Hike prep -- dinners

All of these premix dinners follow the just-add-water approach, with valuable advice from Monica on her fun blog at http://www.theyummylife.com. 

Cooking instructions for all of these recipes --

Put ingredients in a gallon resealable bag. Bring along a couple of big padded mailing envelopes; put food bag in envelope, pour in boiling water, let stand 15 minutes. Feed. 

Simple, easy cleanup, everything hung up in the bear bag, and into the sack well before hiker’s midnight.
I am one with my JetBoil(™).

Apricot Macadamia Couscous

Ingredients {I doubled these, might try 3x next time. Remarkable how much food it takes to hike all day.}

• ⅓ cup whole wheat couscous
• 1 tsp chia seeds, optional
• ⅓ cup freeze dried cubed chicken
• ⅓ cup chopped dried apricots
• ⅓ cup coarse chopped macadamia nuts {I used almonds}
• 1 tsp onion flakes
• 1 ½ tsp chicken boullion {low salt}
• ¼ tsp thyme
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• ⅛ tsp ground black pepper {cayenne? Maybe}
• ¼ tsp salt to taste {none for me, thanks}

Put ingredients in a gallon resealable bag. Bring along a couple of big padded mailing envelopes; put food bag in envelope, pour in boiling water, let stand 15 minutes. Feed. 

Simple, easy cleanup, everything hung up in the bear bag, and into the sack well before hiker’s midnight.

Curry Rice With Chicken And Cashews

Ingredients

• ⅔ cups instant brown rice
• 1 tsp chia seeds
• ¼ cup freeze dried diced chicken
• ¼ cup chopped cashews
• ¼ cu freeze dried mixed vegetables
• 1 tsp onion flakes
• 1 ½  tsp chicken boullion {low salt}
• 1 ½ tsp curry powder {going to get some premium stuff next time}
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• ⅛ tsp black pepper
• ¼ tsp salt to taste {none for me}