Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Lemon Lime Salmon - Camping version

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Lemon Lime Salmon - Camping version

Another dish I made at camp is
Lemon Lime Salmon.
Again served with steamed rice, this makes for a
tasty Camp dinner dish.

Materials/Tools needed:
Aluminum foil
microplane
Knife

Ingrdients:
- Salmon Steak
- Cumin powder 2 tsp
-rind of one lemon
-rind of one lime
-juice of one lemon
-juice of one lime
-1/4 cup white wine
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 3 tbsp butter , cubed
- cold rice

Servings: 2

1. Put a Salmon Steak on a sheet of Alluminum foil.

2. Apply a dash of cumin powder on top of the steak.



3. Use a microplane to extract the rind of one lemon,
one lime into a mixing bowl.

4. Combine the wine, butter, lemon juice, lime juice, minced garlic,
into the bowl. Season with salt and pepper.

5. Garnish the Salmon with slices of lemon and lime.




6. Fold the foil around the salmon steak to form a pouch
with one end open.

7. Using a slotted spoon, sprinkle
the lemon-lime sauce mixture over the Salmon Steak unto the
pouch opening.




8. Seal the open end of the lemon-lime Salmon pouch by
forming several folds.


9. Meanwhile, Use a sheet of aluminum foil to
create a rectangular or square envelope with one side open.
Place cold cooked rice in the pouch.
Put it a tablespoon of water. Seal it to make a rice pouch.

10. Place the lemon-lime Salmon pouch and rice pouch on camp stove, charcoal
grill or open fire and cook for a good 15 minutes.


11. When cooked, place the lemon-lime Salmon pouch on a plate. Use a knife to
slit open the pouch. Watch out for escaping steam.

12. Spoon over warm rice over the dish.

Lemon Garlic Shrimps - Camping version


Lemon Garlic Shrimps - Camping version

I made Lemon garlic Shrimp
at our recent Camping trip.
This dish over warm rice
can be a fabulous dish.

materials needed:
Aluminum foil
microplane
cold rice

Ingrdients:
-3/4 cup white wine
-2 Tbsp minced garlic
-rind of one lemon
-juice of one lemon
-chopped parsley or cilantro
-2 lbs shelled and deveined Shrimps
-A stick of butter cubed

1. Use a microoplane to extract the rind of one lemon
into a bowl.

2. Combine the wine, minced garlic, lemon juice,
chopped Cilantro, Shrimps, and cubed butter into the bowl.

3. Blend the ingredients well using a spoon.

4. Using a sheet of aluminum foil fold it to
create a rectangular or square envelope with one side open.

5. Using a slotted spoon scoop the blended ingredients from
the bowl into the aluminum envelope.

6. Seal the open end of the envelope by folding it to make a Lemon Garlic Shrimp packet.

7. Meanwhile repeat step 4 and place cold cooked rice in it.
Put it a tablespoon of water. Seal it to make a rice packet.

8. Place the Lemon Garlic Shrimp packet and cold rice packet on a Charcoal grill, Campfire
or portable stove. Cook for a good 15 minutes.

9. When cooked, place the Lemon garlic shrimp on a plate. Use a knife to
slit open the packet. Watch out for escaping steam.

10. Spoon over warm rice over the dish.


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Death Valley Park Camping

I brought the kids to Death Valley National Park, California
this Easter weekend (April 3rd and 4th, 2010).
Its a nice way to welcome the birth of Spring and enjoy
the great desert before the searing Summer Heat burns the place.
Wild flowers abound through out the desert.

Death Valley got its name from lost 49er Pioneers who crossed the desert looking for a short route heading West
but almost died crossing the foreboding terrain. Only one pioneer died out of the ordeal.

I didn't really calculate the distance of this place relative to San Diego.
All I knew was, the site is located somewhere and near Mojave Desert
and the City of Barstow. So I fuigured it should be a drive somewhere 4 to 4.5 hrs.
Boy was I wrong.

The drive was a good 6.5 hrs long, not to mention the time spent getting lost
in the dark since I travelled at night to take advantage of the kids being asleep.
The travel was, as if I drove from San Diego to Las Vegas.

Anyway, its a nice time of the year to visit the desert and appreciate the blooming
wild flowers; hike / play in the sand dunes. Temperatures are still tolerable.
A summer sleeping is all what's needed for a good night's sleep.

I'll share Camping dishes I cooked this time around in a separate blog entry.

Here are some of our pictures.
I hope you like them.
Click on the link:


or the image below.




Come on, go out for a Camping trip, smell the fresh air :-),
to enjoy the outdoors when the weather
permits in your part of the country.

-Julius