The Grocery Store Packed Pannier: A Guide to Cheap  and Easy Bicycle Camp Cooking

This revised and expanded second edition includes 14 new recipes.

Seafood Bisque, Chicken Burrito in Mole Sauce, Rigatoni with Sun-dried Tomatoes – hardly the typical fare expected for bicycle camp cookers. Yet these great-tasting meals are sourced from inexpensive staples found at your local grocery store and are so simple to cook that all you need to know is how to use a whisk.

Skip the pricey freeze-dried gourmet meals from specialty retailers without resorting to daily meals of Ramen noodles (okay — I do include one recipe using these cheap noodles). Armed with a short shopping list stocked entirely from everyday grocery stores, plus a few timesaving preparation hints, the bicycle camp cooker can create these 43 hearty, delicious meals with little fuss and cost. Selected ingredients pack and carry efficiently to conserve valuable space in panniers, while cumbersome refrigerated goods are kept to a minimum. We’ll cover the basics of camp cooking, including equipment selection and cooking methods. Pack your panniers and forget the powdered protein; a great trip and meal await.