Vegetarian Cruising

[Ram]

One of the things we do is grow sprouts, its very easy, and tasty along with being much more nutreint rich than the seed itself even on very long passages you can have live green food.
Ram

[HAwkcharter]

Seancrown,
I bought a food dehydrator that works well and then vacuem pack for longevity of vittles.
Also you may want to check out the items in "backpackers" sporting stores.
Lightweight fresh veggies last a few days, then go to root crop, rice dishes, pasta meals, and if you look closely in the grocers, canned goods. By the way, If you do take canned goods, I would recommend a grease pencil to write what the contents are on the lids.
Nothing like finding food cans sloshing in bilge waters without the paper labels indicating contents. I would think twice about "canning" your own foods, (in glass jars) because of rough treatment and breakage. When it comes right down to it, unless you really are going out to sea on a passage, you will find what the others have said to be true, eat where the locals eat.

[seancrowne]

hawk do you use the dehydrater onboard? i have seen others talk of vacuem bagging as for packing spare sails/ clothing, and spare bedding, but not for food. how do you do this and is it the same system as the one for bedding and clothing. i was thinking of using that anyway hopefully.

[rebel heart]

sean -

You guys sound pretty cool in your outlook, and the quaker stance is certainly one that a lot of people (myself included) respect. I'm sure Charlotte would love to exchange any recipes with you guys. You've got to try her kale dish, although are you non dairy too? I think she puts cheese in it! The salmon and leeks(sp?) dish is awesome too. Here's a link we've been working with a lot, but again, Charlotte has much more:
Healthy Recipes

[HAwkcharter]

Originally Posted by seancrowne

hawk do you use the dehydrater onboard? i have seen others talk of vacuem bagging as for packing spare sails/ clothing, and spare bedding, but not for food. how do you do this and is it the same system as the one for bedding and clothing. i was thinking of using that anyway hopefully.

Sean,
I use the dehydrator at home, ahead of time, and for that matter the vacuem pack also is used at home.
I make up some meals ahead of time and vacuem pack them cooked and ready to heat. Food that goes in the cooler or ice box, lasts much longer, especially if it finds its way to the bottom of the cooler in the ice water, nothing gets soggy.
I use "Rival's" Seal a Meal" (not too expensive) I think I purchased from Walmart. Honestly fish frozen in the plastic can last 6 months and taste like is was just caught.
I dry apples because I have some apple trees. I seal the dry food in the "seal a meal." Cereal, cookies, crackers, homemade beef jerky, anything that attracts moisture, are great packed. Most of all, you can stow it in the bilge if you want, because the packing is air and watertight.
It also takes up less critical space on a small boat.
Put it on your Christmas list!

Cheers HAwk

[Tom Spohn]

I think it depends on where you will be cruising. On our recent one month cruise to the San Juan and Gulf Islands we took about a ton of canned food of every variety. But, we found ourselves in port every 3-5 days and couldn't resist the local fresh food. As a result we brought an awful lot of the canned stuff back with us. I can see that if you were cruising for long periods on blue water the need to take more food would be more important.