Spicy Pineapple Curry

Serves: 2 Cooking time: 10 minutes What you need: ❚ 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and sliced ❚ 1 clove garlic, chopped ❚ 1 cup red bell pepper, thinly sliced ❚ 1/2 onion, peeled and sliced ❚ 1 tablespoon vegetable oil ❚ 1 teaspoon generic curry powder ❚ 1 7-oz. pre-cooked chicken breast, sliced into bite-size pieces ❚ 1 mini bottle of rum ❚ 1 snack container of pineapple chunks

Instructions:

1. Prepare all of the ingredients at home and pack into separate containers.

2. When at camp, add the rum into the container with the chicken breast and set it aside to marinate. Heat the oil in the pot and fry the garlic and jalapeno pepper for 30 seconds. Add the onion, bell pepper and curry. Stir for three minutes until the vegetables soften. Add pineapple, rum and chicken and cook until tender. Serve with rice or bread.

TIPS

❚ Prepare as much as you can in advance. This includes pre-cutting ingredients and cooking at home some foods you’ll just need to reheat at the campsite. It will save you fuel, energy and time.

❚ Frozen vegetables and fruits are the way to go over fresh fruit.

❚ Trust in our grandparents’ love for oatmeal. It sticks to your stomach all morning, tastes terrific and is easy to prepare. Buy the instant kind or even add instant noodles. Anything you can just add boiling water to is a great source of campfire food.

❚ Embrace the snack attack. Granola bars, beef jerky, trail mix and even curried meats such as salami will not only taste great, they’ll keep your inner furnace fuelled as you embrace your winter activities.

❚ Use plastic or wooden utensils.