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Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, hiking, Other, Trail Cooking on Mar 29th, 2009
Our friend Trailhead came up with this great recipe this weekend – she has a great knack for coming up with fun stuff! Buffalo Chicken Wraps In a quart freezer bag: 1/3 cup couscous 1 tsp diced dried onion 1 Tbsp freeze dried celery 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon (regular or low sodium) 2 tsp blue [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, No Cook Recipes, Outdoor Cooking Gear, photos, Trail Cooking, Trip Reports on Mar 29th, 2009
Kirk, Ford and I just got back from Portland, Oregon from what was so far the best PCTA TrailFest yet. The number of trail lovers was high this year – just a great group of people My good friend Catzia ran our booth most of the day, so you may have met her if you [...]
Posted in Food Finds, hiking, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Mar 27th, 2009
Odwalla Bars are one of the few “energy bars” to pass the braces test. Soft, easy to chew and not sticky makes them a great treat for those with dental work going on! The bars are often found in the produce department of grocery stores (though also in the bar aisle as well). I recently [...]
Posted in Gear, hiking, Trail Cooking, Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2009
Just a quick reminder – tomorrow is the PCTA TrailFest in Portland, Oregon! We will be there showing off gear and books and a presentation on trail food and water treatment. We’d love to see you, so if you are there, come say hi! ~Sarah
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, hiking, Trail Cooking on Mar 26th, 2009
Trail Chef is a new(er) part of Backpacker Magazines blog section. It is a section of The Daily Dirt. Usually once a week or so they have a new entry up, so check on it (or get the RSS feed!). The last entry was on a Spicy Curry Noodle Bowl, which had a mention of [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, hiking, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Mar 26th, 2009
Last summer I had come up with this for a friend’s trip. I have included a couple methods for cooking – from FBC style to one pot, and for the one pot method you can use either precooked/dehydrated or uncooked pasta. ~Consider this recipe a preview of our second book. Kirk is working hard on [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, hiking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Mar 25th, 2009
A couple weeks ago I had finally found some of the Just Tomatoes freeze-dried Pomegranates at a Whole Foods location. I was thinking for quite some what to do with them. Sweet isn’t hard – add them to breakfast, to puddings for dessert, etc but what else could I use them in? Dried cranberries work [...]
Posted in Food Finds, hiking, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Mar 24th, 2009
Another item from VegFest that I saw and tried was Sunbutter spread. This “butter” is made from sunflower seeds and now comes in single serving 1.5 ounce tubs, which are trail friendly. It is a mild tasting, slightly sweet and very spreadable blend. What I loved about it was the texture. Unlike nut butters it [...]
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