Long Lasting Meats

[WanderingRain]

For boiled noodles, try this: At a good sized Asian store, you will find dried mushrooms, dried seaweed and seaweed nori. It adds sooo much to the boiled ramen packs. For instant ramen, I ignore the cheapest ones. I get this brand called "Nong Shim" which is either really spicy or tasty. They are my favorite to go with the dry mushrooms and seaweed which only need you to dip them in water to rehydrate. Cheap veggies which last months when stored in a dry place. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><br />When I feel like it, I add small slivers of carrots to this to add vitamin value... slice them small and thin so they cook almost instantly in the hot water.

 

[WanderingRain]

For drinks, I rely on "Nido", a powdered milk which can be found in any Asian or Indian store. Also there are "Milo" and "ovaltine" which are both slowly creeping into mainstream stores in the international foods sections. All of them make for a good tasty drink. And when you have milk, the entire cereal aisle opens up for you as well. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> No refrigeration on any of these.

 

[WanderingRain]

My last batch of sushi was made with carrots, cucumber and mango slices. Another thing I have been eating for a while now is Korean bibimbap. It's only boiled rice and a fried egg or two with sliced carrots, cucumber, avocado, red onions, dried nori, dried seaweed, some soy sauce, sesame oil and brown sugar. (you can add proteins to this like chicken from a leftover rotisserie, or crab sticks) &nbsp;It's not a coincidence that all the foods I mentioned mostly have common ingredients. It helps get rid of those large bags of carrots that go on sale...<br /><br />