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Need another find for bars to slip into your backpack this spring? Earnest Eats bars come in four flavors: Chocolate peanut butter, Cran Lemon Zest, Apple Ginger and Almond Trail Mix. The bars are dense at 1.9 ounces each but pack a good calorie count: 230 calories, 10 grams fat,6 grams protein and 4 grams [...]

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I really enjoy the intense flavor of sun-dried tomatoes in backpacking recipes. A little goes a long way and brings a freshness to even boxed meals (for all you Lipton and Knorr eaters out there!) One of my go-to brands for a long time has been Bella Sun Luci, a family owned company out of [...]

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Recent find at Costco – 2 lb containers of Johnny’s All Natural Creamy Potato Soup mix: Even comes with recipe ideas Nutritional stats: Costco is selling it for $7.79. The tub is 24 servings. The soup mix is trans-fat free, no MSG and gluten free but does contain chicken (so not vegetarian friendly). While it [...]

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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 [...]

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Trader Joe’s has slowly been adding more varieties of freeze dried fruit and berries – they already have carried blueberries, bananas, strawberries, pineapple chips, mango and more – new is raspberries and seedless red grapes: Each resealable bag is 1.2 ounces and around $4. A good deal overall for a quality product. They are both [...]

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Being a Washington State native I grew up on Liberty Orchard’s Aplets and Cotlets – and their extensive candy collection. I love the mix of gummy candy and chopped nuts. Yum! This week we had samples of a newer line, The Orchard Bar, show up for review. Imagine if I had my favorite fruit and [...]

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Prunes, er, I mean dried plums, don’t usually rank up there as exciting outdoor food but the new packages of of Sunsweet® Plum Amazins™ Diced Dried Plums caught my eyes: Dried plums tend to be really sticky/messy so I don’t carry them often (especially in summer when they start sweating and get even more sticky) [...]

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I happen to be a longtime fan of Lunabars (and as always noted – guys you can eat them. You won’t be any less manly.) So I was pretty excited to see this in my post office box yesterday morning: Yum! A Chocolate Peppermint Stick bar and ooh….a matching all natural lipbalm. Lets just say [...]

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