I was looking through a couple of my recent additions to the Trail Library and one book,The Upscale Outdoor Cookbook: Simple Recipes for Campers, Backpackers and Short Order Cooks, had a recipe in it for Instant Shepherd’s Pie. And it occurred to me that many of the older outdoor cookbooks called for dried chipped beef [...]
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The Salt Bowl: Yes, It Used To Be Like This
Posted in Other, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, backpacking recipes, dried chipped beef, hiker food, Trail Cooking, trail food, trail meals, trail recipes, wilderness cooking on November 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Food Find For Trail Babies: Happy Baby
Posted in Other, Trail Cooking, tagged baby food, Happy Baby, instant baby food on November 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Walker tried out another brand of ready to eat baby food with packaging that is aimed at the ‘to-go’ crowd. With identical packaging to Ella’s Kitchen that we recently reviewed, Happy Baby is another player in the organic baby food market. I hadn’t realized that the caps on the stage 1 and 2 meals are [...]
Food Find For Trail Babies: Ella’s Kitchen
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged babies, baby food, Ella's Kitchen, instant baby food on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had come across Ella’s Kitchen baby food online and recently found it carried at Whole Foods. It isn’t the cheapest (on sale it is $1 for a 3.5 ounce pouch) but is still reasonably priced. The pouches only need a spoon and you are ready to feed your trail baby, making these the easiest [...]
Food Find: Sunbutter Sunflower Spread
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry food, Food Finds, nut butters, Packit Gourmet, PackitGourmet.com, Sunbutter, sunflower butter, trail food on November 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Awhile back I had picked up some packets of Sunbutter sunflower spread from Packitgourmet but had forgotten about them. On yesterday’s hike I noticed one in my food bag and thought about it: I had a cinnamon raisin bagel in my pack as well and the thought of it for lunch sounded good. A quick [...]
PB Sammies – A Food Find And A Hiker Trash Version
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry food, Food Finds, hiker food, PB, Peanut Butter Company, trail food, trail lunches, trail meals on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had been looking awhile for the Peanut Butter Company’s Easy Squeezy™ packets and finally came across them last week in a massive Super Wal-Mart in Tennessee. I found it in Smooth Operator and Chocolate Dreams, in single serving packets. The Smooth Operator is in 1.5 ounce, Chocolate Dreams in 1.15 ounce size. I made [...]
Food Find: All Natural Vanilla Pudding Mix
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, No Cook Recipes, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, backpacking recipes, FBC, FBC meals, Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, hiker food, kid friendly trail snacks, Trail Cooking, trail desserts, trail food, trail recipes, trail snacks, wilderness cooking, www.freezerbagcooking.com, www.trailcooking.com on September 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week we reviewed the chocolate pudding by Natural Desserts, we also picked up the vanilla version of their instant pudding to try out. Everything ready to go – find the recipe for Vanilla Coconut Pudding on Trail Cooking: Topped with more coconut: As with the chocolate it is vegan and gluten free – [...]
Commercial Meal Review: Basil Walnut Penne
Posted in Food Finds, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, Food Finds, Herbivore, hiker food, One Pot Meals, Outdoor Herbivore, Trail Cooking, trail food, trail lunches, trail meals, Vegan, Vegetarian, vegetarian trail meals, wilderness cooking on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s lunch was Outdoor Herbivore’s Basil Walnut Penne: The vegan friendly meal is a powerhouse: Cal: 870 Fat: 28g Sodium: 465g Carbs: 95g Protein: 35g – it boasts whole wheat pasta and plenty of chunky walnuts. Easy to make and ready to eat in under 15 minutes. I have found for best results with the [...]
Lazy Gingerbread Cookies
Posted in Food Finds, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, backpacking recipes, Food Finds, Trail Cooking, trail desserts, trail food, trail recipes, trail snacks, www.trailcooking.com on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Check the recipe out for Lazy Gingerbread Cookies over at Trailcooking! The idea for this recipe came to me recently after I had a 1 pound bag o’ organic dried eggs show up. And….a pound of eggs is quite a bit! Adding a couple other ingredients: Pan frying till browned: Is it a cookie? A [...]





