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Backpacker Magazine – March 2011

Rip & Go: Pine Tree Loop

Paddle to shoreline solitude, then perch on dunes above the Atlantic Ocean in Maryland's Assateague Island National Seashore.

by: Amy Reinink

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ON THE MENU
Breakfast 1 At Bayside Skillet
Lunches 1 & 2 Tomato, pepper, and mozzarella sandwiches
Dinner 1 Old Bay Paella
Breakfast 2 Honeycrisp Oatmeal
Snacks Apples with peanut butter, dates, almonds

RECIPES
Old Bay Paella
Catch of the day

1 package Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice (whole grain brown)

3 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning

Juice of half a lemon

1 red bell pepper, diced

Olive oil, salt, pepper to taste

10 clams (or one can)

Heat rice. Stir in spices and red pepper. Place clams in a skillet with ¼ cup of water. Cover and cook over medium-high heat until shells open (five minutes). Top with lemon juice and oil. Serves 2.

Honeycrisp Oatmeal
Local apples dress up this breakfast mainstay

1 cup instant oatmeal

2 teaspoons brown sugar

1 teaspooon cinnamon

2 Honeycrisp apples, diced

Stir oatmeal, apple, cinnamon, and brown sugar into two cups boiling water. Let stand until water is absorbed, and stir again. Serves 2.

The Grocery List

[ ] red peppers (produce)

[ ] tomatoes (produce)

[ ] Honeycrisp apples (produce)

[ ] lemon (produce)

[ ] mozzarella (deli)

[ ] dates (2)

[ ] canned clams (3)

[ ] Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice (4)

[ ] almonds (6)

[ ] cinnamon (7)

[ ] brown sugar (7)

[ ] Old Bay (7)

[ ] instant oatmeal (9)

[ ] wheat bread (15)

[ ] peanut butter (15)

Pack Salt, pepper, olive oil

NEAREST
GROCERY STORE

FOOD LION

9936 Stephen Decatur Hwy.,

Ocean City, MD; (410) 213-0166

PIT STOP Locals and tourists alike hit the Bayside Skillet for omelets stuffed with jumbo lump crab meat and Wisconsin white cheddar cheese, and dusted with Old Bay, Maryland’s signature seasoning. 77th Street and the Bay in Ocean City, MD; (410) 524-7950; baysideskillet.com

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