Recipes for Houseboating Trips
Do recipes for houseboating trips really have to consist of burgers and corn on the cob every night? We don’t think so. Let’s mix things up and try out exciting and unconventional campfire recipes. Try these out on your next adventure:
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Tasty treats from our Recipe Contest.
Try these winning recipes on your next houseboat vacation!
Just click on the recipe name to get all the
ingredients and instructions. Bon appetit!
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Best Overall : The Blue Squealer Burger
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Best Main Course: Easy Breaded Romano Chicken
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Best Snack: Chili Cheese Melts
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Best Dessert: Fruit Crisp
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Best Overall: The Blue Squealer Burger
J. Senger
Mission Viejo, California
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 lb raw bacon, chopped
3/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/2 cup green onions, chopped
2 TB Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tsp steak grill seasoning mix
6 hamburger buns
2 cups shredded romaine or other lettuce
1/2 cup creamy blue cheese dressing
1. Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
2. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, bacon, blue cheese, green onions, Worcestershire sauce and steak seasoning and mix well with hands.
3. Shape the mixture into 6 equal-sized patties.
4. Grill for 8 to 12 minutes, or until cooked to medium-well or well-done, turning halfway through the grilling.
5. Serve patties on toasted hamburger buns with shredded lettuce and creamy blue cheese dressing. Favorite burger toppings can be substituted for the blue cheese dressing.
Serves 6
Best Main Course: Easy Breaded Romano Chicken
K. Salstrom
Lincoln, California
1 cube butter, melted
1 1/2 cups Italian Breadcrumbs
3/4 cup shredded Romano Cheese
1/2 tsp garlic powder
salt & pepper to taste
4 large boneless chicken breasts
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place melted butter in a bowl.
3. In a separate bowl mix together breadcrumbs, Romano cheese, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
4. Dip each chicken breast first in the butter, then in the breadcrumb mixture.
5. Place coated chicken breasts in a 9″ x 13″ casserole dish.
6. Sprinkle remaining breadcrumb mixture over the chicken.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
Serves 4
Best Snack: Chili Cheese Melts
M. Young
Redding, California
1 cube butter, softened
1 4 oz. can diced green chilies, drained
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 lb jack cheese, grated
1 sourdough baguette, thinly sliced
1. In medium bowl, mix butter, chilies, mayonnaise and cheese.
2. Spread mixture onto bread slices.
3. Place on a cookie sheet and broil until bubbly. Very yummy!
Serves 20
Best Dessert: Fruit Crisp
S. Crowley
Millbrae, California
1 cup flour
3 cups dry oatmeal
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
½ tsp. salt
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup margarine or butter, melted
Enough apples or peaches (sliced) to fill a 9″ X 13″ pan
At home before the trip, mix thoroughly in zipper plastic bag: flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon.
On the houseboat:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Add melted butter to the bag and mix well. Mixture should be crumbly.
3. Slice fruit.
4. Place sliced fruit in a 9″ X 13″ pan and top with oatmeal mixture.
5. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
During the summer time, we usually do this in the morning when the weather is cool and sit around the front deck preparing the fruit and chatting. This is a fun time and then the oven is not heating up the houseboat in the afternoon when the weather is hot.
Serves 12- 15.
Leftovers are great for breakfast.
