Snow camping was on my list and I got to check it off this weekend--my Valentine's day present from my S.O. We took our dog, Chaos, and camped Saturday night. It was cold as you may expect, and it was really fun. We camped near the location of the fire lookout from 2 weeks ago--SE side of Mt. Hood near Dufur, OR. There was a lot more snow than last time we were there.
It was snowing when we arrived and pretty much didn't stop snowing until Sunday morning.
It was gorgeous and great skiing once we got rid of the giant backpacks.
You can see the rest of the pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhextreme/sets/72157613876471742/
For dinner, I put together campers' spaghetti.
It was 18 oz to carry in (not including water). It made a ton of food and was really yummy. I forgot a can opener, so my S.O. opened the can with his knife--whew.
Recipe
A handful of angel hair pasta, broken in half --use angel hair instead of traditional spaghetti because it takes only 3 min to boil instead of 10 min, conserving fuel
I brought about 2 inches in diameter of pasta for the three of us
1 can of tomato paste
1 envelope of spaghetti seasoning
1 oz of chili flavored oil (I usually carry flavored oil when camp cooking, to cut down on extra ingredients)
1 cup of shredded cheese--I used mozz/parm combo--the beauty of snow camping--cheese isn't going to spoil.
Boil the pasta for 3 - 4 minutes with a little of the oil in a large sauce pan (large for camping)
Drain.
In the same pan throw in the spice, the paste, a 1/2 cup of water and the rest of the oil.
Mix over the stove on low. Once it's all mixed together, throw in the cheese, stir through and serve.
I pulled out about 25 % of the pasta first and added some cheese and that was Chaos' dinner. He loved it.
By the way, we use a Primus brand camp stove and wow it works well. You have to keep the fuel warm, we laid the fuel can on one of those pocket hand warmers. It boiled the water in just a couple of minutes--did I mention we were in the snow?
We later supplemented the evening with Little Debbie heart shaped chocolate cupcakes since it was Valentine's Day.
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Awesome spaghetti. Chaos got to camp too! What a treat. The picture of the pear is beautiful especially next to the tiny orange.
ReplyDeleteThe hot spaghetti on our cold camping trip was an amazing treat. Filling, warm and tasty. And, I think the melted snow water added some good vitamins and minerals.
ReplyDeleteChaos and I both LOVED it! We're very lucky boys. Without Marci we'd both live on Clif bars and kibble.... maybe with a little cheese sprinkled on top.
Warm good food on a trip like this makes ALL the difference.