Category Archives: Food
One Pan Camp Meal Idea
We are on the road for Project Remote again! This time we are out to document the New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota Remote Spots. We do a lot of backpacking for Project Remote but more time is spent … Continue reading
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Pumpkin Butter
I am lucky to have a friend that grows pumpkins. Not the huge, bright orange variety that soon everyone will be poking holes into and lighting up from the inside. The rich bounty from her garden comes in a bit … Continue reading
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Being Honest with your Food
This is a story about being honest about where your meat comes from as well as about what a great wife I am. I have no doubt you will be extolling my virtues by the end of this story. As … Continue reading
More on Backpacking Food
A few days before you leave for a backpacking trip is not the time to start planning your menus, especially if you want to make some of your own food. Luckily I have some dehydrated peanut sauce in the freezer … Continue reading
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Canoeing with a Toddler
We recently canoed to the Arkansas Remote Spot on the Ouachita River. It was a 7.1 mile paddle one-way but the current was slow and the going pretty easy. One reason it was such a great trip is because Skyla … Continue reading
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Backpacking Food Recipes
We just got back from our latest adventure traveling to Remote Spots in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. There are a few stories I will tell in later posts about our adventures but I wanted to share two of my favorite … Continue reading
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Organic Backpacking
I am prepping the food for our Remote Spot trip to the mid-Atlantic. We have a couple, multi-day backpacking treks as part of this expedition to document the most remote location of 6 states. I will be carrying Skyla in … Continue reading
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Eating Local…Sometimes
As I plan my pesto and roasted red pepper venison burger dinner tonight, I get to thinking about the whole eating local movement. I used to be obsessed with eating local, and therefore seasonal, foods. But it takes a lot … Continue reading
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Tomato Time
Around here, summertime means tomatoes! Of all the foods, fresh homegrown tomatoes cannot be replaced by anything the store has to offer. This year we decided to focus on growing only tomatoes and basil. I am not the world’s best … Continue reading
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Camp Food and Newts
Last weekend we met a bunch of other biologists in the Ocala National Forest for Newtfest - an annual camping and dipnetting party centered around the search for striped newts in ephemeral wetlands. The place where we all camped was … Continue reading
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