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One-pot meals for camping????

ratamahatta

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mostly I just cook ramen noodles with cheese and sausage mixed in, but I'd like to know what everybody else's one pot meals are for camping?????
 
I do Ramens too but I like using extra water and adding Potatoes and wild plants..Rice and boullion with the tasty creatures is a staple. Dry rice,beans, noodles ect are easy to store and pack..just take a little imagination to turn them into soup. Keep a little plastic bottle of olive oil in your BOB along with salt and spices. Hot food is not only good for the body but soothing to the soul in trying situations. Learned that from having kids underfoot when TSHTF. Is there a WSS recipe book out yet? (My wife asked...)
 
Can of black beans, ham steak and onions in the pack.

You can make a big pot of this in camp too. Different kinds of beans and ham and onions and whatever else you like.

It's a mainstay in my camps.
 
Instant mashed potatoes with a small can/pouch of chicken, ham or veggies thrown in.
 
Partial to Zataran's products. Super easy, some of them call for butter/oil but it is optional. Red/black beans and rice is a camping favorite for my wife and I.
 
chicken and rice packets, usually Lipton brand, add some water and boil over the fire.
 
onebagnomad said:
Partial to Zataran's products. Super easy, some of them call for butter/oil but it is optional. Red/black beans and rice is a camping favorite for my wife and I.
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Yeppers.

Also, love your avatar ratamahatta! That's good.
 
Zatarains are good -- salty, but good.

The Thai Kitchen ramen bowls are a step above typical ramen packets -- and there are lots of mix-ins that can improve them further: a handful of dried vegetables (they sell Just Veggies mix at REI, and in the bulk section of many natural foods stores), a few shitake mushrooms, some thinly sliced sweet/sour pork jerky, fresh sugar snaps or frozen peas, a beaten fresh egg (instant egg drop soup), peanuts, etc. Ramen is a great platform.

For a first night out, or car camping anytime, I often take a first meal frozen -- just recently, that meant homemade turkey soup.

At the other end of the day, oatmeal with raisins and dried apples is a pretty good start.
 
Just got back from an overnighter. I took along a pack of Barilla spinach and romano tortellini and a tube of pesto. Excellent on a chilly, wet evening. Washed it down with hot instant cider and Barenjaeger.
 
"Lewis Gates Wilderness Stew"---although judging by how well it went over in the movie ("Last of the Dogmen"), one should stay clear.

Joking aside, one simple approach is to take one of the Lipton noodle dishes (like the stroganoff) and add some jerky. I've also used ham or tuna, depending upon the flavor of the noodle dish. It's not very creative or fancy but it's quick and it tastes better than a lot of freeze dried meals without being excessively heavy or expensive. Some of my friends have done the same thing with Rice-a-Roni or Noodle Roni dishes.

DancesWithKnives
 
I should add a high calorie food I really enjoy--- Idahoan instant mashed potatoes and precooked bacon with crushed sour cream and onion potato chips added at the last minute. It isn't food for a lazy day. Too much danger of porking out, but after a hard hike there isn't much that is better.
 
Damn! I was a good boy and had chicken & broccoli for dinner and now you guys are making me hungry with all this tasty high fat food!

Sounds good----thanks.

DancesWithKnives
 
smersh said:
The Thai Kitchen ramen bowls are a step above typical ramen packets -- and there are lots of mix-ins that can improve them further: a handful of dried vegetables (they sell Just Veggies mix at REI, and in the bulk section of many natural foods stores), a few shitake mushrooms, some thinly sliced sweet/sour pork jerky, fresh sugar snaps or frozen peas, a beaten fresh egg (instant egg drop soup), peanuts, etc. Ramen is a great platform.
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Nice to see the Asian variety popping up here once in a while! :thumbup:

That's also a good urban-late-night-rummaging-for-food survival situations. Many a time I was saved by it ;)
 
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