Bushbuddy casserole technique

The bushbuddy is a great wood burning camp stove ideal for making a quick brew and such but this time I pushed it a bit harder. I wanted to make a chicken casserole, but as you know this takes about an hour to cook. I've never tried cooking this long on a bushbuddy but this technique worked. Brown the ingredients in a little olive oil over the bushbuddy and then add the chicken stock. Bring the casserole up to boiling point and then remove the pan and cover it with something to insulate it like a spare tee shirt for example. The casserole will continue to cook, after 10 minutes but the pan on the bushbuddy and bring to the boil again. Repeat this process for an hour or so until everything is nicely cooked. Using this technique also cuts down on the fuel used.

Lightweight backpacking soup

This is just a simple lightweight backpacking soup which i quite often have for my lunch when backpacking, you could use any dried mushroom or a mix.

Recipe:

Handful dried Cep (Boletus edulis) mushrooms and some chopped wild tree ear if available (Auricularia auricularia).

Handful of young nettle leaves or similar edible wild greens chopped.
1 quick cooking package noodles, without the flavour packet
1 chicken stock cube
Extras if available (but not necessary): soya sauce; 1 garlic glove crushed; 4 spring onions, chopped; 1 teaspoon sesame oil to give it a nice chinese flavour.

Coastal wildcamp

Wild mint and pea soup

Ingredients: chicken or vegetable stock, garden peas, small chopped onion, garlic glove, a few large sprigs of wild mint.

Cook ingredients for about 10mins until the onions are tender. Cool, remove mint and then puree. Reheat and serve with a few mint leaves and some crème fraiche.

Pine needle tea

Of all the wild teas you can make, pine needle tea is a common one and when one is in a coniferous forest it's the obvious one to brew up. It is refreshing but not a great deal on taste unless you brew it following the long version. Pine needle tea is high in vitamins A and C and the fresh green needles have apparently five times the amount of vitamin C found in one lemon Firstly collect a handful of pine needles from a tree and give them a rinse and then cut them into smaller sizes. Next bring your water to boil and then steep the needles in the water for at least 5 minutes. The long version entails simmering the pine needles for at least 20 minutes followed by steeping the pine needles again for another 20 minutes. The long version produces a reddish coloured tea.

Field test: Poached egg for breakfast

Using the snowpeak trek 900 and the bushbuddy ultra