Disclaimer: Know the rules in your state, and county you live in. In most states it is legal to save a personal amount of rain water. However, there are places where it is illegal. In our state, Washington, it is OK to do. It is encouraged by King County, where we live, to do this.… Continue reading Offgrid Homesteading: Installing Water Tanks
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Trail Eats: Vegetarian Dayhiker’s Picnic
Vegetarian Dayhiker’s Picnic: Snack, Entrée and Dessert Honey Roasted Almond and Cranberries Ingredients: 1/2 cup agave nectar or honey 2 Tbsp butter (or margarine if preferred) 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp kosher salt 3 cups whole almonds (or nut of choice) 6 ounce bag dried cranberries 3 Tbsp granulated sugar 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon… Continue reading Trail Eats: Vegetarian Dayhiker’s Picnic
Trail Eats: Three Recipes For Cold Weather
This set of recipes was featured in our column we wrote for a hiking magazine. They are great recipes to have made up and stored in mason jars as well. 2 of these recipes are no cook, and the third is just add water and a quick cook, and a hot meal is ready. They… Continue reading Trail Eats: Three Recipes For Cold Weather
Pantry Staples: Instant Oatmeal Packets
Perfect for morning at home, work, school or on the road. Pack in a quart freezer bag and it is trail ready for hiking or emergency food kits. Find more oatmeal recipes in Oats Gone Wild. Instant Oatmeal Packets Ingredients: ¼ cup quick cooking oats 1 Tbsp powdered old-fashioned oats* 1 Tbsp dry milk, soy, rice,… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Instant Oatmeal Packets
Trail Eats: Cherry and Hemp Breakfast Rice
Breakfast can be a hard meal when backpacking - but this innovative dish will fuel you with plant-based goodness. Cherry and Hemp Breakfast Rice Ingredients, packed in snack bag: ½ cup instant white rice ¼ cup dried cherries ¼ cup dry coconut milk powder ½ tsp ground cinnamon Pinch sea salt Also take: 3 date… Continue reading Trail Eats: Cherry and Hemp Breakfast Rice