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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, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Dec 31st, 2011
In the December 2011 issue of Women’s Health Magazine, there is an excellent article on oatmeal. Besides having some great recipes – savory oats for breakfast? Yum! Lets just say that oats, maple syrup and bacon are my kind of thing….but I digress, back to my original train of thought and it is on the [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, One Pot Meals, Vegetarian on Dec 30th, 2011
Two days from 2012 starting! That got me in the mood for a new trail breakfast. Something warm, nourishing, slightly sweet yet with a little savory. And this breakfast pudding was just what I craved! Breakfast Pistachio Rice Pudding Rice, milk, cranberries, a little brown sugar and cinnamon and lovely green pistachios – yum! ~Sarah
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Nov 5th, 2011
Back in early 2009 I had written about a new product I came across at the yearly VegFest in Seattle, an almond butter by Barney Butter. Earlier this week I was in Whole Foods and saw packets of almond butter that I didn’t recognize but the name was nagging at me. Well, it was the [...]
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, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Feb 28th, 2011
I’d say that the biggest complained about food item for the outdoors is dried eggs. Not that this is a new issue – folks have been complaining for decades about how they suck. Modern trail cookbooks rarely call for eggs or tell you to pack fresh ones in, but if you start reading up the [...]
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