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Posted in Dehydrating, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Aug 5th, 2010
This recipe re-do caught my eye in the current issue of a certain outdoorsy magazine. It claims to serve 4 but with only 8 ounces of pasta, 8 ounces of salmon and a small smattering of vegetation honestly it would only serve 2 average appetites without a large loaf o’ bread to fill everyone up! [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Mar 12th, 2010
Been a busy week! Check out these recipes (along with all the others we added this week!) over on Trail Cooking. The Health Bowl was an inspired ‘re-do’. Another hiker sent me his recipe that he cooks in the traditional way (simmering raw rice and red lentils). This version takes a lot less time and [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Food Finds, No Cook Recipes, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Mar 12th, 2010
Salsa makes so much better taste wise (the ketchup of modern times?). If you can find packets of it great, but they are not so easy to come up with. The best I have found for convenience is the picante packets at McDonald’s. It is mild and spreads easily. If one asks nicely they may [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, No Cook Recipes, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian, hiking on Apr 25th, 2009
Granny Hiker had asked this morning of I had tried my Lentil and Tomato salad with couscous and I hadn’t! So off to the test kitchen I went this morning and whipped a great easy no-cook salad. Check out Lentil Couscous Salad on Trail Cooking for the full recipe. ~Sarah
Posted in Dehydrating, Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Apr 16th, 2009
I am working on entering in a number of recipes our great readers have sent in to us, to the new website. The first up today is an instant pesto sauce, a dry mix that can be used in recipes or as a sauce on pasta. This is a great base mix, check it out! [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, hiking on Mar 22nd, 2009
A big thanks to Diana for this recipe. I get asked quite often about making Shepherd’s Pie and whether or not it would work FBC style – and her recipe does! Her recipe requires a little work at home but is great for learning how to dehydrate food. Shepherd’s Pie 2 lbs lean ground beef, [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Feb 12th, 2009
Over the past couple years we have built up a section on the Trail Cooking website on Dehydrating 101 – everything you need to know to get started without feeling overwhelmed. For this section I got my inspiration from last Saturday’s hike – Teresa had a salad she had used dried artichokes in. I got [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, Uncategorized, hiking on Feb 6th, 2009
Mary Bell brought out another book on the art of dehydrating this past year, Food Drying with an Attitude: A Fun and Fabulous Guide to Creating Snacks, Meals, and Crafts. If you want to do even more with your dehydrator (and who doesn’t?) then check out her newest! ~Sarah
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