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Creamy Wild Rice and Chicken over Potatoes

By Bryan Hansel | Published: November 24, 2010
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Wild rice and paddling go together. Some of the first canoes were used to harvest wild rice, and if you paddle in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness chances are you have paddled through a rice field. It not only goes with paddling, but it tastes great. A wild rice soup poured over mashed potatoes [...]

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Ration Planning NOLS Style

By Bryan Hansel | Published: November 11, 2008
12 days of food using the NOLS ration planning system.

Exploring NOLS system of menu planning for an canoeing expedition across the Boundary Water. This article shows a NOLS plan for a twelve day trip, and discuses how well it worked.

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How Much Food Should I Pack

By Bryan Hansel | Published: November 10, 2008

As I canoe more, leaving the river of home and enter the BWCA, I must portage. I do not want to carry needless weight. So, I am planning a 6 day trip with lots of portaging, some are 340 rods, some only 8. However, as a soloist, I have determined to double portage, thus a [...]

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