Synopses & Reviews
How to prepare simple, delicious meals on the trailIf you think eating in the backcountry means either cooking out of your car trunk on a multiburner stove or subsisting on dried fruit and freeze-dried pouch food, think again. In the first case youre not really in the backcountry, and in the second case, says Don Jacobson, youre not really eating.
The One Pan Gourmet shows you how to enjoy Mother Nature and enjoy easy, tasty, and satisfying meals using fresh ingredients and only one pan, pot, or small oven.
Don has gathered and trail-tested all the recipes, and he's added some new favorites for this edition. He's also included up-to-date information on cookware, outdoor stoves, and water filtration, as well as:
- More than 175 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert
- Vegetarian options and low-fat choices
- Provisioning and packing advice
- Weekend menu plans for pan, pot, and oven
"Will improve the eating habits of all hikers. Gives the overnighter a delightful (yet luxurious) addition of tasteful, well-devised meals that require only one pan, pot, or do-it-yourself stove."Sierra Outdoors
"Jammed full of a wide variety of dishes."Sea Kayaker
"Offers a unique perspective on using fresh foods in the wild."American Hiker
Don Jacobson has honed his outdoor cooking skills in almost forty years of hiking, fishing, canoeing, and spelunking. Don also trains both youth and adult Scouts in the tasty ins and outs of cooking in the field.
Synopsis
How to prepare simple, delicious meals on the trail If you think eating in the backcountry means either cooking out of your car trunk on a multiburner stove or subsisting on dried fruit and freeze-dried pouch food, think again. In the first case youre not really in the backcountry, and in the second case, says Don Jacobson, youre not really eating.
The One Pan Gourmet shows you how to enjoy Mother Nature and enjoy easy, tasty, and satisfying meals using fresh ingredients and only one pan, pot, or small oven.
Don has gathered and trail-tested all the recipes, and he's added some new favorites for this edition. He's also included up-to-date information on cookware, outdoor stoves, and water filtration, as well as:
- More than 175 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert
- Vegetarian options and low-fat choices
- Provisioning and packing advice
- Weekend menu plans for pan, pot, and oven
"Will improve the eating habits of all hikers. Gives the overnighter a delightful (yet luxurious) addition of tasteful, well-devised meals that require only one pan, pot, or do-it-yourself stove."Sierra Outdoors
"Jammed full of a wide variety of dishes."Sea Kayaker
"Offers a unique perspective on using fresh foods in the wild."American Hiker
About the Author
Don Jacobson wrote this book after 30 years of hiking, spelunking, and trail cooking on solo trips, with friends and family, and as a Boy Scout leader. He has personally developed and tested every recipe in the book.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Philosophy of Eating
Diet at Home . . . Eat on the Trail
A Question of Balance: Hardware or Munchware?
The Portable Kitchen
Utilitarian Utensils
A Few Thoughts about Water
Prometheus, the Camper
Pot, not Head, Bangers
Rampant Ambition . . . A One-Pan Oven
Packing It All Away
The Food
How to Plan a Menu
Meat Substitutes
Notes on Eating "Lite"
Power Buying
Getting the Show Ready for the Road
Packaging Ideas
The One-Pan Menu
Sample Weekend Menu
Cleanup
A Clean Site Is a Happy Site
The Frying Pan
Breakfast
Eggs
Cakes: Griddle, Pan, and Otherwise
Lunch and Dinner
Poultry
Vegetables
Meat
Dessert
The Pot
Breakfast
Cereals
Morning Beverages
Eggs and Meat
Lunch and Dinner
Poultry
Soups and Stews
Vegetables
Meat
Dessert
The Oven
Breakfast
Lunch and Dinner
Poultry
Vegetarian Delights
Beef
Pork, Ham, and Other "Ovenables"
Baked Goods
Dessert
Appendix
Menu Planning
Weights and Measures
Nutritional Content of Some Common Foods
Index