Nut butters are a great source of calories and variety for your backpacking food bag. I've grown fond of Justin's Natural Nut Butters over the past year after discovering them at my local REI. They are conveniently packaged in 1.15 oz single...
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One of the things that Sarah Kirkconnell, author of Freezer Bag Cooking, has taught me, is not to deprive yourself on the trail. In your quest to lighten your food bag, don't make the mistake I made, which is to package up meals that are nutritional,...
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Here's a must have for the backpacking gourmet: an ultralight mini grater (available on ebay) for grating and adding fresh cheese, ginger, cinnamon, or chocolate shavings to your freezer bag meals and drinks. Weighing only 0.6 oz, this 4 sided box...
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Here's the gear list for my last major section hike of The Long Trail, a 4-day, 50 mile backpack from Johnson, VT to the Canadian Border. This gear list weighs a bit more than those from my late spring and summer hikes because the weather up north...
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I've been inspired by Philip's homemade Logan bread recipe to come up with some of my own replacement recipes for those expensive freeze dried food pouches that are marketed to hikers. For me, one of the most important meals of the day...
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