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Trail Eats: Breakfast Pistachio Rice Pudding

Have you craved a breakfast when hiking that is different? This is a satisfying combination of salt and sweet, rich with pistachios and chewy cranberries. Breakfast Pistachio Rice Pudding Ingredients: ½ cup instant rice ¼ cup Dried Cranberries ¼ cup dry milk* 1 Tbsp brown sugar, packed ½ tsp ground cinnamon In a small bag: ¼ cup pistachios, chopped… Continue reading Trail Eats: Breakfast Pistachio Rice Pudding

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Trail Eats: Last Minute Meat and Olive Pizzas

This backpacking recipe is from Trail Eats, on pages 78-79. Can you make a trail pizza quickly, with little mess - and with a quick stop at the grocery store ont he way out of town? Easy! And no messy cleanup either. Last Minute Meat and Olive Pizzas Ingredients: 1 twin pack 8″ Boboli pizza… Continue reading Trail Eats: Last Minute Meat and Olive Pizzas

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Pantry Staples: Dry Cream of Mushroom Soup Mix

Dry Cream of Mushroom Soup Mix Ingredients: 1 cup dry milk 6 Tbsp cornstarch ¼ cup dried shiitake mushrooms, crumbled 2 Tbsp veggie broth mix 1 Tbsp dried parsley 1 tsp dried onion powder ½ tsp dried thyme ½ tsp dried basil ½ tsp fine sea salt ¼ tsp ground black pepper Directions: Mix dry… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Dry Cream of Mushroom Soup Mix

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Crunchy Chips From The Dehydrator

While these recipes were developed by Excalibur Dehydrators for use in their high-end dehydrators, the recipes can be used in many other dehydrators as well – although drying times may be much longer – just check every hour. Enjoy these recipes for a new taste in “chips” to munch on. BBQ Cucumber Chips Ingredients 3 large… Continue reading Crunchy Chips From The Dehydrator

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Dried Apple Rings

I use a L’Equip 306200 500-Watt 6-Tray Food Dehydrator, Gray for my drying. I have found it to be a hard-working machine for the past 4 or 5 years. It works great and looks good – always a bonus. So I got it down and washed up the apples. Last fall I came across a Norpro Apple… Continue reading Dried Apple Rings