Hoping to hear that some of our readers will be getting out this coming weekend (maybe the snow will slow down for some of us!). New Years Day is often a snowshoeing day for us, getting out and loving the snow till we freeze – then we head home. Good way to clear the mind [...]
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Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Nov 17th, 2010
Kirk and I recently had the chance to try out Me & Goji’s custom artisanal cereal. And you might wonder what that has to do with outdoor food? Well I for one love cereal when hiking (pack cereal in a sandwich bag, add in a couple Tbsp of dry milk, be it dairy, soy, rice [...]
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Posted in hiking, Trail Cooking on Nov 4th, 2010
Now in stores is the November/December 2010 issue of Washington Trails Magazine, which is published by my favorite defenders of the trail, Washington Trails Association (WTA). This issue our column was part of a multi page spread on the joys of snowshoeing, covering where to go, what to nosh on and what to bring along. [...]
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Earlier this week we reviewed the chocolate pudding by Natural Desserts, we also picked up the vanilla version of their instant pudding to try out. Everything ready to go – find the recipe for Vanilla Coconut Pudding on Trail Cooking: Topped with more coconut: As with the chocolate it is vegan and gluten free – [...]
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Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Sep 20th, 2010
Out with Cat this past weekend and I came across instant pudding mixes by Natural Desserts. We picked up a chocolate and a vanilla for testing, using the chocolate for this recipe. This is the only instant pudding mix I have come across that is dairy free. It is also corn, wheat, eggs and soy [...]
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Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Aug 25th, 2010
On the way to the trailhead this past weekend I was looking for a snack to throw in the packs and came across Country Choice Organic’s soft baked cookies, of which I picked up the Oatmeal Chocolate Chip flavor: The convenience is having individually wrapped cookies that stay fresh, well worth any extra cost and [...]
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Check the recipe out for Lazy Gingerbread Cookies over at Trailcooking! The idea for this recipe came to me recently after I had a 1 pound bag o’ organic dried eggs show up. And….a pound of eggs is quite a bit! Adding a couple other ingredients: Pan frying till browned: Is it a cookie? A [...]
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Posted in One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking on Aug 16th, 2010
A question came to me this morning on making pan biscuits and if I had any tips to share. And who doesn’t love biscuits? Yes, they do take a little extra work but they are worth it if you carry a non-stick pot you can have easy baking. While a frypan lid is nice they [...]
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