food

New breakfast recipe: white wine and nectarine oatmeal

September 23, 2010

I like to start my drinking early in the morning. No I don’t. Actually, I hardly drink at all. But when Cat suggested adding a little wine to our breakfast, I was intrigued. We loved it! I’m definitely going to make this one again. Recipe: 2 cups of oatmeal, pre-mixed with sugar, cinnamon, salt, and [...]

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Reader Question #17: Healthy Living

August 10, 2010

Allison F. from Houston, Texas Question: You live in Portland, Oregon, land of organic vegetables and locally produced foods. Are you pretty healthy? Answer On one day this week I ate only bacon and pudding. That’s it. For the entire day. The next day was mostly hot dogs, and a poptart, I think. It was [...]

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Product Review: Cliff Shot Blocks

July 21, 2010

I’ve been a GU fan for a while now, but when my local grocery store stopped stocking them, I decided to look for other electrolyte replacement options. Enter Cliff Shot Blocks. Each packet consists of 6 100 calorie gummy squares. I tested out packets of these for two hikes and an Ultimate Frisbee tournament, and [...]

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Reader Question #15: Cake

June 11, 2010

Yvonne B. from Oklahoma City, OK Question: You are on a pretty steady diet of cake and burgers. How are you not diabetic or 300 lbs? Answer: It’s simple. I am on the “carry heavy things around” exercise regimen. That name is copyrighted. I have also thought about calling it the “Sisyphus workout plan.”

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Product review: Primal Strips vegan jerky

June 1, 2010

Now, I’m not a vegan. In fact, I consider myself a bit of a carnivore. So when Primal Strips sent me some meatless jerky, I was pretty skeptical. I have tasted enough chicken shaped soy products and soy sausages to be a little wary of vegan food. In fact, I’m wary of healthy food in [...]

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My new favorite recipe: Cheesy pizza pan biscuits

May 17, 2010

It’s official: I now have a favorite backpacking recipe and it’s cheesy pizza pan biscuits. As part of my ongoing quest to not eat solely mac n’ cheese, I’ve been expanding my diet with recipes from trailcooking.com. I’ve field tested this recipe four times. The first time, I cooked the biscuits on a pan that [...]

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Reunited and it feels so good

November 30, 2009

So we took a little time apart, and it’s been hard. We had been inseparable and it had just gotten to be too much. We needed space to do different things for a while. But now, finally, it’s time. Mac ‘n Cheese and I are back together again. True, I have complained about it in [...]

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Fruit cakes

September 10, 2009

Yesterday a woman about my age came up to me and said, “I have a present for you.” She held out a ripe orange. I felt like she was handing me a glowing, golden orb. Seriously. I cannot in my life remember a time when I was this excited to eat fruit. She said, “You’re [...]

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