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Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Oct 25th, 2011
We came across these at our local Walmart – there was a display box at each check out counter: If you are like us, Nutella is one of those things that makes an awesome snack! The single serving packets one can find at Cost Plus World Market and Minimus are amazing enough but the addition [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Oct 11th, 2011
We recently received the new line of Naked Juice’s Reduced Sugar Smoothies to try out. The new line has three new flavors: Citrus Lemongrass: Mango Veggie: Lychee: The Lemongrass and Lychee flavors contain coconut water which is amazing for an after hike or workout. Consider coconut water to be nature’s electrolyte drink. The Mango Veggie [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Oct 5th, 2011
Let us start this review by me admitting I have a deep fondness for nut and seed butters. I love nearly all the types out there, so much I even make my own at home. Once you start trying the “odder” ones, peanut butter starts tasting well…pedestrian. Coming across pistachio butter was one of those [...]
Posted in Food Finds on Oct 4th, 2011
Recently I received a large array of samples from Crispy Green of their freeze-dried fruits and melons – and I love freeze-dried fruit. It is crispy, light, low in calories….perfect for snacking! And as part of the package I found 6 packets of the cantaloupe to try. Walker checking out the goodies and then running [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Sep 7th, 2011
A couple weekends back Kirk and I had stayed at a Marriott property in Portland, Oregon for an extended weekend. I always keep an eye on the single serving items at the breakfast bars, this hotel had hands down the best breakfast I have seen in a “continental buffet” – it was massive and well [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Aug 30th, 2011
This past weekend Cat and I attended the first Vida Vegan Conference in Portland, Oregon and not only got lots of learning we had lots of tasting going on! In our swag bags out came packages of Dandies Marshmallows which I had seen many times at Whole Foods but hadn’t tried before (still trying to [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Aug 12th, 2011
We recently received a number of Nature’s Coffee Kettles line to review. Nature’s Coffee Kettle is a line of hot beverages that come in similar packaging to freeze-dried meals and feature a handy pouring spout and handle for your hand.They come in a wide variety of flavors – as you can see below – and [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Jul 26th, 2011
Two lines of snack/energy bars made locally in Washington State, by Fairlight Bakery, are the Zac Omega Bars and Zac Attack Snack Bars. The Omega bars are in the 250-ish calorie range (some more than others) and come in 5 varieties to choose from: The bars are hefty, moist and with my favorite..lots of filling: [...]
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