When you’re out on the trail, it’s worth remembering that you need to keep that belly full. Not full of those terrible rations mind you, but of some good halfling fare. Here’s an excellent recipe that you can use to keep a smile on the face of you and your company. All you have to do is fish up some trout on your travels and have a little sense to prepare some ingredients ahead of time.

Trail Trout

What You Need

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon lemon pepper

1 lemon

1/3 cup oil-cured olives

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1 tablespoon cooking oil

2 cleaned whole trout

At Home

Combine 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp lemon pepper, and 1 cup flour in a gallon-size sealed bag.

At Camp

Slice lemon into half-inch sections, and set aside. Slice olives. Place trout in the spice bag and toss gently to coat. Sprinkle the inside of the fish with thyme, and cover with lemon and olive slices. Heat oil in pan to sizzling and cook trout until flesh is flaky. Feeds 2 hungry adventurers.

That’s all you have to do! Tune in next time for another tasty treat that you can chow down on during that rough escort mission.