No need to relegate your refined palate to hot dogs and baked beans when dinnertime rolls around the campsite; all you need is a fire and a desire to create gourmet camping meals that impress.

No need to relegate your refined palate to hot dogs and baked beans when dinnertime rolls around the campsite; all you need is a fire and a desire to create gourmet camping meals that impress.

Campfire Quesadillas

Sprinkle shredded cheese and whatever the fuck else you put in your quesadillas on one half of a flour tortilla. Fold it in half to close. Great/ Wrap quesadilla in foil and put it on the grill if you’re rich or directly into the fire if you’re poor. Leave there for 5 minutes, turning once.

Outdoor Olive Garden Ravioli

Disregard bitches, acquire a package of frozen ravioli. Spread pasta in one layer on a sheet of foil. Top with tomato sauce and some basil or whatever, then cover with another sheet of foil, forming a packet. Grill or place directly in the fire for 12 minutes. Silently lament the lack of unlimited breadsticks and salads.

Beer Can Chicken

Get a chicken. Clean it well, or know the wrath of e.coli. Season the inside and outside with salt, pepper, paprika, chili powder and whatever other seasoning you like. Grab two cans of beer. Drink one. Place the other can, with the tab open, inside the chicken so the chicken is standing up on the can. Place the can-chicken creation standing up on the grill, or near the fire, and cook for about an hour and 15 minutes. Spend that time drinking the rest of the beer.

Boil-in-Bag Breakfast Omelet

Boil a large pot of water over the fire. Mix some eggs and a teaspoon of water in a quart-sized, heavy-duty Ziploc bag. Smush it around to scramble it up. Add your go-to omelet toppings to the egg mix and season it with salt and pepper. Seal the top of the bag, removing as much air as you can. Place the bag, zipper-side-up in the boiling water. Cook for about 10 minutes, depending on how many eggs you’ve got in there, you big camping chef, you.