The blog of Trail Cooking
Do you love dehydrating food for trips or at home use? Or have you wondered about it? Be sure to check out our Dehydrating 101 on TrailCooking to get you inspired. If you missed these posts & tutorials from my personal blog, you might want to check them out – and get your hiker pantry […]
Do you love using the (very) convenient packets of tuna and salmon? Looking for some new ideas, beyond wraps or eating out of the bag? 10 One Pot Tuna & Salmon Recipes – get inspired and eat well! Italian Tuna Angel Hair: Pesto Salmon Pasta: Tuna and Veggie Rice Pilaf: Artichoke Salmon Pasta: Spicy Tuna […]
A long time ago, I had a thing for creating trash-eroles. Nothing like emulating the foods I grew up – trash casseroles made with canned cream o’ soups and smothered in tater chips. I had a blast making these for trail time…. There was also a time, before the days of Minimus, when getting single […]
In the early winter of 2005, Kirk and I brought out our first cookbook, Freezer Bag Cooking: Trail Food Made Simple. Even 9+ years later, the book sells incredibly well – something I am very grateful for – we even had a few wonderful years of being sold in REI stores across the country: (Waddling […]
We recently added a new hot chocolate recipe to TrailCooking: Sipping Hot Chocolate PS: This is one recipe to pull out your best cocoa powder. We used TCHO organic/fair trade cocoa powder in it. You might also like – Peanut Butter Hot Cocoa Mocha Cocoa Pudding Hot Cocoa Sugar Free Spicy Cocoa Mix Winter Cocoa […]
Recent finds have been piling up for review – so we got busy to try them out! Spotted at our local Safeway was new flavors of Kraft Parmesan Cheese in Rosemary & Garlic and Classic Italian. Something new to sprinkle over your rice and pasta dishes! Kirk was excited to receive samples of Quest Nutrition’s newest […]
Over the years we have gotten many emails asking for meal ideas for late fall trips that fall on or near Thanksgiving weekend. A couple dfferent ways to have a great dinner on the trail in late fall are below, ranging from very simple to more elaborate. You can pick and choose of course, some […]
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