Six month have passed already since the beginning the Futura mission and Node 1, our personal “Restaurant at the end of the universe” has witnessed many space meals, with dishes rehydrated or heated in our food warmer.
Usually our dishes are ready to eat or at least very easy to assemble: quick and easy! Did I mention already that my favorite dish is the wonderful quinoa salad with mackerel by Stefano Polato, the official chef of the Futura mission and of Outpost42? But the curry chicken with mushrooms and peas is great as well. They are full meals, healthy and delicious!
I took with me a pretty good supply of read-to-eat pouches, but I also have the ingredients in separate pouches: it’s possible to assemble them onboard, although it can be quite a challenge in weightlessness. Take a look!
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It’s a bit of work, for sure, but I enjoy being able to change the quantities of the different ingredients a bit to vary the overall taste.
I simply recreated the recipes of our chef Stefano, because I’m not a very creative cook. But maybe you have some ideas to suggest for my very last week onboard? Maybe a meal according to the principles we’ve been talking about on Outpost42.
Here are my favorite ingredients here onboars, some from my bonus food and some from the ISS standard menu. Why don’t you try your recipe at home and send us a picture? Then we can see the difference making them in space.
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- The selection of healthy ingredients that I have here on board of the Space Station.
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- Puffed rice, apple pulp, dried Apple and dark chocolate.
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- Vegetarian chili , corn asparagus, broccoli.
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- Mixed vegetables, carrots, tomatoes and aubergines.
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- Leek, cream peas, champignon mushrooms, dried tomatoes
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- Some mixed nuts including macadamia ones, my favourite.
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- Brown rice and quinoa.
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- Chicken turmeric and mackerel
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- Smoothie e muesli
Or, if you’re prefer, you can create the Futura space recipes in your home kitchen. It’s easy, here Stefano showed me how to prepare them. And don’t forget to send us a picture! (On twitter with the hashtag #SpaceFoodAtHome or if you prefer Facebook just post them as a comment to this post).
Power bar with Goji, chocolate and spirulina
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Whole red rice with turmeric chicken
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Quinoa salad with mackerel and vegetables
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Samantha
04/06/2015
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Very epic.