Jump to the recipe… This year was the largest crop of plums I have ever had since planting a plum tree in the backyard. Well, I should say I started with 3 trees which went down to one and it took FOREVER to actually get any fruit to grow. #plums #lime #chiaseeds #maplesyrup…
Knowing I would be camping on the coast for the weekend, I wanted a hike to start things off right and balance out the family feast so I opted for a trail that may have been better attempted on a day I didn’t need to be somewhere before dark. I almost succeeded. It’s a long story…
Behind the scenes of my post and recipes, I have been adding pages filled with hikes and adventures from the last few years. I guess, more of a way to get the 10,000+ pictures off my computer. It has been a lot of fun reliving the memories of my time outdoors, both in solitude and…
Jump to the recipe… When I first starting packing my lunches for backpacking, my standard was pepperoni or salami with hard cheese* and a cracker of some kind. However, trying to avoid nightshades has seriously reduced the ability to just pick up some pepperoni slices or salami log without some kind of pepper in it. …
This was one of those days when I knew I would be hiking, most likely solo and I went to bed the night before not knowing where I would go but hoping inspiration would magically strike me before I drove away from home in the morning. I didn’t get out of the house as early…
Jump to the recipe… Brussels sprouts are one of those things that most of us remember as hating in childhood. Like having to stay-at-the-table-until-you-finish-your-dinner kind of hating. It wasn’t until going paleo that I truly came to appreciate all the wonderful ways I could eat these little mini cabbages besides just steamed and doused in…