For Christmas, my bf’s oldest (with help from her younger siblings) made me a scrapbook of our time together this last summer and I realized I hadn’t really done a post on our trip yet here on the blog. Sometimes my hiking is part of a great plan, like this last summer when I joined a road…
Well, it’s that time of year when one not only looks back at the last 365 days but starts making plans for the next ones ahead in the new year with hope for new adventures. I could make a few comments about how 2017 may turn out to be one wild ride for all of us…
Jump to the recipe… This was a little variation of my Sweet Potato Staples recipe that I took on my backdoor hike to Snow Lake via the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River I did in November. This year I have started taking warm food in addition to warm beverages because nothing tastes better when you have…
The folks at Survival Hax asked if they could send me one of their Camping Cooking Kits in exchange for a review on my blog. I wasn’t sure I need a cooking kit because I usually go “stoveless” but since I have been thinking about getting a backpacking stove and may even make one myself,…
Jump to the recipe… Sometimes I make something with one idea in mind and end up with something completely different. I guess I’m not afraid to experiment and play with my food! This was a dish I originally made up when I cooked some spaghetti squash to eat during the week and then got near…
Jump to the recipe… I first wrote about Raspberry Rice Pudding as a breakfast in my post Raspberry Overload and Go Outdoors as a meal I put together because of my bumper crop of raspberries this year. Editor’s note: Since posting this, I have discovered that “riced” taro that is steamed and dehydrated makes a…