Recent Posts Tagged With 'food finds'

• Commercial Meal Review: TexMex Breakfast

  Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 15:40 in breakfast, food finds, one pot meals, breakfast burritos, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backcountry food, trail meals, packit gourmet, packitgourmet.com

  New to the market in recent weeks is PackitGourmet’s TexMex Breakfast Taco (or as I would call it…breakfast burritos!). We sampled the sausage version: It contains in the bag the egg/meat/veggie mix, 2 packets of oil and 2 packets of sal...

• Food Find: Shelf Stable Cheese

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 22:12 in food finds, trail cooking

  If you live in one of the 32 states with a Papa Murphy’s location be sure to take a look on your next visit for a great buy on shelf stable herby Parmesan cheese. Fully shelf stable it does not require refrigeration and is pack friendly size &...

• Source For Dried Egg Whites

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 09:08 in food finds, egg whites, dried eggs, trail cooking

  In the past couple years finding dried eggs has become harder unless you buy them online. It used to be normal to find cans of egg whites sold in the baking/flour aisle but not so these days. While egg whites don’t work as great for making hot ...

• A Footnote In The History Of Ramen

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 14:14 in food finds, trail cooking

  As I was reading one of my new (1970’s era) books I kept seeing the same term used: Alimentary Paste. I was totally stumped. What was that? And then I realized it was ramen noodles that the authoress referred to. It was back in the days when th...

• Commercial Meal Review: Green Bean Cuisine

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 14:49 in vegetarian, food finds, one pot meals, trail cooking, trail food, backcountry food, trail meals, vegetarian trail meals, commercial meal reviews, pack lite foods, lower sodium food

  This was a meal I wondered about – would it work, how would it taste? The meal for review was Green Bean Cuisine by Pack Lite Foods. A simply packed 3.5 ounce dry meal that is vegetarian friendly for one. It is a one pot meal, simply bring the...

• Grocery Store Meals: Artichoke and Mozzarella Pasta

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 14:27 in vegetarian, food finds, one pot meals, trail recipes, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backpacking recipes, backcountry food, trail meals, vegetarian trail meals

  This recipe is another in the “Last minute trip…what do I take to eat?”. It is a hybrid style meal, using your pot to cook the pasta but a bag to mix it up for easy cleanup. Find the recipe for Artichoke and Mozzarella Pasta on Trai...

• Baked Ramen Hard To Find?

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 13:33 in food finds, noodles, trail cooking

  A reader’s question prompted me to write on the subject of baked ramen. For a short time baked ramen was once again easy to find (it had been popular in the late 1980’s through the early 1990’s) when Nissin brought out a great baked...

• Food Find: Cocoa Classics

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 12:15 in food finds, hot drinks, trail cooking

  Many large grocery stores carry Land O Lakes Cocoa Classics by the packet (look in the hot cocoa/cider aisle) but if you want a deal, head down to your local Costco. They have a 7 flavor pack, with each box containing 6 foil packets. It contains: Ar...

• New Items Over At Harmony House Foods

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 16:20 in food finds, trail cooking, harmony house foods, freeze dried foods

  In an email from Harmony House Foods today they noted they now have Shiitake Mushrooms in diced in stock (nice, so often all you can get is whole caps!) As well in recent months they have added more freeze-dried fruits and berries – including B...

• The Lowly Knorr Pasta Side

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 17:24 in food finds, one pot meals, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backpacking recipes, backcountry food, trail meals, www.trailcooking.com, knorr pasta sides

  If there is one thing more beloved than ramen packs by frugal hikers it is Knorr® Pasta (and rice) sides. The long time favorite of thru hikers due to ease in finding and simple prep it is also seen as the step child to “real” trail food...

• Food Review: Funky Monkey Snacks

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 10:07 in food finds, funky monkey snacks, trail cooking, trail food, trail snacks

  Out shopping I came across these: Funky Monkey Snacks in Purple Funk (freeze dried banana encrusted in Acai fruit powder) and Jivealime (freeze dried pineapple saturated with lime flavor). They also come in a couple more flavor options, a mix blend ...

• Recipe Re-Do: Pasta with Herbes de Provence

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 21:11 in hiking, Backpacking, food finds, one pot meals, trail recipes, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backpacking recipes, backcountry food, trail meals

  It is time for another of Sarah’s Recipe Re-Do’s, where she takes a solid, good sounding recipe and makes it over – to be more trail friendly and most of all? Easier! Today’s is a re-do of a recipe featured recently on another...

• Food Find: Edward and Son’s Mashers

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 16:20 in vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, food finds, trail cooking, backcountry food, gluten free trail food

  Edward and Son’s is the company behind a number of trail friendly food products that are also vegan and gluten free. They are sold in most natural food stores as well as a growing number of main stream grocery stores. You just have took carefu...

• Two Lakes I Had Longed For

  Posted on Saturday September 19th, 2009 at 10:31 in hiking, photos, food finds, trip reports, trail recipes, freezer bag cooking, fbc, dayhiking, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food

  There were a set of subalpine lakes I had long wanted to visit. I had tried a couple years ago and was turned back due to snow on the back side. Jared and I got talking on Thursday and when he heard the lakes had fish he said ‘lets go’. S...

• Meal Review: Meals On Wheels

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 09:36 in vegetarian, food finds, one pot meals, meals on wheels, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backcountry food, trail meals, vegetarian trail meals, trail lunches

  After my hike at Sunrise yesterday I headed downhill to White River. I wanted somewhere peaceful to have lunch so I picked the climbers parking lot/day use/picnic area outside of the car campground. The Wonderland Trail runs through the middle of the...

• Pack Lite Foods: First Look

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 18:07 in food finds, one pot meals, food reviews, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, trail meals, hiker food, commercial meal reviews, pack lite foods

  Have you heard of Pack Lite Foods? You may well not have. They are not a big company nor do they have a lot of selections but what they do carry is well thought out. The meals are very compact (one thin bag and a dessication packet) and while one po...

• Trail Pudding Pies

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 15:22 in food finds, trail recipes, no cook recipes, freezer bag cooking, fbc, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backpacking recipes, backcountry food, trail desserts

  A long time favorite, a version of this recipe is in our book. It was one of the first FBC no-cook recipes I did years ago – and it never fails to be popular when you make it up. Almost no one will turn down the combo of candy, pudding and pie....

• Food Find: Flatbread Crackers

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 18:24 in snacks, crackers, food finds, trail cooking, trail snacks

  Out running errands I noticed these new crackers at the checkout and couldn’t resist getting a package to try out. They are Nabisco’s Wheat Thins Flatbread crackers in Tuscan Herb flavor. There were other flavors as well.. The package ins...

• Sale Alert!

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 12:57 in food finds, trail cooking, packit gourmet, packitgourmet.com

  PackItGourmet, our go-to online shop for all the cool and hard to find food items we use in our recipes, is having an end of summer sale on everything in the store. Take that and buy enough to qualify for free shipping and life is good! The deal is 1...

• Tasty Sauce Made Quick

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 14:37 in food finds, trail recipes, no cook recipes, freezer bag cooking, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, backpacking recipes, backcountry food, packit gourmet, packitgourmet.com, www.freezerbagcooking.com

  This quick sauce is pulled together using a couple great shelf stable single serving packets! It works great as a dipping sauce for veggies or added to rice – even tossed with hot pasta. See the recipe for Quick Asian Peanut Sauce at Trailcooki...

• Eunice Lake and A Meal Review

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 22:57 in hiking, photos, vegan, vegetarian, food finds, trip report, trip reports, food reviews, mt. rainier, wonderland trail, dayhiking, vegetarian trail meals

  I was talking with Cat yesterday when I realized I had not been to Eunice Lake, which is in Mt. Rainier NP, since August of 2005. It was with Cat I had been there last. With the weather being cool this week doing a hike that doesn’t focus on mo...

• Random Trail Items….

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 19:19 in hiking, photos, Backpacking, vegetarian, food finds, trip reports, trail recipes, pct, pacific crest trail, no cook recipes, freezer bag cooking, fbc

  New recipe up on Trailcooking! Spring Pasta Salad, an FBC friendly no cook meal that is also veg friendly! A couple photos my good friend Hoosierdaddy sent me this morning of his recent trip in the Goat Rocks Wilderness and near Mt. Adams. I was not...

• Food Find: StarKist Gourmet Choice

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 12:13 in food finds, trail cooking, trail food

  A tasty alternative to pouched tuna are the Gourmet Choice™ cans. They are pop-tops so are trail friendly. The two varities packed in olive oil are Yellowfin Tuna in Roasted Garlic or Lemon Dill. Finding tuna in olive oil isn’t always easy - ...

• New Items At Minimus

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 10:06 in vegan, gluten free, food finds, minimus, trail cooking, trail snacks, kid friendly trail snacks, gluten free trail food, single servings

  I was perusing the monthly email flyer and noticed that Minimus has a number of new items online! Butter Buds in tiny packets, perfect for shaking on meals! Nature’s Path organic cereal in two flavors: Oaty Bites and Opitum Rebound. They also c...

• New Recipe: Creamy Rosa Chicken Pasta

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 22:58 in food finds, one pot meals, trail recipes, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backpacking recipes, backcountry food, trail meals, trail cooking gear, packit gourmet

  During today’s hike to Summerland at Mt. Rainier NP I tried out a new idea I came up with last night. A bit of this and that for a quick one pot meal. Recipe for Creamy Rosa Chicken Pasta archived on Trailcooking. Gear used - Canister stove, GS...

• New Food Finds

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 in whole foods, food finds, freeze dried fruit, trail cooking, trail food, trail snacks, sensible foods, hiker food, qbel

  Out running errands yesterday I had a chance to dart into Whole Foods and see what was new on the shelves. One thing I hadn’t seen before was Porcini Mushroom Powder: Find it in the area where olives and bulk bars of chocolate, as well as bulk...

• Meal Review: Refried Beans with Cheese

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 23:09 in vegan, vegetarian, food finds, freezer bag cooking, fbc, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backcountry food, fbc meals, vegetarian trail meals

  On yesterdays hike at Rainier, Ford and I stopped for a small lunch below Burroughs Mountain. I looked into my food bag and found a couple packages I hadn’t tried yet. Sampled were Packit Gourmet’s Refried Beans with Cheese and a packet o...

• High Calorie Fat Bombs

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 19:55 in food finds, trail cooking

  Could it be the ultimate hiker food? Averaging 480 calories and 20 grams fat, they weigh in at 4 1/2 ounces. Do the math and see the benefits of the calories. Even better…you can just stick in in your maw while you hike. No chewing needed! Heh...

• Meal Review: Carnivore Roaring Campfire Pizza

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 16:07 in hiking, Backpacking, food finds, one pot meals, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking, trail food, backcountry food, trail meals, trail lunches, packit gourmet

  Back in January we tested out PackitGourmet’s Roaring Campfire Pizza in Veggie. It was quite tasty, so we picked up a package of the Carnivore version to see how we would like it. Depending on appetite it will serve 1 to 2. I’d say if you...

• New Veg Friendly Soup Recipes

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 18:38 in hiking, Backpacking, vegan, vegetarian, food finds, one pot meals, trail recipes, freezer bag cooking, fbc, backcountry cooking, trail cooking, wilderness cooking

  I added two veg friendly soup recipes to TrailCooking this afternoon. Both can be customized to a lower sodium, vegetarian or vegan diet. Vegetable Rice Soup and Veggie Soup. ~Sarah...