>>2044425Use a frying pan and cook bacon and eggs. Heat some water to make coffee. If you're feeling adventurous, make French toast.
A can of Dinty Moore beef stew is excellent camping food. Yeah, it's canned, but it's delicious, nutritious, and gets you used to cooking in a pot in the woods. Try it before you get into more complicated things. Remember to stir regularly and don't let the bottom burn.
Get yourself used to making canned meals over a fire and making simple things like bacon and eggs innawoods, then gradually increase the complexity and start making things from scratch as you increase in confidence and skill. Cooking over a wood fire or gas burner innawoods is tricky at first if you're not used to it, especially if you normally cook in a microwave or electric stove at home. Learn the heating characteristics of your cookware; how fast is your food gonna burn and stick to the pan if you leave it unattended? How hard is it to clean innawoods? Take your time, do your research, don't be afraid to experiment or screw up, and have fun. Scraping burnt food off your pan is a small price to pay for the experience.
