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Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, One Pot Meals, Vegetarian on Dec 30th, 2011
Two days from 2012 starting! That got me in the mood for a new trail breakfast. Something warm, nourishing, slightly sweet yet with a little savory. And this breakfast pudding was just what I craved! Breakfast Pistachio Rice Pudding Rice, milk, cranberries, a little brown sugar and cinnamon and lovely green pistachios – yum! ~Sarah
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Oct 26th, 2011
Hiking and it is cold (or at least heading that way)? Out here in the PNW we are already waking up to mid 30′s for temps and in the mountains it is colder we have had snow a number of days already. Just the way fall should be So here are a smattering of recipes [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Aug 31st, 2011
As I have mentioned we attended the Vida Vegan Conference this past weekend and I had a number of conversations come up about my recipes for backpacking/hiking meals.I also realized that many of our recipes on the website were not properly tagged either! So I am slowly going through the website and updating – I [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Trail Cooking on Jul 14th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on May 6th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, No Cook Recipes, Trail Cooking on Mar 6th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Mar 1st, 2011
Teresa “Dicentra” Black, of One Pan Wonders, and I are long time hiking partners – and when we hike together all we do is talk about food, cooking gear, hiking gear, food, recipes, food and yeah more food. (I even took the cover photo Teresa used on her first book, One Pan Wonders ~ Backcountry [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Feb 9th, 2011
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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