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Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Feb 2nd, 2012
While this isn’t a shelf stable food, for first day out or dayhiking, Sabra Single Serving Hummus Packs are perfect for tucking in. I picked up the Roasted Red Pepper for trying out: It is two sealed packs inside – one is the hummus, the other is crunch pretzel chips: The kit weighs 4.56 ounces [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Oct 26th, 2011
Hiking and it is cold (or at least heading that way)? Out here in the PNW we are already waking up to mid 30′s for temps and in the mountains it is colder we have had snow a number of days already. Just the way fall should be So here are a smattering of recipes [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Aug 31st, 2011
As I have mentioned we attended the Vida Vegan Conference this past weekend and I had a number of conversations come up about my recipes for backpacking/hiking meals.I also realized that many of our recipes on the website were not properly tagged either! So I am slowly going through the website and updating – I [...]
Posted in Other, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Apr 2nd, 2011
While baking a project this afternoon (on a very rainy day) it occurred to me that the results were perfect hiking food. Portable, healthy and portion controlled. And so healthy the squirrels will be attacking you…. While they look like cookies they are not quite that. A blend of savory and sweet in a cookie [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Feb 9th, 2011
Shelf stable chickpeas (garbanzo beans)? Tasty Bite has another shelf stable product out there, in its normal ‘tort’ packaging. I found it at Whole Foods, in with the ‘ethnic foods’. It is part of the ‘Meal Inspirations’ line, which features ready to serve legumes and grains. Chunky Chickpeas: The chickpeas are vegetarian (I’d call them [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Jan 2nd, 2011
Welcoming in 2011….wow. Is it 2011 already? Do I want to admit that this coming summer will be my 20th high school reunion? Eek! I think hiking is better to think about than that…..hah! I can say one thing though….every year I get requests from our great readers asking about healthier options for trail meals. [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Dec 30th, 2010
Hoping to hear that some of our readers will be getting out this coming weekend (maybe the snow will slow down for some of us!). New Years Day is often a snowshoeing day for us, getting out and loving the snow till we freeze – then we head home. Good way to clear the mind [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetarian on Nov 10th, 2010
What is a tiny bar in the growing organic market that will have you actually wanting more? Wings of Nature™ bars! Kirk and I had a chance to try out all three of their flavors and both of us agreed we’d love to carry them while hiking. The bars may seem small at 1.4 ounces [...]
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