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Posted in Food Finds, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Jul 26th, 2010
I came across a new food company, Outdoor Herbivore, recently. They are a vegetarian/vegan friendly company. We picked up a couple meals to try out: I tried out the Chickpea Sesame Penne: The packaging is very minimal – just a thin outer bag. If you like no excessive packaging this is a good choice. It [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Jun 30th, 2010
I saw a recipe for a pasta salad that gave me an idea for a ‘re-do’. It was a simple one – but the hardest part was figuring out a honey mustard dressing base. Why buy it if you can make it easy, eh? Thanks to Teresa “Dicentra” Black for helping me yesterday with finding [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Jun 21st, 2010
The newest recipes up on Trail Cooking are from our newest flyer that we hand out during cooking presentations. Up first is the Garden Veggie Couscous which we created as an alternative to a commercial freeze-dried meal. It can be made either with organic or traditional ingredients and is vegetarian friendly. The meal we based [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Jun 12th, 2010
Head over to Trail Cooking for the two newest recipes, both featured in the May/June 2010 issue of Washington Trails Magazine. Pina Colada Mini Pies Last Minute Meat and Olive Pizzas Both photos by Kirk Kirkconnell. ~Sarah
Posted in Food Finds, No Cook Recipes, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Mar 18th, 2010
Yogurt powder is a pretty cool product – we have used it many times, often in smoothies. If you buy large packages of the powder from Frontier Foods it comes with directions on how to make “instant” yogurt. You will need yogurt powder and Guar Gum. Bob’s Red Mill is a great choice brand-wise and [...]
Posted in No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Mar 17th, 2010
Added recently to Trail Cooking: Chocolate Pudding – an easy to make dessert for one. You can even whip it up in a small Titanium cup! Fruit Punch Shake – it isn’t for everyone but can be a fun drink. ~Sarah
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Mar 15th, 2010
A recent food find was Frontier Food’s Cheddar Cheese Soup Mix. I picked up a bag in my recent order from Frontier Foods and like most bases figured might as well have fun adding more to the soup – make it heartier. The mix itself is easy to use, simply add 3 Tablespoons of dry [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Mar 12th, 2010
Been a busy week! Check out these recipes (along with all the others we added this week!) over on Trail Cooking. The Health Bowl was an inspired ‘re-do’. Another hiker sent me his recipe that he cooks in the traditional way (simmering raw rice and red lentils). This version takes a lot less time and [...]
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