About

South African Campfire Recipes, Camping Tips and Ideas.

Hello, and welcome! I am based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and have been a keen camper all my life, first with my parents in Zambia and Zimbabwe, and then with my own family in South Africa. I also wrote for the Caravan and Outdoor Life Magazine for several years, sharing camping tales and recipes with their readers.

As a camping mom, I learnt to make good, easy, delicious food over a campfire. I firmly believe that anything can be cooked on a camp fire, and want to share my experiences with you, as well as lessons learnt from years of camping in South Africa, to make the camping experience even better for you.

You will also find my tips for cooking on an open fire, and what cook-ware to use, as well as how to make the all-important fire and other ideas. And there will be new campfire recipes, too.

I’ll be chatting about what food to pack and how to pack it, as well as menu planning and all sorts of other useful camping stuff.

Oh, and there will probably be a few camping tales, too!

Happy camping 🙂

Linda

24 responses to “About”

Carla | June 17, 2013 at 5:59 pm | Reply

Hi Linda, my husband has just opened a 4×4 shop in the south of JHB, we have created a Facebook page with an album “Camping Recipes” I would like to put some of your in the album, please let me know if this is ok with you. the FB page is
4×4 Mega World JHB South

Tx Carla.

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | June 24, 2013 at 9:39 pm | Reply
  
  Hi Carla, yes, of course, I would be thrilled if you shared my recipes! Thanks for visiting 🙂
  
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d1nx | February 9, 2013 at 2:24 pm | Reply

Hi Linda… so excited to find you again.. but I see your latest post was in July 2012. Hope all is well. HUGS xxx

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | February 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm | Reply
  
  Hello Dinx, great to see you again too!! All well, just got caught up in a too busy life 😦 thank you! Hope you are very well!!! HUGS xxxx
  
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ninatimm | February 28, 2012 at 9:43 pm | Reply

Hello Linda

Ek wil graag jou blog feature op my RSG praatjie Donderdag oggend. Dink jy dit is moontlik?

Laat my asseblief weet by myeasycooking@gmail.com

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | February 28, 2012 at 9:51 pm | Reply
  
  Hello Nina – that would be a privilege! How exciting!! I’ll email you…..
  
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Robin Ackermann | February 28, 2012 at 6:12 pm | Reply

Hi

I found this website quite inspirational. My in laws have a game farm with no electricity resulting in us making some very interesting dishes for quite a few days in a row (from breads to braais to potjies. You name it.).

Glad to find someone else who like cooking over the fire!!

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | February 28, 2012 at 7:50 pm | Reply
  
  Hello Robin, thanks for the visit, and for leaving a comment! How I’d love to know what you make on the fire – would you like to share some ideas/recipes? Perhaps you would like to write a guest post for me, with some photos? Full credit to you, of course, if you’d be interested? Let me know. Linda.
  
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  - Robin Ackermann | February 29, 2012 at 9:46 am |
    
    Hi Linda
    
    Yip I would be willing to do so. Have some great show stoppers.
    
    I will only be able to provide photos in April but can share a great recipe so long for you to try. If so, please can you send me an email address and I can forward it to you.
    
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  - Fired Up Cooking SA | February 29, 2012 at 11:15 am |
    
    Hi Robin – that sounds wonderful!! I can’t wait. Email me at firedupcooking@gmail.com
    
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Karla | October 18, 2011 at 10:48 am | Reply

Hi Linda! I’m the food writer for Beeld newspaper and I was wondering if I could use your recipe for vegetable soup in our outdoor supplement (Buite). I will give you full credit and refer people to your blog. Please let me know if this is OK! My email address is karla.jvanvuuren@media24.com.
Thanks so much! Hope to hear from you.
Karla Janse van Vuuren

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | October 18, 2011 at 5:17 pm | Reply
  
  Hello Karla! Thank you for your comment, I would be thrilled to have my recipe used for the newspaper! I will email you…. 🙂
  
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Tracey | August 19, 2011 at 11:21 am | Reply

Hi. Came across your recipes via a friend on Face book. I suggest you create a Facebook page too!! I don’t really like cooking but feel inspired by your simple ideas. Keep it up! Regards, Tracey ex S african living in New Zealand.

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | August 19, 2011 at 6:56 pm | Reply
  
  Hi Tracey, thank you for your comment!! So glad you like my recipes 😀
  
  I hadn’t thought of a FB page for my website, good suggestion! I’ll do that. Thank you!
  
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Ana le Roux | July 15, 2011 at 9:13 am | Reply

Hi Linda, great blog! We are avid outdoor fans too. For many years we travelled the country to all the sailing spots with the kids. I love that I finally got around to visiting your blog. I don’t find much time to read lately but I do buy the magazine occasionally. Now I know who does the food section and I can come straight to your blog. Goodie.

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | July 15, 2011 at 2:05 pm | Reply
  
  Hello Ana, thanks for the visit!!! It’s always great to meet a fellow-camper 🙂
  
  Would love know what some of your favourite camp-fire food is?
  
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chicaandaluza | May 16, 2011 at 9:38 am | Reply

Hi there. Came across your blog via Mandy´s at The Complete Cook and it looks wonderful. I live in Andalucía, Southern Spain, and the Spanish love a good day out in the “Campo”, cooking paella over olive wood and barbecuing chorizo! Am looking forward to reading more

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | May 16, 2011 at 11:28 am | Reply
  
  Hello & thank you for visiting! We are planning a camping trip in Europe & I am beginning to see that the Europeans love camping too! I must try a paella next time we cook 🙂
  
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sam | May 5, 2011 at 10:01 am | Reply

Hi Linda, I love your niche focus blog around outdoor, camping, fire eating. I love the outdoors, so this will be a great resource for future expeditions.
Sam

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | May 5, 2011 at 10:38 am | Reply
  
  Hi Sam, thanks so much for the visit! As you can see, I’m passionate about camping and campfire cookery, and it does seem to be a niche! Glad you find my blog useful 🙂
  
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Lampy LED | April 26, 2011 at 8:03 am | Reply

Great blog! How long have you been blogging for? you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your site is excellent, let alone the content!

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- Fired Up Cooking SA | May 4, 2011 at 8:29 pm | Reply
  
  Hello Lampy, thanks for the visit. I have been blogging since January 2010, and blogging is easy! Thank you for the kind words.
  
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- firedupcookingsa | March 16, 2011 at 9:04 am | Reply
  
  Hello Alessandra – thank you so much! I shall display the blog star award 🙂
  
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