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Archive for October, 2009

Holiday Season Special

Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kirk and I have added another option to the Book section over at TrailCooking’s Store. We often get multiple orders around the holidays, where our customers are buying copies of our book as gifts to give. So this year if you are looking for a great gift, head over for the “buy 2 copies, get [...]

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Fall Heading Into Winter

Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sigh…it happens every year – this year it has come fast. Fall already is slipping into winter quickly in the mountains. A year ago the weather patterns were different – it was dry but bone cold. Walking in the mountains was walking on bare frozen ground. This year it has been a pattern of cold/snow [...]

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Trail Cooking Photo To Check Out

Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, photos, Trail Cooking, Trip Reports on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love seeing photos (hint to you all!) so getting emails with them always makes me smile. Especially on a weekend where we had high winds and East Coast style rain. The only good thing about that kind of weather is I had plenty of time on hand for book editing (and which yours truly [...]

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New Items Over At Harmony House Foods

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In an email from Harmony House Foods today they noted they now have Shiitake Mushrooms in diced in stock (nice, so often all you can get is whole caps!) As well in recent months they have added more freeze-dried fruits and berries – including Blackberries and Raspberries.Also, you can now get freeze-dried soybeans, otherwise known [...]

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Rice Calas

Posted in One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, tagged , , on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Until recently I had never heard of Rice Calas. I came across a fabulous recipe in the Seattle Times this week, in one of my favorite food writers column, Nancy Leson’s All You Can Eat. The recipe is by Poppy Tooker – think creamy rice pudding deep fried. Talk about food of the gods for [...]

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Quick Article On Lentils

Posted in Other, Trail Cooking, tagged , , on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I saw this great article on lentils posted up PackitGourmet’s Facebook page last week. I love lentils and have incorporated them into a number of recipes in the past couple years (a couple are up on TrailCooking for our readers!) Even better? You can get precooked and dehydrated lentils from both PackitGourmet and Harmony House [...]

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New Version of a Popular Trail Bar

Posted in Other, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Two members of our local hiking forums had been tinkering with our The “You Can Make Them Your Way” Energy Bars to come up with a lower glycemic bar and between the two, NavySalad and Dogpatch, they did it. The new version has been added to TrailCooking, Stevia Sweetened Energy Bars. ~Sarah

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A Weekend On Orcas Island

Posted in photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , on October 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »

We had three days free so Kirk and I decided to head up to the San Juan Islands here in Washington State. The weather was quite promising  so even better. Did I mention we were kid free? Even more fun! To get to the San Juan’s you head to the ferry dock in Anacortes, on [...]

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