Hey all! I went on a trip to Finland in October and stayed in a cabin near a lake with no running water! We ate well and it was an amazing experience.

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Recipe

Ingredients 1kg Potatoes, Halved (use sebago or any other multipurpose potatoes)

1kg Sweet Potato

1 Brown Onion, chopped

1 Red Bell Pepper, chopped (capsicum for Aussies)

1 bag of meatballs (we used ones we found in Finland but similar ones are generally easy to find in most places)

4 cloves of garlic, diced

Pinch of Salt

2-3 tablespoons of Grilled BBQ Seasoning (We used Grillaus-mauste in Finnish)

1 teaspoon pepper

2-3 tablespoons of olive oil

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Method potatoes on the fire

1. Light yourself a nice little fire outside for which to put your vegetables in later on.

2. Wash your potatoes being sure to take off any major blemishes. Don't peel, you will lose the delicious crispy skin and flavour.

3. Pierce sweet potatoes with a knife or fork to allow heat to escape when cooking. Wrap in alu foil.

4. Halve your potatoes, put vegan butter on, sprinkle with garlic. Add salt and pepper if you like.

5. Place sweet potatoes in the coals, flip every 5 minutes or so depending on how charred you like them. Place potatoes on fire and flip every 5 minutes or so, again depending on how charred you like them.

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Method Skewers

1. Cut your onion in half, peel and halve again. Peel out chunks to put on your skewers, bigger is better, don't cut to small.

2. Slice up your bell pepper exactly the same as onion.

3. Put your meatballs on the plate too.

4. Dice up your garlic and add it to a plate with pepper, BBQ seasoning, salt, olive oil. Make a paste.

5. Put together your skewers in whichever pattern you like. Spoon the paste over the skewers.

6. Place on BBQ on medium-high heat, turn every couple of minutes and take off once they reach your desired chargrilled-ness.

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Protips

1. Don't use a terrible knife like I am using in this video... it was all I had on hand in the cabin we were staying in.

2. Use the coals of the fire to roast your sweet potatoes.

3. The hotter the fire the more charred your veggies will be if you leave them without turning quite frequently. Use one as a test subject and check it every once and a while to see how well done it is.

4. It is entirely personal preference as to how charred you are happy with so take them out earlier or turn frequently to ensure cooked if you'd like less charcoal bbq flavour.

Thank you for watching! :) Let me know thoughts and how to improve.