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Trail-tested Recipes from Troop 3
BREAKFAST
- Apricot Breakfast Pasta
- Breakfast Burritos
- Breakfast Scramblers with Grits
- Dutch Oven Biscuits
- Dutch Oven Lemon Blueberry Biscuits (vegetarian)
- Dutch Oven Breakfast Casserole
- Dutch Oven Ham & Egg Souffle
- Dutch Oven Sourdough or Chalah French Toast
- Dutch Oven Breakfast Burritos (can be modified to be vegetarian)
- Egg-in-a-Nest
- Easy Fruit Salad (No-Cook)
- Easy Pancakes
- Omelet-in-a-bag
- Sausage, Hominy, & Egg Hash
- Scout McMuffins
- Stuffed French Toast
Backpacking Breakfasts
- Apple Breakfast Cereal (Backpacking – Vegetarian; Vegan w/o milk)
- Breakfast Scramblers with Grits for the Trail (Backpacking – Vegetarian w/o bacon & gravy)
- Cherry-Walnut Couscous Porridge (Backpacking – Vegetarian)
- Cream of Wheat w/Berries for the Trail (Backpacking – Vegetarian)
- Oatmeal Deluxe (Backpacking – Vegan)
- Savory Trail Grits (Backpacking ; Vegetarian w/o bacon)
LUNCH
- BLT Sandwiches (Pre-Cook/No-Cook)
- Chicken Caesar Salad (No-Cook)
- Chicken, Cranberry & Feta Salad (No-Cook)
- Cobb Salad (Pre-Cook)
- Curried Egg Salad Sandwiches (Pre-Cook)
- Deli-Style Sub Sandwiches (No-Cook)
- Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
- Grilled Reuben Sandwiches
- Southwest Taco Salad (Pre-Cook)
- Tabouli on Pita (Prep Ahead – Vegan)
- Tuna Salad Sandwiches (No-Cook)
Backpacking or Trail Lunches:
- BLT Sandwiches for the Trail
- Nut Butter & Honey Sandwiches
- Summer Sausage & Cheese Sandwiches
- Tuna or Chicken Salad Sandwiches for the Trail
- Backpacking Quinoa Soup for the Trail (rehydrated with water on trail stove)
- Trail Tacos (rehydrated with water on trail stove)
- Trail Beef Teriyaki (rehydrated with water on trail stove)
DINNER
- Baja Fish Tacos
- Bean & Spanish Rice Burritos (Vegetarian; vegan w/o optional cheese & sour cream)
- Beef Stroganoff with Peas
- Beef Tacos
- Camp Beef Stew (One-pot Meal)
- Campfire Meatloaf
- Chicken Curry with Rice
- Chicken Kawasaki (Vegan w/o chicken)
- Chicken Enchilladas with Green Sauce
- Chinese Lo Mein
- Dutch-oven Lasagna with Zucchini (Vegetarian, if sausage cooked separately)
- Dutch-oven Easy Ravioli (Vegetarian and Vegan if modified – 2 dutch ovens)
- Dutch-Oven Pork Chops and Potatoes
- Dutch-Oven Easy Sausage Stuffed Potato Boats (Vegetarian if modified with Soysage)
- Dutch-Oven Chicken Enchilada Pie (Vegetarian if chicken cooked separately)
- Dutch Oven Chicken Pasta with Herbs
- Easy Chili (One-Pot Meal)
- Easy Red Beans & Rice
- Easy Vietnamese Pho
- Foil-pack Brushetta Chicken Bake (Foil Meal)
- Fried Fish
- Hawaiian Chicken in Foil (Foil Meal)
- Hobo Pack (Foil Meal)
- Mediterranean Pasta Salad w/Chicken (Vegan w/o chicken)
- Posole (One-Pot Meal)
- Pull-apart Pizza Bread (Dutch oven)
- Risi e Bisi (Rice with Peas, Ham & Chives) (One-Pot Meal)
- Rosemary-Garlic Baked Chicken
- Sausage, Lentil & Kale Soup
- Shepherd’s Pie
- Shepherd’s Pie II (Dutch Oven – can precook and freeze beef)
- Vegan Shepherd’s Pie II (Dutch Oven – lentils) Todd to check recipe
- Southwest Salads (Vegetarian w/o taco meat; Vegan w/o cheese & sour cream)
- Spaghetti & Meat Sauce
- Spinach & Rice Bake (Vegetarian)
- Thai Curry with Rice (Vegan w/o chicken)
- Ultimate Vegan Chili (Vegan)
Backpacking Dinners
- Chicken, Veggie & Mushroom Rice (Backpacking – Vegetarian w/o Chicken)
- Beef Stroganoff for the Trail (Backpacking)
- Chicken Alfredo & Noodles (Backpacking)
- Creamy Broccoli Tuna Pasta (Backpacking – Vegetarian w/o tuna)
- Easy Vietnamese Pho for the Trail (Backpacking)
- Pepperoni Spaghetti (Backpacking)
- Ramen with Chicken & Vegetables (Backpacking)
- Red Beans & Rice for the Trail (Backpacking) – in progress
- Risi e Bisi for the Trail (Backpacking)
- Roast Beef & Mashed Potatoes with Peas (Backpacking)
- Sweet & Spicy Tuna Couscous (Backpacking)
- Tabouli Salad on Tortillas (Backpacking – Vegan w/o meat)
- Backpacking Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie (Backpacking – verify soup mixes are vegan)
- Shrimp Sausage and Grits
SIDES & SALADS
- Broccoli, Cauliflower & Carrot Salad (No-Cook / Vegan)
- Broccoli, Cauliflower, Peas & Carrot Salad
- Caprese Salad (No-Cook / Vegetarian)
- Czech Cucumber Salad (No-Cook / Vegan)
- Fennel-Orange Salad (No-Cook / Vegan)
- French Tomato & Cucumber Salad (No-Cook / Vegan)
- Green Beans with Bacon
- Hushpuppies
DESSERTS
- Ambrosia Fruit Salad (No-Cook; Vegetarian)
- Antiguan Charcoal Baked Bananas (Foil Pack)
- Banana Pudding (No-Cook; Vegetarian)
- Black Forest Cake
- Cinnamon-Apple Bread Pudding
- Dutch Oven Apple Crisp
- Dutch Oven Cheesecake
- Dutch Oven Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp
- Easy Brownies
- Easy Fruit Cobbler
- German Chocolate Cake
- Leave No Trace Coconut Cake
- Lemonade Pie (No-Cook)
- Pineapple Upside Down Cake
- S’more Banana Boats (campfire foil pack)
- Rice Pudding
- Tres Leches Cake (Dutch-Oven)
Backpacking Desserts
- Banana Pudding for the Trail (Backpacking – Vegetarian)
- Cheesecake in a Cup (Backpacking)
- Grasshopper Pudding Pie (Backpacking)
DRINKS