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Hey HJL! I’m a huge fan of SurvivalBlog.com. Thanks to you and JWR for all you do. Here is a recipe I like to make when camping. I use a Dutch oven on the fire, but you can easily make this at home in the kitchen. The beauty of this “oldie, but goodie” is that you can substitute any meat/protein you have on hand as well as add any canned veggies to the mix to make it go farther. This is the recipe I prefer.

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. to 1 lb. dehydrated ground beef (reconstituted), fresh ground beef, or ground venison
• 4 large bell peppers, any color
• 1 cup rice, cooked
• 1 14 oz. can tomato sauce
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 large sweet, yellow, or Vidalia onion, diced
• 1 cup shredded cheese of your choice
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp ground or fresh black pepper
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Here is my recipe for Bobotie (a South African sweet meat dish)
Ingredients:

• 2 pounds ground beef
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 Tablespoons oil
• 2 Tablespoons curry powder
• 4 eggs
• 12 almonds or any nut you like, chopped or 1 Tablespoon pumpkin seeds
• 4 dried apricots, finely sliced
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons fennel seed
• 1 Tablespoon apricot jam
• 1 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• Lemon juice to taste
• 6 lemon leaves
• 1 1/3 cup milk (fresh or prepared powdered)

Directions:

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. beef (flank, london broil) or chicken (boneless breasts)
• 1 Tablespoon sesame oil (roasted kind)
• 2 Tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup tamari or soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted (optional)
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup red wine
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh, grated ginger

Directions:

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This recipe was economical, as the pre-made biscuit mix was not available in many of the countries we sailed to during our 7-year circumnavigation.

Basic Baking Mix

Ingredients:

• 9 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 cup baking powder
• 1 3/4 cups vegetable shortening

Directions:

Country Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Basic Baking Mix
• 1/2 cup milk or water

Directions:

This recipe is my version of an old traditional French recipe, Porc aux Pruneaux, which I altered several years ago after a bumper crop of cherries. This is one of the treats of November after a hog is slaughtered and there’s lots of fresh pork on hand.

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds pork shoulder or boneless rib meat, cut into bite sized chunks
• 1 large onion, cut into large dice
• 3 cups chicken stock OR 3 cups water & one bullion cube OR just 3 cups water
• 1/2 cup white wine, if available (increase water by 1/2 cup if not using)
• 1 1/2 cups dried cherries. (Sour cherries work best, but use what you have available.)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 Tablespoon dried rosemary leaves
• 1 Tablespoon dried rubbed sage
• 1 or 2 garlic cloves, peeled & left whole
• 1 Tablespoon flour
• 2 Tablespoons oil or other fat, but not butter
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Ingredients:

• 3-4 pound deer roast
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can of tomato sauce
• 2 onions, chopped coarsely
• 1 lb baby carrots
• 4-5 medium potatoes, quartered

Directions:

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I have served this on Thanksgiving every year for over 21 years. It is my granddaughter’s favorite, and she comments EVERY year at the start of dinner, “Sweet Potato / Squash Casserole! MY FAVORITE. I ate it as a baby on my first Thanksgiving!”

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups mashed butternut squash
• 1 1/2 cups mashed sweet potato
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup Brown sugar
• 1/3 cup melted butter (not margarine or spread)
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

Topping:

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 Tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 Tablespoons flour
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon (I use a Tablespoon, but I LOVE cinnamon; you can reduce cinnamon if you like.)
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

An easy and flavorful summertime garden treat. We eat it on our tacos and burritos. We eat it on the side of cottage cheese. We dip celery/carrot sticks and tortilla chips in it. It wonderfully tops a bowl of fresh shredded lettuce. Shoot, we sometimes just eat it out of the bowl with a spoon. It’s good stuff.

Ingredients:

• 6 large garden tomatoes, chopped small
• (or) 4-5 cups smaller garden tomatoes such as cherries or romas (measured before chopping)
• 1/2 cup finely diced red onions
• 1 large medium-to-hot pepper such as jalapeno, habanero, Serrano etc., chopped fine
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 Tbsp. any vinegar
• 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil, or 1 Tbsp. dried
• Salt and fresh-cracked pepper to taste

Directions:

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This simple, inexpensive meal will leave your guests asking, “Is there any more of that chicken?”. The result is a moist, fall-off-the bone chicken thigh wrapped in a crisp sweet and tangy skin. Note that hormones and antibiotics spoil this recipe, so shop for quality chicken.

Ingredients:

• 6-8 plump chicken thighs
• 1-2 large cloves of garlic, minced
• Fresh ground mild chili or black pepper
• ½ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup Balsamic or apple cider vinegar
• ½ cup honey
• 1-2 tsp Balsamic or apple cider vinegar
• ½ cup molasses

Directions:

Biga For Bread

This is a bread starter that is used for artisan type breads, including Pugliese bread. This makes enough for two loaves. It must be made well in advance (at least 12 hours and preferably 24 hours) of making bread for best results, and it makes a big difference in the texture and the crust of bread, generating the nice soft and spongy inside with a crusty outside and excellent flavor. When using homemade yeast water instead of the combination of water and dry active yeast, it becomes a wonderful pre-ferment dough. Yeast water from raisins are most common, but yeast water from basil and other sources can add nice flavor notes to the bread through the biga pre-ferment. Pre-ferment dough requires time to rise and activate and then is used with flour and other ingredients to produce a variety of breads, as their source of yeast/leavening. Give … Continue reading →

Ingredients:

• 2 slices white bread, crusts removed and crumbled
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons OldBay seasoning
• 2 teaspoons parsley flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 pound lump crab meat

Directions:

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This is a good meal to prepare on a camping trip in a 3-legged Dutch oven, or at home in a stovetop model, as it can be left to cook all day while needing only occasional attention. The pork hock, or leg, is inexpensive and is enveloped in a thick skin (not fat) that is rich in collagen.

Ingredients:

• a fresh pork hock,
• carrots,
• onions,
• red potatoes
• Seasoning blend of salt, cayenne, black pepper, coriander, garlic, and Spanish smoked paprika, adjusted to taste

Directions:

Ingredients:

• 1 frying chicken, cut up
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 pinch of saffron powder
• 3 cups broth or bouillon
• 2 Tbsp dry sherry
• 1 (16 oz) can peas, drained
• 1/2 cup sliced, stuffed green olives
• 2 cups cooked rice

Directions:

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Ingredients:

• 1 can whole kernel yellow corn, undrained
• 1 can cream style yellow corn
• 1 (8 oz.) carton sour cream
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix
• 1 stick butter, melted

Directions:

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