Getaway Weekend: Tiny House Camping

campfire steak and potatoes;

Easy make ahead foil packets with steak potatoes and veggies, perfect for camping.

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This past weekend was a much needed break from life! Tyler has been traveling crazy schedules for work–he’s literally gone more than he’s home, but he planned this amazingly nature-filled romantic weekend! He found these little tiny home cabins out towards Shenandoah that just had the most amazing big windows backed into the woods. Here’s the view from one end of the cabin, right over the bed.

There were a good number of these little cabins nestled back from the road and they had cute little functional kitchens and small bathrooms, running water and electricity! Oh and heaters since it’s March and it’s still a bit nippy at night. It was the perfect combination of camping and comfort for me, given the chill of the evening. We packed all our own food, arrived in the afternoon on Friday and cooked ourselves some campfire steak and potatoes!

They had a fire pit and had various foods and firewood for purchase so if you needed you could totally get by for a weekend without too much forethought. However, going with my Boy Scout we had everything prepared! We made some yummy and easy campfire steak & potatoes and asparagus for a delicious whole meal perfect to get dumped into the fire! It’s hard to get a full sense of the cabin since it’s so tiny, but it was quaint and no different really than a small hotel room which was quite accommodating for a one-night stay. If your preference is a little less campfire, the house did have a very minimal kitchenette.

To prepare for your campfire meal, you start by taking a large steak and cutting individual portions and season generously. This time around I went with smoked sea salt we got in Iceland, pepper and a sprinkle of paprika. Top it with roughly halved or diced potatoes, veggies, and I always love onions so add some of those there too! The potatoes need to be chopped down a little so they can fully cook, but I generally recommend a coarse chop on all the other large items to make sure they cook around the same time as the steak. Make sure to throw in some smashed garlic and some butter for extra delicious flavor, and then throw into the hot coals of the fire for about 30 minutes for a medium-well done steak, or to your preferred doneness. My suggestion is to double wrap in foil, so lay out one sheet and wrap up all the delicious goodness, then lay that packed seam side down on another sheet and wrap it up. You wanna make sure all the delicious juices stay inside!

Of course it’s not camping–even cabin camping–without s’mores! We stayed up late just talking and chatting, watching movies and drinking, and even did some star gazing which was incredible so far out from the city. And that was just Friday! Saturday we did some hiking in Shenandoah and visited a winery (Molon Lave) but I’ll leave that to a post later this week. In the meantime get your campfire going and keep this delicious recipe tucked away!

For those who are interested in the getaway experience, check out their website: https://getaway.house/dc!

campfire steak and potatoes;

Easy make ahead foil packets with steak potatoes and veggies, perfect for camping.

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes minutes

Oven Temp: campfire

Servings: 2

Author: bestwithchocolate.com

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Ingredients

• 1 lb sirloin steak
• 4 tsp salt* separated (I like using birch smoked salt)
• 2 tsp pepper
• 2 tsp paprika
• 4 small potatoes
• 1½ cups asparagus/other vegetables
• 1 small onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 Tbsp butter

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Instructions

• Cut the steak into two equal pieces. Keeping them equal sizes will ensure they take the same cooking time. Season with 2 tsp. salt, pepper, and paprika.
• Roughly chop asparagus in half and add a quarter to the center of 2 large pieces of foil. Reserve remaining half.
• Add cut and seasoned steak to each piece of foil. Cut potatoes and onions roughly to 1”-1½” pieces. Season generously with remaining salt and add half to each foil piece.
• Top with remaining asparagus. Add in a Tbsp of butter and a crushed garlic clove to each foil and wrap it up tight.
• Take a second piece of foil for each packet and place the packet seam side down and wrap again. This helps keep all the juices in.
• Create a campfire, and allow the coals to get hot. Toss packets in the fire for approximately 30 minutes, or until desired doneness.

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