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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Food Finds’
Food Find: Bella Sun Luci Tomatoes
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged Bella Sun Luci, Food Finds, sun-dried tomatoes on February 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Food Find: Johnny’s Creamy Potato Soup Mix
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged Food Finds, Johnny's Creamy Potato Soup Mix on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Food Find: Sabra Single Serving Hummus with Pretzel Chips
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian, tagged backcountry food, Food Finds, kid friendly trail snacks, Sabra To Go Packs, single serving hummus, snacks, trail food, trail snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian on February 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
New Food Finds At Trader Joe’s
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry food, Food Finds, freeze dried fruit and berries, kid friendly trail snacks, Trader Joe's, trail food, trail snacks on January 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Food Find: Plum Amazins Diced Dried Plums
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged dried fruit, Food Finds, food reviews, hiker food, kid friendly trail snacks, Plum Amazins, Sunsweet, trail snacks on December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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) [...]





