When I Finally Got Going I Trail Cooking

Moving isn’t easy. Moving across the country is even more complicated. When one has to pack up and move a massive amount of freeze-dried food, it’s a lot to plan. When it finally showed up, I was so happy, and I had it stacked high in its heavy-duty Home Depot moving boxes. Shut the door and walked away. I was glad it had made it across the country, but I had more pressing issues.

Life has been so busy the past 4.5 months. I had to move in and get kids in school. Do summer with them. Back in school. Build a new massive garden to start Version 5 of our homestead, Never Free Farm. And periodically, get a hike this summer.

This was the start of it. It ate up my entire August building it.

Last weekend, being Labor Day, we tackled the mess and started building the storage racks.

We have 2 of the racks that hold the cans. Sadly, they are not made anymore. So it was good we broke them down and packed them.

I then worked on organizing all the mylar bags of ingredients we freeze-dried ourselves.

We had sent all the bins thru empty. In a big stack. Yes, I freeze-dried beets. I’m still not quite sure how I will use those…trail ready Borscht soup?

I went thru many moving boxes, organizing the ingredients. Freeze-dried cheese 🧀? All in one. Peas 🫛 and corn 🌽 in another. Many hours later, I knew what we had in stock. I also found all the freeze dryer parts so I can get back to producing. Having it all organized, I know what I have and need for trail cooking 🍳

But what I have now is access to my freeze-dried ingredients. So I can get back to creating recipes for the outdoors. For the past 5 months, everything has been sealed in boxes. I have been jotting down recipe ideas. Pages of notes 📝 Finally, I can start creating once again! I hauled up a big pile of cans and mylar bags: chicken, beef, peas, corn, cheese, berries, and so much more.

Fall will bring new recipes, so keep an eye out for them.

~ Sarah