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Field Notes · Recipe

Camp breakfast scramble

Dave Lalande · American Adventurer

Dave's camp breakfast. He makes a version of it every morning: it gets the day's vegetables in, and it is full of protein.

The finished camp scramble in a nonstick pan on a one-burner stove

Once a week: the veggie bag

Cut up the bell peppers, onion and jalapeño all at once and keep them in a gallon bag. One bag lasts the week.

What goes in

Gear

The steps — about 18 minutes

  1. Heat the pan1 min
    Pan on the burner, medium heat.Done when: The pan is warm.
  2. Bacon first5 min
    Bacon pieces into the pan. Stir now and then.Done when: Browned and crisp at the edges, and the fat has run.
  3. Hash browns5 min
    Hash browns in, spread thin in the bacon fat. Leave them alone, then turn them once.Done when: Golden brown underneath.
  4. The veggie bag4 min
    Two handfuls from the veggie bag. Stir now and then.Done when: The onion goes soft and the peppers char at the edges.
  5. Season it30 sec
    Salt, pepper and the spice of the day.Done when: Stirred through.
  6. Three eggs2½ min
    Crack 3 eggs over the scramble and stir them through.Done when: Just set, with no runny egg left.
  7. Breakfast
    Burner off. Seal the veggie bag for tomorrow.Done when: Ready to eat.

The amounts and minutes are rough. Cook to the “Done when” line, not the clock.