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Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Mar 31st, 2010
I found these recently in the cream cheese section at Safeway – while not shelf stable, cream cheese carries well in most temperatures – in summer try to use up within the first day. In cool weather you can get a couple days out of it. Philadelphia Cream Cheese Minis come in four flavors that [...]
Posted in photos on Mar 25th, 2010
Kirk and I welcomed our new son last night. Baby Walker came out 9 lbs and handsome as can be (not that we are biased or anything!) Ford is a proud big brother and hopes we all get out soon! ~Kirk and Sarah
Posted in Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Mar 23rd, 2010
If you have little ones (infant, toddlers and even younger elementary school age) under your feet and you love taking them hiking, be sure to take a look at Light My Fire’s recently released Little Spork. They come in 7 colors, at REI they are in 3 packs. We picked up the green/black and white [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Mar 22nd, 2010
A review of an older book, currently out of print, one that sits in our collection of trail cookbooks. Do you remember “Trailside: Make Your Own Adventure”? – it was a TV show on in the early 90′s that originally partnered with Backpacker Magazine, which was hosted by John Viehman (the then Executive Editor of [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Mar 19th, 2010
Last year I had mentioned how I found Jalapenos on the grocery store shelf. Last week when I was doing a spring cleaning and tidying up I realized that my peppers from an online source had sadly seen better days, so today I grabbed a jar while I was out running errands. If you watch [...]
Posted in Food Finds, No Cook Recipes, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Mar 18th, 2010
Yogurt powder is a pretty cool product – we have used it many times, often in smoothies. If you buy large packages of the powder from Frontier Foods it comes with directions on how to make “instant” yogurt. You will need yogurt powder and Guar Gum. Bob’s Red Mill is a great choice brand-wise and [...]
Posted in No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Mar 17th, 2010
Added recently to Trail Cooking: Chocolate Pudding – an easy to make dessert for one. You can even whip it up in a small Titanium cup! Fruit Punch Shake – it isn’t for everyone but can be a fun drink. ~Sarah
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Mar 17th, 2010
In a recent blog post we had talked about all the dairy milk substitutes available. Some larger and or upscale grocery stores carry Meyenberg powdered goat milk in canisters, often in the dry milk or in the baking aisle. Finding the small 4 ounce pouches can be a bit harder. The packets are nice as [...]
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