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Trail Eats: Three Warming Soups

This set of recipes was featured in our column we wrote. They are great recipes to have made up and stored in mason jars as well. Just add water and a quick cook, and a hot meal is ready. They are great for camping, backpacking, and prepping meals for bug out bags - or for… Continue reading Trail Eats: Three Warming Soups

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Pantry Staples: DIY Rice A Roni Mix

I always find it fascinating that mixes like Rice A Roni sell so well. When you think about it, it's a tiny amount of rice, pasta, maybe a few dried vegetables, and heavily salted "flavor mix". That's it. Well....maybe not just "it". From a box of Chicken Flavor: "Ingredients RICE, WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA,… Continue reading Pantry Staples: DIY Rice A Roni Mix

Homesteading · Prepping · Recipes · Urban Homesteading

Long Term Meal Storage: Tomato & Herb Pasta

When I first started writing years ago, backpacking and hiking were my focus, and TrailCooking and 4 of my cookbooks came out of that. The best thing about these recipes is they translate to long-term food storage and meal storage easily. Since they are based on dried foods, you can easily pull together meals and… Continue reading Long Term Meal Storage: Tomato & Herb Pasta