Back to Knapsack Food Page DINNERS - Red Meat Entrees
Serve entrees with 3-4 quarts soup (about 1 cup per person), and dessert
Sausage with Rice from Bob Jordan
(for 15 people for MS or S trip-adjust accordingly for differently rated trips and fewer participants)
Ingredients
2 lb. Basmati rice (or 4 1/2 c.)
1 big onion
1/4 c. margarine
Green pepper or other green veggie
Sundried tomatoes (which come packed in oil) (Before the trip cut into small pieces and store in small plastic container with a little olive oil.)
Garlic cloves, a few
1 Kalbalso sausage, 16 oz.
few oz. of olive oil
Directions
Chop onion, garlic, and peppers and sauté in olive oil.
Dice sausage and sauté with onions. Add sun-dried tomatoes.
Rice: Put 9 cups water in pot. Add margarine. Bring to boil. Add rice and stir once.
Cover and simmer for 15-18 minutes, or until done. When done let stand COVERED for 5-10 minutes.
Fluff with fork and serve with sausage mixture on top.
German Hot Potato Salad from Roger Grissette
(for 15 people for MS or S trip-adjust accordingly)
Ingredients
6 boxes Betty Crocker scalloped potatoes
sauce mix from boxes
1 pkg. milk powder
4-8 oz. freeze-dried peas or green beans (optional)
2 medium onions, minced or 2 Tbsp. dried minced onion
1 1/4 cup oil
3/8 c. vinegar, stored in Nalgene-type bottle with oil
1/4 c. parsley
1 4.3 oz. bag of Hormel real bacon pieces (more protein, less sodium than Oscar Meyer) or 2 cans deviled ham
Directions
Place potatoes, vegetables, sauce mix and milk powder in 3 quarts water.
Bring to boil and simmer, stirring occasionally.
Add onion. Simmer 15 minutes (adding more water, if necessary).
Add oil and vinegar, parsley and bacon pieces or ham.
(Serve vegetarians before adding bacon pieces or ham.)Beef Stroganoff from Kathie Brock
(serves 15)
Ingredients
8 oz. freeze-dried hamburger (from Alpine Aire)
5 pkg. stroganoff mix (from a grocery store)
1 pkg. sour cream, powdered (makes 2-3 cups) (from Alpine Aire)
3 1/2 oz. dried mushrooms
1 1/2 oz. onion flakes
24 oz. cracked wheat (kasha) (Ala is a good brand)
Directions
Rehydrate beef, onions, and mushrooms in warm or hot water just to cover in pot for about 10 min.
Add stroganoff mix and sour cream (therefore don't have too much soak water).
Heat but don't boil, and simmer for 15 min. or until done.
Add water as needed for proper consistency. Sauce should make about 2 quarts total volume.
For cracked wheat, add grain to 2 quarts of hot water, bring to a boil, and simmer until done, about 20 min.
Serve beef with sauce over cracked wheat.
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