Thought I would post one of our favorite BWCA recipes. This is an easy one that always had someone saying "does anyone want anymore because I am getting ready to finish this"

one large package penne pasta

two packages of pepperoni

two packages of Knorr tomato basil soup (Knorr is the best don't substitute on this one)

large package of freeze dried green beans (I buy them in bulk so I make up zip locks right before I leave.

one dehydrated onion ( fresh if you have have the muscle power)

Boil the pasta with the dehydrated onion, when the pasta is about ready pour some of the water from the pasta into a bowl with the green beans (a little more than needed to rehydrate). When the pasta is ready drain most of the water off and add the soup mix to the pasta. If needed add water back from the beans until you have the pasta in a thick tomato sauce.
Add green beans and pepperoni to pasta and mix well, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and enjoy.
We serve it with a flat bread cooked in the backpacker or dutch oven.

Sounds great! I'll have to give this one a try.

that really sounds good!!!! I can also envision that with another kind of sausage like italian. A guy would first have to figure out how to preserve it-maybe dry it down and rehydrate. I may have to try that.

I would imagine italian sausage has to much fat to dehydrate. When you dehydrate ground beef you start with the leanest you can procure, then cook the you know what out of it and then rinse ALL the grease out of it with very hot water. We've made spaghetti with sauce from the home dehydrator, pepperoni goes great with it.

We make it at home with fresh Italian sausage, fresh onion and canned green beans. Sometimes we use the soup and sometimes we use a jar of spaghetti sauce. It is a family favorite at home and in the BWCA

That sounds great! Thanks. I never thought of using Knorr's tomato basil soup like that!

Funny story: I have used slice pepperoni in spaghetti sauce. I fed it to a group and one of the young guys (about 17 or 18 years old) kept picking out the pepperonis and would give them to his older brother who happily gobbled them down.

After dinner someone said something to him about not liking pepperoni. He said he loved pepperoni. "Then why were you picking them out of your speghetti?" His brother laughed and the kid turned and punched him in the arm. Apparently his brother told him they were tomato pieces (which he didn't like), and that he would eat them for him. Ah, brothers. :-)

Depending on where you get your sausage- The stuff I get is very lean and I have to grease the pan before frying. Might be worth some experimentation. We've done hamburger and that works great.

We have dehydrated Italian Sausage. Finding lean sausage is important and you can not rinse in boiling water as you would hamburger as it washes out some of the spice. Because of not rinsing not sure if it will keep as well, but vacuum packed has kept for 5 days for us. Have not tried any longer.

Thanks bentshaft. Will try the vacuum seal. I use that on all my dehydrated foods already.

Looks like a great meal, maybe I'll try it out this year.

Thanks for sharing!

moose plums,
one other tip is to make sure you break the sausage into very small pieces when you brown it. It will dehrydate and rehrdrate better.

Thanks again Bentshaft!!!!