Gourmet Lady Blog

I was reading an articled entitled "Fine food in wild places" (Cooking Light, May 2006).  Carol Latimer runs an adventures-in-the-wildnerness business called CALL OF THE WILD trips for women.  This combines limit-pushing endeavors and gourmet food.  Latimer is the undisputed queen of wilderness cuisine.  She's even wrote the book on it:  Wilderness Cuisine:  How to Prepare and Enjoy Fine Food on the Trail and in Camp. 

I won't be signing up for such a trip anytime soon.  Sorry, Carol, it looks fabulous, but my idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel without room service.

Here's an easy and delicious recipe of Carol's that I'd like to share, good in the wilderness or on a breakfast tray too:

Tony's Breakfast Couscous:  You can prepare this the night before and serve warm or cold.  The recipe is easy to double to serve more people.  Use any combination of dried fruits you like - cherries, apples, blueberries, or raspberries.  You can sbustitute one cup fat-free milk for dry, and decrease the water to 1/4 cup.

1-1/4 cups water

1/2 cup nonfat dry milk

1/2 cup uncooked couscous

1/4 cup dried cranberries

1/4 cup raisins

1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinammon

1/8 teaspoon salt

Bring water to boil in a small saucepan; stir in milk and remaining ingredients.  Remove from heat.  Cover, let stand 10 minutes.  Mixture will thicken as it cools.  Yield:  3 servings (2/3 cup each).

Enjoy!