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It’s time to get out of the kitchen and out to the grill! We rounded up delicious recipes to help fuel your Memorial Day Weekend adventures. To maximum your summer play, these recipes were chosen for their ease of preparation, minimal clean up, and crowd-pleasing taste. Grab your skillet and let’s get started! Pro tip: Preparing ingredients before you leave home saves time outdoors for fun and minimizes the amount of trash you need to pack out. Cooking tools needed: Filet knife Skewers (if using wood, make sure to soak in water for at least 30 mins before placing over fire) Heavy-Duty Aluminum foil Large bowl or Ziplock bag Campfire Potatoes From Cupcakes and Kale Chips Cooked potatoes in an aluminum packet. Ingredients: 2 lb. red or white potatoes sliced about 1/2 in. thick. 1 medium onion diced. Salt & pepper to taste. 1/4 c unsalted butter. 1/4 c water. Paprika and/or chopped chives or scallions for garnish optional. Start your camp...

Lunch, it’s a meal that tend to happen in the middle of the day, and is the filler between breakfast and dinner or for many people is like breakfast being their first meal of the day.  It can be easy to forget about if you are in the midst and chaos of trying to plan for dinner, especially if you’re camping with a larger group of people and have to worry about. But when you are camping nothing should be stressful and everything should be quick and easy. Here are some delicious meals you can prepare for ahead of time. Enjoy! Taco Bowls This recipe is very flexible as you can prepare as much or as little as you would like.*Tip* Avoid washing dishes by using the chip bag as your bowl.  Ingredients: - individual serving bags of your favorite chips (or to save money one big bag of chips to share) - ground beef - 1 package of taco seasoning - salsa - sour cream - lettuce - onion - grated cheese - anything else you enjoy in your tacos P...