Camp Sub's

These are amazing!

Roast Turkey & Swiss Sub

1 French Loaf
1 pd Roast Turkey
6-9 slices of Swiss Cheese
3 Tbsp. Dijon Mustard
2 Tbsp. Butter

Other optional toppings, sweet peppers, onion, pickles, and anything else that you want that cooks well. I would avoid avocado, lettuce & tomato. They don't freeze well or grill well (after being frozen).

Melt butter, combine butter and mustard. Slather on cut bread.
Add cheese & meat.
Wrap in Foil.
If freezing also wrap in freezable cling wrap.
Unthaw.
Toss on the grill for 20 minutes, turning over in the middle to fully melt cheese.

Ham & Swiss Sub

1 French Loaf
1 pd Sliced Ham
6-9 slices of Swiss Cheese
3 Tbsp. Dijon Mustard
2 Tbsp. Butter

Other optional toppings, sweet peppers, onion, pickles, and anything else that you want that cooks well. I would avoid avocado, lettuce & tomato. They don't freeze well or grill well (after being frozen).


Melt butter, combine butter and mustard. Slather on cut bread.
Add cheese & meat.
Wrap in Foil.
If freezing also wrap in freezable cling wrap.
Unthaw.
Toss on the grill for 20 minutes, turning over in the middle to fully melt cheese.

 Assemble ingredients

Love this stuff! Works amazing when you need to freeze odd shaped items!

The end product was amazing this is most definitely a Camping recipe favorite!

Coconut Curry Chicken

Coconut Curry Chicken

1-1/2 pds of Chicken (thinly sliced or cubed)
3-4 C. of mixed veggies (or cauliflower & peas)
1 bottle of Coconut curry (I bought mine at target)
6 oz. Coconut Milk
1 tsp. Turmeric

Best paired with, Coconut Jasmine Rice (recipe at bottom)

Pair your recipe with matching flavors, or compliment flavors.

soak chicken in Coconut Milk and Turmeric 

4-6 hours

Pat chicken dry with a paper towel and grill lightly

making sure its cooked thoroughly 

while chicken is cooking start the veggies in the curry sauce, as well as the rice.

When both the chicken and the veggies are cooked combine, cook another 5 minutes on low.

Serve over Coconut Rice

Coconut Jasmine Rice 

2 C. Coconut Milk

1 tsp. Coconut Oil

3/4 C. Water

2 C. Jasmine Rice

salt to taste

Add all ingredients into sauce pan, heat to a low boil.

Stir constantly.

When it starts to boil, reduce to low.

Cover tightly and simmer 15-20 min.

Stir occasionally, fluff with fork when done.

This is the original recipe - I amended mine to a lighter slightly faster version.

I have a microwave rice cooker (which I love) so my recipe is adapted for that type of cooking.

2. C. Jasmine Rice

1 C. Coconut Milk

1 tsp. Coconut Oil

2 C. Water

No salt

10 minutes on high in the microwave - pull out, stir, check water (add more if needed)

cook another 10 minutes on high in the microwave and voila!

This was delicious! I have been trying to find Indian recipes with American equivalents. Of the few I have found I am still trying to find all the ingredients. Using bottled premade curry at the moment is the best I can do - eventually I will be adding full Gujarati recipes.

Teriyaki Fajitas

Teriyaki Fajitas

1 pd steak cooked and cut into thin strips (I bought them pre-pkg from the store)
1 onion cut thin
1 pepper cut thin
1/2 bottle of Teriyaki sauce
sliced provolone cheese
tortillas

Add first 4 ingredients to a gallon freezer bag, shake and marinate at least an hour.
Cook ingredients on high heat until cooked thoroughly.
lay in middle of tortilla add cheese, fold, serve!
Easy and yummy!
Add cooked rice on the side or inside if desired.

Double recipe, freeze. Needs to be unfrozen before cooking, can be pan grilled, foil grilled or flame grilled.
Would make a good take and go camping recipe as well! 

Home Made Toilet Wipes - FAIL

Alright I tried I really really tried.

First I tried it with cheap toilet paper left whole and on the roll

The second batch I used the best, strongest toilet paper I could find.

1 C. Water
1 1/2 Tsp. Baby Oil
2 tsp. baby bath wash
1 roll of toilet paper

 I cut it in half

Laid them out the best I could

 

 

Allowed them to soak.

They work MUCH better then the first batch

but they do still tear, fall apart and roll.

These will work in a pinch, but buying pre-made store ones are still better than anything I have been able to come up with.

If you have a better way to make them - feel free to share it with me, until then I will continue to buy this item of convenience.

 

Re-Grow Lettuce?!

Re-growing lettuce

Place cut end in water 2-4 days until growth is evident.

Then transplant into soil and continue to water.

On pinterest, I was told to just plant it in soil and water.

Instead of following it to the letter

I placed my romaine end into water for a few days, when enough growth (see photo above)

then I planted it in dirt.

So far just like re-growing my green onions - this is working perfectly!

I don't know how many times you can re-grow romaine before it can't give anymore

but I am sure to find out!

Not everything needs to hit the compost pile, the first time!

Also from now on I will be posting all of my gardening, photos, tips and recipes here on my food blog.

Hope you enjoy.

BBQ & Southwest Tacos

Now I found this recipe originally on Pinterest titled Callies Soft Tacos. However, I modified it AND it wasn't quit correct on a few points. Thus I will be correcting it and not linking to the original.

Southwest Soft Tacos

5-6 frozen chicken breasts
1 can enchilada sauce
1 pkg taco seasoning
2 cups corn (I prefer frozen)
4 cups cooked rice
2 cups mexican shredded cheese

Place chicken, enchilada sauce & seasoning in crockpot. Cover. Cook on high 4 hours. 

Pull the chicken out - shred it - re-add back into sauce in crockpot along with corn & cook 30 minutes more. (more photos to follow)

Add cooked rice and stir together.

In medium soft shelled burritos, add some cheese and a few scoopfuls of southwest mix.

Roll up, I fold in two side slightly and roll the rest up and over.

 

Serve immediately with a side salad or wrap in either foil or press n' seal wrap, place in gallon freezer bags and freeze for quick lunches.

 

Using medium soft burritos I was able to make 30 (I used only 5 lg chicken breasts)

 

 

BBQ Soft Tacos

5-6 frozen chicken breasts (2-3 pds pork)

1 bottle of honey BBQ sauce (or flavor of choice)

3 Cups cooked rice

2 Cups mexican shredded cheese

Place chicken & sauce in crockepot, cover, cook on high 4 hours. (low up to 8 if you need it to cook while working same for recipe above). Remove chicken from crockpot - shred, return to crock pot and cook 1/2 hour more. 

Add cooked rice, stir together.

Add mix & cheese to soft tacos and roll up.

 

Serve immediately with side salad or wrap and freeze for later.

Using medium soft burritos I was able to make 30 tacos.

 after shredding

after adding in corn

My husband loves both of them and has been eating them for lunches from frozen

It took me two days of making one large batch of each and will feed him lunches for a month!

(working on the theory of 2 burritos a day)

Coffee Creamer

 French Vanilla Coffee Creamer

14 oz. Sweetened condensed milk
14 oz. Milk (any - including soy, almond ect)
2 tsp. Vanilla

1 quart mason jar. I used a washed out, wild coyote Blue Cheese dressing jar.
Add all ingredients into jar - shake well (stirring works also)

Very yummy!

Next time however I am going to do it a little different.

I will substitute the milk for a 13.5 oz. can of lite coconut milk.
I think it will add to its allure - especially since my favorite creamer is coconut!