If you have been following along for a while, you know I love to use plantains in my cooking. From my first recipe, Maple Coconut Plantain Porridge: Identity in a Jar, to Plantain Chia Seed Breakfast Cookies to Fruity Plantain Chip Breakfast, it is a pretty versatile staple. There are even the recipes I haven’t posted but…
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Paleo Holiday Baking: A Few of My Favorite Things
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
Carrots With Ranch Dressing Soup and More Of The Same
Jump to the recipe… I shared in the last email newsletter about how I had a chance to drive south and visit with a good friend before winter break. We met on SR 12 near Packwood for a repeat hike of the Dry Creek Trail. Our last outing was back in June when we did…
Variety Is The Spice Of Life At Seattle’s World Spice Merchants
Do you think about spices when you want to plan your backpacking meals for the trail? One meal can be made into a variety of others with just a change of spice added to a familiar at-home meal or back-country dish. Let me tell you about my favorite place in Seattle for spice inspiration. It…
10 Steps To Better Paleo Meal Planning
Last year this time I shared with you a meal planning boot camp I participated in that helped me get back on track with the healthy habit of meal planning. I did this over a course of posts here on the blog. As I will be repeating them again this year myself, I thought I…
How To Eat More Veggies and Fewer Grains On The Trail
Whether you are trying to eliminate gluten from your diet or keep your carbohydrate ratio down, swapping out grains for vegetables is a win-win. I wrote up an article, How To Eat More Veggies and Fewer Grains On The Trail, for the Washington Trail Association this summer to encourage hikers and backpackers to rethink their…