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What does a vegan cookbook have to do with trail cooking? Well maybe something…..and it can be delicious! Vegan Unplugged: A Pantry Cuisine Cookbook and Survival Guide is an easy to use cookbook that while aimed at those on the go, emergency planning and car camping can be also adapted to backpacking. The recipes rely [...]

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If you follow my personal blog you might have noticed that I am incorporating more and more raw meals into our at home diet. It is fun, tasty and healthy. Obviously not everything I make can translate into trail meals but there some that have – and been very good – and “energy” or “granola” [...]

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Recently added to Trail Cooking is an easy method for preparing quinoa on the trail without cooking it for 15 to 20 minutes nor having to cook it at home and dehydrate it. Now don’t get me wrong, precooking and dehydrating is fab to do! You can have truly instant quinoa that is easily used [...]

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While baking a project this afternoon (on a very rainy day) it occurred to me that the results were perfect hiking food. Portable, healthy and portion controlled. And so healthy the squirrels will be attacking you…. While they look like cookies they are not quite that. A blend of savory and sweet in a cookie [...]

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Instant hummus – It is frugally affordable, it is vegetarian/vegan and most brands are gluten free as well. You can even find it in bulk bins in some natural food stores. It is a great last minute score at grocery stores on the way out of town (look in the “ethnic” or “organics/natural foods” aisles [...]

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Shelf stable chickpeas (garbanzo beans)? Tasty Bite has another shelf stable product out there, in its normal ‘tort’ packaging. I found it at Whole Foods, in with the ‘ethnic foods’. It is part of the ‘Meal Inspirations’ line, which features ready to serve legumes and grains. Chunky Chickpeas: The chickpeas are vegetarian (I’d call them [...]

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On Monday we reviewed two of Dr. McDougall’s Asian Entree products, both were noodle cups. Today we review one of the Indian inspired cups in the line, the Masala Lentil Pilaf: It is gluten free, vegetarian and vegan friendly and is a medley of brown rice, white rice, lentils, raisins and other vegetables. With 8 [...]

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Welcoming in 2011….wow. Is it 2011 already? Do I want to admit that this coming summer will be my 20th high school reunion? Eek! I think hiking is better to think about than that…..hah! I can say one thing though….every year I get requests from our great readers asking about healthier options for trail meals. [...]

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