Sour cream powder is a great ingredient to have on hand. It's great added to recipes as a dry ingredient (instant mashed potatoes for example), but making it into a fresh bowl (or bag) of sour cream is just fun to do. If you love burritos on the trail, it will take them to a… Continue reading Backpacker’s Pantry: Making Sour Cream On The Trail
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Commercial Meals Review: RightOnTrek
While the newer RightOnTrek meals may look like a typical freeze-dried commercial meal, they are designed to be cooked in a small pot, and not have hot water added to the bag. The bags are Biotrē 2.0 which are as far as I can tell are a "sustainable" bag that is bio-based. The outside of… Continue reading Commercial Meals Review: RightOnTrek
Whidbey Island Foraging
To walk in a park, or on a trail...or well, even the back of parking lot, there is some much free food to enjoy on Whidbey Island, which sits in the Salish Sea in Washington State, just below the San Juan Islands, at the entrance to the Puget Sound. Whidbey Island is the largest island… Continue reading Whidbey Island Foraging
The History Of The Trash-erole Recipes
Far, far too long ago, in the heyday of creating backcountry recipes, while backpacking 2 to 4 times a month, I had a feature on the blog called "Tater Tuesday" where I plunked down a new recipe most weeks that featured...potatoes. The trashiest of the carbs of course. (Now then, the old blog doesn't exist… Continue reading The History Of The Trash-erole Recipes
Commercial Meal Review: Thrive Life Cheesy Chicken
A few weeks ago Thrive Life announced a new line of products. Meals ready to go, with a 20 year shelf life. And as I saw the first photos I was smiling - these were backpacking meals! Big, huge backpacking meals, with both meat and vegetarian options. The first 2 meals went up for sale… Continue reading Commercial Meal Review: Thrive Life Cheesy Chicken