Bush-Style Mitchell Soup Co. Beef Barley Moose & Garden Veg Stew

This season at camp we took one of Mitchell Soup Company’s hearty mixes and made a Wilderness North version — swapping in fresh veggies from the garden and moose meat from the fall hunt.

Ingredients:

• 1 1 Mitchell Soup Company Beef Barley Soup Mix (or other dry premade Barley Bean soup mix)
• 1–1.5 lbs moose meat, venison or beef cubed small (use your spoon as a guide for sizing)
• 1–2 cups small diced garden vegetables (carrots, celery, potatoes, beans, squash)
• 1 small onion, chopped fine
• 1 tbsp oil or butter
• Salt, pepper & seasoning to taste

How we make it “bush-style”:

1. Brown moose meat in oil over medium heat.
2. Add onions and cook until soft.
3. Add the soup mix + water according to package.
4. Toss in chopped garden veggies.
5. Slow simmer on low until tender and fragrant.

Serve with bannock, crusty bread, or straight from an enamel mug on the dock at sunset.

Simple ingredients. Wild setting. The best meals happen outdoors.