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My friends and I are going camping in Summer- has anyone got any nice, healthy vegetarian recipes that can be cooked over the fire? Also, how do you cook things over an open fire? Thanks.

Assuming your going camping, and not backpacking, you can cook in the coals as well as over an open fire.

This is most practical when you will have someone at the campsite all the time, or if the campsite has cement fire pits, but you can "sleep" the fire instead of putting it all the way out by covering the coals with ashes. You can slow cook potatoes or corn in coals (wet them, wrap them in aluminum foil, and burry in the coals). You can also burry certain dutch ovens in hot coals for making cobblers and such. I've seen cast iron cauldrons (small ones) that can be placed in hot coals and/or small fires for making stews.

Over an open fire there are basically three types of cooking that I'm aware of - skillet, grill, and skewer. Skillet cooking either requires a very strong arm and long handle, or, more likely a grill. :) You need heavy duty pots and pans for outdoor cooking - cast iron is what I usually see. Set up your grill, and put your skillet over it. You could also boil water this way for cooking, but I usually see people using camping stoves for this. Grilling works just like barbecuing. Skewering is putting your food on the big sticks - like with marshmallows.

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