends catch wind of this idea and all insist on going with him,, there’s no way he could make it 24 hours in the woods without momo batting poisonous berries away from his mouth seconds before he tries to eat them (this has happened several times)

it’s a nature survival challenge no quirks allowed but todoroki literally only brought the clothes on his back and a big metal pot??

todoroki, taking off his shirt and tying it around his forehead like a bandana: so this will keep the sun out of my eyes and prevent sunburn..

iida: but now you’re shirtless

todoroki: i’m what?

obviously didn’t bring any type of tent or shelter so he just starts ripping grass outta the ground and making a mattress.. it’s his nest now. later when he’s desperate for food he tries to eat his bed. it’s a salad which is good because he’s not willing to kill for food and now he’s telling his subscribers he’s a vegan

iida points out that if a wild animal DOES come for him, todoroki doesn’t have any way to fight it off but he refutes this by pulling a giant sword out of his waistband..

iida: where the FUCK did you get that

eventually he gets thirsty and heads down to the spring with his pot and todoroki’s like ok now i’m going to drink from the spring and momo’s like wait you have to purify the water and shouto’s like if i get a ringworm maybe i’ll die.. momo’s like ..this iS A SURVIVAL CHALLENGE

todoroki: okay night is falling guess i should make a campfire

midoriya: you can’t just make a fire by blowing hot air on the wood

todoroki: i think i saw a spark

midoriya: it’s been two hours

constantly asking momo if certain berries are edible. she keeps saying no but he snuck that blackberry and he hasn’t died yet so..

cutscene to todoroki leaning on a stick like a cane with his stupid fucking tee shirt draped over his head and some dirt on his chest that was very obviously smeared to look like he’s been thru something: it’s day 15 and-

momo in the background, holding a stopwatch: shouto it’s been 32 minutes

todoroki, halfway through the challenge: wait don’t trees have syrup?

deku: no todoroki don-

*camera cuts to todoroki punching the tree then putting his lips to the bark to try n suck the syrup out* *camera zooms to shouto with obvious tears streaming down his cheeks* *todoroki’s voiceover* GOD this tastes jUST LIKE MY MOM’S PANCAKES

#THIS IS SO OLD WHY DID I NEVER POST THIS #i was definitely on crack two years ago #todoroki shouto #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #mine

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gameofdrarry · 4 years ago

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Wizards Hearts Recs: Vacation!Fic

Wizards Hearts was a four-month-long Drarry reading fest. Players were given a playing deck of 52 tropes, and were asked to find 52 different fics to read and comment on to fill their decks. To prevent the same few fics from being read, fics were restricted to only being used for the game three times before being considered ineligible for further points. The tropes and submissions list can be found here.

Check out the masterlist of fics for this trope below the cut!

📜 Our Dreams, Our Pride by ahhhnorealnamesallowed Rated: Mature Words: 10319 Tags: Hermione Granger is a Good Friend, Healer Draco Malfoy, Healer Harry Potter, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Hogwarts Eighth Year, Holidays, a very british coach holiday, Ireland, POV Alternating, Swearing, discussion of sex and sexual acts, Slice of Life, Fluff, Fluff without Plot, (or very little plot), Magic University - Freeform, Post-Secondary, Getting Together, Established Relationship Summary: For six years, Harry has promised Draco a 'big thing' for their anniversary. This year is the year Harry is going to make it happen, even if he does so in a very Harry Potter way. Including last-minute vacation planning, some very sassy old people, a coach bus, and less anniversary sex than expected. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Staying Afloat by Scarshavestories Rated: General Words: 3138 Tags: Cruise Ships, Holidays, Established Relationship, Vacation, Banter, Slice of Life Summary: Harry and Draco are heading off on a Muggle cruise in the sunny Caribbean. Will their relationship survive their first holiday as a couple, or will the week end in disaster and Obliviation? ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Momenti Diversi, Day Five by zarah5 Rated: Mature Words: 11662 Tags: Happy Ending, Blow Job, Future Fic, Post-Canon Summary: In which you'll find the Italian sun, freshly resolved sexual tension, a reluctant Harry and a persuasive Draco. (Post-Hogwarts, aftermath of war.) ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 A Holiday in Provence by dracoismytrashson (JGogoboots) Rated: Explicit Words: 32213 Tags: Harry Potter Epilogue Compliant, Post-Hogwarts, Older Characters, Divorced Harry Potter & Ginny Weasley, Divorced Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter's Birthday, Drunken Flirting, Resolved Sexual Tension, Blow Jobs, Rimming, First Time, Anal Sex, Bisexual Harry Potter, Bisexual Draco Malfoy, Implied Switching, Outdoor Sex, H/D Food Fair 2018, Draco Malfoy Speaks French Summary: Harry Potter is turning 50 years old and feeling lonelier than ever. Divorced, retired, and learning he’s not quite as straight as he thought he was, Harry reluctantly accepts a birthday gift from his friends for a week’s stay at an idyllic French vineyard. Too bad Hermione and Ron neglected to mention that the owner of the winery happens to be a certain quick-witted blond Slytherin… ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 And She Kissed the Moon by laughingd0g Rated: Mature Words: 6613 Tags: Camping, Pureblood Traditions, Harry and Draco are betrothed, (they are disgustingly happy together), Friendly Bets, Kissing, Banter, Pansy is gorgeous and she knows it, Ginny is not impressed (yes she is), creative use of the disillusionment charm, Campfires, Star/moongazing, frenemies to lovers Summary: Who thought it would be a good idea to bring Parkinson camping? (Malfoy.) From the beginning it’s been “my nails” this and “blisters” that. So Ginny makes a bet with her. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Slowly We Unfurl by spookywoods Rated: Explicit Words: 13705 Tags: Mutual Pining, Not Epilogue Compliant, Rimming, Anal Sex, Vacation Summary: Draco wanted to go to Greece. He would have loved Greece. But the group vacation to Norway doesn’t go quite as expected when Potter falls into an enchanted lake. Or, the one where a little push (into a lake) is all these two oblivious men need. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 in His name by M0stlyVoid Rated: Explicit Words: 6691 Tags: Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Religion Kink, Religious Fanaticism, Churches & Cathedrals, Demon Summoning, Demonic Possession, Exorcisms, Other: See Story Notes, Wine, Rituals, Oral Sex, Prostitution Summary: Something Dark is gathering along the Camino di Francesco, and Draco Malfoy is the only one qualified to deal with it. He insists on Potter coming along. For protection, of course, no other motive—why do you ask? ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Starkissed by Zigster Rated: Explicit Words: 32631 Tags: Digital Art, Fated Markings, Tattoos, But Not Tattoos, Italy, Venice, Vacation, Beaches, Crashing Waves, Deception, Intrigue, Carnevale di Venezia, Muggle Photography, Slow Burn, Sexual Tension, Body Worship, Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, Rimming, Enthusiastic Giving of Head, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Tattooed Harry Potter, Pining Harry Potter, Harry Potter is Obsessed with Draco Malfoy, Snarky Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy With Pink Hair, Original Characters as Draco's Flatmates, They Have Lots of Plants, Minor Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, H/D Sex Fair 2020 Summary: “Your tattoos!” The intruder says, boldly stepping over Ron’s chaise and crossing in front of Hermione to get to Harry, eyes wide and hungry. Harry immediately sits up, pulling the towel draped across the back of his chair down over his shoulders. “No! Don’t cover them. They’re beautiful.” Harry hopes an indulgent trip abroad will help shake him out of the doldrums of his life. What he finds once he gets to Venice is more than he ever expected. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Reunion by wordsphoenix Rated: Not Rated Words: 52622 Tags: Unexpected reunion with a tinge of career fair, vacation fic, holiday fic, tragically it's Thanksgiving, NaNoWriMo 2019, Harry and Draco on vacation, Family reunion in the lovely suburbs of Dallas, Established Relationship, road trip at the beginning too because why not Summary: Harry hasn't seen Dudley in years, but they have been exchanging Christmas Cards. And Dudley wants him to come stay. Which is fine, really, Harry just has to fly over an ocean and bring Draco for moral support and meet the whole extended family because they're doing Thanksgiving and he's always wanted to see America, anyway. Might as well. Introducing the fantastic the spectacular the wonderful ELLA DURSLEY, four-year-old extraordinaire, destroyer of worlds, etc, etc. Almost no magic at all because it would be a little hard to explain to a four-year-old, astonishing intelligence aside. Penny is the Greatest Mom. Blanket TW for general panic and Harry thinking about his childhood. Minor TW for anxiety and eating disorders, both mentioned in chapter 6. Lots of Harry processing emotions. Also some sweariness and mentions of sexytimes. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 100,000 Galleons by bixgirl1 Rated: Explicit Words: 28289 Tags: Travel, Seduction, Pining, Oblivious Harry, Falling In Love, Draco's bad at Muggle things, He keeps trying though, Humor, wanking, Voyeurism, (sort of), light D/s elements, Dirty Talk, Bottom Harry, Oral Sex, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Rimming Summary: When a weekend with Harry gets purchased at a Bachelor charity auction by Malfoy, he's sure the trip is going to be filled with disaster. And it is. It really is. Just... maybe not in the ways he thought. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 NEVER VISIT by JET_Playin Rated: Teen and Up Words: 7994 Tags: Fluff, I'm Sorry, Tumblr Prompt, HP: EWE, Post-Hogwarts, Travel, Underage Drinking, By US standards Summary: Prompt: On everyone’s 18th birthday they receive a letter from their future selves. Some receive long messages about their future lovers or messages about changes they would have made. Yours contains nothing but a small list of locations and the words, “NEVER VISIT”. Of course, Harry doesn't trust the letter... ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Tournesol by meandminniemcg Rated: Teen and Up Words: 1567 Tags: Post hogwarts EWE, France (Country), Coffee Shops, Vacation, Mention of Mental Health Issues, But balanced out with fluff, Getting Back Together, Demisexual Harry Potter Summary: Harry hates vacations, they give too much chance to think of his losses. But sometimes vacations are a time to be lucky in finding the right coffeeshop... ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Cooling Down by prolix (shal) Rated: Explicit Words: 3026 Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Smut, Temperature Play, Ice Play, Nipple Play, Oral Sex, Anal Fingering, Praise Kink, Hand Jobs, Kissing, Dirty Talk, Alcohol, Established Relationship, Vacation, Taste, Touch, TasteofSmut 2020, Beach Holidays, Greece, POV Harry Potter Summary: Harry needs to relax. Draco needs to cool off. Together, with a bit of ice, they manage to do just that. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Kiss Me In Barcelona by artiata Rated: Explicit Words: 6467 Tags: Drarry, Smut, Gay Sex, Kissing, make out, explicit - Freeform, Vegan Harry, Vegan Harry Potter, Vacation, Aurors, Slow Burn, Anal Sex, Blowjobs, handjobs, barcelona, Kingsley is a matchmaker, he is also sort of a little shit, but we still respect and love him because yeah Summary: If you want to bicker like children, you'll be treated like children. Of course, that's if you punish your children by magically binding their wrists together for three weeks, then send them off to Barcelona for 'bonding purposes' ❤️ Read on AO3

#vacation fic #drarry #drarry fic #game of drarry #wizards hearts #wh masterlist

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chicgeekgirl89 · 4 years ago

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Country Roads, Take Me Home: Chap. 2

Fandom: NCIS LA

Characters: Marty Deeks, Kensi Blye

A/N: I'm telling you right now, this story may have gone completely off the rails. It's been a weird summer and...I honestly don't quite know what happened. This is your warning!

Read Chapter 1 Here

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They were up bright and early the next morning to take Monty to doggy daycare where Roberta would pick him up at the end of the day. Then they hit the road for Yosemite. So far, things were going exactly according to plan. Until they inevitably got stuck in LA traffic.

“Remember last night when I asked you about snacks? You brought some right? Because I don’t know how long I can last without snacks,” Kensi said after about forty minutes.

Deeks looked at her sideways. “Did I buy snacks? Do you think I don’t know you after all this time? Check the fridge.”

She unbuckled her seatbelt and walked halfway back to the little kitchenette. Opening the fridge her eyes went wide in delight. “You got me Reese’s?”

“Of course I got you Reese’s. I wanted this to be fun, not the road trip from hell.”

She rejoined him, plopping happily back into her seat and giving him a peck on the cheek. “This is already off to a better start than all our other vacations.”

“I told you.”

“So why Yosemite? There lots of other parks in California.”

“Well first of all, Yosemite Sam. Second of all I was looking at the out of state parks and mapping our trip. The only one kind of on the way out is Yosemite. Well, and Death Valley, but I thought we should probably avoid any place that advertises killing off visitors.”

Kensi nodded, biting into a Reese’s. “Good point.”

He looked at her. “Are you going to share those?”

“I thought you bought them for me,” she said around a mouthful of chocolate.

“I did, but as your loving, devoted husband who is taking you on the vacation of a lifetime, who buys you snacks and cleans your house and saves your beautiful, beautiful ass multiple times a week, you could share one.”

She glared at him and withdrew one candy from the bag, putting it directly into his hand. “Thank you,” he said, keeping his eyes on the road as he unwrapped it.

“What is all this traffic?” she asked, trying to peer down the freeway.

“Rush hour,” Deeks said, moving them forward another two feet.

“It’s not usually this bad at this time.” She craned her neck, pushing up out of her seat. “I think someone has a flat tire.”

Sure enough up ahead there was a much older and smaller RV half on/half off the shoulder. “We should see if they need help,” Kensi said.

“Babe we’re off duty. They look fine.”

She gave him a look and he sighed, flipping on the blinker to maneuver them onto the shoulder behind the stopped vehicle. They hopped out and walked toward an older couple evaluating a very flat tire. “Hey you need some help?” Kensi called over the noise of the traffic.

“Oh bless me, yes, thank you!” A woman who looked to be about Roberta’s age waved at them. “My Bill here could use some assistance.”

“What’s the problem?” Deeks asked.

The man, Bill apparently, stood and rubbed his hands together. “Carol and I were just driving along and we musta run over something. Tire’s flat as a pancake and those lug nuts are so tight it’s like they’re cemented on.”

“Young man if you could give him a hand we would appreciate it,” Carol said.

Deeks shook his head and gestured to Kensi. “Sugarbear, this one’s all yours.”

“Oh,” Carol seemed startled. “I don’t think—“

Kensi reached for the tire iron and within seconds had loosened one of the nuts. Both Bill and Carol raised their eyebrows. “Well I’ll be darned,” Bill said in amazement.

“Somebody’s been eating their wheaties!” Carol said.

Kensi smiled as she worked the second lug nut. “My dad had a lot of tricks.”

“I’m Marty,” Deeks said, holding out a hand. “This is my wife Kensi.”

“Bill and Carol Weekes,” Bill said. “That’s quite a lady you’ve got there.”

Deeks smiled. “She certainly is.”

“Babe, can you get the spare?” Kensi called.

“On it!” Deeks looked to Bill.

“I think it’s in the back,” he said. “Come on in.”

Deeks followed Bill inside the RV and was immediately assaulted. “Ah! What the—?”

“Oh, sorry!” Bill said. “Kujo! Chewbarka! Tank! Twinkie! Patrick Dempsey get off him!”

In a rush of fur and wagging tails, five dogs raced back to Bill, leaving Deeks covered in slobber and dog hair. “They’re tame, just likely to lick you to death,” Bill said with a chuckle.

“Uh yeah,” Deeks said, wiping his hands on his pants. “Ouch!” He jumped as teeth sank into his ankle.

“Patrick Dempsey!” Bill yelled again, swatting the little dachshund away. “I shoulda said they’ll all lick you to death except PD. He’s vicious.”

“Right.” Deeks rubbed the sore spot. “The tire?”

“Oh yeah!” Bill popped open a hatch and hauled out a donut. “There we go.”

“Great.” Deeks grabbed it from him. “Let’s take this to Kensi and she’ll have you out of here in no time.”

He received a final nip from Patrick Dempsey on the way out the door, then handed the tire over to Kensi. Together they had it on within minutes. “Oh my goodness, how can we ever thank you?” Carol said as Kensi tightened the final bolt.

“No need,” Kensi said. “We’re happy to help.”

“Well that’s not acceptable,” Carol said bustling off into the RV.

“Aw my Carol. She’s not going to let you leave empty handed,” Bill said, elbowing Deeks with a grin.

Sure enough Carol was back seconds later, a tinfoil wrapped plate in her hand. “Here,” she said. “These are some of my world famous chocolate chip cookies. Made with real butter and eggs, none of that vegan stuff all you west coasters are so fond of.”

Deeks had to bite back a laugh as he took the plate. “Thank you. You two be safe now all right?” He said.

“Will do!” They waved cheerily as they headed back inside and started the RV up.

“Well they were…” Kensi couldn’t seem to find the words.

“Yep,” Deeks said. “And you didn’t even get a bite from Patrick Dempsey.”

She raised her eyebrows. “What?”

Deeks shook his head. “Don’t worry about it. Come on. Adventure awaits in…approximately five hours depending on traffic.”

It was a lot more like seven hours by the time they finally trundled into the park. Deeks picked up a parking tag for the RV and a map to their campsite. “Oh thank god,” Kensi said as they pulled into their spot. “I need to get out of this thing.”

“You do realize we’re going to spend most of this trip inside the RV,” Deeks said. “That’s why I got the nice one.”

“And it is so nice baby, but breathing the same air as you for this many hours is…too much.”

“I think you’re hangry. Let’s get a little fire going and we can have some hot dogs, a couple s’mores and you’ll feel better,” Deeks said.

“You know the way directly to my heart,” she said, giving him a peck on the cheek.

It was quick and easy to get a campfire burning and soon they were cuddled up next to one another in a blanket, making s’mores. Kensi had just whispered something very dirty in Deeks’ ear and he was on the verge of grabbing her and taking the party indoors when a very loud, rundown RV pulled into the spot directly next to them. “Well that’s not really what we came here for,” Deeks grumbled as the RV backfired and let out a huge explosion of exhaust before giving a wheezing cough as it turned off.

“Um, Deeks?” Kensi said. “Is that—“

The RV’s door opened and a dachshund ran out, barking like mad, and lunging for Deeks’ leg. “Whoa!” he yelled, dropping his s’more and leaping out of his seat.

“Patrick Dempsey! You get back here right now!” A woman bellowed, charging out the door after him.

“Carol?” Kensi asked as she pulled the dog off Deeks’ leg.

“Well hey there fellow travelers!” Bill said, smiling broadly as he descended the steps. “What a coincidence!”

“Coincidence or nightmare?” Deeks muttered, rubbing his calf.

“It is a coincidence,” Kensi said, elbowing Deeks to shut him up. “I don’t remember you saying this was on your schedule.”

“Well we got to talking as we drove and Kensi, you made this sound like such a fun idea we decided to hop on over,” Carol said.

“Really sold it to ‘em huh Kens?” Deeks asked under his breath.

She elbowed him again. “Well don’t let us interrupt your fun,” Carol said. “You two lovebirds looked so cozy when we drove up. We’ll just keep to ourselves over here.”

“And don’t worry about making too much noise! You know, if things start to heat up later.” Bill winked at them. “Carol and I are very sound sleepers. Won’t hear a thing.”

“Perfect,” Deeks said weakly. “We’ll keep that in mind.”

“Well I guess we’ll turn in,” Bill told them. “Been a long day. You kids have fun!”

Patrick Dempsey gave a final yip as Carol scooped him up and they went back inside.

“So…do we turn around and go home now?” Kensi asked.

“No,” Deeks said firmly as he put out the fire. “This is going to be a normal vacation. We’re going to see lots of pretty rocks, eat road food, and have lots of sex. NORMAL.”

She rolled her eyes but smiled. “I’m not sure we’re capable of normal.”

“Yes we are,” he insisted, grabbing her hand. “Come on.”

He pulled her inside and the door had barely closed before he was kissing her, hands fumbling with the buttons on her shirt. “Deeks!” Kensi laughed, then gasped as he nipped at that one, particular spot on her neck. “Deeks, what are you doing?”

“Well we gave this thing a test drive. We tried out the refrigerator, the wifi, the satellite. And now, I think we need to test out the bed,” he said with a grin, swinging her up into his arms and carrying her to the back of the RV where he tossed her onto the mattress.

He whipped off his belt with a dramatic flair and then dove on top of her, pressing kisses to her face, neck, wherever he could find as she laughed. “I think you’re still a little overdressed here,” she said, tugging at his t-shirt.

“Well that’s easily fixed.” Deeks sat up fast to take the shirt off and whacked his head on the ceiling.

“Ooh!” Kensi sat up, reaching to cradle his face while he closed his eyes in pain. “Oh my god, are you all right?”

“Ow. Yep. That smarts.” He rubbed the top of his head. “I feel like that’s a pretty major design flaw.”

“Well maybe they didn’t intend for people to have wild and crazy sex in here,” she said, trying to stifle her laughter.

“No problem,” Deeks said with a grimace, clearly trying to ignore his throbbing skull. “We’ll just switch tactics.”

He leaned down toward her again and was immediately interrupted by the loudest, most frantic barking either one of them had ever heard. “You have got to be kidding me,” he said dropping his head onto Kensi’s chest.

She ruffled his hair and pressed a kiss to the injured spot. “They’ll stop in a second.”

Sure enough they waited a moment and the barking ceased. “Okay then, back to business,” Deeks said with a grin, leaning over once more.

The barking started again. And then again. And then….again. Deeks groaned and rolled onto his back so they were side by side.

“This is unbelievable,” Kensi said breathless and annoyed.

“So much for a normal vacation.”

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A/N: Sometimes people ask if I base my stories on real life so, fun fact, for eleven years my family had a mini dachshund named Willy. He was a demon beast from hell. Seriously. Patrick Dempsey is based on him. His name is Patrick Dempsey because I think it's hilarious when animals have extremely human names. Anyway, hope you enjoyed! More shenanigans to come!

#NCIS LA #NCIS Los Angeles #Densi #Marty Deeks #Kensi Blye #Fanfiction #Densi Summer Vacation #Country Roads Take Me Home #Chapter 2

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zolganif · 4 years ago

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Do you think vegans/vegetarians look down on people who choose to eat animal products? I don’t think all of them do, but some of them do. And that reminds me...here on Tumblr, during first year or so of me being on here, someone who is vegan decided that I didn’t care about animals because I eat meat. I can’t remember much of the conversation, but basically I disagreed with them that people who eat meat did not care about animals, just because of how meat is made, like for examples in factories, slaughter houses.. I have seen a documentary about it and see how they were treated. I do wish they were treated better, that the conditions were better. But because I disagreed with this person, they decided to be a bitch to me afterwards :l. I don’t care if someone is vegan/vegatarian, just don’t try to tell me I don’t care about animals just because I eat meat. -.- Do your friendships tend to last a long time or are they short-lived? They last for a long time. Create an acrostic poem that describes you using your first name. I don’t want to lol. Are you a fan of plug in air fresheners? Sure. What, if anything, do survey takers seem to have in common? They all take surveys? Do you like mad libs? ...What? Do you think the kids of celebrities are fair game for the paparazzi? Why? No, fuck no. The paparazzi can go crawl back in their holes and leave people alone. Fuck them. How are you? I'm okay. If someone broke into your house while you were sleeping, what would your course of action be? Well, I’m sure it would wake me up. So gonna have to get my pepper spray or taser. Besides this website, what other websites do you visit frequently? Archive of Our Own, Fanfiction.net, Facebook, Youtube, Reddit, some game websites and a few others. Do you think websites like Tumblr romanticize sadness? Not all of Tumblr does. But yes, I do see that happen on here. :l Do you think athletes and celebrities deserve to be paid as much as they are? Honestly, I really have no opinion. I guess you could say it isn’t fair that they do get paid more, but yeah. That’s just how it is. :/ What part of your body are you most insecure about? My legs and my stomach. -_- What's one food you would be surprised to hear that someone doesn't like? I don’t know. Do you think your voice is higher or lower than average? I think it's average. Have you ever slept for such a long period of time that you felt tired throughout the next day? No.

Are you comfortable discussing bodily functions with your friends? Sure. When was the first time you lost your virginity? When I was 17, in November. In 2008.

Who introduced you to LJ? When was it? Couldn’t tell you. When was the last time you drank beer with your friends? I don’t drink beer. When was the last time you had a fight with one of your family members? No idea. What do you post and write about the majority of the time? I love writing about Ambreigns! <3 And Ambrollins too. <3 Who is your favourite LJ friend? What and when is the most fun you ever had in your life? The few cruises I went on, the times I spent with Andrew, going on school field trips when I was younger, going to amusement parks/fairs. What did your best friend do and say with you the last time you met her/him? *shrugs* Was it special? Did you ever write in your blog about your sexual explorations? Not really. Was it exposing? Post a recent pic of yourself! No. What is the scariest, most nonsensical experience you ever had? I don’t know. Where were you? Which is the most daring post you ever posted in your blog? Couldn’t tell you. Why did you do it? Have you ever won a prize? Sure. What was the last advice your father/mother gave you? I don’t remember. Was it beneficial to you? How did it go? What was your last romantic escapade like? Fun. Did you ever have a bad encounter with the law? No. What is the most sinful thing you've ever done? Curse in front of a church. Was just walking by it, something happened, and I said ‘fuck’. lol. Meh, I asked Jesus to forgive me though. 😇

When's the last time you had the hiccups? I don’t know. Do you like orange juice? It's good. Can you drive? Nope. Ever been on a plane? Yes. Would you like to ride in a hot air balloon? Sounds fun. Are you afraid of heights? No. What's your favorite shirt to wear? My wrestling t-shirts, any cozy ones I have. Do you own a dress or skirt with flowers on it? A few, yes. Are you excited for spring? Fall has just begun though.

Do you like fall more than spring? Yes. <3 Have you ever had one of the glade two in one candles? No? Do you like the color black? Sure. How many email addresses do you have? About three of them. lol. Two Gmail ones and one Yahoo one. Do you use Gmail? I do. Construction or notebook paper? Either. Do you ever read the Terms of Service on the sites you sign up for? Sometimes, but not all the time lol. When's the last time you sat around a campfire? August. What kind of books do you like to read? Horror, mystery, drama, fantasy. Is/was math a subject you struggled in? I hated that subject. What is/was your favorite subject? English and history What's the nearest thing to your left? My shelf of movies, a dresser, TV, Xbox and a table. What are you supposed to be doing? Probably sleeping lol. But here we are. What time is it? 12:18 am. Do you wear pearls? Rarely.

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deliamoran · 5 years ago

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Global Climate Strike Day

Tomorrow is Global Climate Strike day. I love the idea, and I love the kids who came up with it. But disrupting the system and making our voices heard will only go so far unless we all change. So, in the interest of changing large things by starting small, I’ve made a list of some concrete ways we can all contribute to the solution. This is a list of suggestions, obviously, not mandates. Some of us can do a few things, some of us can do all the things. The important thing is to look at what we can do, and then do it, as we can. I’ve started—much later than I should have. I hope people will join me.

Small Things:

• Turn off the lights you’re not using. Switch to efficient lightbulbs, if you haven’t already.

• Don’t let your car idle any more than is necessary. Slow down when you’re driving.

• Replace your liquid soaps and shampoos with bars. Shampoo bars are becoming more widely available, and bar soaps use less water and very little to no plastic. I like Silver Falls Sustainability Co.,* who also makes a natural deodorant that works well and does not use plastic packaging, but there are more and more options popping up. Look for them.

• Invest in a menstrual cup.

• Buy natural fibers when you can to reduce the influx of plastic fibers into the oceans.

• Walk, bike, or take public transportation when you can.

• Compost your food scraps.

• Use beeswax cloth to wrap your food instead of Ziplock bags or plastic wrap.

• If you use a Keurig, use the reusable filter instead of pods.

• Opt for the orange juice in the recyclable cardboard rather than the plastic jug.

• Use reusable bags for your shopping. I like this one by Kikkerland,* because it’s handy to carry in a purse and use when you need it unexpectedly. Find your favorite and use it.

• Use cotton dish towels instead of paper towels, regular plates instead of paper, fabric napkins, etc. Be mindful of how much toilet paper you use.

• Use a towel and soap, rather than individual cleaning cloths like Clorox wipes. Use a reusable mop and duster, rather than single-use products like Swiffer.

• Stop using fertilizers and insecticides on your lawn. They are often fatal to pollinators. Allow some wild flowers to grow. Seed some flowering clover into your grass. Plant a bee and butterfly-friendly bush in your yard. Hang a bee house. Take up bee keeping.

• Use mousetraps instead of mouse or rat poison. The dead rodents are eaten by birds of prey, who are poisoned by extension.

• Take shorter showers. Turn off the water while you brush your teeth.

• Buy your own reusable straws, or stop using them altogether. Don’t take any more napkins than you need.

• Don’t take the little green plastic plug at Starbucks. If you’re a regular, buy a reusable cup. Bring it with you.

• Don’t crank your heat or air conditioning. Follow your dad’s advice and put on a sweater.

• Cut down on your clothing and shoe purchases, if practical. Remember that faux fur and vegan leather are really just plastic. If you’d like to avoid leather, try cotton canvas or hemp. Shop for gently used clothes at thrift stores and donate old clothes to thrift stores or charitable foundations, or resell in consignment shops.

• Try compostable trash bags. If you have a dog, use degradable poop bags.

• Quit smoking. If you can’t (or don’t want to right now), dispose of your butts properly. Don’t throw them on the ground or out the car window. Cigarette butts can take up to 10 years to degrade, and contain toxins that leach into the ground as they do so. They can also cause wildfires when disposed of improperly.

• Be extra careful not to light campfires during very dry weather. Douse them completely, even in wet weather.

• Use charitable extensions or search engines, such as Tab Gladly or Ecosia. Support companies who support the environment. (Patagonia comes to mind.*)

• Recycle everything you can.

• Pick up litter and dispose of it properly.

Political Things:

• Write or call your congressional and senate delegates—both federal and local—and let them know what you’d like to see. Be clear and specific. Do you want emissions regulations? Greater investment in alternative fuel infrastructure? Stricter regulation of deforestation or insecticide use? Say so. Say it often.

• Contact the EPA, too. They are authorized to create regulations as necessary, without congressional input. Public input, however, is part of this process. Let them know what you expect from them. Be persistent.

• Be active in your local government. Write letters, attend meetings, run for office. These are often the people who set things like minimum lot sizes, and who approve construction and development. Development, and the deforestation and wetland destruction that often comes with it, is in their hands. Let them know what you want and why.

• Attend demonstrations and rallies. Be vocal.

• Register to vote. If you know people who haven’t, help them do so. Encourage those around you to go to the polls on election days, both local and federal. Give people rides.

• Speak to your homeowner’s association about strict lawn regulations. Again, perfect lawns are often the enemy of bees and other pollinators. This one’s a difficult, long-haul type of battle that you may not ultimately win. But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying.

Big Things:

• Invest in energy efficient appliances the next time you need them. Recycle your old ones.

• If remodeling, choose sustainably sourced materials. Recycle, repurpose, or donate what you tear out. Usable cabinets, fixtures, etc. may be donated to charities such as Habitat Rehome. Look for them.

• Get as efficient a furnace as you can. Change the filters.

• When it’s time to replace your mattress, opt for eco-friendly materials, like wool and latex.

• Switch up your car. Buy electric, hybrid, or plug-in hybrid.

• Install a solar array, geo-thermal, on-demand gas, or any other alternative energy source you can.

• Invest in companies developing alternative fuel sources, such as vertical axis wind turbines.

• Run for federal office or volunteer for the campaign of an environmentally active candidate.

• Volunteer with an environmental conservation organization.

• Donate to environmental organizations, such as Conservation International, CarbonFund.Org, The Sierra Club, etc.

• Above all, and this is just my opinion, get out into nature. Hike, explore, educate yourself. The more you know about the world around you, the harder it will be for you to give it up, and the easier it will be to fight for it.

Obviously, this is by no means a comprehensive list. Please add your suggestions. If you’d like to pass this list on, please do! Share it, copy and paste it, add to it, if you like. I require no credit. If we all do a little, a lot can be done.

*No one’s paying me for this. These are just the products I use and like. You can make up your own mind.

#Global Climate Strike #Climate Change #Climate #Going Eco Friendly #Environment

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newworldair-blog · 8 years ago

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5 Great Vegan Campfire Food Ideas

If you’re planning on a campervan hire trip this year, you’ll most certainly be heading for an amazing adventure. However, depending on where you choose to visit, catering for vegan friends or family members can sometimes be a particular challenge – especially if you are relying on convenience stores with limited options, or traveling through remote regions that offer only standard culinary fare. Of course, great campfire foods and snacks don’t have to focus on big cuts of meat or freshly caught fish, and there’s a wonderful range of fantastic vegan options that you can cook with surprising ease. Simply pre-pack your key ingredients and then prepare your tasty treats as you watch the stars and sit beside that glorious fire. Here are five great food ideas for vegan road-trippers that we wholeheartedly recommend:

Portobello Mushroom Burgers

No campfire adventure can be truly complete without a tasty burger and the versatile Portobello mushroom can be a filling and incredibly tasty staple for any adventure into the wilderness. After seasoning to taste, grill the mushrooms for a maximum of 10 minutes and then add freshly-sliced tomatoes, red onion, lettuce, and vegan mayonnaise to create the ultimate, yet simple campfire burger. For those desiring a hotter experience for their tastebuds, jalapenos, tabasco sauce or Cajun spices can be added depending on the tolerance levels of your group members.

Packed Polenta Peppers

Packed polenta peppers can certainly pack a tasty punch when grilled to perfection. Healthy and nutritious, grilled polenta peppers are easy to prepare and an excellent side dish to burgers. After seasoning a bunch of polenta slices, cut a number of peppers of your choice in half (all colours work and they can be fun to mix and match), and then stuff each one with the polenta, onion, and diced tomatoes, before adding a few additional spices such as paprika or garlic. Complete by grilling to taste in just minutes.

Grilled Zucchini and Tofu Skewers

BBQ skewers are always fun at a campfire and they’re also blissfully simplistic to make. After chopping up zucchini and tofu squares that you can season to taste, add a combination of other tasty vegan options including onion, sweet potato, sliced peppers, and mushrooms. Once prepared, simply turn the skewers slowly to ensure that all sides of the vegetables are evenly grilled.

Sweet Potato Burgers

All campfire dinners should have at least two types of burgers and it’s no different for vegan campfires too. Sweet potato burgers can be a great contrast to the mushroom burgers we’ve mentioned above, yet they’re as equally flavoursome and healthy too. Sweet potato burgers can be prepared using a variety of different ingredients (avocado can be a great combination) and spices, and adding panko breadcrumbs for a crispier taste comes highly recommended.

Chocolate Bananas

Naturally, your campfire culinary experience can always be enhanced with a little desert to round things up! Simply slice a few bananas along their curved edges (facing upwards) and then stuff with dark chocolate before slowly grilling to create the perfect gooey mess. This will no doubt prove to be a vegan chocolate heaven!

#CampervanHire, #PortobelloMushroomBurgers, #VeganCampfireFoodIdeas

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shopmotion85-blog · 5 years ago

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Just how you can make your family members reunion fantastic.

Custom Patches For Hats Each year we expect summertime. The sun is brighter, the days are much longer and everybody is a little extra loosened up. The careless days of summer can additionally be a great opportunity to obtain the extended family with each other as well as make use of the slower speed and (generally) extra open routines. Easier claimed than done however, right? Working with a family reunion can seem challenging-- individuals are separated by distance, job schedules, college-- you call it. But with a little preparation and organization, an effective as well as fun household get-together is most definitely possible. Family parties can be hard to make occur on a regular basis, so there can be a great deal of pressure on doing minority that do happen right. Never ever be afraid, we have actually assembled a few of our finest pointers to assist establish you up and obtain you on course to intend the type of event you'll listen to family members talking about for years to find. Discover the Right Location Household reunions resemble realty because they are all about 3 points: location, location, as well as place. Sure, in theory a get-together in Hawaii is a fantastic suggestion. But unless you're the Kardashians, there's a great chance not every relative can make it to heaven. Select an area that has typically great weather condition, but is within driving distance for most of people welcomed. Keep in mind that you are taking care of all age groups (family members with children, students, elderly, etc.), so pick a place that enables as many individuals to participate in as possible. Once a city is picked, there are still some choices to make. Beach? Outdoor camping? Amusement park? Bar crawl? The alternatives are practically countless, however ensure to choose a location that will permit the most individuals to enjoy. Create the Invite Checklist Identifying your guest listing is where you choose in between instant household and also expanded family. It's probably been time because you have actually seen and even spoken with some of your out-of-town, expanded member of the family. You may also need to track some of these individuals down. Obtain your checklist together so you can start planning. Day & Invite Your Guests Whatever path you make a decision to take, see to it you schedule a date with the venue, park, or place you plan on organizing at. Normally, your opportunity of securing a day with the place depends on exactly how very early you reserve it, so always see to it to pick a day and also location as early in the planning process as possible. Assist Visitors Discover Holiday Accommodations If you have family members coming from out of community-- and also we wish you will-- it is necessary to arrange holiday accommodations for your traveling visitors, particularly if they aren't knowledgeable about the area. Depending on how many visitors you have coming, you may need to set them up with local resorts or have a few neighborhood relative offer room in their homes. Songs as well as Amusement In the period of apparently endless alternatives to stream songs, a specialist DJ may not be necessary. Nonetheless, a DJ certainly adds something to the event. Whether you're outsourcing the songs to a professional, or making playlists yourself, right here are some tips: Make Every Person Delighted Select a range of songs that interest all age groups and also demographics. The children like Fetty Wap, the parents like Jimmy Buffet, and the grandparents like Tony Bennett-- there's no reason there can't be a little of each to make everybody happy. You could just expose individuals to new songs they'll in fact listen to when the get-together mores than. Classics are Standards for a Reason There are some tracks that never ever get old. They have actually come to be staples at wedding events, college graduations, and also family members get-togethers for a factor. "We Are Family," "Family members Event," "YMCA," "The Electric Slide," as well as "September" are simply a few of the songs that frequently get identified as "corny," yet still load the dance floor at most occasions. If you intend on having grownups and youngsters in attendance, you'll additionally want to intend activities that everybody can participate in together. Some concepts are a wiffle ball tournament, facts, horseshoes, limbo, campfire video games if you're by a fire, or anything you can consider that will get individuals up laughing as well as enjoying. The idea here is to bring everyone together, so feel free to get creative. What's the Food selection? Offering food and beverages for a large, inconsonant group of people is not a simple task. When planning for a large group, it's ideal to go with either a buffet or a prix-fixe food selection with a choice at one set price. These are both good ways to stabilize variety as well as cost. Make the meals remarkable by consisting of some family faves, or recipes belonging to the area of the occasion. Likewise make certain to constantly make certain people with dietary limitations (gluten allergies, vegan, and so on) can be fit. Make Fun Commemorative Tee Shirts At a family reunion, just like at any type of huge event, it's always good to give visitors a souvenir to keep in mind the occasion. Selecting items that make your family members will such as and in fact make use of after the reunion is the crucial to making these free gifts more than simply an expensive item of fond memories that will at some point wind up in the waste. Family reunion tee shirts are an excellent alternative and if you will certainly utilize personalized stitched tee shirts that hallow the occasion with photos and also anytime one uses it in the future. When developing a celebratory t-shirt, attempt to create a trendy logo to make customized patches that integrate the family members name as well as day of the reunion. Then, include any type of various other information, inside jokes, or graphics that will promptly advise people of the get-together.

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foodffs · 7 years ago

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Always experiment a little bit. Or a lot.

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Protein pancake with raspberries and stevia chocolate 💪(recipe soon)

Last week’s “apple strudel” (I have no idea how to call this. Pita s jabukama.)

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No Knead Hot Cross Buns

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Steamed Crystal Dumplings, a Dim Sum Classic

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Lemon Ricotta Cake

Campfire Curry Ramen - An Easy Camping Meal

CARROT PATCH “DIRT” CUPS

Finally I can have a cup of coffee without her hair in it 👵🏻🐈☕️

[CAT VIDEOS]

How to keep her busy. (She doesn’t eat it! Barely likes any food, spoiled brat 😅)

Sleeping with her favorite toy 🐀 since 10pm. Gotta rest for that 4am play 😅

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

Show me what you cooked!

#week summary #week 1218 #long post #recipe list

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30 Vegan Camping Recipes - Sharon Palmer, The Plant Powered Dietitian

30 Vegan Camping Recipes – Sharon Palmer, The Plant Powered Dietitian

If you’re heading to the campground, this wonderful, healthy and delicious assortment of 30 vegan easy camping recipes will come in handy. You’ll find an array of vegan camping food ideas for everything from bars and trail mix to campfire entrees and sides. Are you planning a campground get away? Don’t know what to fix? It can be challenging, when you think about limited space, equipment, and…

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pohhuexp · 5 years ago

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🌭My first cooking "invention"... - 🌭...was potato chips and jam sandwich. I was 7, I put strawberry jam on two slices of white bread, crushed 4-5 pringles and sprinkled it on. My dad walked in, grabbed it from me and took a bite before I even tried it myself. He told me "you're a genius". I'll never forget the look on his face. - 🌭The first "real" dish I cooked was pan fried fish. I went to the market with my good friend Stefan and picked up the cheapest slice of fish we could find. I forgot what it was, I remember it looked white. In the middle of cooking I decided it would be a genius idea to add instant noodle season packets into the pan. Stefan tried it first, he said it was not bad. That was the only bite he took, but he finished a huge plate of white rice. I tried it... - 🌭... it was definitely NOT not bad. - 🌭When I was 12, My favorite thing to do when I got home from school was to cook instant noodles. Mi Goreng was my favorite. My standard was 2 packs with 1 fried egg. On some days a good buddy of mine Dave would come by. He'd eat 3-4 packs at once easily. He was lean with abs. I was never jealous of his abs, but I was jealous that he could eat 4 packs like it was nothing. I thought eating a lot was supposed to be my special thing. - 🌭There was a period of time in my 20s where I felt my health was kinda off. Something didn't feel right. Filled with bro-science, I thought the answer was to go vegan. So I did for 3-4 months. I ate a lot of french fries, "veggie burgers" from burger king, and white rice. I remember for a week I was addicted to ordering 2 large fries from McDonalds, bringing it home and eating 2 plates of white rice with it plus ketchup. I thought vegan wasn't so bad, and that I must have definitely been losing a lot of weight. After the 3-4 months… - 🌭… I had to get new pants. I couldn’t button it anymore. - 🌭I didn’t know what to write today, so I thought I’d tell you some of my inside stories about food. - 🌭Stay safe. - 🌭This is our campfire. Tell me some of your stories. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-RNYKgHx4g/?igshid=yy1waefj85g2

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brisbanenorthtradieass-blog · 5 years ago

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Natural Tourist Attractions in Brisbane Northside

Relentless rains have simply relaxed in the Suburbs Boondall in Brisbane northside. Resting with an electronic camera, a male waits patiently for something to show up. After what seems to be an infinity, he sees a little dot overhead. Quickly it comes to be larger as well as towers above him. Taking a trip at a rate of 300KM/H it grabs a tiny bird and also flies away. The electronic camera captures every moment and also action of the bigger bird.

Bird watching in Suburb Boondall-- More than a Leisure activity

Peregrine Falcon is a rare types in Australia. According to records, there are about 950 breeding pairs which have been spotted thus far in the area. Brisbane Northside is the host to biggest of them.

Welcome to the world of bird watching in Brisbane north. The Boondall marshes supply lots of possibilities as well as species for bird viewing. The Australian pelican, darters, white Ibis, Great Egret, white owl, and also whistling kite are several of the other bird species you can enjoy right here.

Reproducing Premises-- View the Strangest Birds

The wetlands are the breeding grounds for a substantial variety of bird species. The Laughing Kookaburra is one such species that is unusual in its behaviour. There are likewise numerous such birds like the noisy-miner, magpies, as well as others. You can also watch the birds carrying out theatrics like dancing to attract their companions during the breeding periods.

Nests as well as Households-- Birds with Bigger Hearts

Peregrine Falcon has an open reproduction space. It likewise utilizes the big empty nests of various other varieties. The man as well as woman are known to hunt in sets to feed the family. Their nesting is usually next to various other water birds like herons, spoonbills, and also others.

With a camera in your hands, you can see and also take photos or fire video clips night and day. The wetlands are additionally understood for fish, reptiles, and various other mammals.

Camping in Boondall Wetlands-- Where and also Exactly how

You can't camp in the main book space of the marshes. Nonetheless, it is feasible to camp on the upper Caboolture and also the ranches around it. You can find a lot of them at ranges varying from 2kms to 15kms.

Exactly how to Get to-- from Brisbane City

Boondall marshes go to a range of 22 kilometres from Brisbane city. You may take a train which takes 27 minutes. Or you can take Bus line-number 325 which takes about an hour. If you pass taxi it will certainly take 16 mins.

Where to Drink and Dine-- Fantastic Dining Establishments

There are numerous restaurants near the marshes where you can get plenty of excellent food. A few of them are Apron, Clapham junction wine bar, Moon resort, and also Cooking area 8. You will certainly enjoy the taste of authentic Australian recipes and also authentic a glass of wine as well as beverages.

Nudgee Beach-- Haven for Strolling as well as Camping

Nudgee beach is located in the joint between Schultz Canal as well as Moreton bay. You can set up a camp near the Campers Parks which are plenty in numbers. From there you can walk to the coastline and spend calm moments with your family members and even in excellent privacy.

Bike Tracks-- Let the Wind Move You

Just beside the Shultz canal, you can see bike tracks. You can drive via rich eco-friendly mangroves and also the close-by marshes. It is a wonderful experience being so near nature. You can feel the awesome breeze caressing your mind and body as you drive your bike with.

Bird watching and also fishing are the other tasks you can carry out on the Nudgee beach. Though the numbers of species are less, the excitement of viewing the zooming birds along the canal is an electrifying experience. So, zoom your cams and also prepare yourself for a wonderful bird watching when you go there.

How to Get to-- From Brisbane City

Nudgee Coastline lies at a distance of 19 kilometres from Brisbane City. You can obtain a train from the Brisbane Central station to the Nudgee terminal. It is a half an hour journey. You can likewise reach by taxi which will certainly take about 6 minutes.

Where to Consume and also Eat-- Most Likely To Nudgee Road

The Nudgee road near the beach is residence to a lot of dining establishments, bars, white wine clubs, as well as beer pubs. Unique foods are the Australian steak, kangaroo soup, as well as a substantial series of fish dishes. You can also taste the best of genuine Australian wine, beer, and various other world scotch brand names over below.

Are you a vegetable? Don't fret; there are a lot of vegan restaurants that serve Eastern and Australian foods with a lot of fruit juices and salads.

Sandgate-Brighton Foreshore-- Stroll from Sunrise to Sundown

The idea might appear crazy, yet it is a captivating experience you will keep in mind for life. The first thing to do is to have an early morning breakfast and coffee. Then you can go for watching the Sandgate waders. There are plenty of such migratory birds which inhabit the Brighton coastline.

Huge Bird Types-- Wanderers of the World

Right here, you can watch numerous migratory species from the Gallinago-Hardwickii to the Glareola-Maldivarum. Almost all of them reproduce and also feed their children in the nests they build around below. You can walk the entire stretch of the coastline tow watch, photo, and also fire videos.

Angling for Enjoyable and Food-- Enjoy the Experience

You can opt for angling over the Moreton bay on the fishing-poles. It is practically like living in primitive times. Yet you will enjoy the method nature interacts with you over right here. You can establish your campfire near the beachside along the canal and also cook your fish.

Restaurants and Bars-- Top Australian Food and Cocktails

Road eats to give you the most remarkable experience near the Sandgate and Brighton. You can likewise find plenty of dining establishments, clubs, and bars around the beach.

How to Reach-- from Brisbane

If you travel on the state route 26 from Brisbane, it will take about 40 mins to get to the Sandgate-Brighton Foreshore. Or you can take the bus line-310 from Brisbane which takes around 35 mins. Or you can drive to get to in 18 minutes.

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milominderbindered · 7 years ago

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thirty days of skam fic: day twenty one aka, the boy squad go camping

beginning. accusation. restless. leaves. rainbow. flame. formal. under. move. silver. prepared. knowledge. denial. cans. order. thanks. look. summer. transformation. tremble. tent. mad. thousand. paper. winter. luxury. letters. promise. simple. future.

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There is an audible smirk in Even’s voice as he says, “Are you pitching a tent or are you just pleased to see me?”

Isak rolls his eyes as he finishes rolling the tent poles out of the back of Even’s dad’s car, which they've borrowed for the weekend after much bribery and several promises that Even would be the one driving, not Isak.

“I promise you, the only tent around here is not in my jeans. It's this pile of canvas sheets.” Isak flicks one of the smaller tent poles towards Even, trying to thwack him on the leg, but it only ends up with the rest of the poles falling all over the place. As Isak tries to catch one that is swinging on its little elastic string and fold it back up again, he adds, “you could help, you know. This was your idea!”

It's not that Isak hates camping. But it certainly wouldn't have been his first choice of group activities over the summer -- so when he and Even had sat down a few days after Sana’s Eid party to make a list of all the cute stuff they could do together over the summer, it was Even who had enthusiastically suggested rounding up all the guys and a few tents and venturing out to a campsite for a weekend. They're already going to Morocco next month, but apparently Even wanted to go on more holidays than just that. Of course, that maybe has to do with when Isak had said I just want to do things with you and Even had practically melted, so Isak can’t get too upset. Getting to snuggle with Even in a sleeping bag will make up for all the bugs and uncomfortable sleep and lack of appliances, anyway.

Magnus, Mahdi and Jonas had all spilled out of the car the moment they arrived, tired of being all crushed up together in the back seat of Even’s dad’s car, so they're already laying out the ground sheet of their three-person tent by the time Isak gathers up all the stuff for his and Even’s -- with minimal help from his boyfriend, who is finding all this too fun to be any use. He goes to start laying their tent out next to the guys, but before he can even set it down, Jonas is waving him away.

“No way, bro! You guys have to go at the other end of the clearing or something. Or like, a mile into the woods.”

“Yeah, do you realise tents don’t have walls?” Mahdi adds. “We don’t wanna hear you banging all night, bro.”

They have a fair point, which Isak actually hadn’t considered, but he still splutters indignantly, throwing up his hands as Even just starts laughing behind him.

“We’re not gonna bang!” he objects. Okay, technically he hadn’t really thought about it, and they do usually get each other off every single night, but tent sex would probably be a bit uncomfortable and the idea that the guys could listen to every single movement is way too creepy. “It’s not like we can’t go two nights, for fuck’s sake.”

Unfortunately he has a ridiculous boyfriend, because Even comes over and finally decides to pick up some of the tent -- which had been so badly packed away by whichever one of his siblings used it last that it’s basically in five separate bags -- only to start dragging it to the other side of the firepit.

“Don’t make promises you can’t keep, baby,” he says, trying to wink. Isak rolls his eyes again, and wonders if this might have been a bad idea.

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It turns out Even and Jonas are the only two who actually know how to put up tents properly, so by the time they get all their stuff set up, most of the afternoon has flown by and it’s nearly time for dinner. The little campsite they’ve gone to is cute -- further through the woods there's a main area with some crappy toilets and showers and picnic benches, but they have their own little clearing in the woods, so even though there are lots of other similar set-ups nearby, the trees cut everyone else off and it feels like they’re alone. In the middle of the clearing is a firepit, but Magnus has brought along a little gas stove, because none of them should probably be trusted to light and cook on an actual campfire.

They’ve just brought pretty basic food along, since they’re only there for a weekend, but of course Even decides to take on the one-man mission of turning a multipack of instant noodles into a gourmet dinner. The rest of the guys sit on the upturned logs around the fire and watch him hovering over the stove, half chatting about a girl Mahdi has been talking to on Instagram at the same time. It’s no different to what they’d be talking about if they were sat at Even and Isak’s place instead, like they do most Friday nights, so Isak really doesn’t get the point of coming camping, but he supposes the fresh air is kind of nice.

The food ends up tasting great, like everything Even makes.

“Shit,” Mahdi says, when he takes his first bite. “I thought this was supposed to be pot noodle? It tastes like it’s from some fancy restaurant my mum would drag me to.”

“Isak, I can’t believe you get to have him at home cooking for you every night,” Magnus groans. They all laugh, Even looking particularly proud of himself, eyes scrunching up as he does his typical wide smile.

“Yeah,” Isak agrees, and for a moment all the guys fall away from his vision as he looks across at his boyfriend. “I’m lucky.”

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They make an actual fire eventually, just a tiny one, because Jonas brought vegan marshmallows for them to toast. By the time they've made it through half a bag of those they're all kind of bored of hanging around the campsite, though, and it’s only a ten minute walk through the woods to get to a massive lake. As evening sets in, the sky gets a little dimmer, and the guys abandon their sweets in favour of taking a torch and a bong down to the edge of the water.

It’s ridiculously peaceful. There’s nobody around for as far as they can see, and the clear water is glimmering -- they sit on the edge of a little wooden jetty, and Even takes off his shoes to dangle his long legs in the water while Mahdi packs the weed.

Isak can tell the exact moment Even’s feet touch the water, because he squeals.

“Is it cold?” Isak teases, shoving Even’s shoulder as Even laughs. “Are you so dumb that you didn’t realise it would be cold?”

“It’s summer!” Even protests, and very adamantly puts his feet back in the water, as if proving a point despite the fact that he’s wincing as he does it.

“It’s also Norway, and evening, and it was cold all day today.” Isak narrows his eyes, daring Even to try and argue again -- and when Even doesn’t, Isak shifts a little closer, resting his knee across Even’s thighs and cuddling into his arm. They’re wearing each other’s hoodies, something Isak hadn’t realised until about three hours after they left the flat because they’re so used to stealing each other’s clothes by now, but it’s comforting to be all wrapped up in Even as he leans on his shoulder, too. For a moment, Isak turns his face towards Even, and looks; Even’s eyes are closed, head dropped back a bit, suddenly looking incredibly peaceful.

Isak reaches up to gently brush the hair back from Even’s forehead, smoothing it behind his ear, and a tiny smile appears on Even’s face.

Isak is besotted, breathtaken, in love. He would give anything to see Even look this peaceful all the time, like there’s absolutely nothing weighing on him, not a single thought in his mind.

“Hey, lovebirds, could you stop being sappy for two seconds?” Jonas’s teasing voice breaks them out of their reverie, Even’s eyes fluttering open again and Isak turning back to face his friends, who he’d kind of forgotten were there at all.

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They waste a long time getting high by the lake, watching the sun go down through the trees, goofing around, talking about what else they’re gonna do over the summer and Magnus’s new job and who they would save if there was a sudden zombie apocalypse. Of course, it probably is the exact same type of shit they’d be talking about at home, but the lake is ridiculously pretty and the air is nice and Isak can understand why it’s nice to get away from the city for a bit. He’ll have to admit to Even, at some point, that this was a good idea. Eventually it gets dark, though, and they all trail back to their little campsite, bumping into each other and a lot of trees thanks to their single torch and the fact that they’re all high as shit. It probably takes longer than it normally would to all get changed and into their tents, but eventually they’ve all said goodnight and are heading off to bed, Isak and Even on one side of the fire, the rest of the guys on the other. The plan is to wake up early in the morning and go for a hike to see if they can find this cool ancient tree that supposedly grows in this forest, but Isak doesn’t have one hundred percent faith that any of them will be awake before eleven.

In his hoodie and sweatpants, Isak hunches down to crawl into his and Even’s tent, kicking their backpacks around a bit until there’s enough space for him to shimmy halfway down into their double sleeping bag. Even follows, but instead of getting inside the sleeping bag, he climbs on top of Isak instead, kissing him all over his cheeks and jaw and nose and then finally on his lips, while Isak squirms happily underneath him.

“Wanna have sex?” Even says, completely casual, as one of his hands worms into the sleeping bag to grab Isak’s butt. Isak shifts into the touch, because it feels nice and some parts of him are definitely a little bit interested already, but his brain shuts the whole thing down after a second.

“Even,” Isak mumbles, rolling his eyes. “The guys would literally probably be able to hear your balls hitting my ass. They can probably hear this conversation right now.”

“We can!” a chorus of muffled voices ring out, and Isak’s cheeks go red, but that’s a secret for just him and Even.

“Stop listening, then!” Even calls back, but he’s laughing as he rolls off Isak and collapses onto his back on their camping mat. In a quieter voice, he adds to Isak, “I can’t believe you’re really gonna make us go three days without sex. Wanna just cuddle until we fall asleep, then?”

Isak nods, smiling, and helps Even climb into the sleeping bag, arranging their bodies until they’re both curled around each other as tightly as they can be, Isak’s head pillowed in the crook of Even’s neck. This has been a nice day. He doesn’t even care that the weather’s not great and there are bugs everywhere and their tent looks so poorly constructed that it might fall down around them at any moment.

Against Even’s neck, Isak whispers, “When the guys go to find the showers in the morning, I’ll give you a blowjob.”

He doesn’t have to look up to know that Even is smiling. That, Isak thinks, is true love.

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