One Pot Trangia meals?, Suggestions Please!

[Pedaldog]

Only definite is that it must be Klutz Proof and not involve ANY seafood as I am allergic to Fish.
Want something that I can always source the ingredients at a Local Shop and make it in the one pan. Don't care how simple it sounds, tell me anyway please!

[Lbbird]

I think pasta is about the best 1 pot meal you can get, boil the pasta up, pour in any kind of pre bought sauce, then add stuff you like. I go with tuna usually, but with your fish allergy you could go with chicken, lumps of cheese, chunks of veg. If using chicken cook it in the pan first, leave on a plate then when the pasta is cooked tip it back in with the pasta.
If you dont want to go down the bought sauce way then chop up some tomatoes drizzle a little olive oil sprinkle some cheese & pepper hey presto.
I also eat from the pan, saves on weight & washing up.

[bardsandwarriors]

If your local shop is ethnic, you might be able to get 'curry concentrate' in a small tub. It's a very quick and easy flavouring for pasta.

[Pedaldog]

Pasta seems to be the way to go!
I see a few ready but dehydrated pasta foods in the supermarket with flavours already there and it's just add water and strain so I might invest in a few of those and give it a try!
How about using a tin of chopped tomatoes to cook the pasta in, would I need to add any extra water or could I just slowly simmer it till it's cooked?

[bardsandwarriors]

A tin of plum tomatoes (and black pepper, mixed herbs etc) makes an excellent complement to pasta, but being mostly water, it is heavy to carry.

Pasta often needs boiling / cooking / etc for 20 minutes, but the tomatoes only need warming up. Wait until the pasta is 5 minutes from done, then pour out most of the water and pour in the tin of tomatoes, and sprinkle on the other things.

Tesco sell pasta in sauce for about 30p a pack, and they're quite tasty, but calories are only 570 so you need 2 of them for a meal.

Ready-flavoured noodles from Lidl or Tesco are only 10p a pack. Calories are 450 per pack, so you need 2 or 3 for a meal. Puncture the packet and crush it to save space, being careful not to burst it.

[Pedaldog]

I actually cooked some pasta on the Trangia at home last night and had no problems with that. Used a jar of sauce and made a decent, if bland, meal that I could boost with a few bits of herbs and stuff.

[Seamus]

Some pasta takes longer to cook than other pasta. Some'll cook in less than 10 minutes. Sharwoods noodles most immediately come to mind

Actually read what it says on the pack.


Couscous is good 'cos it just needs soaking rather than boil and simmer.

favourite one pan dish is Batchelors Beanfeast Chili flavour.
Instructions say to simmer for 15 minutes but I reckon five minutes followed by another five with the lid on'll do it. Brings it down to a more reasonable eating temperature too.

[NumbNuts]

Have any of you tried the Buitoni Tortelloni
Ricotta e Spinaci, con Prosciutto Crudo, con Funghi
Only takes 12-15 minutes to cook and I pour a Dolmio sauce mushroom, or bolognese or rich tomato with basil the sauces are just for one person

[GAB]

It seems most of us do the quick pasta dolmio sauce meal with a few variations. It's an easy meal to prepare, cleaning up after gets a bit greasey but if you've only got 1 pan not too bad. I had hoped to get a little more adventurous, but as said in another post, things are getting busy & it's slipping downthe list of priorities.

It's a sh!t day today & I've got the flu, so I may do a few searches & see what comes up. (May as well can't see me getting out for r ride today!)


Just a thought, the local butcher has this South African connection, he sells dried sausages. Not your usual leathery stuff, but a whole sausage (about 25 cm lengths) He says they'll keep in a back pack for a couple of weeks (even here in W Aus). If you chop it up further & cook in a watery meal like pasta or rice, it softens up even more. Doesn't get back to meat consistency, but very palatable.
GB

[Butterfly]

Anything that is cooked in water such as pasta, rice, cous cous or bulgar wheat, can have vegetables and a stock cube added during cooking (time depends on dry food - add cous cous to veg rather than the other way round). When it is cooked, add cheese, ham, herbs, cream, creme fraiche or whatever you have to hand. You can almost always eat the result and it's usually nice!
Oh - and cous cous is smaller and lighter to carry than pasta, I wish I liked it more really!

[Eric]

I like Pasta, if you get the little stuff for soup (Vermicelli) it cooks real fast.
Macaroni is quick too, but the fastest are noodles. So what to top it with? You could try undiluted Campbells condensed soup or Pesto http://www.sacla.co.uk/products/default.asp?nav=1
Both taste good to me.

If you take a fry pan then a visit to a Veggie health food shop will open up a whole world of tasty powders. Just add water to and fry as thin burger type things ,falafels are one I love but ask the hippy dude behind the counter, it will be an eyeopener to just how much cool food is out there.

[Pedaldog]

I'm going to test the one pot thing out in a couple of weeks.
I am waiting delivery from Germany, via Glasgow, of my newest Recumbent bike and I have everything I need to do a long weekend in the North Lakes in March so I will report back.
Any other simple ideas are welcome. I need stuff that I can carry in panniers without it bursting, spilling or going off quickly.

[Butterfly]

Super noodles and savory rice are a lot nicer than some of the more advanced packet meals that you can get in a camping or walking shop, and they are light to carry as well.

[cycleman]

i like a nice stew . some cubed meat and diced carrots potato's onion a stock cube served with some nice crusty bread and butter. it do'es use a fair bit of gas but is very nice on a spring /autumn camp.

[dsweet]

My only one pot recipe has been described as gross,

It's a kind of very cheep version of raven meal (dehydrated add water meal)

Cottage pie.

Take one packet of soya mince Bean feast of equivilent make as per instructions.

but don't drain, mop up surplus water by adding instant mash.

Mix all together untill kind of nice orange stodge is produced.

It's not pretty but it'll fill you up for virtually no money and weighs nothing either.

Instant mash,baked beans and cheese is another stodgy but cheap and quick camp meal.

Dave