Oh PS, forgot to say, we inaugurated it with BAKED BRIE. Made it and ate it in the camper. Tonight was 1-pan mapled ham and biscuits, with maple and butter melting on the stovetop in a warming dish. By the time we ate the 4 biscuits, 4 more had baked. I found pans just the right size at the Salvation Army store.

At home I cook from whatever is on hand, no recipe. When we camp I always forget what I need to get (and in what proportions), so I've torn out the pages from several paperback cookbooks with recipes that look easy and yummy. I put them in cheap photo-albums from WalMart so I can take them to the store when we camp to remember what to get and how little of each ingredient.

Hardi likes to cook outdoors more than I do, and he's better at it; so I will be his prep chef (loading up the Dutch oven) outdoors, and he'll be mine indoors.... of course I am cheating, being the Queen of Leftovers, because he will happily cook more meat than we need and I can whip my stuff up the next night, with pre-cooked meat!

~Susan