Majestic menus and Tracy's favorite recipes. . .

Molly Zimmer does the baking for the bed and breakfast and for the kayak tours for Majestic Ocean Kayaking.  She won first place in the Adult Sweet Category and was also the Adult overall winner in the Ukee days baking contest

Kayakers need to be fed well when they are playing hard. The food on trips needs to be nutritious and there needs to be variety. We don't have anyone going hungry out here because there wasn't enough or it didn't taste good.

If you are a vegetarian or have food intolerances, allergies, etc., we are experienced in adjusting and specializing our menus to accommodate your needs.

A sample of a 4 Day Trip Menu is as follows...

Day 1:
Before kayaking snack - granola bars.
Lunch - Bagels, Black Forest ham, sliced tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, cheese.
Cookies, fruit, cold or hot drinks.
Afternoon snack - Kayak Kookies.
Dinner - Salmon Steaks marinated in soy, garlic, ginger & brown sugar.
Asian Noodle Salad and Potato Salad. Dessert is Apple Coffee Cake.

Day 2:
Breakfast - Fried potatoes, scrambled eggs, homebaked muffins, coffee, tea, juice.
Morning snack - Fruit or granola bars.
Lunch - Pita Bread with tomato, cucumber, avocado, Humus, sprouts. Indonesian Rice Salad.
Afternoon snack - Plum & Apricot cake.
Dinner - Stir fried prawns with red and green peppers, garlic, onion and zucchini.
Steamed carrots and steamed rice. Fudge Brownies for dessert.

Day 3:
Breakfast - Apple Crisp with warm milk. Coffee, tea, juice.
Morning snack - Trail Mix
Lunch - Burritos with refried beans, cheese, onion, tomato, avocado, sour cream.
Chips and salsa.
Afternoon snack - Coconut Cookies
Dinner - Smoked Salmon Linquine, cream cheese sauce with capers and dill.
Baked Chocolate Bananas for dessert, we like to have this dessert at the campfire. Everyone gets to bake their own.

Day 4:
Breakfast - Fresh fruit salad, granola, yogurt, pancakes with syrup and butter. Coffee, tea, juice.
Morning Snack - rice krispie squares, chocolate bars or granola bars.
Lunch - Japanese noodle soup with vegetables, all beef bavarian smokies with bun, mustard, onion, cheese. Hot or cold drinks.

Recipes by Tracy (click index below or scroll down)

Majestic Kayak Kookies

.....we pass these cookies around when we are out kayaking. They aren't too crumbly to eat and they fill the gap and give you lots of energy.

1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup unsweetened coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups quick cooking oats
2 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
1 tsp vanila
1 egg
1/3 tsp salt
1 Tbs baking powder

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a well greased cookie sheet. Mix the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla together until creamy. Combine the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Combine the two together. You may need to use your hands, the batter is very dry. On a greased cookie sheet, form the cookies into the size you like. Pat them down with your hands or a fork, otherwise they will fall apart while cooking and eating.

Bake for 18 - 20 minutes. Remove from the cookie sheet immediately and cool on racks.

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Marinated Salmon Steaks or Filets

Brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger powder, pepper, salad oil. Mix together and use to marinate your salmon for approximately 3 hours before frying or baking (Not recommended for grilling or the barbecue).

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Smoked Salmon Linquine

Melt cream cheese in a sauce pan, add water to thin the cheese to a sauce consistency. As thick or thin as you would like, everyone is different about how cheesy they want their sauce.
Add some capers and dill weed, then add chopped up pieces of smoked salmon.

You don't need much smoked salmon to make this sauce.

Serve immediately over cooked pasta. Enjoy!

Parmesan Dill Potatoes

8 large potatoes - cubed
1 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup butter - melted
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp dill
1 tsp lemon pepper
1 tsp fresh parsley - chopped
1 tsp fresh cilantro
Boil potatoes 5 - 8 minutes until just tender. Put potatoes, butter cheese and all seasonings into a large flat casserole dish. Mix well. Bake at 500 degrees Fahrenheit until golden brown.
(If you are using this as a kayaking meal you probably don't have an oven. This meal doesn't really require baking at all)

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Squash and Cheddar Casserole

3 cups squash cubed and cooked
6 cups cooked rice
½ cup onion - finely chopped
¼ cup sunflower seeds
¼ cup sesame seeds
garlic, thyme and oregano to taste
Combine above ingredients in a casserole dish.
2 cups yogurt
¼ cup sunflower seed oil
½ cup aged cheddar
1 egg beaten
Heat slowly, yogurt, oil and cheese.
Remove from heat, add egg. Blend. Pour sauce over casserole, sprinkle with more garlic, thyme, oregano and a little butter. Cook for 40 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
(If you are using this as a kayaking meal you probably don’t have an oven. This meal doesn’t really require baking at all. Make sure that the ingredients are hot enough that the egg cooks when you mix it in).

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Brazilian Black Beans

Fantastic Foods instant black beans prepared as directed on the package
1 cup chopped onion
3 cloves crushed garlic
1 large, chopped carrot
1 stalk chopped celery (or use green pepper)
1 tsp, ground coriander
1 ½ tsp ground cumin

Mix ingredients together.

Serve with a fresh salad, steamed rice, and garnish with orange segments and avocado slices.

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Carrot-Yogurt Salad (a nice addition to the Brazilian Black Beans)

1 lb. Carrots - coarsely grated
2 medium apples - grated
1 cup firm yogurt
1 Tbs honey
pinch of celery seed
juice from one small lemon
a few dashes of salt and pepper

optional variations
1 Tbs Toasted sesame seeds
¼ cup toasted sunflower seeds, or almonds or cashews
a handful of raisins
½ cup finely - minced celery
½ cup chopped pineapple

Combine all ingredients, mix well and chill

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Humus

(prepare at home before the trip, its okay to freeze, it travels well and sure is nice to fill in a pita pocket or for dipping fresh vegetables or tortilla chips).

1½ cups raw chickpeas, soaked 1 ½ hours and boiled until very soft (1 ½hours).
Or 1 large 28 oz. can of pre-cooked chickpeas
3 medium cloves
minced garlic
1 ½ tsp salt
dash of tamari
juice from 2 medium lemons
¾ cup tahini
¼ cup (packed) finely-minced parsley
lots of black pepper and a dash of cayenne
¼ cup minced scallions

Mash chickpeas to a thick paste, using a food mill or grinder, or a masher. Combine everything and chill thoroughly. Taste to correct seasonings. Some people like extra garlic or tamari or tahini .

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Asian Noodle Salad

2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
½ cup toasted slivered almonds
½ small shredded cabbage
1 can of sliced water chestnuts (liquid removed)
or 2 cups of cooked chicken
2 pkgs of instant noodles (ichiban)
2 chopped green onions
Dressing: ½ cup salad oil
3 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp white sugar
2 pkg noodle seasoning (from the ichiban soup package)
2 tbsp soy sauce
salt and pepper

Break up the noodles while they are still in the package. Then pour the noodles into boiling water for a minute, just enough to soften the noodles but not to fully cook them. Combine the cooked noodles with the shredded cabbage, add the dressing immediately. Then add the onions and meat, refrigerate.

Add the toasted nuts just before serving

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Indonesian Rice Salad

2 cups cooked, cooled brown rice
½ cup raisins
2 chopped scallions
¼ cup toasted sesame seeds
½ cup thinly-sliced water chestnuts
1 cup fresh mung bean sprouts
¼ cup toasted cashews
1 large, chopped green pepper
1 stalk chopped celery (it looks nice if you slice it on the diagonal)
fresh parsley

Dressing:
¾ cup orange juice
½ cup safflower oil
1 Tbs. sesame oil
3-4 Tbs. Tamari Sauce
2 Tbs dry sherry
juice of one lemon
1 - 2 cloves minced garlic
½ - 1 tsp. freshly grated ginger root
salt & pepper

Variations:
½ cup thinly sliced bamboo shoots
fresh, raw snow peas
fresh pineapple chunks
toasted coconut (unsweetened)

Potato Salad

2 medium sized, new or white potatoes, per person 1 egg, per person radishes thinly sliced green onions chopped fine celery chopped fine fresh cilantro chopped fine dill weed salt and pepper to taste miracle whip (mayonnaise)

Boil the eggs for 10 minutes, potatoes until soft. Cool completely, peel both. It is easier to peel new potatoes after they have been cooked.

Combine all ingredients and cool in the refridgerator.

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Ratatouille (Mediterranean Vegetable Stew)
About 35-40 minutes to prepare and simmer. 4 - 6 servings

1 medium onion (fist-size) chopped
2 medium bell peppers, in strips or cubes
2 small, or 1 medium, zucchini, cubed (or summer squash, or a combination)
1 small eggplant, cubed
4 cloves crushed garlic
2 medium tomatoes, in chunks
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. each: basil, marjoram
½ tsp oregano
dash of ground rosemary
3 Tbs burgundy (or dry, red wine of your choice)
½ cup tomato juice
2 Tbs. tomato paste
1 tsp. salt (approximately)
black pepper to taste
¼ cup olive oil
freshly-chopped parsley

Heat olive oil in large, heavy cooking pot. Crush the garlic into the oil. Add bay leaf and onion; salt lightly. Sauté' over medium heat until onion begins to turn transparent. Add eggplant, wine and tomato juice. Add herbs. Stir to mix well, then cover and simmer 10-15 minutes over low heat. When eggplant is tender enough to be easily pricked by a fork, add zucchini and peppers. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper, tomatoes and tomato paste. Mix well. Continue to stew until all vegetables are tender. (How tender is tender? Do a taste test and decide what seems right to you.)

Just before serving, mix in the fresh parsley.

Serve on a bed of rice, or with boiled potatoes accompanied by some good french bread. Top with grated cheese and chopped black olives.

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Creamy Caesar Salad

1 Garlic clove
1 egg
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp. Lemon juice
2 tsp Anchovie paste
dash of pepper
3/4 cup salad oil

Put first seven ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. Chill about 2 hours.

Salad
1 Large head romaine lettuce (washed and dried)
2 cups croutons *recipie below
8 cooked and crumbled bacon slices
½ cup parmesan cheese

Tear lettuce in bite size pieces in salad bowl. Add croutons. Add dressing. Toss to coat.
Sprinkle with bacon and cheese.

Croutons
2 tbsp Butter or margarine
1 garlic clove sliced
4-5 pieces of bread, cubed

Saute garlic in butter for 2-3 minutes. Remove garlic and discard. Add bread cubes. Fry until golden brown, stirring often. Remove. Cool

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Mandarin Salad

Dressing:

½ cup oil
3 T. red wine vinegar
1 T. lemon juice
2 T. sugar
½ t. salt
½ t. dry mustard
1 garlic clove crushed

Salad:

2 T. butter
½ c. sunflower seeds
½ c. slivered almonds
1 head leaf lettuce
2 green onions, chopped
10 oz. Can Mandarin oranges, drained
1 ripe avacado, peeled & sliced

Combine dressing with a high speed mixer. Refridgerate. Saute' the nuts in butter until golden brown. Prepare remaining ingredients. Add the cooled nuts. Toss the dressing in just before serving, (the dressing will make the lettuce wilt.)

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Cioppino (chuh pee no)
Seafood soup.

1 Tbsp olive oil
2 c. chopped onion
½ c. thinly sliced scallions
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 ½ c. chopped green pepper
¾ c. chopped red pepper
1 c. diced celery
3 thin zucchinis cut into ¼ inch slices
½ c. chopped fresh parsley
1 28 oz can plum (roma) tomatoes, drained & juice reserved, chopped.
1 16 oz can tomato puree
1 6 oz can tomato paste
2 cups dry red wine
2 tsp white wine worchestershire sauce
½ tsp tobasco sauce
2 bay leaves
2 tsp dried basil
1 ½ tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp oregano
½ tsp red pepper flakes
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Put all ingredients into a big soup pot, boil then turn to simmer for approximately 1 hour.
Put your seafood in just before serving, you can use any type of seafood that you like, salmon, halibut, shrimp or prawns, decorate with steamed muscles or scallops and crab legs.

Can be served as a soup or with capellini (thin spagetti).

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Apple Coffee Cake

Dry mix:
2 2/3 cups flour
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
6 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ cup margarine

Mix together:
2 eggs
1 ½ cups milk
2 tsp vanilla

Prepare:
4 cooking apples, peeled and sliced

Topping:
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

Put the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Cut or rub in the butter until crumbly. Make a well in the center.

In another bowl beat egg until frothy. Mix in milk and vanilla. Pour into the well. Stir just enough to moisten. Pour into greased cake pan. Push apples into the batter close together.

Topping
Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle over top.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 50 - 60 minutes until the cake begins to shrink from edge of pan or an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

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Fudge Brownies

½ lb butter or margarine
5 oz Unsweetened chocolate (make sure the chocolate is bitter not semisweet)
1 ¾ cups (packed) light brown sugar
1 ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
5 eggs
1 cup flour
½ cup chopped walnuts

Let soften butter or margarine (don't melt it)

Melt unsweetened chocolate. Let Cool

Cream the butter with brown sugar and eggs. Add vanilla extract. Beat in the melted, cooled chocolate and 1 cup flour. Stir in walnuts.

Spread into a buttered 9 x 13" baking pan. Bake 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees.

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Apple Crisp

8 Apples
juice of 1 lemon
2 cups raw oats
¾ cup flour
½ cup margerine
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp allspice
½ tsp salt
¼ cup walnuts
¼ cup sunflower seeds
½ cup orange juice

Wash but do not peel the apples. Pare and slice the apples. Drizzle them with fresh lemon.

Spread them into a large, oblong pan. Melt the margarine and honey together. Combine with oats, flour, nuts, seeds, salt and spices. Spread this mixture (actually crumble, it won't really spread) onto apples in pan.

Pour Orange Juice over the top. Bake 40 - 45 minutes, uncovered at 375 degrees.

Cover if it crisps too quickly.

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Baked Chocolate Bananas

Slice a banana open along the top and down to the bottom skin. Do not cut the bottom skin. Stuff pieces of milk chocolate into the cut. Place the banana into the hot coals of the fire and let it cook until the banana and the chocolate is bubbling.
Be very carefull pulling this dessert out of the fire, have a tray ready to put the banana on. Scoop out the banana and chocolate with a spoon.

Contact Majestic Kayaking at:
1-800-889-7644 toll-free
Or Phone: 1-250-726-2868

majestic@oceankayaking.com
In Ucluelet drop by our Booking Office
and Sea Kayak Centre at 1167 Helen Road.
SNAIL MAIL: Box 287 Ucluelet, BC Canada V0R 3A0 .
FAX: 250-726-2860

Contact Majestic Kayaking at: 1-800-889-7644 toll-free