A Tasty Tinfoil Dinner
Something fun & delicious for kids of all ages.
When you’re stuck on what to make for dinner tonight, tap into one of my childhood favorites: a tinfoil hobo dinner. My sister and I loved when our mother made these little packages— they were unusual, fun to eat, and always delicious.
The premise is simple.
You steam protein and vegetables with seasoning/sauce in a folded tinfoil envelope. You can use anything really — as long as the pieces aren’t too thick. Chicken breast, sausage, hamburger, fish, shrimp, even stew meat work well (but fish and seafood have much shorter cook times.)
And weirdly — they are so much fun to open and eat from. I’m pretty sure Mom loved hobo dinners as they were also easy on dishes and prep time too. And I don’t know about you, but I’m always game for that.
The French have their own version called en papillote, and they use parchment paper. And that’s fine for many things but not here.
Paper burns up in a campfire and doesn’t work so well on a BBQ either. But tinfoil? Tinfoil delivers the goods.
Tinfoil dinners can be made at any time of year as they work wonderfully in a campfire, BBQ or oven. I often whip them up on a…
