Outdoor Cooking with Stu and Edye Beans: Omnia Oven Recipes and Tips

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Discover delicious, easy camping recipes perfect for your Omnia Oven! This episode of The RV Atlas podcast features cookbook authors Stu and Edye Beans, who share practical tips, tasty meals, and their favorite Omnia Oven accessories for amazing campsite cooking. Click on the media player above or subscribe using your favorite podcasting app! Cooking outdoors is one of our favorite things about RVing, and the Omnia Stovetop Oven has become a favorite piece of camp cooking gear for our family over the last couple of years. On this week’s episode of The RV Atlas podcast, we’re excited to share an interview with Stu and Edye Beans, creators of the popular YouTube channel "Little House of Beans" and authors of the cookbook "Outdoor Cooking with Edye featuring the Omnia Oven." Stu and Edye joined us to discuss their RV lifestyle, their passion for cooking, and their tips and recipes for the Omnia Oven. Check out their YouTube channel and cookbook for compete recipes! And thanks to Stu and Edye for the great photos! Meet Stu and Edye Beans Stu and Edye Beans are seasoned RVers from Florida who have been adventuring together around the globe for the past 15 years, sharing experiences such as scuba diving, road-tripping, and camping. Today, they travel in a 20-foot, all-aluminum 2016 Livin' Lite camper. Their travel schedule typically runs from Halloween through mid-April, focusing heavily on Florida State Parks and State Forests, including favorites like Wekiwa Springs State Park and Anastasia State Park. Their cooking passion was influenced significantly by Edye’s mother, who was a skilled cook capable of making delicious, hearty meals from basic ingredients. Edye inherited this talent, placing cooking at the heart of their camping adventures. Discovering the Omnia Oven Stu and Edye discovered the Omnia Oven during a search for camping cooking gear after a campsite theft left Stu without his griddle. The Omnia Oven, a three-piece cooking device consisting of a stainless base, a two-liter pan, and a lid, became an instant favorite. The heat from a propane stove circulates through the Omnia, mimicking a traditional oven’s capabilities on a much smaller scale. It allowed the Beans to dramatically diversify their camping menu beyond burgers and hot dogs, which transformed their campsite culinary experience. Stu began filming their cooking sessions as a project during the early stages of the COVID pandemic, primarily as a way to learn video editing. This hobby quickly turned into their popular YouTube channel, "Little House of Beans," which now features over 166 recipes specifically designed for the Omnia Oven. About the Cookbook: Outdoor Cooking with Edye "Outdoor Cooking with Edye" compiles their best recipes and includes unique features such as QR codes linking directly to instructional YouTube videos, beer and wine pairings for each recipe, and Stu’s special cocktail recipes called "Stutinis." With 100 approachable recipes split between savory and sweet categories, the cookbook offers something for everyone and is perfectly suited for the Omnia Oven. Six Delicious and Simple Omnia Oven Recipes to Try at the Campground Below are six standout recipes from the book, specifically highlighted in our conversation: 1. Lazy Lasagna (Baked Ravioli Casserole) Ingredients: Ground beef, spaghetti sauce, cheese ravioli, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese. Why it's perfect for camping: This recipe requires only five easily packed ingredients. It’s simple, satisfying, and especially kid-friendly. The ingredients can all be conveniently purchased frozen or prepared, saving valuable time and space at the campsite. 2. Monkey Bread Pizza with Pepperoni Ingredients: Refrigerated biscuit dough,