GFCF Girl Scout Fun!

A couple of weeks ago, my daughters and I headed to Girl Scout day camp.  It was a  week of hiking, songs, swimming, games, crafts, dancing, fire building, and cooking on the fire.  Very fun and cute, but of course there is the entire FOOD question.  The camp director was great about getting me the menus and recipes ahead of time so we could bring things that would work for us.  I don’t expect  people to work out our food for us for several reasons:  I worry about cross contamination, I know the ingredients MUCH better then the cooks there probably do, and I want it to be as little of a big deal as possible for others so they get a bit of education about allergen-free cooking without being overwhelmed and irritated by the whole thing.

The camp gave me permission to share the menu and recipes here along with my adaptions of them.  No one will claim that this is the end-all of healthy eating but, hey, it’s camp!  The recipes are just basic Girl Scout recipes for camping that kids as young as 6 and 7 year-old can help cook.  I will just put in a day’s recipes at a time in the next few entries in the interests of time (for myself) and shorter entries to slog though.

On Monday, we brought our own GFCF hot dogs, grab bags of GFCF chips,  and the personal sized (7.5 oz.) cup of Bush’s original baked beans.  We ate the raw veggies and fruit from the camp and drank lemonade and water.

About Bush’s: http://www.bushbeans.com/products/productqa.jsp#glutenfree

http://www.gfcfdiet.com/Sidedishes.htm#Beans

EDIBLE FIRE

EQUIPMENT: napkin (1 per camper)

Cooking Method: No Cooking

Preparation Time: 10 min

INGREDIENTS:                      GFCF Ingredients:

Miniature Marshmallows   GFCF mini marshmallows (such as Jet Puff)

Chow Mien Noodles              GFCF shoestring potatoes (ie:  Pik-Nik sticks)

Pretzel Sticks                            GFCF turkey or beef stick (I used Wellshire Farm no nitrate ones)

Braided Pretzels                      GFCF braided pretzels (such as Glutano or Ener-g)

Cinnamon Candies (red hots) GFCF Red Hots/candy corn/red Skittles

Chocolate Chips                    GFCF chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

Use this snack time to teach campers the basics of fire building.  Each camper builds their own ‘fire’ by following the guidelines below.

1.Ground = Open up a napkin and lay it flat

2.Fire Ring = Arrange miniature marshmallows in a circle

3.Tinder = Lay 5-6 chow mien noodles/pick-nik sticks in the center of the fire ring

4.Kindling = Layer pretzel sticks/turkey stick on top of the tinder

5.Fuel = Braided pretzels on top of the kindling

6.Flame = To ‘light’ fire, add cinnamon candies for flames

7.Coals = As the flames die down, add chocolate chips to resemble coals that are ready to cook over.

Jet-Puff: http://www.kraftfoods.com/health/articles/gluten_free_0623031.pdf

http://kraftfoods.com/kf/HealthyLiving/articles/allergiesandsensitivities.htm

http://www.tacanow.com/school_supplies.htm

Pik-Nik: http://www.pikfoods.com/consumer.htm

http://www.gfcfdiet.com/Fastfoods.htm#Potato%20Sticks

Welshire Farm: http://www.wellshirefarms.com/allergy.cfm

http://www.gfcfdiet.com/Meatprotein.htm#Meat%20Snacks