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Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Jun 6th, 2011
I came across this ancient “reader’s tip” in the September 199 issue of Backpacker Magazine. Why no one has talked about this since then is beyond me! Easy, cheap and it works. If you have noticed I like to call for exact measurements in my recipes versus the “cover with water” method used by others [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear on Sep 1st, 2009
This is a popular post Kirk did awhile back on how to make plastic bottles leak resistant. It is simple and quick to do. ~Sarah
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Sep 1st, 2009
A great blog entry on making a ultralight “thermos” for trail use. Check it at Trailblaze. ~Sarah
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on May 11th, 2009
Many of our readers are in the UL gear crowd – only carrying what they need and of the type to think out of the box. (Yeah, we love that!) So I am always one to have my eyes open for lightweight (and frugal) ways to make my trail kitchen better. I was in Starbuck’s [...]
Posted in Food Finds, hiking, No Cook Recipes, Other, Trail Cooking on Apr 30th, 2009
If you had asked me even 3 months ago if I would consider drinking protein drinks I would have looked at you like you were talking another language…. But as we get farther into our workouts I am finding I need more – there are days I am so tired after training that if I [...]
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Apr 27th, 2009
My favorite pot set is the GSI Soloist – I have that pot in my daypack always and often when I backpack. As I was reading through blogs today I saw an entry on Brian’s kitchen setup and one item he had was a handmade Reflectix® pot cozy for the Soloist. If you have a [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, hiking, No Cook Recipes, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Apr 25th, 2009
Granny Hiker had asked this morning of I had tried my Lentil and Tomato salad with couscous and I hadn’t! So off to the test kitchen I went this morning and whipped a great easy no-cook salad. Check out Lentil Couscous Salad on Trail Cooking for the full recipe. ~Sarah
Posted in Dehydrating, Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Apr 16th, 2009
I am working on entering in a number of recipes our great readers have sent in to us, to the new website. The first up today is an instant pesto sauce, a dry mix that can be used in recipes or as a sauce on pasta. This is a great base mix, check it out! [...]
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