It really snuck up on me, but tomorrow I will be departing on my road trip. I should be on the road by 6am and I’m starting without breakfast so that I can maximize a stop at Buc-ees AKA the best thing about Texas. This week has been a whirlwind of last minute planning, grocery …
Moussaka Serves 2, 12.4 oz Basic dehydrating for pasta and vegetables. 1 cup pasta Beef flavored. ¾ cup Trader Joe’s marinated grilled vegetables ⅛ cup potato pearls Add ramen chicken flavor to a pot of water and peeled chopped potatoes. The water should just cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce to a …
Let’s take a break from the dehydrated recipes to have a throwback to my mom and my first backpacking trip together. We can call it mental preparation for the Vermont Long Trail. We were so fresh faced and bright eyed when my Aunt dropped us off at Snoqualmie on the first day. We were doing …
Cheesy Potatoes Serves 2, 9.6 oz Basic dehydrating for vegetables. ¾ cup potato pearls Add ramen chicken flavor to a pot of water and peeled chopped potatoes. The water should just cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce to a simmer and cook for 18 minutes. Blend potatoes with water and spread thinly …
Bibimbap Serves 2, 7.2 oz Basic dehydrating for rice and vegetables. 1 cup rice Chicken flavored. 1 packet korean bbq seasoning ½ cup mushrooms Clean and slice mushrooms before dehydrating. You can wash them with water instead of taking the time to brush off all the dirt since they’re losing all their water anyway. ¼ …
Pasta with Pesto Alfredo Serves two 1 ½ packets ramen noodles ½ of a pesto packet ½ of an alfredo packet ¼ cup dehydrated peas Dehydrated from frozen. These will fall through the racks if you don’t use one of the additional racks or parchment paper. ¼ cup broccoli Dehydrated from frozen. Cut up …
“You should post pictures of your gear, people love that” -Eric Bastoul (paraphrased) This is both not my full set of gear and also more than I will actually be carrying. This does not include first aid, clothes, food or toiletries. This (plus the aforementioned missing items) will also be split up with my mom, …
This is really “Food, Part I” since I’m only covering dehydrated dinners. When I get to Vermont my mom and I will put together breakfasts (oatmeal), lunches (tortillas with stuff and gorp) and a few more dinners with canned salmon. I’ll make separate posts with each individual recipe, but will cover an overview here. The …
Growing up in the northeast, I’m used to a certain size of state. An 8 hour drive can take you through that many states or more. On my drives to Vermont I would regularly go through 3 or 4 states depending on traffic on the Tappan Zee. Texas is different. Granted if I drive east …
I spent most of last fall planning for the JMT. I bought guidebooks, watched Mile, Mile and a Half until it was taken off of Netflix and Amazon Prime, poured over maps and read travel books. I prepared permit applications weeks in advance and looked up as many free fax online services as possible. Then it was …
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