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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, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Oct 30th, 2009
This was a meal I wondered about – would it work, how would it taste? The meal for review was Green Bean Cuisine by Pack Lite Foods. A simply packed 3.5 ounce dry meal that is vegetarian friendly for one. It is a one pot meal, simply bring the dry ingredients and 1 1/2 cups [...]
Posted in Food Finds, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Sep 11th, 2009
Have you heard of Pack Lite Foods? You may well not have. They are not a big company nor do they have a lot of selections but what they do carry is well thought out. The meals are very compact (one thin bag and a dessication packet) and while one pot meals, are efficient for [...]
Posted in Trip Reports, photos on Aug 7th, 2009
I was talking with Cat yesterday when I realized I had not been to Eunice Lake, which is in Mt. Rainier NP, since August of 2005. It was with Cat I had been there last. With the weather being cool this week doing a hike that doesn’t focus on mountain views sounded good. And the [...]
Posted in Food Finds, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Jul 10th, 2009
Back in January we tested out PackitGourmet’s Roaring Campfire Pizza in Veggie. It was quite tasty, so we picked up a package of the Carnivore version to see how we would like it. Depending on appetite it will serve 1 to 2. I’d say if you are a man who loves food, treat this as [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian, hiking 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, Other, Trail Cooking, hiking 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, Vegetarian, hiking on Mar 3rd, 2009
Mary Janes Farm is the only commercial “hiker” meal brand where I can eat them without looking at the package’s ingredient list. The meals are organic, so no hidden fake colors, flavors or preservatives. They are also the lowest sodium commercial meals out there that I have found. In the past I have done reviews [...]
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