Cheesy Bacon Taters (CBT)
Single person version, it makes enough so be hungry.
• 1 bag instant 4 cheese potatoes (2 bags/Great Val box)
• 1/4C instant milk
• 1tsp Butter Buds
• 2 tsp. parsley flakes
• 1 tsp. onion flakes
• A pinch of pepper
• ½ pkg. of Great Value crumbled bacon or 3-4 strips dehydrated ham
AT HOME: Put all of the ingredients into a quart freezer zip lock type bag.
ON THE TRAIL: Boil 2 cups of water, add water to bag, stir well, let stand. You may want to add a little water after it sits, cold is fine.
Comment: You could cut this in half to use as a side or lunch, or for a lighter eater. This one is a keeper.
(dehydrated ham: slice lunch meat into 1 in strips, and toss on the dehydrator. Like bacon in recipies and good for snacking)
Rice and raisins breakfast
• 1/3c powdered milk
• 1c Minute Rice
• 4 tsp sugar
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• Nutmeg, pinch
• 1/4c raisins
• 1 ¼ c boiling water
Put all in a ziplock bag. Bring water to boil, add water, stir, wait about 7-10 min and eat.
Comments: easy breakfast, sometimes it seems to take a while for the rice to absorb the water but it will.
OK, for dinner, If you like Chicken alfredo you are in good shape. Downside is you have to clean the pot. That means a 1/2 sponge and a little bottle of dishwashing liquid. Tip, put Dawn (aka super soap, dishes, bodies, laundry) in one of those airplane legal containers. Works to wash the funk off of you to. Wouldnt recommend the apple scented kind, but I used it.
The bag chicken is the best thing to happen to camping since fire.
Take a chicken Alfredo pack
http://www.letsmakeknorr.com/Products/1210/Alfredo.aspx like this. At home, open the bag and add contents, dried milk and butter buds. Sub what the package calls for, ie 1c milk = 1/3c dried milk, butter buds are 1:1. Put all of the dry ingredients into a qt freezer bag.
In the field, boil the noodles and stuff from the qt bag in a pot, then cut back to simmer. Add chicken pack
http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/02/37/00/05/0002370005117_500X500.jpg and simmer 2 min, cover and wait 7-10 min.
Works with other pasta sides to.
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You can do beef stroganoff to, takes a little more prep though. You have to brown ground beef, drain it and the dry it on a dehydrator. Trick to keep the little beef chunks from falling through the holes is to put cheese cloth on the dehydrator.
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If you have a dehydrator, dried apples, brown sugar and cinnamon in a qt freezer bag works well. Add a few drops of water and let it slightly rehydrate, making the sugar stick, is kinda nice.
Dried bananas in the oatmeal is good for potassium if you are walking.
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Bagles are good, carry a block of cheese, it wont go bad, and some summer sausage. If you dont unwrap it, it lasts w/o refrigeration. If you vacume pack the bagles, they look funny, but taste good.
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Instant vanilla pudding with dried bananas and dried milk is OK. I wouldnt drive across town for it, but for the woods, ok.
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I added 2 gatoraid drink mixes and 2 iced tea mixes 4 coffee singles (2/cup), 2 granola bars and vacuum packed each days food and labled what was in it.
I did baco spuds and bagel's cheese/sausage for lunch, stroganoff and alfredo's for dinner, and rice and oats for breakfast. Coffee for AM and lunch, granola for snacks, and drink mixes all day long.
