A Hobo Dinner on Our "Fire Pit"

It's no secret that Ryan and I love good food and the outdoors, I talk about it all the time. So it shouldn't catch any of you off guard when I say we loooovvve to cook outdoors. There is little else in life that can bring as much pleasure as food cooked over an open fire. Unfortunately Ryan and I don't own a fire pit, or land to build one, but "necessity" is the mother of all invention and we decided to make a "faux" pit out of our charcoal grill in order to make Hobo dinners one night. What are Hobo dinners you ask? Read on and find out.

Ryan is my resident master fire builder and I usually leave the grilling to him. I was able to help by walking with him behind our house collecting sticks for the fire. We filled a bucket full of smaller sticks, and carried a few smaller logs to chop down into grill sized chunks. In less than an hour we had a nice hot bed of embers and a roaring fire to make our dinners on.

For our hobo dinner packs we used turkey kielbasa, potatoes, kale, onion, salt & pepper, paprika, garlic cloves, and olive oil. Roughly chop everything and make sure it gets a good coating of oil and seasonings before closing the aluminum foil. Once the packs are made you just toss them into the fire.

Make sure that your packs are sealed tight, you don't want the oil to leak out, or your veggies to tumble into the embers. Cook the packs on each side for about 20 minutes, 40 minutes total, and voila dinner is served. The hardest part is resisting the urge to check inside the packs, don't do it! You have to let all the yummy ingredients steam and cook in merriment.

For a touch of class I brought out our nice plates and cloth napkins to serve. Ice cold beer is the perfect beverage to go with this dinner (if you're asking my opinion). We love enjoying a simple meal together outdoors. big kiss, bekuh

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