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Garden Veggie Couscous

Mon, 06/21/2010 - 13:26 — Sarah

Summary

Yield
Prep Time15 minutes
Recipe TypesPasta

Description

Vegetarian friendly pasta

Ingredients

  • 1⁄3 c couscous
  • 1⁄4 c freeze-dried green peas
  • 1⁄4 c freeze-dried sweet corn
  • 1 T diced dried carrots
  • 2 T shelf stable parmesan cheese
  • 1 T dry milk
  • 1 1⁄4 t low sodium vegetable bouillon
  • 1⁄4 t granulated garlic
  • 1⁄4 t dry parsley
  • 1⁄4 t ground black pepper
  • 1⁄4 t dried onion
  • 1⁄4 t turmeric powder
  • 1⁄4 t kosher salt
  • 1 T olive oil (1 packet)
  • 1 1⁄4 c water

Instructions

At home pack the dry ingredients in a quart freezer bag or a sandwich bag depending on method used.

FBC-
Add the oil and 1 1/4 cups near boiling water to the bag. Stir well, seal tightly and put in a cozy for 15 minutes. Stir before eating.

Insulated mug-
Add the dry ingredients to a large mug along with the oil and 1 1/4 cups boiling water. Stir well, cover tightly and let sit for 15 minutes. Stir before eating.

One pot-
Bring the water and oil to a boil in your pot. Take off the stove, add in the couscous bag, stirring well. Cover tightly and let sit for 15 minutes. In cooler weather use a pot cozy to retain heat.

Notes

This recipe was developed as a DIY version of Backpacker's Pantry Organic Garden Vegetable Couscous for a cooking presentation. The pictures show the difference between ours and theirs. The commercial meal is on the left in both photos.

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Comments

Mon, 05/30/2011 - 16:31 — Kristin

Freeze dried vs dehydrated

I notice this calls for freeze dried peas & corn, but just dried carrots. Why the difference? Do peas & corn work better freeze dried rather than dehydrated? We've used some recipes in the past from here & I know we had better luck with either dehydrated or freeze dried veggies-- but cant remember which! Heading to Yosemite in 2 weeks, so we're planning our freezer bag recipes now. Thank you!

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 07:07 — Sarah

re:Fd Vs Dehydrated

I have found that dehydrated green peas, green beans and sweet corn take forever to rehydrate - and are more leathery (chewy) where as the FD versions rehydrate normally. In one pot meals you can simmer those vegetables, but you don't have that chance with FBC meals.

~Sarah

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 04:54 — Kristin

Thank you! I was thinking

Thank you! I was thinking about trying the Shepherd's Pie from the blog (3/22/09), but this makes me rethink that recipe too. Maybe I'll just hold the peas in the cooked part of the dish and add freezedried to the dehydrated mixture. I appreciate your reply and advice! :)