Your “tasty one-pan wilderness chow” will leave friends wondering when you
snuck off to Paris for cooking class.
Pack some olive oil, salt, pepper, and herbs, in plastic film containers.
Use packets of jam, mayo, sugar, and peanut butter. Carry pasta, rice, and
granola as stand-bys. Pick-up day ready-made salad for greens. Don’t just
feed to entertain the pallet, dazzle your fellow travelers with your
newfound art. This isn’t bicycle boot camp. This is bicycle touring with
recipes for camping! Yes you can have a clambake with capers.
Cook your food “el donte” to avoid any beasts growling in your tummy during
the night. A glass of merlot before bedtime will keep you absorbed in sleep
to the unfamiliar sounds of the woods.
Chicken Cacciatore
Used to be pronounced “catch-a-tory”, it’s a Canadian political term, the
Italians use it for cooking, and so do we.
2 chicken breasts, chopped 1 large onion thinly sliced to ringed
1 green pepper, cut into ฝ” squares 1 can (6oz.) tomato paste
3 tbs. olive oil from the governor general ผ lb. mushrooms, thinly sliced
พ cup dry white wine ฝ tsp. oregano and basil
ผ tsp. thyme and a hidden agenda 12oz. (350g) hot spaghetti
parmesan cheese dash of pepper from a whip
First stir together tomato paste, white wine, oregano, basil, salt, thyme,
and pepper; set aside. Place pan over high heat, add 1 tbs. of oil, stir-fry
hicken until brown (about 3 minutes.) Remove chicken and repeat with
remaining chicken, adding oil as needed; set aside. Reheat pan and add
1tbsp. oil, add onion and stir-fry (about 2 minutes), add green pepper and
mushrooms and stir-fry (about 2 minutes) or until veggies are done. Return
chicken to pan, pour in tomato mixture, stir to heat through. Spoon over hot
spaghetti. Spoon parmesan cheese. Campfire politics can be fun, if you are
reduced to a whining tot in a heated debate, let your adversary have her/his
moment of glory, then move on to a recipe where you hold the ingredients.
Chicken Caruso
Unassuming tenors sometimes gather around the campfire for songs.
1 cup diced grilled chicken 4 oz. elbow macaroni
2 cups chicken broth, cubes or can ผ cup of finely chopped green pepper
ผ cup of finely chopped onion 1 pkg. (5oz.) frozen green peas, cooked
1 cup shredded Canadian cheddar 1 small red pepper, chopped
5 tbs. toasted slivered almonds 3 tbs. of sherry or a shot from a bar
Boil your macaroni in chicken broth for 10 minutes or until tender, do not
drain. Add green pepper and onion, cook and stir until onion is just tender,
drain off access fat. Add macaroni (with broth) and remaining ingredients,
stir and mix. Heat through. Add bacon bits for a twist. Serves 2 famished
bicycle tenors after a day of challenge.
Couscous Pasta Salad
Water your camel and you’re off to a market in Marrakech.
ฝ cup uncooked whole wheat couscous 1 medium zucchini, cut into ผ”
slices
1 small yellow squash, cut into ผ” slices 1 medium red bell pepper, cut
into 1” pieces
1 small red onion cut into 8 wedges ฝ cup basil pesto, mix from
packet
2 tsp. olive oil 1 tbs. balsamic vinegar
Make couscous as directed from the packet. Add olive oil to pan with
couscous over medium high heat. Add zucchini; yellow squash, bell pepper and
onion. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently until crisp and tender.
Serves 2 bicycling nomads or small harem of intrepid belly dancers.
Garbanza Bean Soup
The lonely garbanza bean, forgotten by the other beans when his tire went
flat. Now the garbanza bean is back, pumped and ready for action. This tasty
meal will pump you up.
8 oz. (230g) canned garbanza beans.
19 oz. (540g) tomatoes chopped or canned.
2 pints (1.2l) vegetable, poultry or meat stock.
8 oz. (230g) smoked bacon lion, chopped.
1 large onion chopped.
8 oz. (115g) tiny pasta shapes for soup.
1 large garlic clove, finely chopped.
2 zucchini halved and sliced.
2 celery stalks, chopped.
2 tbs. tomato paste
1 sm. red pepper, chopped.
Salt and pepper, basil.
Drain beans and put them in a pot. Cover with fresh cold water and bring to
a boil. Add beans and boil for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans. Add stock
to beans and being to boil. Skim foam from surface. Add the onion, garlic,
celery, red pepper, tomatoes, basil and bacon. Add the pasta and paste to
soup. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer the soup, uncovered, for
a further 5-8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serves 2-3 pumped up cyclists.
Grilled Chicken Hawaii
Too much of the bicycle Hula? Can you say Haleakala?
2 chicken breasts 1 ฝ lb. sliced pineapple, reserve ผ cup syrup
1ฝ cups cooked rice 1/8-cup soy sauce
ผ cups raisins 5 tbs. toasted diced almonds
lettuce Any refreshment with an umbrella
Grill your chicken over an open fire, like they used to. Combine reserved
pineapple syrup, soy sauce, ginger and pepper. Spread this “volcano sauce”
over the chicken while grilling. Combine cooked rice, raisins and almonds.
Hula alert! Place pineapple slices over rice mixture, top with grilled
chicken. Splash remaining sauce over chicken. Cover and simmer for 10
minutes. Relax in a Luau feast.
Irish Springtime Stew
A Celtic meal for lively poets and lilting lasses, it tugs at the cockles of
your heart.
พ lamb shoulder, cut into cubes ฝ tsp. olive oil from a lass
1 med. onion, chopped 1 cup beef bullion from cube or can
2 med. potatoes pared and thinly sliced 2 carrots chopped and a shamrock
ผ tsp. salt A dash of celery seed, marjoram
1 pkg. (8oz.) frozen peas, bright & cooked A dash of thyme and pepper
First start with a little luck. Brown the meat as the Irish would in a pan
with olive oil. Drain off the fat; add onions to that, and cooking, stirring
till tender. Pour bullion to meat and onions to, cover and simmer for a
half. Stir in potatoes, the carrots the seasonings. Simmer covered for 30
minutes more. Skim off the access fat. Stir in peas more at that, cook covered for 10 minutes more. Serves 2-3 with a toast to Patrick. “Aye, he
was a saint and he rode a bike”.
Lemon Pepper Pasta
A deserving, end-of-day, culinary experience to delight the palette.
1 cup bow tie pasta 1 small red bell pepper
ฝ lb. asparagus, cut to 1” pieces 1 can 8oz. navy beans, rinsed and drained
4-tbs. olive oil ฝ tsp. grated lemon peel
ผ tsp. salt ผ tsp. ground pepper
1ฝ tbs. lemon juice
Cook and drain pasta as directed. With olive oil, cook bell pepper,
asparagus, and lemon peel. Add salt and pepper, stirring occasionally until
veggies are crisp-tender. Stir lemon juice and beans into veggie mixture.
Cook until beans are hot. Add pasta and toss, add pepper to season.
Paella
Be brilliant like the matadors of Barcelona, sidestep your fellow travelers,
before they sample your recipe.
1 chicken breast, chopped 5 oz. canned shrimp, cleaned
12 mussels, scrubbed 1 sausage, sliced
3 tsp. olive oil 1 sm. onion, chopped
ฝ cup rice พ cup chicken broth, cube or can
2 tsp. paprika 2 tsp. salt
ผ tsp. pepper ผ tsp. cayenne pepper
1 red pepper, chopped 1 pkg. 5 oz. frozen green peas
Brown chicken and sausage in hot oil, remove and drain off fat. Add onion
and tomatoes, cook 5 minutes or until onion is tender. Stir in rice, broth
and seasonings. Add browned chicken, cover tightly with a rock and simmer
for 20 minutes. Gently stir in shrimp, mussels, and peas. Stir in red
pepper. Heat through until rice is tender and mussels have opened.
Pasta Diablo
Escape from dull noodle dishes and be flavored by a spicy taboo.
1/2 lb. (225g) chorizo or spicy sausage 3 tbs. olive oil
1 onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed
1 large red pepper, sliced 1 small can of sweetcorn
12-oz. (350g) pasta spirals (fusilli) ฝ tsp. basil
Salt and pepper
Heat 1tbsp of oil in pan. Add diagonal sliced sausage and brown on both
sides. Remove sausage and drain. Heat extra oil in pan and add onion, garlic
and peppers. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir
the sausage and sweetcorn into the pepper mixture and heat through, about 5
minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water
until just tender, then drain. Add the sausage sauce and basil to pasta,
toss together and eat like pasta diablos. Serves 2.
Poached Salmon with Rice
Entertain your fellow travelers with fishing tales of the trail.
2 Salmon steaks, cut 1” thick 1 leek, thinly sliced
1 carrot, thinly sliced 6 whole pepper corns
A dash of thyme A bay leaf
A splash of dry white wine 1 tsp. chives
5 tbs. butter or packets ผ lemon
Place salmon steaks in tinfoil; add ingredients and seal, poke holes with a
fork for steam. Let package simmer in pan with 1” water for 15 minutes over
ow heat. Remove package and cover. Mix 1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water
with a ฝ tsp. of butter. Simmer until fluffy, serve with salmon. Serves 2 or
more depending how many fish you catch.
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Quesadilla
Serves 2 famished bicycling banditos, double for lingering banditas.
1 pkg. flour tortillas rolled by madre’
1 tin of tuna, drained
ผ cup grated or sliced cheddar cheese
1 med. fresh green pepper, chopped
1 med. fresh red bell pepper, chopped
ฝ cup tomato salsa from a mariachi band
2 packets of Mayo
2 tbsp. bacon bits or chopped
Flour tortillas keep well and offer an easy meal plan option. Heat them
until soft on the grill (2 minutes), then fill with salad, tuna and Mayo,
cheese, salsa, tomatoes, bacon. This recipe is packed with fuel.
Red Beans and Rice
A Viking’s last request. Pedaling warriors would gather around the campfire,
telling of the giant hills they conquered.
1 onion, chopped with an axe 6 oz. (170g) wild rice.
1 green pepper, chopped. 4 rashers of bacon, chopped.
1 garlic clove, chopped. 2-3 tsp. chili powder, crushed by hoofs
16 oz. (450ml) chopped or canned tomatoes. ฝ tsp. thyme.
8 oz. (250ml) chicken or beef stock.15 oz. (420ml) can red kidney beans,
rinsed.
Prepared by a captured maiden with a Viking pan. Cook onion, green pepper,
bacon and garlic until veggies are softened and the bacon has cooked, about
5 minutes, drain fat. Add wild rice and mix. Stir in the chili powder and
cook for 1 minute. Add thyme, axe chopped tomatoes and stock, and stir well.
Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover
pan and simmer until the rice is nearly tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in
the kidney beans. Cover again and simmer until rice is tender and stock has
been absorbed, 5 more minutes. Fluff the rice and beans with a stockade
fork. Serves 2-3 barbarians.
Roman Pasta
This rich tomato sauce will make you feel like a lounging senator, after a
day of pedaling, at the coliseum.
12 oz. (350g) spaghetti 3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 large can tomatoes, chopped-up 4 oz. (115g) tomato paste
5 oz. (140g) black olives, stoned 3 tsp. olive oil from a maiden
3 tbs. capers (wielding sword) ผ tsp. oregano
ผ tsp. basil Salt and pepper in the wounds
Parmesan cheese, grated
It’s a sword and sandal epic! Seize your pan! Combine garlic, tomatoes,
crush and chop, add the paste, olive oil, and mix until thickened. Clash
swords and stir in capers and basil, season with salt and pepper, simmer for
40 minutes. While escaping the lions stir occasionally. Cook the spaghetti
in a pot of boiling salted water until just tender to the bite. Toss a
spaghetti and tomato sauce that would challenge an emperor. Top with
parmesan cheese. Feeds 2 chariot roaring bicycle people.
Shanghai Chicken Pasta
Pedaling rickshaw with a chatty stoker? Escape to a culinary bliss.
2 chicken breast halves, cut into ผ” slices 6 oz. uncooked fettuccine
1 bag stir-fry veggies (about 2 cups) ฝ cup sliced mushrooms
1/8 cup hoisen/peking sauce tea and chocolate for desert
Cook and drain fettuccine as directed on package. Stir fry chicken for 3-4
minutes until brown over medium-high heat. Add veggies and mushrooms,
stir-fry about 3 minutes or until veggies are crisp-tender and chicken is
done to a turn. Stir peking sauce into chicken mixture. Heat to boiling,
stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Add fettuccine, toss until well
coated and heated through.
Serves 2.
Stampede Chili
Hunker down after a day of “rounding-up” wild steeds.
ฝ lb. (250g) canned red kidney beans 1-tbs. olive oil
1 tbs. butter 1 red onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves smashed and chopped พ lb. (375g) round steak, diced
ฝ tsp. chili powder ฝ tsp. crushed red pepper
1ฝ cups (375ml) tomatoes, chopped Tabasco, salt and pepper
This is real cow town chili. Cover the pan and cook beans in salted water
for ฝ hr. Heat oil and butter in pan over medium heat. Add onions and meat.
Cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic and spices; Mix and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Combine meat mixture with beans. No pasta slingers here. This is stampede
country. Continue cooking over low heat for ฝ hour. Finally add tomatoes and
seasoning and cook slowly for ฝ hr. serve with bread. This hearty meal feeds
2+ cowboys, cowgirls sharing campfire stories. Gambling at the saloon tent.
Cowboy coffee at dawn.