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Food Find: Raw Pistachio Butter

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Let us start this review by me admitting I have a deep fondness for nut and seed butters. I love nearly all the types out there, so much I even make my own at home. Once you start trying the “odder” ones, peanut butter starts tasting well…pedestrian. Coming across pistachio butter was one of those [...]

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Food Find: Freeze-dried Cantaloupe

Posted in Food Finds, tagged , , , , on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Recently I received a large array of samples from Crispy Green of their freeze-dried fruits and melons – and I love freeze-dried fruit. It is crispy, light, low in calories….perfect for snacking! And as part of the package I found 6 packets of the cantaloupe to try. Walker checking out the goodies and then running [...]

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Food Find: Dandies Marshmallows (Did I Hear Smore’s?)

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This past weekend Cat and I attended the first Vida Vegan Conference in Portland, Oregon and not only got lots of learning we had lots of tasting going on! In our swag bags out came packages of Dandies Marshmallows which I had seen many times at Whole Foods but hadn’t tried before (still trying to [...]

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Food Finds: Zac Bars

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Two lines of snack/energy bars made locally in Washington State, by Fairlight Bakery, are the Zac Omega Bars and Zac Attack Snack Bars. The Omega bars are in the 250-ish calorie range (some more than others) and come in 5 varieties to choose from: The bars are hefty, moist and with my favorite..lots of filling: [...]

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Food Find: Fiber One Brownies

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Yeah, yeah….I am sure you are saying “Fiber One?” but lets talk tasty snacks here first….single serving packets of moist brownies.And did I mention moist? That and and tasty! Chocolate Fudge Brownies: Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies: .89 of an ounce each, 90 calories, 3 grams fat and 5 grams of fiber. Lets face it…we hikers [...]

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Food Find: Fruitzio Freeze-dried Fruit

Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Recently we received a goodie package from the folks at Fruitzio: Packs of freeze-dried fruit in Kiwi, Apricots, Apples & Strawberries and Peaches. Being that the fruit is freeze-dried it is of course very light – the packs feel like air (you might almost wonder if the resealable pouch is heavier than the fruit!). The [...]

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Food Find: SunRype Fruit and Veggie Snacks

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , on May 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »

We have reviewed SunRype products a number of times over the years – they are good tasting and great in a snack bag. If you haven’t seen SunRype before, look for them in the produce department of many grocery stores. They are often well hidden. Recent finds? Fruit & Veggie Squiggles in Strawberry flavor – [...]

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Food Find: Buddy Fruit Squeezable Fruits

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Walker did a test run at lunchtime while out hiking of Buddy Fruit Pure Blended Fruit, a squeezable fruit similar to applesauce. I had picked up a Mango Passion Banana flavored one, the pouches are 3.2 ounces, with an easy twist off cap. Simply shake up a bit and then open, squeeze and eat! Walker [...]

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