Or Bachelor Food, as I've learnt..

Fast, tasty, no frills meals in under 15 minutes with whatever is at hand, which might also apply in situations of limited cooking time, limited food stuffs, and most of all, little gumption to cook.

My favourite:

Tuna Fettucini Scrap Pot

1 Packet of Stovetop Noodles (preferably a family pack, or x4 feeds)
Bit of Olive Oil
Can of Tuna Fish
And whatever you can find in your fridge

Disregard the milk component, the butter component, and warm up the combined liquid requirements on the packet in a stove pot.

Tip a healthy dose of olive oil in it and add the powdered noodle contents.

If you have an onion, mushrooms, or garlic, dice them and chuck them in.

A partial tin of corn, peas, or a handful of olives, whatever......do the same, except hold off until just before the noodles have finished simmering then chuck them in.

Let the noodles cool for a minute and bulk up, then douse it all with the hottest chillies or hotsauce you can stand. Turn in the chunks of tuna, and let it all acclimate to one temp.

Presto... you're no longer hungry and your scalp feels oddly refreshed.

(The cream pasta packets and tuna are discounted quite heavily some months, and last indefinitely. Bulk buy)






Post up your quick packet meals, or quick "on hand ingredients" meals.


PS- Dehydrated vegetables work just as well as tinned. Add them during the cool down period, and they'll absorb whatever extra moisture left in the pot.

No, Ravendawn... Haven't tried that one yet.


I've done something similar to that with a pot of meat, vegs, and rice, heated up then stuffed into a cardboard box, and newspaper densely wadded all around it. Takes awhile, but comes up much like a crockpot meal.

Might give that a go as well...

Backpacking meals are easy enough to add hot water to, as well, although they're a tad bit expensive, so instead of buying the ready prepared meal packets, I get the dehydrated basic staples and use pasta or rice with whatever flavourings handy.  You're surely right, using a thermos for the pasta or rice, then adding the dehydrated at the very end of the cook cycle could also extend the life, ease, and nutrition of it all..

I save the little spice packets from spicey two minute noodles (buying the individual packets of noodles with flavourings is cheaper in bulk than the big packets of unseasoned noodles most often, and I use the noodles in place of rice in Thai curries), and add the oil, chillies, and seasonings.... or in a pinch dried garlics, onions, or whatever is on hand.


To offset the cost and the allergic reactions (too much sulphur dioxide makes my skin crawl), I'm thinking about building a screen in the backyard for slices fruits and vegetables, and hopefully, won't ever have to buy another packet of overpriced expedition food, or bag of neverending itches.

It might not last as long as a gas charged packet, but vegetables and fruits go for nothing whilst in season... Worst case scenario, the mulch pile is well fed every 3-6 months. :)

Easy Prep Recipes

 

Green Beans Almond

 

* ¼ cup slivered blanched Almonds (I chopped up whole Almonds)

* ¼ cup butter (I used Crisco Butter Flavor) over low heat till golden, stirring occasionally.

* Remove from heat; Add

* ¼ teaspoon salt and

* 1 to 2 teaspoons lemon juice (I used one of those plastic lemons that is filled with lemon concentrate from my stash, I made a small glass of lemon juice and used 2 teaspoons)

* Pour over 2 cups hot cooked, drained julienne-style green beans. (I used one 14.5oz (411g) Green Giant Kitchen Sliced Green Bean ½ inch diagonal cut FROM FEB 1999 WOW found in the back up the cupboard.) Makes 4 servings.

 

Like you 4abbie4maddie and Elona and others, My Meat and Potatoes daily DH who tolerates my emergency preps is enjoying my new cooking experiments. This is an easy good recipe. Uses little fuel and all the ingredients will store easily over a year without refrigeration.

 

What is one of your easy prep recipes? Annie

 

    E,

You are a good cook. When it hits, dont waste. You cant please them every day. Be wise with your preps.

best luck to you and your family.

I am pressure canning (cooked) ground beef.

Here is an easy, tasty recipe I always used anyway:

1 lb of ground beef, drained
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup of noodles

Poof! Budget Stroganoff