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Winter Daydreaming: Planning A Wonderland Trip

Posted in hiking, tagged , , on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

~The meadow at Summerland~ Is it the economy? The hard winter for most of us? Who knows, but I can say I have seen a lot of chattering about hiking plans for this coming summer, more than usual, especially about the Wonderland Trail here in Washington – our gorgeous 93 miles loop around (well more [...]

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New Stove Update

Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, tagged , , , on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Earlier this month I had mentioned how I was searching for a new canister stove and today I had a chance to hit REI while out. Yes, I did go for the Snow Peak Giga after all. Hoping to get in some trial runs with it tomorrow! ~Sarah

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Mountain Mama

Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, tagged , , on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Not coming till this spring sadly but soon Mountain Mama will be on the market. As a Mom who has raised one outdoorsy kid (yeah, you all know him as Ford) and one on the way this winter……well I can say that there is nothing on the market currently for ladies with a bump out [...]

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Meal Review: Ginger Sticky Toffee Pudding Cakes

Posted in Food Finds, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , on January 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »

My readers know what a long time fan of steam baking I am. It is simple, the results always taste good and more so, it is soft, moist and tender – especially in baked goods. I have used a couple of PackitGourmet’s steam baked goodie mixes with always good results so I was not disappointed [...]

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Hiker’s Pantry Fudge and More

Posted in Other, Trail Cooking, tagged , on January 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Added this evening to TrailCooking is a new recipe for Hiker’s Pantry Fudge which is made of basics that most of us have lying around. This easy fudge pulls together in only a couple minutes and then stores in the refrigerator till time to leave. OK, you might ask…what is Sarah’s deal with fudge come [...]

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Food Find: Luna Protein Bars

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A week or so ago we were in REI and I noticed these bars: I hadn’t seen them before and after researching them I didn’t find them on either Luna’s or Cliff Bars websites. That wasn’t unusual – I have found Luna products over the years that are not on the website. After researching more [...]

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Out For A Quick Dayhike On A Crisp Day

Posted in photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The weather report for today was apparently quite wrong. The prediction had been 90% rain or something like that and instead it was sunny, balmy and just too nice to not get outside. Kirk humored his slow wife by agreeing to do an easy loop out at Nolte State Park around Deep Lake. We left [...]

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More Fauxbaker – Pizza Muffins

Posted in Other, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I had been asked for more steamed muffin recipes so I have been working on new ones. First up is this very easy recipe for Pizza inspired muffins. And before I forget, before everyone says “What are those muffin liners?” They are Wilton Silly- Feet Silicone Baking Cups , 4 Count. You can find them [...]

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