Jump to the recipe… I think who ever came up with the idea for Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal must have been sitting there thinking, “Let’s make a cereal as addicting as crack.” “Let’s call it Cracklin’ Oat Bran!” I don’t know about you, but when this cereal came out, I could easily go through a…
Tag: breakfast
Pumpkin (Spice) Bandwagon
Well, here I am jumping on! It’s that time of year when all thoughts turn to hiking in a sea of reds, oranges and yellows. And football (Go Hawks!), new crop apples and all things pumpkin. I am not immune, especially when you can find a pumpkin-this and pumpkin-that around every corner. On sale at…
Pumpkin Spice Granola
Jump to the recipe… My Pumpkin Spice Granola is not only gluten and dairy free, it has a LOT more nutrition than your average package of instant oatmeal and will keep you full all morning long. As promised, here is part two of my pumpkin spice porridge and granola redux with the granola version of…
Pumpkin Spice Porridge
Jump to the recipe… One of my first recipes published here was for my very favorite breakfast on the trail, Grain Free Pumpkin Spice Granola. That recipe had two parts, a pumpkin spice porridge and dehydrating it to make a granola. The problem is, when I started this blog I wasn’t using the custom recipe…
Huckleberry Scones and the Backpacking Test
Jump to the recipe… The July 4th weekend of 2016 will go down in history (my relationship history, anyway) as the “Backpacking Test.” Duh, duh, duhhhhhh. Last summer I took a guy on a backpacking trip and he completely ghosted me afterwards (I know, hard to believe). My friends and I started saying that whoever I dated…
Arroz con Leche (Coconut Rice Pudding)
Jump to the recipe… Back in February, I was asked if I would like to contribute some recipes to an camp food eBook for a website Go Outdoors in the UK. It is similar to the US Cabela’s or Dicks. I can say it was a lot of fun putting a few together for them…





