From the March/April 2011 issue of Washington Trails Magazine are these two new recipes -

Savory Tuna Salad:

Peanut Butter Granola Cups:

~Sarah

One Pot Chickpea Pasta is a delicious vegetarian friendly one pot dish:

Carrot Cake In A Bowl, a twist on oatmeal for breakfast:

The third recipe is for Soft Lentil Tacos, a fun take on trail tacos! For that one you have to go get a copy!

Our other news? Just showing up is the March 2011 issue of Backpacker Magazine to mailboxes and newsstands. Sarah and Cat along with a couple of good friends/hiking partners did a lot of gear testing this past summer/fall. A lot of testing.Thanks go out to Jared, Lynn and Steve (and Cat) for all their help – you peeps are stellar! So what was all that gear testing about? Cookware (not shocking, eh?). A lot of cookware! From hard anodized aluminum, stainless steel to titanium we saw it all. And abused it!

Check out the 2 page article on pages 52 and 53. I can say one thing: I have no desire ever, ever, ever to cook dozens of eggs again over canister stoves. It was quite an honor to be asked to do the article (and an incentive to get others on the trail!) Be sure to read the sidebar for a couple of my favorite items. So go! Get yer copy! I didn’t put my hiking partners into slaveitude for fun (oh wait, yes I did)…it was for your benefit. Research and all that .

~Sarah and Kirk

This months issue of Washington Trails is featuring 3 new recipes by us with that theme in our Trail Eats column:

The recipes are ‘Carrot Cake in a Bowl‘, ‘Lentil Soft Tacos‘ and ‘One Pot Chickpea Pasta‘ on page 36. If you are not a subscriber yet please consider it for yourself or loved ones – WTA (Washington Trails Association) is a fantastic non-profit dedicated to the outdoors!

Now onto the recipes to give our readers some more ideas for the coming months. They are a mix of FBC (Freezer Bag Cooking), One Pot Meals and no-cook – so something for everyone!

Asian Chicken Slaw Wraps:

Cranberry Almond Tabouli:

Honey Mustard Pasta Salad:

Spicy Cheesy Rice and Beans:

Greens and Noodles:

Pesto Tomato Pasta:

Vanilla Trail Mix Pudding:

~Sarah

Our column, Trail Eats, featured two recipes that involved foraging.

We added the Blackberry Green Beans recently:

We have more up on Trail Cooking foraging for berries – blackberries are one of those items where you could pick all day turn around a million more vines are there

~Sarah

Look for our column “Trail Eats” on page 34 for these two recipes:

Asian Chicken Slaw Wraps:

Ice Cream In A Bag:

~Sarah

Hiker’s Primavera Pasta

Cran-Mac Caramel Bars

~Sarah