Recipes Tips

Like most people, I like flavor in my meals and over the years I've come up with some easy ways to enhance trail meals. Although fast food restaurants aren't the best place to eat on regular bases, they're a great source for obtaining free and packable condiments. Go to the right fast food joint and you can pick up salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard, hot sauce or Soy Sauce in handy packets. Store them in a zip lock bag and they're safe to go. I also carry refillable squeeze tubes, so I can take care of my peanut butter and honey addiction. On the trail or at home one of my favorite dishes is rice. I can make a whole meal from this versatile food. Here's my trail rice recipe for you to try. Bon Appetite

Don's Trail Rice

Ingredients:
2 cups of frozen Vegetable mix. (I like an Oriental Mix)
3 ounces chopped sun dried Tomatoes
1 cup of instant brown rice
1-2 cloves unpeeled garlic
3 condiment packets of soy sauce
1 ½ cups of water

At Home:
Dry frozen vegetables. Chop tomatoes. Add rice, unchopped garlic, vegetables and sun dried tomatoes. Store all ingredients with unopened soy-sauce packets together in resealable plastic bag.

On the Trail or River:
Bring water to a boil, chop garlic and place all ingredients in the water; stir well. Cover the pot and follow the cooking instruction for the rice. Let sit for 10 minutes and stir in soy sauce.