NOLS Backcountry Cooking

by Claudia Pearson (Editor)

- Meal planning for short outdoor trips (5 days or less) and small groups (1-4 people) - 32 recipes including breakfasts, dinners, beverages, desserts, and snacks - Cut down on expense of freeze-dried plus eat better nutritionally NOLS Backcountry Cooking provides sample menus and packing tips for tasty meals, snacks, and beverages to prepare during short wilderness excursions. Recipes include Tabouli Salad, Vegetarian Meatballs, Cowboy Coffee, and No-Bake Eskimo Cookies.

Genres: Outdoors, Nonfiction

116 pages, Paperback

First published December 26, 2007

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

More than half of this book is dedicated to tips on how to plan your trip, and the rest is recipes. If you're looking for recipes, go with the bigger NOLS book. As a graduate I found it familiar and useful as a refresher, but I could see how it would be hard for someone who hadn't taken a NOLS course to integrate these recipes. (The tips yes, the recipes, no.) The reason for that is that NOLS recipes use a lot of extra stuff that you probably don't want to carry unless you're car camping (and even then). Things like vinegar I'm not going to take with me unless I'm using it for a bunch of recipes.

Five stars for NOLS grads, three for everyone else.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

basic book -- information is good for those just starting out. Has some good tips and some good looking recipes I will try. I would like to see some of the other books from this company