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Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Dec 27th, 2010
With the holidays over and spring in my eyes, it is time to get back to gear reviews! And food is gear, no? TrailCooking received a hefty package of meals from the folks at Wise Foods recently. Lots to choose from indeed. Wise Foods has been in the business of emergency/survival/preparation foods for a considerable [...]
Posted in Food Finds, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Feb 21st, 2010
My brother was down visiting so he offered to help out on a test run of PackitGourmet’s Diner Deluxe Scrambled Eggs. We had opted to try out the sausage version. The meal came with the egg mix, bag of Toastees, 2 oil packets, 2 salsa packets and prep kit (I always get the prep kit [...]
Posted in Food Finds, hiking, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on May 7th, 2009
Today’s review is of Backpacker’s Pantry Pad Thai. The pouch is 8-ounces and runs retail for $5.90, making it one of the more affordable commercial meals on the market. It seems with Backpacker’s Pantry if you choose the veg entrees they are surprisingly affordable. This one does contain TVP for extra protein as well, so [...]
Posted in Food Finds, hiking, Other, Trail Cooking on Apr 25th, 2009
It has been awhile for a commercial meal review so Ford and I tried out Alpine Aire’s Santa Fe Black Beans and Rice entree. The package weighs in at 6 1/2 ounces and retails for $6.03. Opening up the package you get a strong smell of cumin, so do be aware of that. It is [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking on Jan 30th, 2009
One of the many commercial freeze dried meals on the market is Alpine Aire’s Pasta Roma, a vegetarian pasta based dish. The package weight is 6-ounces for $6.03 retail. As many of the meals claim, it is a two person meal. Each serving has 390 calories, 11 grams fat, 19 grams of protein, 730 mg [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, No Cook Recipes, Other, Trail Cooking on Jan 9th, 2009
Dessert to me is something that is essential for hiking. Often the thought of what I’ll be fixing will keep me going the last mile or two on long days. So needless to say I like good desserts! So recently we tried out a couple commercial desserts that are similar and also have an easy [...]
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