Thursday, May 27, 2010

Curried Celery Soup

This will be in my first time ever home made backpacking meal. Also first time cooking for myself or anyone else on a camping trip. I will be having this as a side to go with salmon(rei) and brown rice(trader joe's).

Curried Celery Soup
1 onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 T curry powder
1 1/2 cup diced potatoes
3 3/4 c chicken stock
4 T parsley

Saute onion and celery. Add curry powder, potatoes, and stock. Simmer until potatoes are done. Puree with stick blender. Stir in parsley.

1 c soup = 1/2 c dried soup mix
3 c soup = l lined dehydrator tray
Dehydrator time 10 hrs

Monday, May 24, 2010

Dried Blueberries and Strawberries

There is always a chance of flavor cross-contamination when drying different things at the same time, but I think this one will be okay.

1 lb organic strawberries = 1 tray = ? qts dried organic strawberries = $2.99
Dehydrate 10-14 hrs.

2 cups frozen wild organic blueberries = 1 lined tray = ? c dried organic blueberries = ~ $2.50
Dehydrate 12-16 hrs.

Apple Rings

Dehydrated apples, for backpacking.

3lbs organic apples = 1 1/2 - 2 qts organic unsulphured dried apples = $3.69

3lbs fills the entire dehydrator (4 trays). Usually I make them crispy, I am going to try for a more traditional apple ring this time.

Dehydrator time = 8-12 hrs.

Honey Basalmic Chicken with Basil

By request. We usually eat this mid summer when we have a TON of basil that needs to be eaten.

Honey Basalmic Chicken with Basil (for 2)
chicken, sliced into tenders
salt
pepper
4T basalmic vinegar
2T honey
1-2c fresh basil

Salt and pepper chicken, sautee until almost/mostly done, browned on the outside.
Combine basalmic vinegar and honey, add to pan with chicken. Simmer to reduce and finish cooking chicken, (5-8 min? it won't be a thick sauce). Add 1-2 c fresh basil (or as much or little as you want, we like a lot!) to the pan, JUST before serving, turn off heat and allow to wilt (1-2 min). Serve with couscous or potatoes. It is good over garlicky mashed potatoes, or for less work mushroom couscous made with chicken broth.