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Outdoor cooking author Sarah Kirkconnell's blog on everything about freezer bag cooking, trail cooking, recipes, gear, trip reports and more.
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Peanut Butter Honey Fudge For One
A very easy 3 ingredient “fudge” that you can mold in a to-go sandwich box for easy hauling. See the recipe on TrailCooking! ~Sarah...
Odds and Ends
Various links to things to check out…some of these have been posted on our Twitter page and as well on our Facebook page. New section in The Bargain Bin, 2 colors of FBC Cozies on clearance (one not seen before, it is a short run). A look at sp...
New Recipes Up
Added two new recipes this afternoon to Trail Cooking. These were from an extensive set I came up with for our friends Tom and Tori on last summers thru-hike of the PCT. Chicken Veggie Rice and Veggie Beef Rice. Both recipes have triple instructions ...
Various Items
I saw this today on our local PNW hiking forum. If you live in Washington or want to hike here, take a look: “Hey guys, this past year I served as an AmeriCorps intern with the WA Department of Natural Resources in Ellensburg. As part of my i...
Corny Book Covers
I came across this book today as a couple more old trail cookbooks showed up in the mail. Backcountry cooking by J. Wayne Fears was published originally in 1980. (See here for the authors website). The book is fine but the vintage cover had me crack...
Hiking Over Thanksgiving Week?
It is that time of year! Turkey Day! So if you are planning a hike, do you need some tasty ideas? FBC Hybrid Thanksgiving On The Trail Thanksgiving On The Trail (This is a great read which includes a DIY cranberry sauce recipe) Roast Chicken with Cra...
Food Find: Shelf Stable Cheese
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
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 ...
Faux Kendall Cakes
I love, love, love Kendall Mint Cakes (yeah, you either love or hate them!). Now though, for the most part the only way I can get my fix is to order them directly from the UK. While they ship quite fast…..gasp….paying as much in shipping ...
A Footnote In The History Of Ramen
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...
Eight Books Join Our Collection
It is fun finding obscure trail cookbooks – the hunt for them is always fun. Especially when you find one you didn’t know existed (that is always a pay off!). If one searches the heyday of the genre was the 70’s and 80’s. SO m...
Recipe Testing
We have a massive storm blowing through (talk about snow up high right now!) so what better way to while away a cold/windy/rainy Friday than to test out new recipes? I did 5 recipes today and 4 were winners… but sometimes you get a “yech!...
Apricot Cobbler Scramble
Inspired by a recipe in Lipsmackin’ Vegetarian Backpackin’ and having a bag of freeze dried apricots loitering around I decided to do a take off of a recipe inside.The type of fruit, how much of it and as well how much water – with ...
Book Review: Backcountry Cooking
One thing this cookbook author has is an extensive collection of outdoor books, which of course contains many outdoor cookbooks! I am always picking up new ones to add to my office’s book shelves! I had been meaning to pick up a copy of NOLS Ba...
Check Us Out In This Months Wa Trails
We have two recipes for the chilly fall weather in the just out new issue (November/December 2009) of Washington Trails – a hearty chowder and a pasta dish. Look for us on pages 23 and 33. To see one of the recipes open the PDF for “Snow...
Commercial Meal Review: Green Bean Cuisine
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
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?
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
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...
Recipe Re-Do: Asian Style Noodles
It is hard to resist the temptation of Recipe Re-Do’s This one comes from a certain magazine in the November 2009 issue that shall remain unnamed. There are two recipes in the section and the “dirtbag” version they slap the name &...
Holiday Season Special
Kirk and I have added another option to the Book section over at TrailCooking’s Store. We often get multiple orders around the holidays, where our customers are buying copies of our book as gifts to give. So this year if you are looking for a ...
Trail Cooking Photo To Check Out
I love seeing photos (hint to you all!) so getting emails with them always makes me smile. Especially on a weekend where we had high winds and East Coast style rain. The only good thing about that kind of weather is I had plenty of time on hand for b...
New Items Over At Harmony House 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...
Rice Calas
Until recently I had never heard of Rice Calas. I came across a fabulous recipe in the Seattle Times this week, in one of my favorite food writers column, Nancy Leson’s All You Can Eat. The recipe is by Poppy Tooker – think creamy rice pu...
Quick Article On Lentils
I saw this great article on lentils posted up PackitGourmet’s Facebook page last week. I love lentils and have incorporated them into a number of recipes in the past couple years (a couple are up on TrailCooking for our readers!) Even better? Y...
New Version of a Popular Trail Bar
Two members of our local hiking forums had been tinkering with our The “You Can Make Them Your Way” Energy Bars to come up with a lower glycemic bar and between the two, NavySalad and Dogpatch, they did it. The new version has been added ...
The Lowly Knorr Pasta Side
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
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
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...
Links For The Week To Check Out
New recipes up on TrailCooking! Double Peanut Noodles – also featured on Justin’s Nut Butter website! Chocolate Energy Balls – no cook treat. Triple Chocolate Cherry Fudge – a high calorie treat for winter camping. Links to ch...
