tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69372393245065497672024-03-09T19:46:33.560-07:00Paleo TraileoMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12355339286352513713noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-40507340239883401732020-09-09T13:10:00.000-07:002020-09-09T13:10:07.690-07:00Central Oregon Lake Fishing with True Primal Soup<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTR3g1rHoxO9zc4LaxJJocMrvGljTxjtkHsgt5f_tYeupIa2YJ9Kl2Ou1Gzu4cx1DDFIEE5RbmBGyCFf623s3rV-VVc6T6beu3VVA7YUqPkWgjWkwdrORnD1er759nAiaG-QiF0SH7cVk/s1200/20200730-174737-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTR3g1rHoxO9zc4LaxJJocMrvGljTxjtkHsgt5f_tYeupIa2YJ9Kl2Ou1Gzu4cx1DDFIEE5RbmBGyCFf623s3rV-VVc6T6beu3VVA7YUqPkWgjWkwdrORnD1er759nAiaG-QiF0SH7cVk/s640/20200730-174737-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Our second backpacking trip of the season came much later than anticipated because I had a foot injury that took a while to subside. I was feeling the pull of the wilderness stronger than ever as I sat at home, unable to even walk my neighborhood to visit my bird friends around the block. We chose a short backpack to a lake in Central Oregon, unsure of how much my foot was capable of yet. It was about a three mile hike in to the lake and we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived that we were the only humans there. We had the whole lake to ourselves for two days and nights and only saw people the morning we were hiking out. A much needed salve for the soul. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_yUHKRu0YnDi6za3a5Eno454Vu0pZpFVmY24sxisIE9AELj4khUDUz67H3lCtN6p4fZFlrSyjnD8l6WNdftjqRcvhA7qSQW0j2QcdLuOjg9IHWBeXHysA7KEWTlMWGGDEUfIOF9rs1Y/s1200/20200730-192834-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_yUHKRu0YnDi6za3a5Eno454Vu0pZpFVmY24sxisIE9AELj4khUDUz67H3lCtN6p4fZFlrSyjnD8l6WNdftjqRcvhA7qSQW0j2QcdLuOjg9IHWBeXHysA7KEWTlMWGGDEUfIOF9rs1Y/s640/20200730-192834-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p>It was a hot, hot day hiking in, so of course we got in the lake as soon as we dropped our packs. We were both expecting freezing water, because the two little creeks we had waded through on the way up were frigid. But the water was warm! Warm enough at least to stay in and swim for quite a while. We brought our Tenkara fishing rods and did some casting around our campsite, but it seemed like there were only small fish near us. It was shallow water, so the bigger fish were probably hanging out elsewhere. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_Ag1tYvtTZ87pM94ezTCGFh3Fhbo2LidfhWMaR9EbDRVBhZD08QlmgQ-W8LRS-aOj7A7aZTUk9yV9dkAHqgkswKIH6VaEqynERioKWx3HLV0EvyYQfP4o2gwrwDmSVop_n8iE36npM0/s1200/20200730-183904-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_Ag1tYvtTZ87pM94ezTCGFh3Fhbo2LidfhWMaR9EbDRVBhZD08QlmgQ-W8LRS-aOj7A7aZTUk9yV9dkAHqgkswKIH6VaEqynERioKWx3HLV0EvyYQfP4o2gwrwDmSVop_n8iE36npM0/s640/20200730-183904-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Dinner on our first night was my favorite True Primal Soup - Savory Wedding - and some plantain chips. We also brought <a href="https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass" target="_blank"><i>Braiding Sweetgrass</i></a>
by Robin Wall Kimmerer and spent several hours reading her essays as the light grew dim. I had
already read it a few years ago, but it is amazing how a book can speak
to you so differently depending on your focus in life at the time. I
fell in love with it all over again and I highly recommend it to
everyone. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGgE7Rm-KspdVNRJ1TmBWsCmJkwNlVmBeUF9RFuJTCKPBnX97YxHVbLJu7Uc0mETksSRFnQLcBwvKXxkUZDpPhVb7SVsH4ZLpglvYWOZewlqcYOMlhfzME9CLAZADJm0EYnE55i9EI8E/s1200/20200731-205147-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGgE7Rm-KspdVNRJ1TmBWsCmJkwNlVmBeUF9RFuJTCKPBnX97YxHVbLJu7Uc0mETksSRFnQLcBwvKXxkUZDpPhVb7SVsH4ZLpglvYWOZewlqcYOMlhfzME9CLAZADJm0EYnE55i9EI8E/s640/20200731-205147-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The moon was almost full and we watched her trace her arc each night from east to west over the water. I felt so blessed to bathe in moonlight on this quiet lake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pAgXzgHRu18h85ws-Z88okmwYW_lTvKkAC430Hn-dfe5WYTxg22vEd9Hox89rQB0qISc2MlqLlsANIHi9y8vvsO-VPYHLyBV09xLWG4IFszAO7Y_U9ZCkhTgWOXR68eN6XAJKM23z9Q/s1200/20200730-204954-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pAgXzgHRu18h85ws-Z88okmwYW_lTvKkAC430Hn-dfe5WYTxg22vEd9Hox89rQB0qISc2MlqLlsANIHi9y8vvsO-VPYHLyBV09xLWG4IFszAO7Y_U9ZCkhTgWOXR68eN6XAJKM23z9Q/s640/20200730-204954-Edit.jpg" /></a></div><p>The next day we tried hiking an established trail to the top of the mountain overlooking the lake. "Established" definitely never means maintained, which was the case with this trail. The first mile or so was fine, but then we encountered a few downed lodgepole pines. And then a few more. And more...until the trail was just a series of hurdles. Which was actually very fun. Even though we both practice moving through obstacles and natural environments a lot, it was cool to see how, after even just a few hours of picking and choosing how to step over the logs, we became noticeably much quicker, more graceful, and more fluid with it. I'm always amazed what mindful practice can help you achieve in such a short time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQOTjdQsNuvwSm8ZEI702R_zjC_x0bB-xunBGqKK6eQ5_zEP1CINrNqkyuKES8ssSEwe4-mkxzfFoe7VEBUTqSadGZ98llFZ9bUII1wUqri9mHKAPOmGKolnFchuGhwYQaBRC_ZasH4o/s2000/20200730-163821-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="2000" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQOTjdQsNuvwSm8ZEI702R_zjC_x0bB-xunBGqKK6eQ5_zEP1CINrNqkyuKES8ssSEwe4-mkxzfFoe7VEBUTqSadGZ98llFZ9bUII1wUqri9mHKAPOmGKolnFchuGhwYQaBRC_ZasH4o/w625-h416/20200730-163821-Edit.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><p>On the hike we saw lots of interesting things, as usual when you start to look. One was a very large Jeffrey Pine...we think. It is apparently very hard to tell the difference from Ponderosa. They used to be considered the same species, and they occasionally hybridize. This one definitely smelled of vanilla or butterscotch, which some people say only Jeffreys smell this way, but others say Ponderosas will also smell this way. I learned after the trip that you can tell by their cones - "Prickly Ponderosa" has barbs on the cones that point outward and will poke you when you pick them up. "Gentle Jeffrey" has barbs on the cones that point inwards and are therefore less prickly. Here's an <a href="https://thenatureniche.com/2012/12/26/jeffrey-or-ponderosa-pine/" target="_blank">article</a> with more information as well as pictures of the cones if you're interested! But the interesting thing about this giant Jeffrey was that it was the ONLY Jeffrey pine we saw anywhere on the entire hike. All the other trees were lodgepole pine or noble fir! We couldn't figure out why it was the only one, and why there weren't young ones anywhere. </p><p>Another fascinating wonder of the natural world we came across was a standing stump that was being excavated by carpenter ants. We crouched down and watched as they shuttled piece after piece of wood out of the center via holes in the side of the trunk, then turned around to go back for more. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLoMGb7WTTexDdQI801mdFXobo3r7M9zvzWU1N_EJq-BZMeg-N46-O9OFWDDPkNLoXBl3_Om2WWYvZ1jpZZBWqYDZ7c0ND-GiFlWP_mjXdE9r3Muxv3I-_-KTJ-SLmAFm9BtSPqAcKjo/s2048/IMG_1789.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLoMGb7WTTexDdQI801mdFXobo3r7M9zvzWU1N_EJq-BZMeg-N46-O9OFWDDPkNLoXBl3_Om2WWYvZ1jpZZBWqYDZ7c0ND-GiFlWP_mjXdE9r3Muxv3I-_-KTJ-SLmAFm9BtSPqAcKjo/s640/IMG_1789.JPG" /></a></div><p></p><p>On our way back down the hill, we began to hear some interesting animal noises. Kind of a whining noise, and not something I could place right away. Then I caught a glimpse of the animal making the noise and it looked like a horse, then a cow. Which didn't seem right because this was wilderness area, not range land. I told Max, and he said, "Are you sure it's not elk?" Of course! That's exactly what they were. We weren't very far away from them, but because the forest was so dense we could only see a few at a time. They must have caught our scent because they started stampeding, sounding like a freight train in the forest, and we watched through a gap in the trees as cows, calves, and spikes charged past, one by one, maybe 50 of them or more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jsZkWccjSjZKJyfhEl3mZ6GyMrrZadGmi9q_UsEDJnf8UtF8-IkAueazZA1Bar9kHrvzJLUvAqznUQuJ4DQpb3iHgJVKJl7ylAIYhUeY68t1xDYwrdUt4dfNOueanSy2lj3_k25Og-U/s1200/20200731-072359-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jsZkWccjSjZKJyfhEl3mZ6GyMrrZadGmi9q_UsEDJnf8UtF8-IkAueazZA1Bar9kHrvzJLUvAqznUQuJ4DQpb3iHgJVKJl7ylAIYhUeY68t1xDYwrdUt4dfNOueanSy2lj3_k25Og-U/s640/20200731-072359-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>When we got back to camp, we got our fishing rods and walked half way around the lake to where we'd seen two osprey fishing the day before. Within about ten minutes, we'd each caught a fish big enough to keep for dinner. The osprey always know the best spots.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1nqMlgmAduBMEpYiWLnPoTeARG5X0ZIUHZEBIOsIvUwlFsQXaB9E-bCQAnIzEah6_YCClbV_peq9ti53gRY97aMmbkhZ9VXkJcjwyvRbcrj_T0zelJtCy7VpgEI67xRpuvPCVNEhPVto/s1200/20200731-180825-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1nqMlgmAduBMEpYiWLnPoTeARG5X0ZIUHZEBIOsIvUwlFsQXaB9E-bCQAnIzEah6_YCClbV_peq9ti53gRY97aMmbkhZ9VXkJcjwyvRbcrj_T0zelJtCy7VpgEI67xRpuvPCVNEhPVto/s640/20200731-180825-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We brought them back to camp and used some left over veggies from lunch, a wild onion we found near our campsite, some butter, and olive oil (yes, we had both) to cook a fish stew. I had forgotten the salt in the car, so it was sadly a little bland, but it was amazing to make this meal from fish we caught just 15 minutes ago. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixD4N3Uy2ARYxmOaqTLbZHvyTpPJkKDv0xOPrW7to2bGCbFHjMHOLsNKepfoX-sp1pqjbQ5bO8vOCynoEo2-z8S4DvpqfBIDmDHrzwGomvluY93nqwu3_qhiwCXTWLJoSNiDvO16W9zag/s1200/20200731-184650-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixD4N3Uy2ARYxmOaqTLbZHvyTpPJkKDv0xOPrW7to2bGCbFHjMHOLsNKepfoX-sp1pqjbQ5bO8vOCynoEo2-z8S4DvpqfBIDmDHrzwGomvluY93nqwu3_qhiwCXTWLJoSNiDvO16W9zag/s640/20200731-184650-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I feel so grateful for the fish, for the lake, for the mountain, the osprey, the elk. It's trips like these that heal a deep part of my heart. <b> <br /></b></p><p><b>Menu:</b></p><p><b>Breakfasts: </b> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 <a href="https://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/" target="_blank">Morning Glory Muffins</a> & 1 pepperoni meat stick each</li></ul><p><b>Lunches:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html" target="_blank">Salami Bowls</a> - salami, cheese, red pepper, carrot, apple, avocado, w/ olive oil & mustard</li><li>Romano beans from the farmers market</li></ul><p> <b>Snacks:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Trail mix</li><li>Bars</li></ul><p> <b>Dinners:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://trueprimal.com/savory-wedding-organic-soup" target="_blank">True Primal Savory Wedding Soup</a> (1 pouch each) & plantain chips<br /></li><li>Fish Stew - fresh-caught trout, wild onion, red pepper, carrot, Romano beans, steamed in water with olive oil & butter; a bag of plantain chips</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1d3Qpn6-amxwijlhyphenhyphenYFeqK42deR8CNWgyjCGPklVanjgqsqg5SNpKQTh1yx6NrvMNpeLv0OfB-QwMZSHZZc8qyN9L0tnol27GnB67Qi9mBG6XWjQzl-HpHyQqBUzK0oES5ULoN4WoBA/s1200/20200731-035013-Edit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1d3Qpn6-amxwijlhyphenhyphenYFeqK42deR8CNWgyjCGPklVanjgqsqg5SNpKQTh1yx6NrvMNpeLv0OfB-QwMZSHZZc8qyN9L0tnol27GnB67Qi9mBG6XWjQzl-HpHyQqBUzK0oES5ULoN4WoBA/s640/20200731-035013-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div>Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-54806100154117310512020-08-18T09:26:00.026-07:002020-08-20T21:47:24.001-07:00North Umpqua River Trail with True Primal Paleo Soups!<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglarGl_l7uXPD_rw2b7VdJGIeRRr9JouIhRH4Nd_E27x3Ox5aQmR4lsVoE-Az-IP4QRe9S4W_X3-Lcs4lYEiQbG9IkFgRqagr7mu85FVjRc6r5WEK9O9e4Gyd3z5CNSf9WiUvIjCxP-yM/s1200/20200508-181019-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglarGl_l7uXPD_rw2b7VdJGIeRRr9JouIhRH4Nd_E27x3Ox5aQmR4lsVoE-Az-IP4QRe9S4W_X3-Lcs4lYEiQbG9IkFgRqagr7mu85FVjRc6r5WEK9O9e4Gyd3z5CNSf9WiUvIjCxP-yM/s640/20200508-181019-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">On top of our fridge are a couple of boxes of True Primal soup pouches. This is a very comforting thought to me, because it means that a paleo backpacking trip can be undertaken at the drop of a hat. Dehydrated dinners are great, but they take a lot of forethought and planning. Besides their convenience, another thing I love about these soups is that they're so nourishing.
They're made with bone broth, and this is the only pouch or canned soup I have ever seen
where the broth is actually <i>gelatinous</i>, meaning that you know it's filled with collagen and amino acids. Since my job has been closed for a couple months now, due to coronavirus, and with the weather getting nicer, backpacking is exactly what I want to do, so we packed some pouches of soup and other staples, like our favorite <a href="https://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory muffins</a> for breakfast and headed out.</p><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4IvE0LzlPtjc1zIdIFCerr72czDPMEmeG3n_otQ-2qIfxpDaRdLolY7kslvhK6imWhmnwgev_xVLKY13Kqoknxhrn-Gji42JSatYw6z7Inv1bXa_VgdE0Ajf_4-sCQCXPBqUX-X77jE/s1200/20200509-074824-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4IvE0LzlPtjc1zIdIFCerr72czDPMEmeG3n_otQ-2qIfxpDaRdLolY7kslvhK6imWhmnwgev_xVLKY13Kqoknxhrn-Gji42JSatYw6z7Inv1bXa_VgdE0Ajf_4-sCQCXPBqUX-X77jE/s640/20200509-074824-Edit.jpg" /></a></div><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">For our first trip of the season, we decided to go hike a section of the 79-mile North Umpqua River Trail in Southern Oregon. Most of the trail runs along the river, which would be amazing, except the road also runs along the river, on the other side. The trail is broken into sections, and for the Dread and Terror section, the road winds away from the river, while the trail still follows it closely. We decided to do the Hot Springs segment and the Dread and Terror segment, which is 16.5 miles in total. Instead of dropping 2 cars, we dropped a bike at Lemolo Lake, then went back to Toketee Trailhead to start the hike.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjny0SHTM4e2Zb5nNElP-dCvWy7-Dmu6k5N6ETVXAaE1AII6eLMIUNnqrTTzZ0FGizHjXo9-NQ4J7m91jD8HkouxLSVRoPqn_obxZRujTjAeGucNSfELvltfaZb4kxCItOgk77qOk0YSAc/s1200/20200509-083828-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjny0SHTM4e2Zb5nNElP-dCvWy7-Dmu6k5N6ETVXAaE1AII6eLMIUNnqrTTzZ0FGizHjXo9-NQ4J7m91jD8HkouxLSVRoPqn_obxZRujTjAeGucNSfELvltfaZb4kxCItOgk77qOk0YSAc/s640/20200509-083828-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">It was a gorgeous weekend for a hike. Temperatures in Eugene were expected to be in the 80s, and we were happy to be able to escape into the forest to avoid the late-spring/early-summer heat. I know there will be plenty more where that came from, so I can wait. On our drive down, we stopped at The Narrows wayside for lunch. This is a cool little section of the North Umpqua where it is channeled through a carved rock slot, creating a beautiful run of rapids. The rocks along the edge of the river make a perfect natural movement playground. Unfortunately for me, I somehow kicked a root hard enough to rip a deep flapper of skin off the ball of my big toe (and I wasn't even barefoot yet!) after only a minute or so of being out of the car.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufYS-RJ3AZKh_J2Tn8yLAR6aoGvB1VvxsfVjHU6sHkKEFJfm1TozFi38xJjjY73tDt0FuscInADrZjYi-Ciff0xTdFlshiSeNHPkOPi2k38BAF4dtPsvwY-rIHauVB-f6lSHGb18q9Vo/s1200/20200508-123017-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufYS-RJ3AZKh_J2Tn8yLAR6aoGvB1VvxsfVjHU6sHkKEFJfm1TozFi38xJjjY73tDt0FuscInADrZjYi-Ciff0xTdFlshiSeNHPkOPi2k38BAF4dtPsvwY-rIHauVB-f6lSHGb18q9Vo/s640/20200508-123017-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We got a late start to our hike, but the afternoon sun is always beautiful to hike in. We had the trail all to ourselves, and promptly found a dipping spot to wash off the car sweat. The first section of the hike ran through some low lands that are probably flood plains when the river is higher, and found some dandelions to munch on. It's a really beautiful section of the trail, although when we got
closer to the Umpqua Hot Springs, we began to find trash, and loud
people with music. </p></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDrwmsxOuSC2wZr6O4gbeI8Cd62aXuXU10t5DyaYdH4twPu2pq7qOQDVb9aqRxzFKmB16Qr-5AdPbjyNXL-53utBmM4hB6XVB9wxdAPFX1lAYcj2GVZqLXsBp-O8BqkIHCkBAgeOYp6M/s1200/20200508-151733-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDrwmsxOuSC2wZr6O4gbeI8Cd62aXuXU10t5DyaYdH4twPu2pq7qOQDVb9aqRxzFKmB16Qr-5AdPbjyNXL-53utBmM4hB6XVB9wxdAPFX1lAYcj2GVZqLXsBp-O8BqkIHCkBAgeOYp6M/s640/20200508-151733-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xG-GEVZa0KcmLEpF_WSFI-fkLgn1tKR0b5HG9QVA-AOrS0qpgOdtxDHUlYVTessLM72s7eJu5-m0HTqelmuNF5ZzT4fCjAr_ALaAiPtF6UdLrEg4YY2YEvctxbgf5WbQschvmgK0E94/s1200/20200508-152123-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xG-GEVZa0KcmLEpF_WSFI-fkLgn1tKR0b5HG9QVA-AOrS0qpgOdtxDHUlYVTessLM72s7eJu5-m0HTqelmuNF5ZzT4fCjAr_ALaAiPtF6UdLrEg4YY2YEvctxbgf5WbQschvmgK0E94/s640/20200508-152123-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Once we passed that scene, we came to Columnar Falls and Surprise Falls. Columnar Falls is a really unique feature with basalt columns running with sheets of water.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YHE3fUNEeZisgXF7M7qqKOuteMDY2cB847kW1DubLKvLrinuUjyJQIKFWIlyuknrr4HDlm5aQloUixMMi-vTNc5zKR-mdDaxGDq9fsXzXSCnRHX_rNC0gC02VGzPLL8PWWBt4WlR4ls/s1200/20200508-171902-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YHE3fUNEeZisgXF7M7qqKOuteMDY2cB847kW1DubLKvLrinuUjyJQIKFWIlyuknrr4HDlm5aQloUixMMi-vTNc5zKR-mdDaxGDq9fsXzXSCnRHX_rNC0gC02VGzPLL8PWWBt4WlR4ls/s640/20200508-171902-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We found our first campsite after a couple extra miles of hiking than we had planned. After you pass the hot springs, the trail officially becomes the "Dread and Terror" section, so named because forest workers back in the day dreaded the idea of having to fight a fire on the steep slopes. So, camping spots are few and far between. We found ours around 7 that first night, and not a moment too soon, we would find out the next day. For dinner we had a couple pouches of True Primal's Beef & Mushroom soup, truly appreciating the convenience of opening a pouch and pouring it into a pot, since we had been hiking longer than we planned to. I really loved the onion, carrot, and mushroom, and it's not an overpowering mushroom flavor (not that I dislike mushrooms, but I know some people do). There are plenty of chunks of grass-fed beef in it, too. As usual when backpacking, we added some grass-fed butter to the soup to make it a little heartier. To accompany the soup, we shared a bag of plantain chips and some chocolate. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkXp3tLqCS4V1Gzx1c4VPDY0vFkNshlj59Z7QBumpA2lHdf5zWQedb2375zUqgD70VTzosPr5dEsXzUhtmbg7ZD5UAYOBk0OcLjz4V9zMcX_eHhCb54Z_2AG2wdRtla4uhXJWI3I1QUQ/s1200/20200508-182532-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkXp3tLqCS4V1Gzx1c4VPDY0vFkNshlj59Z7QBumpA2lHdf5zWQedb2375zUqgD70VTzosPr5dEsXzUhtmbg7ZD5UAYOBk0OcLjz4V9zMcX_eHhCb54Z_2AG2wdRtla4uhXJWI3I1QUQ/s640/20200508-182532-Edit.jpg" /></a></div><p>The next morning we packed up and started hiking again, and within a few minutes discovered more intimately why this portion bears such a serious name. Across our path lay several large tree trunks, which we scrambled over pretty easily. Not so bad. This time. For the remaining 11 miles, though, we would encounter many more downed trees, and a few washouts, including a fun little root ball where we had to shimmy through a hole in the roots and pass our packs down the drop. We came across a group of mountain bikers who didn't seem to be as entertained as we were. "Rough," was all they said when we asked them how it was going.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRh5U4IW_2hStX2koW7wbSeI7_Ev6dg6AIdEVeX2-9nBZd9rcSxJXim8u_ta1SEVSrO9BKUghT9ZzjrkXn90AQCWjSNQG_leTbd5ukDkwJC771xfSuHVcwd7pDuwnho7jbkU07hSexSc/s1200/20200509-071310-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRh5U4IW_2hStX2koW7wbSeI7_Ev6dg6AIdEVeX2-9nBZd9rcSxJXim8u_ta1SEVSrO9BKUghT9ZzjrkXn90AQCWjSNQG_leTbd5ukDkwJC771xfSuHVcwd7pDuwnho7jbkU07hSexSc/s640/20200509-071310-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhladxyCHRvk3XW7ycWprqsBvGVR9NYyNQfCKXt7nD1hIxqGf2ekEMdskBNA6EaSIASqO7zoiX0jLn8G6fhLPfuBWj23EqNC2KaYshXFIuU1QWG18gNnKmaG2qtjK0GuELnLr9w9E7LH4U/s1200/20200509-122346-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhladxyCHRvk3XW7ycWprqsBvGVR9NYyNQfCKXt7nD1hIxqGf2ekEMdskBNA6EaSIASqO7zoiX0jLn8G6fhLPfuBWj23EqNC2KaYshXFIuU1QWG18gNnKmaG2qtjK0GuELnLr9w9E7LH4U/s640/20200509-122346-Edit.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Max hiked almost the whole thing barefoot (probably our rockiest barefoot hike yet). Sadly, although I felt like my feet would normally be up to it, I was only able to hike a few miles the first two days before my wound from the rest stop was bothering me too much. In the mean time, I still managed to kick a hole in the bottom of my other foot as well. This doesn't usually happen to me when I hike barefoot, but to be fair, the name of the trail <i>does</i> warn you that you're in for it. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOb17QPr7CI_V109Z_vhr76C4B0axngZcjQBwHfkyT_F-WWXxZcE7or-w7P-WCvVUvN8SwW_Uhz-IVzPTDKlx6cl9ro7GaCKCmGF4K23YHKZYIfrYQtyOPIL3_Xbjalh08yI_8wAvzHIU/s1200/20200509-140435-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOb17QPr7CI_V109Z_vhr76C4B0axngZcjQBwHfkyT_F-WWXxZcE7or-w7P-WCvVUvN8SwW_Uhz-IVzPTDKlx6cl9ro7GaCKCmGF4K23YHKZYIfrYQtyOPIL3_Xbjalh08yI_8wAvzHIU/s640/20200509-140435-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">We had originally been planning to camp on the river the second night as well, but decided to hike all the way out to Lemolo Lake. Along the second half of the trail, we passed Lemolo Falls, a stunning 165-foot waterfall. The word Lemolo is Chinook for "wild" or "untamed." <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMVgtiiosNpcfcDD6ccaAr8ywESDwbciwyF54wAiokg6ad5UujbSBYcIOOZBhAcvqBnr2_gvaFelNKP7DvI5nBPA0hPiUgLmkVTxSv0CG5-sVNgPvr3HcDJgjA8UVcL8R0krgOtqsfc0/s1200/20200509-165744-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMVgtiiosNpcfcDD6ccaAr8ywESDwbciwyF54wAiokg6ad5UujbSBYcIOOZBhAcvqBnr2_gvaFelNKP7DvI5nBPA0hPiUgLmkVTxSv0CG5-sVNgPvr3HcDJgjA8UVcL8R0krgOtqsfc0/s640/20200509-165744-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">At the lake, we found that the campground was closed (no surprise...COVID), but just near the campground was a private little sandy beach right on the water. And since the campground was closed, there was nobody around. We had an amazing view of Mt. Thielsen to the southeast as we cooked our True Primal Savory Wedding Soup for dinner. Of all the flavors of soup I've had from True Primal yet, I think this one might be my favorite. It has onion, cauliflower, and spinach in it, and grass-fed beef, and a warming, unique flavor that I can't say I've had before. <b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGECwXF0PZUpzEbKgs0-Rmm9-FO_VhlIwz3nSz9tM3FwCD-hShP6DEDWVd_3qDkqxik6XAiNfvGMX2jTx0yHhQbU-nNxfXJ36VvyXpbnxUhzTPePqY_K-kuTF2rg5UBbH_a3iBfDYiSFs/s1200/20200509-184641-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGECwXF0PZUpzEbKgs0-Rmm9-FO_VhlIwz3nSz9tM3FwCD-hShP6DEDWVd_3qDkqxik6XAiNfvGMX2jTx0yHhQbU-nNxfXJ36VvyXpbnxUhzTPePqY_K-kuTF2rg5UBbH_a3iBfDYiSFs/s640/20200509-184641-Edit.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Menu</b></span></p><p><b>Breakfasts:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 <a href="https://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory Muffins</a> & 1 pepperoni meat stick each<br /></li></ul><p><b>Lunch & Snacks:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html">Salami Bowls</a> - salami, avocado, carrot, & red pepper with olive oil, mustard, and salt</li><li>Trail mix</li><li>Apples <br /></li></ul><p><b>Dinners:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://trueprimal.com/shop">True Primal Soup</a> pouches (1 each), 1 bag of plantain chips, and some chocolate!<br /></li></ul><p><b> </b><br /></p>Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-68009658957707164202018-08-23T11:58:00.000-07:002019-07-17T19:40:13.872-07:00Cashew Chicken with YogurtSo a few years ago, Max's mom discovered that you can <i>dehydrate yogurt!!</i> for dinner like curries and things like that. It works amazingly well. A quart of yogurt dehydrates down to about a half cup or so of powder and is the perfect complement to spicy foods, serving the important role of breaking up food monotony on the trail. It tastes a lot tangier than it does when fresh, so it's better for adding to dinners than eating straight for breakfast (at least I think). On a recent trip, I paired it with a Cashew Chicken dish that I made up and it was so good.<br />
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<b>Cashew Chicken </b><br />
Serves 2<br />
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1 small butternut squash<br />
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1 cup cashews <br />
1 onion<br />
4 cloves garlic, minced<br />
1 1-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled<br />
1 tsp ground cloves<br />
1 TB ground coriander<br />
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon<br />
1 TB cumin<br />
2 TB coconut oil<br />
1/2 cup coconut milk<br />
1 cup water<br />
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3 stalks celery, diced<br />
2 large carrots, diced<br />
1 lb ground chicken<br />
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1/2 bag frozen peas<br />
1/2 bag frozen spinach<br />
juice of 1 lime<br />
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Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut squash in half, remove seeds, and place face down on oiled baking tray. Roast about 45 minutes, or until soft.<br />
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In a food processor, grind the onions, garlic, ginger, and cashews into a paste.<br />
In a saute pan over medium-high heat, add the coconut oil and cashew paste. Cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring, until it turns golden brown.<br />
Add the cinnamon, cumin, cloves, and coriander, and stir until well combined.<br />
Stir in coconut milk and water and season with salt and pepper to taste.<br />
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In a deep pot, heat more coconut oil over medium heat. Add celery and carrots and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add ground chicken and cook until meat is cooked through, stirring and breaking up chunks often.<br />
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When squash is done roasting, let it sit until it's cool enough to handle, then scrape out the flesh. Add s<span style="font-family: inherit;">quash, cashew paste, frozen peas, frozen spinach, and juice of the lime to the chicken pot. Stir to combine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Let cool about 20 minutes, then spread on dehydrator trays covered in parchment paper and dehydrate 8-12 hours at 150 F, checking several times during this process to break up clumps and turn over. More dehydrating directions found <a href="https://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/p/dehydrating-basics_24.html">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Dehydrated Yogurt</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Makes enough for 2 dinners for 2 people</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 quart grass-fed yogurt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Spread yogurt with the back of a spatula on parchment paper-lined dehydrator trays. Dehydrate at low temperature (or use yogurt </span>setting<span style="font-family: inherit;"> if your dehydrator has one) for 6-8 hours. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once dry, use a food processor or spice grinder to grind flakes into a powder (rehydrates better if smaller).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>To rehydrate</i> - put powder in a </span>ziplock<span style="font-family: inherit;"> or bowl and just cover with water. Start with less water because you can </span>always add more. If rehydrating in a ziplock, you can just squish the bag until it starts to rehydrate (kind of takes a while). If doing it in a bowl, use a spoon to mix well.<br />
<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-9444087342047364372018-02-04T17:58:00.000-07:002018-02-04T17:58:03.843-07:00Smith Rock Climbing Trip & Skout Backcountry Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's the end of January, but apparently spring is here in the Northwest. Last weekend Max and I took a trip to Smith Rock State Park to get in some winter climbing, on a 3-day trip which featured both tank top weather and snow as Oregon tries to make up its mind if it should be hot or cold right now. Well, I enjoyed both variations on the weather, and I especially enjoyed the snacks we had along with us. We were out with a friend who is a really strong climber, so we had a rope gun to set routes that we wouldn't normally try ourselves. It was fun to push myself harder than I probably have on other climbing trips, and as a result I was much hungrier.<br />
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To the rescue was <a href="https://www.skoutbackcountry.com/">Skout Backcountry</a>, an Oregon-based company which makes organic and tasty pumpkin seeds and delectable trail bars. Their bars are one of my favorites of all the paleo-friendly bars out there...there's just something about their taste that is unique and satisfying. They use dates and pumpkin seeds as their base, and I appreciate how the date flavor isn't overwhelming like it sometimes can be. I sampled one of each flavor, and my favorite by far was the <a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-bars/products/energy-bar-peruvian-chocolate">Peruvian Chocolate</a> (no surprise there, I'm sure...). I <i>was</i> surprised by how much I liked the <a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-bars/products/energy-bar-washington-apple-cinnamon">Washington Apple Cinnamon</a> bar and the <a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-bars/products/energy-bar-oregon-blueberry-almond">Oregon Blueberry Almond</a> bar since I honestly don't usually like bars that don't feature chocolate in some prominent way.<br />
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It could have been that we ate them at the top of Wherever I May Roam, a fun 5.9 multi-pitch with unbeatable 360 degree views of the entire park...but either way I think they were pretty darn tasty. They're perfect for a small snack, or an addition to a lunch, with each bar being between 110-150 calories a bar, with about 3g of protein (from pumpkin seeds), and between 20-24g of carbs.<br />
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We also thoroughly enjoyed their pumpkin seeds. The <a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-pumpkin-seeds/products/pumpkin-seeds-spicy-texas-chili">Spicy Texas Chili</a> seeds were the perfect mix between spicy and salty (an essential flavor boost to the sometimes bland and monotonous trail food options), but if you prefer sweet and salty, you'll love the <a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-pumpkin-seeds/products/pumpkin-seeds-cane-sugar-cinnamon">Paraguayan Cane Sugar and Cinnamon </a>seeds. They have the perfect crunch to them and are somewhat addicting after a few tiring hours of climbing. I can definitely say my muscles appreciated the pumpkin-powered pick-me-up. Skout is especially near and dear to me since the seeds they use are grown in the Willamette Valley, where I currently live and I think local food can connect you to the land in a really special way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I told you there was snow!</td></tr>
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<b>Day 1</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
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<li>Eggs at home</li>
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<li>Leftovers in the car</li>
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<i>Snacks</i><br />
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<li><a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-bars/products/energy-bar-peruvian-chocolate">Skout Backcountry Peruvian Chocolate Bar</a></li>
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<i>Dinner</i><br />
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<li>Homemade Sweet Potato Chili (from our freezer) w/ lots of butter & a bag of plantain chips</li>
<li>Theo 85% Dark Chocolate</li>
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<b>Day 2</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
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<li>Scrambled eggs & meat sticks</li>
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<li>Salami, cheese, avocado, banana</li>
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<i>Snacks</i></div>
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<li><a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-bars/products/energy-bar-peruvian-chocolate-peanut-butter">Skout Backcountry Peruvian Chocolate Peanut Butter bar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-pumpkin-seeds/products/pumpkin-seeds-spicy-texas-chili">Skout Backcountry Spicy Texas Chili pumpkin seeds</a></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here comes the sun!</td></tr>
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<i>Dinner</i></div>
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<li>Homemade Sweet Potato Chili (from our freezer) w/ lots of butter & a bag of plantain chips</li>
<li>Theo 85% Dark Chocolate</li>
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<b>Day 3</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
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<li>Scrambled eggs & meat sticks</li>
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<li>Salami, cheese, avocado, banana</li>
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<i>Snacks</i></div>
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<li><a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-bars/products/energy-bar-washington-apple-cinnamon">Skout Backcountry Washington Cinnamon & Apple bar</a> & <a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-bars/products/energy-bar-oregon-blueberry-almond">Oregon Blueberry Almond bar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://shop.skoutbackcountry.com/collections/organic-pumpkin-seeds/products/pumpkin-seeds-cane-sugar-cinnamon">Skout Backcountry Paraguayan Cane Sugar & Cinnamon pumpkin seeds</a></li>
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Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-84444629604695318992017-11-30T17:56:00.000-07:002017-11-30T17:56:28.379-07:00Spring Break 2017: 9-Day Menu (Car & Backpacking)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIqyWphilUb00qzfTXGjxhca40KR1YWr1EFg5VTaoPlPf7739hvMdl9drG1v7qh7eneCFdT1KGB9Yp7nWiXT6QGEE0qQFgGiYmyuU2YEaoF39ir-lw1p4E1_ehDPS8eIvusJxzppLVhk/s1600/20170317-155444-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIqyWphilUb00qzfTXGjxhca40KR1YWr1EFg5VTaoPlPf7739hvMdl9drG1v7qh7eneCFdT1KGB9Yp7nWiXT6QGEE0qQFgGiYmyuU2YEaoF39ir-lw1p4E1_ehDPS8eIvusJxzppLVhk/s640/20170317-155444-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<i>A post from last spring that I just finished up...</i><br />
It’s been seven years since I’ve graduated college and I’m still not ready to give up my spring break. This time of year, when it’s been raining for about five months straight in the PNW, the dry and dust of the desert really call me. Also, Max and I conveniently still have some friends living in Salt Lake who love to adventure. We decided to meet up and do some backpacking, but they weren’t available until later in the week, so Max and I took the Nevada route from Eugene down to Utah and made a stop at Great Basin National Park. There we toured the Lehman Caves. I hadn’t been in a cave since I was little so it was a pretty cool experience. Seeing all of the elaborate stalactites, stalagmites, columns, shields, “cave bacon,” and “cave popcorn,” it was so hard to comprehend just how slowly they all grow. It was also a trip when the guide turned out the lights and the darkness was so heavy it felt like it was pushing on my eyes, and I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. I was pretty shocked to learn that visitors in the 1800’s would throw parties deep in the caves, with music and food and dancing.<br />
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After the cave tour, we tried our hardest to get up to the Bristlecone Pine trail, but since the road to that trailhead is closed until a little later in the season, we had to start at the Upper Lehman campground, which added 3.6 miles to the trip, most of it post-holing in soft snow. We hadn’t brought snowshoes or even micro-spikes, so it was a laborious 3.6 miles. We made it to the campground but decided to turn around, since the snow had been getting unpassably deep for us without snowshoes.<br />
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My favorite part of the trail was the rose hips we found. We collected some for tea later and nibbled on the bright, sun-warmed red flesh as a little trail treat. They tasted like a fruit roll-up.<br />
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Then we headed to Ibex, Utah for some rock climbing. The first day of climbing outside after a winter of only gym climbing is always humbling. But that’s part of why I climb because the rock can really cut through your ego and teach you some real lessons. Essentially I climbed nothing beyond a V1 the first day, and even failed on some V0’s. The familiar discouragement set in, threatening to ruin the trip for me.<br />
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But the next morning we grabbed our rope and headed up to the Scorpion Slab for some 5.8/5.9 sport climbs. We started to figure out the rock a little more on these climbs, a little more comfortable experimenting with the safety of a rope. The rock in Ibex is quartzite, which I really liked. It took a while to trust my feet, but I finally realized that my shoes were gripping even the tiniest of ledges, and I didn’t have a foot fail the entire time. The sun baked us by noon, so we headed down to siesta in the shade of the boulders for a couple hours and then broke out the crash pads for another afternoon session once the sun had gone behind the cliffs. We chose a boulder that had about eight solid V0’s and V1’s all around and just really enjoyed the routes. It’s true when they say that you have to ignore the grades and just climb.<br />
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The first half of our trip was car camping, so we had the luxury of a cooler. Breakfasts were <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/hardboiled-eggs-with-mustard-and-butter.html">Soft-Boiled Eggs with Butter & Mustard</a>, a hot dog, and a <a href="http://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory Muffin</a>. Lunches were various takes on sandwich-style <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html">“Bowls”</a> (which are really more like salads without the lettuce). On this trip we alternated between sardines or pepperoni, and added bell pepper, apple, carrot, avocado, and of course mustard. We didn’t bring enough olive oil to use some for lunch, but usually we douse it in some good extra virgin for a little extra fat. We always buy sardines packed in olive oil, so that helped a little, but the pepperoni definitely needed a little something to bring it together. Just to highlight how much we love mustard: we used an entire bottle in the first three days and ran out by Thursday breakfast. That was rough.<br />
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<b>Sunday</b> <b>- Drive from Eugene, OR to Spring Valley, NV</b><br />
(meals were mostly a bunch of leftovers or pre-cooked foods we brought in our cooler)<br />
<b>Breakfast</b> - hard boiled eggs, avocado, yogurt & carrot radiccio salad<br />
<b>Lunch</b> - grass-fed burgers, steamed carrots with olive oil, green salad<br />
<b>Dinner</b> - grass-fed meat, onions, and mushrooms cooked in tallow, delicata squash, green salad<br />
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<b>Monday</b> <b>- Great Basin National Park: Lehman Caves, Lehman Creek Trail</b><br />
<b>Breakfast</b> - <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/hardboiled-eggs-with-mustard-and-butter.html">Soft-Boiled Eggs with Butter & Mustard</a>, hot dog, <a href="http://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory Muffin</a><br />
<b>Lunch</b> - Sandwich <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html">“Bowls”</a><br />
<b>Dinner</b> - Chicken Pesto Broccoli, delicata squash (leftover from home), Theo chocolate<br />
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<b>Tuesday - Bouldering in Ibex, UT</b><br />
<b>Breakfast & Lunch</b> - same as above<br />
<b>Dinner</b> - Salmon-Apple Bake (same as the <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2013/02/onion-apple-tuna-bake.html">Onion Apple Tuna Bake</a>, but with salmon), delicata squash, carrot radicchio salad, Theo chocolate<br />
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<b>Wednesday - A few sport climbs and some more bouldering in Ibex</b><br />
<b>Breakfast & Lunch</b> - same as above<br />
<b>Dinner</b> - <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/smoked-salmon-coconut-curry.html">Salmon Coconut Curry</a>, Theo chocolate<br />
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<b>Thursday - Headed to SLC to meet up with some friends and prep for the second half of our trip</b><br />
<b>Breakfast</b> - same as above<br />
<b>Lunch & Dinner </b>- city food<br />
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The second half of our trip we planned to do a little backpacking in Southern Utah. We had picked out Lower Muley Twist Canyon, but when we showed up at the ranger station to get our permit, the ranger on duty told us that they limit the number of parties in the canyons for each night, and that Lower Muley had already hit the limit of three. But she was really kind and pointed out a few other options for us, and we decided to hike Lower Spring Canyon. Because they limit the number of groups in the canyon per night, we didn’t see or hear a single person once we arrived at our campsite and we felt like we had the canyon to ourselves. We took some time to just lie and soak in the beauty of the sandstone walls, played some cards, ate some delicious food, and watched the bats swoop over our heads in our sleeping bags while we stargazed. The next day, we day-hiked Upper Spring Canyon, then returned to our campsite and moved down canyon for the night. On Sunday, we hiked Lower Spring Canyon. The ranger had told us that we would notice a difference between the upper and lower part of the canyon and she was right. The sharp, straight lines of the deep red Navajo sandstone gave way to the softer, rounder, lighter walls of the lower canyon. Since we started early enough, most of the canyon was in the shade the whole morning. At the very end we had to ford the Fremont River to get back to the road. I love any trip that ends in cold water, so I was thrilled.<br />
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<b>Friday - Backpacking in Capitol Reef National Park: Spring Creek Canyon</b><br />
<b>Breakfast</b> - eggs & bacon at our friends’ house before leaving<br />
<b>Lunch</b> - Sandwich <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html">“Bowls”</a><br />
<b>Dinner</b> - <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2017/11/cream-of-mushroom-chicken-soup_6.html">Cream of Mushroom Chicken Soup</a>, chocolate<br />
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<b>Saturday - Backpacking in Capitol Reef National Park: Spring Creek Canyon</b><br />
<b>Breakfast</b> - <a href="http://www.livingintentions.com/store/products/superfood-cereal.html">Living Intentions Superfood Cereal</a> w/ collagen & coconut milk<br />
<b>Lunch</b> - Sandwich <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html">“Bowls”</a><br />
<b>Dinner</b> - <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/10/beefed-up-pasta-sauce.html">Beefy Spaghetti Squash 'n' Sauce</a>, chocolate<br />
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<b>Sunday - Backpacking in Capitol Reef National Park: Spring Creek Canyon</b><br />
<b>Breakfast & Lunch</b> - same as Saturday<br />
<b>Dinner</b> - Sausages, salad, sweet potatoes, wine, and chocolate back at our friends’ house in SLC<br />
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<b>Monday - Drive from SLC to EUG</b><br />
<b>Breakfast</b> - eggs & bacon at the house<br />
<b>Lunch/Snacks</b> - sardines & oysters, carrots, apple, avocado, trail mix, plantain chips, sweet potato chips, kombuchaBrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-23233866192244896372017-11-14T16:36:00.001-07:002017-11-14T22:10:11.000-07:00Oregon Elk Hunt & True Primal 100% GRASS-FED! Soup Review: 6-Day Menu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I never thought I would want to hunt. I always thought of it as just a recreation activity for people who liked to drive trucks, shoot guns, and wear camo. But the more I've tried to learn about ancestral life ways, the more I've realized that hunting is an inseparable part of life. How else would we be able to nourish ourselves from a wild landscape? Foraged berries and leafy greens contribute essential nutrients and are obviously a very important part of a natural diet, but berries and leaves alone will not give us the protein and fat that our bodies have evolved to require. And so I have come to a point in my life where I want to become a huntress. Deciding to become her was the easy part. Learning to become her is much more difficult.<br />
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Most of the hunters I know have grown up hunting. They have been taught by their families, with this knowledge being passed down from many previous generations. Max and I both do not come from hunting families and have very few friends who hunt. Hunting and all the know-how that goes into it is very mysterious to me. How do you find the elk? is the biggest question, but I have many others like, How do you set up so you can get a good shot? How do you read the wind so your scent doesn't give you away? How do you track the elk once they are shot? How do you field dress it? And then there's the matter of being practiced enough with a rifle to take a successful shot. It seems like so many years of knowledge and skill required to make one kill, and I feel discouraged, starting from scratch. A seasoned hunting mentor who lives near us has yet to materialize, so we decided to start on our own this year anyways. We have a friend who has been hunting a couple years and so we planned a trip together to the Umpqua National Forest for Oregon's October elk season.<br />
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This hunting trip required the most sustained energy output I have ever had to give for a trip. Up around 4 or 4:30 every morning, followed by 6-8 miles of tiring cross-country travel with packs, interspersed with hours of sitting still in the cold while glassing across valleys or waiting in a clearing for the chance to glimpse an elusive bull. This was all the energy I could muster on our last day in camp:<br />
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I was exhausted and bone-tired by the end of the five and a half days, and not a single elk was sighted, but I felt like I gained what I had come for. We found a few signs of elk - hoof prints and droppings - and I'm beginning to learn the type of habitat elk like. I made friends with the dark cold mornings, and learned to appreciate sitting in the cold, waiting for the magic of an elk to appear. These elk introduced me, through their absence, to their favorite times of day - dawn and dusk. Never had I so closely watched the coming and going of the days, and without these elk, I might never have done so.<br />
<img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpI51dJuRFtTW5Y8Sd6HdTTzuZXSUAk4DEaVC9ILswlVPrbaECMPopf4HbUT4juyIrw2IVFqgWBHv0UJZApkBKvRrgMAL89HkpgBZSYb298ygnVsMnNEb0QcGWcJXnZM5bygPFg_MKZM/s640/20171015-173922-Edit.jpg" width="640" />Like any first time endeavor, this hunting trip surfaced more questions than answers, but it gave me a solid place to start from, on a learning journey that will take a long time. It also helped me decide that I don't want to rifle hunt; I am drawn much more to the backcountry and a bow than roads and rifles. The sound of a rifle, and hours spent at a shooting range to hone the skill is the opposite of the peace and connection I am seeking through learning to be a huntress. I know this will be exponentially more difficult than learning to rifle hunt, but I also feel like I have exponentially more to gain from it.<br />
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Oh yea! And I forgot to mention we saw a PACIFIC GIANT SALAMANDER!!! This is us looking at it, but it fled before anyone could get a picture of it, so you'll just have to take my word. It <i>was</i> giant!<br />
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A notable addition to our camping food pantry on this trip was <a href="https://trueprimal.com/">True Primal's 100% Grass-Fed Beef & Vegetable Soup</a>. I wrote a <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2015/12/silver-falls-hike-true-primal-soup.html">review</a> on their original soup a while back, but recently they switched over to 100% grass-fed beef, and changed from cans to pouches. As before, I was impressed with the taste and quality. My favorite part is the absence of the "canned soup" taste...you know what I'm talking about...even Amy's Kitchen soups have it. And each pouch of fully primal/paleo soup has 24 grams of protein, 14 grams of fat, and 300 calories (more than the previous version). There's a substantial amount of vegetables <i>and</i> meat in each serving, and with some sweet potato chips or a coconut flour biscuit on the side, makes a pretty filling meal. Max, of course, always likes to add a scoop of butter, too.<br />
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I love companies who go the extra mile and try to make their product the best, and I really appreciate True Primal choosing to go with 100% grass-fed beef. I hate having to compromise quality food while out on adventures, and companies like True Primal make it so I don't have to! I also love that they are now pouches. They are easier to cram into a backpack, and the trash is more packable. We love this soup so much, we brought enough pouches along for 3 of our 5 dinners.<br />
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As far as the rest of our food goes...we were in a bit of a time crunch for preparing food, and also discovered last minute that the paleo bread we were trying to bake from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gluten-free-Sandwich-Grain-free-Friendly-2-Pack/dp/B074WHYZ3S/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1510078715&sr=8-1&keywords=other+foods+paleo+bread&dpID=613hr2DncHL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch">Other Foods</a> wouldn't work out because, lo and behold, we don't have a bread pan! So, we had to cut some corners and this isn't a fully paleo menu, but you can easily adapt it to be!<br />
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Food lessons from this trip:<br />
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<li>Bring more bars!!!! Waking up at 4am means there's a lot more of the day to be eating! </li>
<li>Don't bring breakfast foods (like hard boiled eggs) that require prep at 4 in the morning! Only bring foods you can stuff in your mouth as is. </li>
</ul>
<b>Day 1:</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
<ul>
<li>1 gluten-free blueberry muffin</li>
<li>2 <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/hardboiled-eggs-with-mustard-and-butter.html">Hard Boiled Eggs with Olive Oil & Mustard</a></li>
</ul>
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<i>Lunch</i></div>
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<ul>
<li>roast beef, raw cheese, and mustard on Franz Gluten-Free Bread</li>
<li>plantain chips</li>
<li>apple</li>
</ul>
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<i>Snacks</i></div>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rxbar.com/">Chocolate Sea Salt RX Bar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.skoutbackcountry.com/">Chocolate Coconut Skout Bar</a></li>
</ul>
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<i>Dinner</i></div>
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<ul>
<li>Beef & Sweet Potato Chili (cooked at home & kept in cooler)</li>
<li>1 <a href="https://empoweredsustenance.com/spiced-coconut-flour-lard-biscuits-gaps-scd-paleo/">Spiced Coconut Flour Biscuit</a></li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homemade Beef & Sweet Potato Chili & Coconut Flour Biscuit</td></tr>
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<b>Day 2:</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
<ul>
<li>1 gluten-free blueberry muffin</li>
<li>3 <a href="http://www.kneedeepcattlecompany.com/index.htm">Knee Deep</a> pepperoni beef sticks</li>
</ul>
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<i>Lunch</i></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>roast beef, raw cheese, and mustard on Franz Gluten-Free Bread</li>
<li>plantain chips</li>
<li>apple</li>
</ul>
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<i>Snacks</i></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rxbar.com/">Chocolate Sea Salt RX Bar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.skoutbackcountry.com/">Chocolate Coconut Skout Bar</a></li>
</ul>
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<i>Dinner</i></div>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>1 pouch <a href="https://trueprimal.com/">True Primal 100% Grass-Fed Paleo Soup</a></li>
<li>1 <a href="https://empoweredsustenance.com/spiced-coconut-flour-lard-biscuits-gaps-scd-paleo/">Spiced Coconut Flour Biscuit</a></li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooking up a pot of True Primal soup!</td></tr>
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<b>Day 3:</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
<ul>
<li>1 gluten-free blueberry muffin</li>
<li>2 <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/hardboiled-eggs-with-mustard-and-butter.html">Hard Boiled Eggs with Olive Oil & Mustard</a></li>
</ul>
<div>
<i>Lunch</i></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>roast beef, raw cheese, and mustard on Franz Gluten-Free Bread</li>
<li>plantain chips</li>
<li>apple</li>
</ul>
<div>
<i>Snacks</i></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rxbar.com/">Chocolate Sea Salt RX Bar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.skoutbackcountry.com/">Chocolate Coconut Skout Bar</a></li>
</ul>
<div>
<i>Dinner</i></div>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Beef & Sweet Potato Chili (cooked at home & kept in cooler)</li>
<li>1 <a href="https://empoweredsustenance.com/spiced-coconut-flour-lard-biscuits-gaps-scd-paleo/">Spiced Coconut Flour Biscuit</a></li>
</ul>
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<b>Day 4:</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
<ul>
<li>1 gluten-free blueberry muffin</li>
<li>2 <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/hardboiled-eggs-with-mustard-and-butter.html">Hard Boiled Eggs with Olive Oil & Mustard</a></li>
</ul>
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<i>Lunch</i></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>salami, raw cheese, and mustard</li>
<li>plantain chips</li>
<li>apple</li>
<li>trail mix</li>
</ul>
<div>
<i>Snacks</i></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rxbar.com/">Chocolate Sea Salt RX Bar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.skoutbackcountry.com/">Chocolate Coconut Skout Bar</a></li>
</ul>
<div>
<i>Dinner</i></div>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>1 pouch <a href="https://trueprimal.com/">True Primal 100% Grass-Fed Paleo Soup</a></li>
<li>split a bag of Terra Chips</li>
</ul>
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<b>Day 5:</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.fromthefields.net/product/gluten-free-original-granola-subscription/">From the Fields Gluten-Free Original Granola</a></li>
<li>3 <a href="http://www.kneedeepcattlecompany.com/index.htm">Knee Deep</a> pepperoni beef sticks</li>
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<i>Lunch</i></div>
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<ul>
<li>salami, raw cheese, and mustard</li>
<li>plantain chips</li>
<li>apple</li>
<li>trail mix</li>
</ul>
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<i>Snacks</i></div>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rxbar.com/">Chocolate Sea Salt RX Bar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.skoutbackcountry.com/">Chocolate Coconut Skout Bar</a></li>
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<i>Dinner</i></div>
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<ul>
<li>1 pouch <a href="https://trueprimal.com/">True Primal 100% Grass-Fed Paleo Soup</a></li>
<li>split a bag of Terra Chips</li>
</ul>
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<b>Day 6:</b><br />
<i>Breakfast</i><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.fromthefields.net/product/gluten-free-original-granola-subscription/">From the Fields Gluten-Free Original Granola</a></li>
</ul>
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<i>Lunch</i></div>
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<ul>
<li>Tacos & salad at Falling Sky Brewery in Eugene!!</li>
</ul>
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Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-87530278464409112012017-11-06T15:21:00.000-07:002017-11-06T15:21:41.551-07:00Cream of Mushroom Chicken Soup<i>I've been trying to experiment with more dehydrated meals lately and I am particularly excited about this one. It turned out really good and I packed SO many vegetables into it. I've been contemplating a lot lately how we in the civilized world have ended up eating just a few vegetables over and over again. Carrots, onions, celery. Carrots, celery, onion. Onion, celery, carrots. But there are so many other foods out there and each one offers a unique energy for your body to use. So in this meal, I tried to use a wide variety of vegetables. Ideally they would be from the wild because there is so much more energy to be drawn from wild places than from a cultivated garden or farm, but this is what I had available. I used two different types of mushrooms, onions AND leeks, cauliflower, garlic, kale, peas, and sweet potato. I think all the different ingredients also give it a much more complex flavor, something that is essential (and often lacking) in backcountry foods.</i><br />
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1 TB cooking fat (I think I used lard)<br />
1 large onion, chopped<br />
1 large head of cauliflower, chopped<br />
2 cups crimini mushrooms, chopped<br />
2 large white sweet potatoes, chopped<br />
1 tsp sea salt<br />
2 quarts chicken broth<br />
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1 TB cooking fat<br />
1 large leek, diced<br />
2 large portobello mushrooms, diced<br />
3 cloves garlic, minced<br />
1 TB dried rosemary<br />
1 TB dried thyme<br />
1.5 lb. ground chicken<br />
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1 bunch kale, chopped<br />
1 bag frozen peas<br />
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In a large soup pot, heat the cooking fat over medium heat. Add onion, cauliflower, crimini mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and sea salt. Stir to coat with the cooking fat, and cook until veggies begin to get tender.<br />
Add chicken broth to the pot, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.<br />
Simmer veggies in the broth until they are very soft.<br />
Remove pot from heat and let cool.<br />
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Meanwhile, heat another tablespoon of cooking fat in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add leek and portobello mushrooms and sauté until veggies are tender. Add the garlic, rosemary, and thyme. Stir for about a minute to release the fragrance, then add ground chicken. Break up the chicken into small pieces with a wooden spoon and cook until chicken is cooked through.<br />
Once broth and veggie mixture is cool, run it in small batches through the blender to puree (I like to put a towel on top of the blender and hold down to make sure splatters are kept to a minimum).<br />
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Add the blended broth mixture to the cooked leeks, mushrooms, and chicken. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and let simmer about 20 minutes.<br />
Towards the end of the cooking time, add the kale and frozen peas. Stir to incorporate and cook until kale is wilted and peas are thawed.<br />
Remove pot from heat and let cool.<br />
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Dehydrating & rehydrating directions found <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/p/dehydrating-basics_24.html">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-10921648201722119192017-10-11T11:28:00.000-07:002017-11-14T11:05:02.806-07:00Herbal First Aid Kit<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>**This is not medical advice and should not be used as such! This post is intended for educational purposes only, and if you are experiencing severe symptoms of any kind, you should immediately leave the backcountry and seek medical help. Some of this information may be useful for interim care, but should not replace professional care.**</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I always carry a jar of salve for bug bites, cuts, burns, and dry lips.</td></tr>
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For the last several years, I have been diving into the wisdom of plants and learning from them how to heal things naturally. I find so much richness in making my own herbal remedies and it is such an empowering feeling to be able to use something I've made to heal myself and my friends. There are a few things I swear by, and I'm beginning to build an herbal first aid kit to carry in the backcountry with my favorite remedies. Here are some of the things I like to use:<br />
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Cuts, Scrapes, and Bruises</h3>
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<li><b>Herbal salve</b> - with ingredients like comfrey, St. John's Wort, plantain, calendula, and yarrow. There are a lot of great options for buying a salve, or if you'd like to make your own, find directions <a href="http://blog.mountainroseherbs.com/diy-herbal-salves">here</a>. </li>
<li><b>Yarrow poultice</b> - My favorite remedy to stop bleeding! I've used this multiple times on pretty deep cuts, and it's almost magical how quickly it stops bleeding. If there is fresh yarrow (Achillea millefolium) where you are, you can chew up some fresh yarrow leaf and stick it on the open wound. You can also carry yarrow tea bags (buy them or make your own), and to make a poultice, soak one in water and apply it to the wound. </li>
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Bug Bites and Stings</h3>
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Plantain (Plantago major or Plantago lanceolata) is a great drawing agent, which is good for removing venom from bites and stings. It is such a powerful medicine that some people have even used it to successfully treat black widow and brown recluse spider bites, as well as snake bites.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Plantago major (Broadleaf Plantain). You can recognize both plantains (P. major and P. lanceolata, which are long, thin leaves) by the parallel veins of the leaves.</td></tr>
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<li><b>Plantain poultice</b> - Find some plantain, chew it up until it's pulpy, and stick it on the bite or sting. Swallow whatever juices you extracted while chewing it (it's medicine on the inside and the outside!) Most effective if used immediately after bite or sting occurs. </li>
<li><b>Plantain salve</b> - If you're traveling in an area without plantain, you can carry a small tin of plantain salve for bites and stings.</li>
<li><b>Plantain tincture</b> - Taking plantain internally as well as externally can help with bites and stings, too. </li>
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Infections</h3>
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<ul>
<li><b>Plantain poultice</b> - Plantain is also a great drawing agent for infections. </li>
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Burns</h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Pure Aloe Vera gel</b> - This is by far my favorite option for sunburns - plain old aloe vera gel. I buy mine from Mountain Rose Herbs. Just make sure it's as pure as you can get it. Mountain Roses's has preservatives in it, but I don't think you can get around that because truly pure aloe gel would probably spoil quickly. A lot of other products have other fillers in them, including parabens (even if they're labeled "99.9%" aloe gel).</li>
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Bug Repellent</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wellnessmama.com/5170/bug-off-lotion-bars/"><b>Bug-Off Lotion Bars</b></a> by Wellness Mama</li>
</ul>
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Sore or Injured Muscle and Joints</h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Arnica salve</b></li>
</ul>
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Upset Stomach</h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Activated charcoal capsules</b> - I swear by this for food poisoning-like symptoms (super gurgly stomach, diarrhea, etc.) and have also used it for acid reflux before with success. I have even seen references to it being used for giardia, although I've never had giardia so I haven't been able to experiment personally. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.traditionalmedicinals.com/products/smooth-move/"><b>Smooth Move Tea</b></a> - for constipation.</li>
<li><b>Digestive Bitters Tincture</b> - I always take a digestive bitter before or after I eat, and it really helps my stomach feel less heavy after eating. My favorites are dandelion root or yellow dock root. </li>
</ul>
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Cold and Flu</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.traditionalmedicinals.com/products/gypsy-cold-care/"><b>Gypsy Cold Care Tea</b></a><i> - </i>This one truly makes me feel better when I'm sick.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.traditionalmedicinals.com/products/throat-coat/"><b>Throat Coat</b></a><i> - </i>Indispensable for sore throats. </li>
<li><b>Usnea tincture</b> - Usnea (Usnea barbata) or "Old Man's Beard" is another one of my favorite remedies. It is specific for respiratory and urinary issues, and is very good for sinus infections, bronchitis, strep throat, staph infections, colds, flu, pneumonia, and urinary tract or bladder infections. I make a double-extracted tincture and at the first signs of symptoms, start taking a small dose (5-10 drops) in warm water every half hour or so. Instructions to make your own <a href="https://www.growingupherbal.com/how-to-make-an-usnea-tincture/">here</a>. </li>
<li><b>Herbal cough drops </b>- My favorite right now are <a href="http://www.ricola.com/en-us/Products/Original">Ricola's Natural Herb cough drops</a>. They have some interesting ingredients like "color (caramel)"...what does that mean?!...and starch syrup and sugar. But even still, I love them, and they really seem to work for me. I love their herb mix they use (elder, horehound, hyssop, lemon balm, linden flowers, mallow, peppermint, sage, thyme, and wild thyme) and I'm thinking about trying to make my own, but with honey, and without the "color." </li>
</ul>
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All-Purpose</h3>
So I can't verify these claims, but I recently found a website about <a href="http://wellnessmama.com/5734/101-uses-for-coconut-oil/">101 Uses for Coconut Oil</a>, and a lot of them were first-aid related. I haven't tested any of them out, but I thought I would pass along the information, because if you're looking to go super lightweight, it would probably be handy to have just one bottle that is a cure-all. If you want to see the whole article, I linked to it above, but here are the first-aid related uses:<br />
<ul>
<li>skin moisturizer</li>
<li>SPF 4 sunscreen</li>
<li>topically to speed healing of skin after injury or infection</li>
<li>topically to kill yeast infections - soak a tampon in it and insert for a few hours</li>
<li>topically to treat athlete's foot</li>
<li>rub on inside of nose to alleviate allergies</li>
<li>can help speed healing of sunburn, after initial heat is gone</li>
<li>antibacterial skin cream</li>
<li>reduce itchiness of mosquito bites</li>
</ul>
Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-39794947162353857332017-10-04T10:44:00.000-07:002017-10-04T10:44:53.412-07:00Elkhorn Crest Trail: 3-Day Menu<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twin Lakes from the Elkhorn Crest Trail</td></tr>
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Two of our friends got married recently and for a wedding gift, Max and I decided to plan a backpacking trip with them and make all the food. I love chances to try new recipes and especially for other people to test them! We had planned to take them to the Wild Rogue Loop in Southwest Oregon, which I've been wanting to do for a year now, but that area was smothered with smoke and also pretty close to a couple of fires. We spent several nights looking at maps of the fires and smoke, and looking at predictions for the weekend, but nothing looked clear except Eastern Oregon. We finally chose the <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wallowa-whitman/recarea/?recid=52395">Elkhorn Crest Trail</a> in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. A little further than we wanted to drive, but it looked like our best option.<br />
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It was amazing to see in all that destruction that many of the larger trees remained standing with green needles held high above the danger zone, and knowing that this patch of forest has a good chance of regenerating. I used to be uniformly saddened by burned forests, but after years of hiking through burned patches, have come to realize that these "damaged" areas are able to host so much life afterwards. In fact, one of the best feastings of thimbleberry I've ever had came from a previously burned patch of forest. However, when so much area burns for so long, one has to wonder...is this part of "healthy" regeneration for a forest? Or catastrophe brought on by climate change, and poor caretending of our lands? Here's an interesting article from Oregon Wild about it: <a href="http://www.oregonwild.org/about/blog/nine-things-oregonians-should-know-about-forest-fires-1">9 Things Oregonians Should Know About Forest Fires</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this map from 9-8-2017 speaks for itself. </td></tr>
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We started at the south end at the Marble Pass trailhead and hiked the 4-6 miles (signs conflicting) on the gradually inclined trail. The weather was hot enough to make us excited for a swim at Twin Lakes, our destination. We made bets on how cold the water was going to be. "I think colder than the McKenzie, but warmer than Blue Pool." "I think closer to the Willamette." It ended up being a perfect temperature and we swam several times in the aqua mountain water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tenkara fishing</td></tr>
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The water was also filled with fish...so many of them! It only took me about five minutes of casting before I caught my first fish ever (well...the first one I could legally take) using our new Tenkara rod. <a href="http://www.flyfisherman.com/news/tora-tora-tenkara-fishing/">Tenkara</a> is a Japanese style of fly fishing that uses only a rod, a line, and a fly. When I first heard about it, I was becoming more interested in fishing as a way of gathering my own food, and I was drawn to it's simplicity. The fish I caught was a small rainbow trout with beautiful markings on its sides. Since I fish only for sustenance and not sport, I now faced the death part. All food comes with a price, and death is a natural and necessary part of life. Feeling full of gratitude for this fish, and for the part of me it will become, I killed it, gutted it, and cooked it to eat with dinner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first catch</td></tr>
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At our campsite, we were graced with the company of a herd of 20 mountain goats that we could see climbing the hills, drinking water out of the stream flowing from the lake, and grazing in the green meadows.<br />
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<i>Breakfast</i> - <a href="http://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory muffins</a> & bacon (where we car camped)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooking up the Salmon Curry</td></tr>
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<i>Lunch</i> - Smoked salmon, <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2017/09/almond-flour-dill-crackers.html">Almond Flour Dill crackers</a>, creamy Toscano cheese soaked in Syrah<br />
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<i>Dinner</i> - <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/10/easy-salmon-coconut-curry.html">Easy Salmon Curry</a> w/ collagen powder<br />
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<i>Dessert</i> - Key Lime Packaroons (from Heather's Choice <i><a href="https://www.heatherschoice.com/collections/soft-goods/products/ebook-recipes">Let's Go On An Adventure</a></i> dehydrating e-book)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was my best pot of Salmon Curry to date!</td></tr>
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<i>Breakfast</i> - <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2017/09/sprouted-buckwheat-cereals.html">Banana Nut & Maple Cinnamon Sprouted Buckwheat cereals</a> (mixed together!) with coconut milk and collagen<br />
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<i>Lunch</i> - Salami <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html">Bowls</a>, plantain chips<br />
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<i>Dinner</i> - <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2017/09/chile-verde.html">Chile Verde</a> w/ collagen powder and <a href="https://jacksonshonest.com/collections/potato-chips/products/sweet-potato-chips?variant=4399375171">Jackson's Honest Sweet Potato Chips</a><br />
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<i>Breakfast</i> - <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2017/09/sprouted-buckwheat-cereals.html">Banana Nut & Maple Cinnamon Sprouted Buckwheat cereals</a> (mixed together!) with coconut milk and collagen<br />
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<i>Lunch</i> - Salami slices, goat gouda cheese, more sweet potato chips, Larabars<br />
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<li>homemade <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/beef-jerky.html">beef jerky</a> </li>
<li>Sea Salt Rosemary Sprouted Almonds (also from Heather's Choice e-book)</li>
<li>trail mix</li>
<li>dried pineapple</li>
<li>plantain chips</li>
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Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-75435804649709910682017-09-19T21:22:00.000-07:002017-09-19T21:22:53.947-07:00Taco Surprise<i>This was named by Max's cousin when I described it to her as "beef taco stuff." She then dubbed it "Taco Surprise" because...surprise! There's no tacos! No grains means no tortillas, but that doesn't mean we can't have taco filling! It was a hit at Max's annual family Cape Alava backpacking trip. Also, I have a lead on some cassava flour tortillas that I think would do well in backpacks...coming soon!</i><br />
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1 TB cooking fat<br />
2 red or green bell peppers, diced<br />
1 large onion, diced<br />
4 large crimini mushrooms, diced<br />
1 large clove garlic, minced<br />
1.5 lb ground beef<br />
1/2 TB salt<br />
pepper to taste<br />
1 TB chili powder of choice (chipotle, ancho, etc)<br />
1 14.5-oz can diced tomatoes<br />
1/4 cup tomato paste (about half a small can)<br />
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Cook vegetables in a large pot over medium heat until soft.<br />
Stir in the ground beef, spices, tomatoes, and tomato paste.<br />
Cook until meat is cooked through.<br />
Remove from heat and let cool.<br />
Spread on parchment paper on dehydrator trays and dehydrate 8-12 hours at 150F.Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-81135797121003815602017-09-12T14:02:00.001-07:002017-09-12T14:02:45.629-07:00Sprouted Buckwheat CerealsNo. It's not Paleo. BUT...sometimes Paleo granola is just too many nuts at once for me. Buckwheat <i>is </i>gluten free which is a strict rule I follow in my diet life, and sprouting makes them more digestible. I've used <a href="http://www.livingintentions.com/store/products/superfood-cereal.html">Living Intentions' Superfood Cereals</a> before on trips which use buckwheat sprouts as the main base, and I really like those. It's just one of those compromises I make sometimes for the backcountry. Living Intentions is somewhat expensive, though, so I decided to try making my own. I found a couple recipes, and they worked out nicely! They did turn out <i>super</i> crunchy, though, which tired my mouth out after a while, so I started soaking my bowl of cereal in coconut milk and water (I always water down my coconut milk in my cereal, otherwise it makes me feel sick) before adding about a tablespoon of collagen to it, and that worked well. Here are the two recipes I used. I followed them pretty exactly, with the exception of the cooking method for the Maple Cinnamon which says to cook in the oven at 400F. It started to get pretty burned around the edges, so part way through I took it out and finished it in the dehydrator. It would probably do fine to do it in the dehydrator entirely, and probably better to preserve the "liveness" of the sprouts...I don't know if that's true, but it sounds like it could be. Eventually I would like to make one more along the lines of Living Intentions' that uses things like reishi and maca and stuff like that just for more nutritional benefits.<br />
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<a href="http://nutritionstripped.com/raw-buckwheat-cereal-nutrition-stripped-cookbook/">Maple Cinnamon Buckwheat Granola</a>Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-49745021631497253942017-09-08T08:37:00.000-07:002017-10-11T12:51:54.867-07:00Chile Verde<i>I adapted this recipe from one I found using beef chuck roast. I changed it to ground beef for better dehydrating, and added some plantains and green bell pepper for more substance. I knew it was going to be good, but it actually turned out way better than I thought. And more filling. I looked at the quantity after dehydrating it and it didn't seem like enough for 4 people, so we brought cheese and sweet potato chips to go with it, but I think it would have been fine on its own.</i><br />
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2 large anaheim peppers<br />
2 large poblano peppers<br />
1 jalapeño<br />
1.5 lb ground beef or pork<br />
1 onion, diced<br />
2 green bell peppers, diced<br />
2 large green plantains, diced<br />
3 cloves garlic, minced<br />
4 tomatillos, diced<br />
2 cups beef or chicken broth<br />
1/2 TB ground cumin<br />
1/2 TB dried oregano<br />
1/8 tsp ground allspice<br />
1 tsp sea salt<br />
1 cup cilantro<br />
1 TB freshly squeezed lime juice<br />
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Place all the peppers on a large baking sheet. Roast under the broiler until skin is black and charred, about 5 minutes per side. Remove peppers from oven and put in a paper bag. Let them sweat for about 20 minutes, then remove from the bag, peel and discard skins, cut out seeds, and dice peppers. Put peppers in a crock pot or dutch oven.<br />
Sprinkle beef or pork with salt and pepper. Brown meat in a frying pan over medium heat.<br />
Once meat is browned, use a wooden spoon to break large chunks into smaller pieces (this will help it rehydrate faster later), then transfer it to slow cooker or dutch oven.<br />
Adding more fat to the meat pan (only if needed), sauté the onion, green bell peppers, and plantain until onion is translucent and plantain is starting to change color to a brighter yellow. Plantain may start to stick to pan, if this happens, you can add water or broth to the pan.<br />
Add garlic to the pan and continue cooking another 30 seconds to release the garlic's flavor.<br />
Transfer onion, green bell peppers, plantain, and garlic to the slow cooker.<br />
Add diced tomatillos, broth, cumin, oregano, allspice, salt, and half of the cilantro.<br />
If using a crockpot, cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 6 hours. Add remaining cilantro, and the lime juice. Taste and adjust spices.<br />
If using a dutch oven, or other large pot, bring contents to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 3 hours. Add remaining cilantro, and the lime juice. Taste and adjust spices.<br />
Spread on dehydrator trays and dehydrate 8-12 hours at 150 F.<br />
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<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-51144201152027941132017-09-07T17:44:00.001-07:002017-09-12T13:45:19.941-07:00Almond Flour Dill Crackers<i>These crackers are delightfully salty, and the dill goes really well with smoked salmon. They're a little more on the cakey side of texture rather than crunchy, but don't let that put you off! They make a great addition to any lunch.</i><br />
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2 cups almond flour<br />
1 egg<br />
1 TB olive oil<br />
1/2 tsp sea salt<br />
1 tsp dried dill<br />
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Preheat oven to 350F.<br />
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend until it has taken on a doughy texture.<br />
Use your hands to form crackers into a long log, about 1-2 inches in diameter. You can make it a circular log or square.<br />
Using a knife, cut the log into thin slices (about 1/8 inch) and lay them flat on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.<br />
Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350F. If crackers are thick, they may take longer.<br />
Remove and let cool before packing in a Ziplock bag.Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-2297002116323761612017-06-01T10:19:00.000-07:002017-06-01T10:19:21.012-07:00Last Minute Meal Prep<br />
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A couple days ago I got a text at 6pm that a friend of a friend's climbing partner had backed out of a trip, and could I go? It sounded like too much fun to pass up, but I had no food, no car (Max had our truck on a weekend trip), and basically no time. I racked my brain as I stared at my somewhat empty pantry shelves and refrigerator loaded with fresh food I had planned to cook into delicious meals this weekend. I've pretty much stopped snacking between meals lately so I had no emergency snacks to bring along. I dropped a can of salmon, two avocados, a carrot, 2 packages of Heather's Choice Packaroons, and a travel bottle of olive oil into a paper bag. Definitely not enough for a full day's climb. This was a problem. But I wanted to go on the trip badly enough that I decided I would just grab some energy bars at the store before heading out. The store we went to didn't really have any paleo energy bars, so I settled for some Cliff whey protein bars (which were actually pretty good, even though the chocolate coating melted in the blazing sun), a Kate's Grizzly Bar (also very good but not paleo), and a Picky Bar (also good, and also not paleo). I had the can of salmon mixed with avocado and drizzled with olive oil and half of the carrot with some peanut butter for breakfast. That kept me going really well for half of the climb. And the energy bars did a good job of keeping me going for the second half, but I hate feeling like I'm compromising my body by just feeding it a lot of brown rice syrup in different flavors. So the lesson of this post is...I wish I'd had several things at home that I could have grabbed instead of settling. Here's a list of things I would like to prep and/or buy to always have around in the event of other last-minute trips:<br />
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<b>In the freezer:</b><br />
<a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/beef-jerky.html">Grass-fed jerky</a><br />
<a href="http://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory Muffins</a> (these freeze really well)<br />
One or two dehydrated dinners<br />
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<b>In the pantry:</b><br />
Plantain chips<br />
A jar of trail mix<br />
<a href="http://www.tankabar.com/cgi-bin/nanf/public/main.cvw">Tanka</a> bars<br />
Grass-fed pepperoni sticks<br />
Sardines or other canned fish<br />
<a href="https://www.rxbar.com/">RX Bars</a><br />
<a href="http://larabar.com/">Larabars</a><br />
Packets of nut butters (like <a href="http://shop.justins.com/Classic-Almond-Butter/p/JNB-000315&c=">Justin's</a> or <a href="https://wildernesspoets.com/collections/nut-butter-snackers">Wilderness Poets</a>)<br />
<a href="https://www.heatherschoice.com/">Heather's Choice</a> dehydrated meals and packaroons<br />
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The only problem is, now I'll just have to make sure not to snack on it before any more trips come up!<br />
<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-46930610442580171382017-04-14T13:25:00.002-07:002017-04-14T13:25:30.792-07:00Forgot Your Stove?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiv_naAW4ZdqIS0BW3btJfhER-KgEKKe_EzfyrVZamEQZuhBGP2_l2QMOYDDdYLGrgeUmXd79xx0l8LUC-NY8dHzEcy08eAoPB8qd_rkAawXDiqHcDlN0W4ZoLV45shj9-m_pEfG4AmI/s1600/20151026-120735-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiv_naAW4ZdqIS0BW3btJfhER-KgEKKe_EzfyrVZamEQZuhBGP2_l2QMOYDDdYLGrgeUmXd79xx0l8LUC-NY8dHzEcy08eAoPB8qd_rkAawXDiqHcDlN0W4ZoLV45shj9-m_pEfG4AmI/s640/20151026-120735-Edit.jpg" width="424" /></a><br />
We did. Fortunately it was just a weekend overnight car camping trip to Smith Rock, but regardless we didn't have a way to heat up our food. I had already pre-cooked a stir-fry breakfast like I usually do for car camping trips, so we just ate that cold, and our lunch was no-cook anyways, but dinner...<br />
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We had planned on making burgers with some ground beef from our freezer and now we sat looking at a pound of raw meat wondering what to do. All of a sudden, I remembered reading that if meat is frozen for more than 14 days, it is safe to eat raw because it kills all the bacteria in it. Our beef, part of a bulk order we'd had in our freezer for a while, had indeed been frozen for more than 14 days.<br />
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That solved it! Raw meat dinner! We pulled out our trusty bottle of mustard, diced up a few lacto-fermented pickles and some avocado, and basically stirred it all together. It was delicious! (Seriously...I know you're probably doubting this one.)<br />
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<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-3267612125999846462017-04-12T09:10:00.000-07:002017-04-12T09:10:37.517-07:00Tuna or Salmon Chowder<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLeU6pxl_nbs6HC1Y3GAwfiLmtvIG690qz_iUgXMeDc0P69RIWh_Nc7vYWTNU6CiCZqYCyZFMZzXEAsPZzRbZa1Z_MpPsK88fnk9XDZ2Dt8ONDbx9vni2zvX-p99mZMpEycWP-m1je0jI/s1600/20110928-033628-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLeU6pxl_nbs6HC1Y3GAwfiLmtvIG690qz_iUgXMeDc0P69RIWh_Nc7vYWTNU6CiCZqYCyZFMZzXEAsPZzRbZa1Z_MpPsK88fnk9XDZ2Dt8ONDbx9vni2zvX-p99mZMpEycWP-m1je0jI/s640/20110928-033628-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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This recipe deserves a story. A couple years ago, Max and I went on a 2-week bike trip on the Pacific Coast. The first week of riding was in beautiful, sunny, late-fall weather, iconic of the Great Northwest. During the second half of the trip, our luck changed. One morning we woke to rain. The type of rain that is also iconic of the Great Northwest, but in a very different way. Heavens-opening-up-on-you rain. You-might-as-well-be-in-a-swimming-pool rain. Stay-inside-and-listen-to-it-thunder-on-the-roof rain.<br />
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But we were trying to make it to San Francisco for the Divine Play acroyoga festival and needed to stay on schedule. So we rode. We rode 10 miles to the nearest town for breakfast at a cafe and dined, already soaked to the bone. Staying optimistic for the first half of the day that maybe it would let up at least a little, we pushed through for another 5 hours or so, and realized at 4pm that we hadn't eaten anything since breakfast. Had it really been 5 hours? We'd been waiting for it to stop raining but it never had. We snacked quickly under a road overpass and made the decision to stay at a hotel that night. We then rode another hour or more until we found a small inn that wasn't too expensive.<br />
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We arrived, soaked through, shivering, hungry, tired, and cold, cold, cold. The owner of the inn was so kind to us. We asked if they had a dryer we could dry our sopping cycling clothes in, and he offered to take them for us and do it himself. An hour later he brought them to our door, and announced he had went ahead and washed them for us as well. He also brought us extra towels, not showing any sign that he was worried we'd grow a pond of mildew overnight in his room. We were exhausted as we hung up all our other dripping gear over the chairs, the ceiling fan, the doors, and anything else we could find.<br />
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Luckily we had two things: first, a pint of Häagen-Dazs ice cream we'd picked up at a convenience store a half-mile before the hotel, and second, the last of a gallon-sized bag of salmon chowder we'd already used for a couple dinners. We downed the whole pint of ice cream as a pre-dinner snack and cooked up a huge pot of this chowder, simmering it on our pocket-rocket on the front stoop outside our room, the sky still drizzling away. We ate it on the hotel bed watching episodes of Human Planet (if you haven't seen these shows, you should definitely check them out, they're pretty incredible). Rich and dense, it picked us up from the day behind and fueled us for the next day, which started with the biggest climb of the trip.<br />
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<i>For 2 people</i><br />
<i><br /></i>4 slices bacon, chopped<br />
1/2 onion, finely chopped<br />
2 carrots, finely chopped<br />
2 stalks celery, finely chopped<br />
1 bay leaf<br />
1 TB dried dill<br />
1 5-oz. can of clams<br />
1 5-oz. can of wild-caught salmon or tuna<br />
1/2 bag frozen peas<br />
1 14-oz. can full-fat coconut milk<br />
sea salt to taste<br />
coconut flour or amaranth flour for thickening<br />
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In a large soup pot over medium-low heat, cook the bacon until the fat begins to release. Add onion, carrots, celery, bay leaf, and dill. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.<br />
Add clams and salmon (add the juices, too!) and cook a few more minutes until heated through.<br />
Stir in the coconut milk. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and let cook about 10 minutes. Stir in peas just before turning of the heat.<br />
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<b>Before dehydrating:</b><br />
Allow soup to cool and check consistency. If it is very thin, it might need some thickening. We've used both coconut flour and amaranth flour (amaranth isn't technically paleo, but it's pretty tasty and I feel good about using it). Start with a small amount (about 1/4 cup) and stir it in completely before adding more. Coconut flour especially has a tendency to soak up liquid and make things really dry.<br />
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Let cool about 20 minutes, then spread on dehydrator trays covered in parchment paper and dehydrate 8-12 hours at 150 F, checking several times during this process to break up clumps and turn over. More dehydrating directions found <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/p/dehydrating-basics_24.html">here</a>.<br />
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<b>To rehydrate:</b><br />
Throw it all in a pot, add water until just covered, and let it soak for as long as you have. When ready to cook, bring to a boil (you might have to add more water after soaking) and cook, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Turn off heat, cover pot with lid and let sit for another 5-10 minutes. Open and enjoy!<br />
<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-88885639785908036572017-04-11T12:28:00.001-07:002017-04-12T09:11:29.459-07:00Backpacking Coyote Gulch: 3-Day Menu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For a lot of people, Spring Break is synonymous with Utah. March is here and we're starting to get hints of nicer days, leaving us wanting more sun, more fresh air, and more barefoot time. For Max and I, it's also an opportunity to return to a place we called home for almost two years. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and never thought I would feel at home anywhere else. Giant Doug firs and western red cedars, shady mountain streams, coastal fog, rain, clouds, rain, and more rain...it's in my bones and I thought there would never be room for anything else. But, when you do a job like wilderness therapy, and you live in a desert landscape for 16 days out of every month, and you rely on the dry rocky soil, the dusty red cliffs, the shade from a stunted juniper, the smell of sunbaked sagebush, and the vast starry sky at night for comfort after a stressful day...it can't help but get into your bones.<br />
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And so now I have a second place to call home, and I was very excited to go back during my spring break last week. Max and I were able to meet up with two close friends who still live there to do a 3-day backpacking trip through stunning Coyote Gulch in Southern Utah. I offered to make dinners for us all, and we ate well!<br />
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My favorite part of this trip was that we hiked barefoot most of the time. The canyon was mostly filled with very fine sand (almost like red flour), clay, small rocks, and some stretches of sandpapery slickrock. And a lot of the time we were walking ankle deep in the clear, cold stream cutting through the canyon. It was the ideal surface to go barefoot on - lots of variability, but nothing too painful for feet that are not that used to being barefoot. Our feet are the base of a majority of movements we make, and so it is so important to have full function in the feet. At first I thought that just meant having a zero-drop heel (meaning, not having any sort of raise between the toe and the heel), and a wide toe-box. But lately I've been learning that having full function also means that your foot is able to deform comfortably over objects you step on, that your toes can spread wide and also move independently from each other, and that you have good blood flow through the feet. I normally have very cold feet, especially while sleeping, but after a day of stimulation on sand, clay, rocks, and water, my feet were so warm I had to take my socks off in my sleeping bag. They were throbbing with blood flow, not in a painful way, but in a really happy, "<i>this</i> is what we're supposed to feel like!" way. It was definitely an ah-ha moment for me (and my feet).<br />
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This is what I ate on the trip:<br />
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<b>Day 1:</b><br />
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<i>Breakfast: </i><br />
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<li>Eggs & left over Indian food (at home)</li>
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<i>Lunch: </i><br />
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<li>Sausages & some other stuff I don't remember (in the car)</li>
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<i>Snacks:</i></div>
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<li>trail mix</li>
<li>plantain chips</li>
<li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/beef-jerky.html">beef jerky</a></li>
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<i>Dinner: </i><br />
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<li>Iranian Beef Stew (about half of a gallon Ziploc for 4 people; supplemented with rice, but we probably didn't need it...we all ended up pretty stuffed)</li>
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<b>Day 2:</b><br />
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<i>Breakfast: </i><br />
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<li>1 Chocolate Sea Salt RX Bar </li>
<li>4 oz. summer sausage</li>
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<li>Sardine <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html">"Bowl"</a>- 1 tin sardines packed in olive oil, 1/2 carrot chopped, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 baby bell pepper, mustard</li>
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<i>Snacks:</i></div>
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<li>trail mix</li>
<li>plantain chips</li>
<li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/beef-jerky.html">beef jerky</a></li>
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<i>Dinner:</i></div>
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<li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2017/04/tuna-or-salmon-chowder.html">Salmon Chowder</a> (one super stuffed pint Ziplock for 4 people; supplemented with rice, but we probably didn't need it)</li>
<li>Dark chocolate</li>
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<b>Day 3:</b></div>
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<i>Breakfast:</i></div>
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<li>1 Chocolate Sea Salt RX Bar</li>
<li>4 oz. summer sausage</li>
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<i>Lunch:</i></div>
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<ul>
<li>Sardine <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/bowls.html">"Bowl"</a>- 1 tin sardines packed in olive oil, 1/2 carrot chopped, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 baby bell pepper, mustard</li>
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<i>Dinner:</i></div>
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<li><a href="http://hellsbackbonegrill.com/">Hell's Backbone Grill!</a> Yum!</li>
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Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-66262820501152784642016-10-02T20:01:00.000-07:002016-10-02T20:01:27.269-07:00Wallowa River Figure-8 Trail: 5-Day Menu<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUshNcQN8Ef5O137Y5ji_jewQP7RmO1VkVZVAv68q97y6NfyUBnGdkt_FMCYdrLQ_8xopn5bvriFsvrVUqBKuGYNVxONHg-zdtNvMWmQbfcN_4HXXuSHbbSlfUqYbxsSX0EreYJCdgmZk/s1600/20160919-105439-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUshNcQN8Ef5O137Y5ji_jewQP7RmO1VkVZVAv68q97y6NfyUBnGdkt_FMCYdrLQ_8xopn5bvriFsvrVUqBKuGYNVxONHg-zdtNvMWmQbfcN_4HXXuSHbbSlfUqYbxsSX0EreYJCdgmZk/s640/20160919-105439-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
What is a "figure-8" trail you ask? A figure-8 trail is when one attempts to do a loop trail, but takes an accidental turn and cuts the loop in half, only to figure this out a day and a half later. Then one decides to double back and complete the loop in the other direction in order to see the part of the trail one thought one already saw. It proves to be a bit of a mind trip, but makes the trip that much more exciting! This has never happened to you, you say? Well, you should try it some time!<br />
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This last weekend Max and I took five days for a backpacking trip in the Wallowas in northeastern Oregon. This was some of the most stunning, sweeping scenery I have ever seen. It was also completely different from moment to moment. We traversed mountain meadows, volcanic hillsides, granite slabs, and wandered past brilliant blue alpine lakes. We couldn't even complain that we added about 4.5 miles by doing the figure-8 route on accident (in our defense, the junction was not marked and very easy to misinterpret as there was a big washout!).<br />
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<i>And</i> we ate <i>amazingly</i> on this trip. I was never too hungry and never too full and we hit the quantities just right. The whole time I felt like I was burning really clean energy. It's hard to describe but I just felt <i>good</i>. I tried out some new things that I'm excited about.<br />
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Usually with our dehydrating, we'll make a full meal ahead of time and dehydrate that. This method has great results - the meal is almost always amazing, and you get to try the finished product before you head out so you know approximately what you'll be eating. But the downside is that it's very time consuming.<br />
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We've had a lot of success in the past with variations on the <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2014/05/backpackers-bounty-soup.html">Backpacker's Bounty Soup</a>, where you essentially dehydrate all the vegetables and meat separately, then cook them together in the backcountry and it still melds really well and is super delicious. So I decided to try to expand that to other ideas and do some more "deconstructed" meals so I could spend less time in the kitchen.<br />
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Our trip was 5 days, meaning we'd need dinner for 4 nights on the trail so we decided to streamline even more and do 2 different dinners and just alternate them: <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/10/easy-salmon-coconut-curry.html">Easy Salmon Coconut Curry</a> and <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/10/beefed-up-pasta-sauce.html">Beefed-Up Pasta Sauce</a> over Butternut Squash "Noodles." In addition, I brought some grass-fed collagen powder to add to the dinners for a little extra protein and some joint-repairing benefits.<br />
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The curry and pasta sauce turned out so dense, flavorful, and delicious, but the squash "noodles" didn't quite turn out how I wanted them to. They were OK as something to serve the pasta sauce over, but I'll need to keep experimenting with the noodle idea.<br />
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Another trick I'd tried before that worked out really well was adding dehydrated vegetable ingredients to an already-made dehydrated meal to stretch it a little further. We had one half-bag of "Sausage Scramble" left in our freezer (the mystery meal that also made an appearance on our <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2015/11/kayak-circumnav-of-orcas-island-35-day.html">San Juan kayak trip</a>) that didn't look like quite enough to feed us both for one breakfast, so I dehydrated some zucchini and summer squash and added that to the mix. That breakfast turned out to be <i>so</i> good! The zucchini and squash added a perfect flavor.<br />
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We ate the same thing for lunches and snacks each day so I didn't bother repeating the list in the menus below. We shared one tin of sardines packed in oil, one carrot, one bag of plantain chips, and one landjaeger meat stick each day. We brought one KIND bar (I know...not paleo but so good still!) per person per day, one pint tub of <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2013/07/nut-butter-butter.html">Paleo Cookie Butter</a> for the whole trip, and probably about 5 or 6 cups of store-bought trail mix total.<br />
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Day 1: Wallowa River Trailhead to Aneroid Lake (6 miles)</h3>
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<i>Breakfast (in the car driving to the trail head)</i><br />
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<li><a href="http://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory muffin</a></li>
<li>Salami & cheese</li>
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<i>Lunch/Snacks</i></div>
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<li>Sardines w/ mustard </li>
<li>Carrot w/ mustard</li>
<li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2013/07/nut-butter-butter.html">Paleo Cookie Butter</a></li>
<li>Plantain Chips</li>
<li>KIND Bar</li>
<li>Landjaeger beef stick</li>
<li>Trail mix</li>
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<i>Dinner</i></div>
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<li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/10/easy-salmon-coconut-curry.html">Easy Salmon Coconut Curry</a> (with nettles we harvested along the way!) w/ 2 TB collagen</li>
<li>Theo Salted Dark Chocolate</li>
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Day 2: Aneroid Lake to Polaris Pass to Horseshoe Lake (15 miles)</h3>
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Hiking up and over the pass was an experience. As we hiked up we were treated to views of rounded hills and red rocks, lit up by fiery orange and crimson bushes. It almost looked like a moonscape with trees. Then once we crossed over the pass, everything we could see was sharp, angular granite! It was like we had crossed over into a different world. Then the descent was about 5 miles of switchbacks cutting down a long, steep hillside. By the end we felt like we had been on that same hillside all day long. This is also where we went wrong. Instead of taking the trail south to Frazier Lake, we cut north through the middle of the loop, past 6-Mile Meadow (which we weren't supposed to arrive at until the last day) and on to Horseshoe Lake (which we though the whole time we were there was Frazier Lake). The reason those last 2 miles felt so long was because they were actually <i>5</i> miles.<br />
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<i>Breakfast</i></div>
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<li><a href="http://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory muffin</a></li>
<li>Salami & cheese</li>
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<i>Lunch/Snacks</i></div>
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<li>Same as above</li>
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<i>Dinner</i></div>
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<li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/10/beefed-up-pasta-sauce.html">Beefed-Up Pasta Sauce</a> with Butternut Squash "Noodles" w/ about 2 TB collagen</li>
<li>Theo Salted Dark Chocolate</li>
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Day 3: - Horseshoe Lake to Moccasin Lake (3 miles)</h3>
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Still didn't know that we weren't where we thought we were for all of today. Woke up and started the "5 mile" hike to Moccasin Lake and arrived <i>way </i>earlier than we thought we should have. We ran into some people fishing and asked them what lake we were at and they verified it was Moccasin. We spent a while looking at their topo maps trying to figure out what we'd done, but finally concluded we had just taken a trail that wasn't on the map.<br />
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<i>Breakfast</i><br />
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<li><a href="http://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory muffin</a></li>
<li>1 full packet of <a href="https://nutriom.com/">Ovaeasy</a> dried eggs (shared)</li>
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<i>Lunch/Snacks</i></div>
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<li>Same as above</li>
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<i>Dinner</i></div>
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<li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/10/easy-salmon-coconut-curry.html">Easy Salmon Coconut Curry</a> w/ 2 TB collagen</li>
<li>Theo Salted Dark Chocolate</li>
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Day 4: Moccasin Lake to Glacier Pass to 6-Mile Meadow (9.2 miles) </h3>
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It somehow donned on us this morning that we had actually taken the cut-off trail and circled around the opposite way than we thought we were hiking. So in order to correct the fact that we hadn't seen half of the trail we'd planned to see, we did the loop in reverse to complete our figure-8. Going over Glacier Pass and dropping down on Glacier Lake was one of the most beautiful parts of the trip. Sparkling aquamarine (or was it aquaalpine?? Sorry I know it's bad but I couldn't resist!) water flowing out into a rushing alpine stream. As we hiked down the valley alongside the river we ran into masses of tiny frogs! The size of a fingernail! We had to hike pretty carefully to make sure not to squash any.<br />
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<i>Breakfast</i><br />
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<li>Sausage Scramble (w/ added dehydrated zucchini & summer squash)</li>
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<li>Same as above</li>
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<i>Dinner</i></div>
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<li><a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/10/beefed-up-pasta-sauce.html">Beefed-Up Pasta Sauce</a> with Butternut Squash "Noodles" (forgot the collagen tonight :( )</li>
<li>Theo Salted Dark Chocolate</li>
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Day 5: 6-Mile Meadow to Wallowa River Trailhead (6.4 miles) </h3>
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We woke up super early this morning to hike out and do the 8 hour drive back to Eugene. As we hiked out along the Wallowa River, we could really feel the change in season. All the cottonwoods and vine maples were turning color and the entire river valley was painted with fall colors. A big contrast to the heat and greenery we hiked in on. It felt like an appropriate way to welcome the new season!<br />
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<li><a href="http://paleomg.com/morning-glory-muffins/">Morning Glory muffin</a></li>
<li>Salami & cheese</li>
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<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-3284173416364972832016-10-02T19:52:00.000-07:002017-10-11T12:50:59.467-07:00Easy Salmon Coconut Curry<i>This is a different version of curry from my other recipe for <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2012/11/smoked-salmon-coconut-curry.html">Smoked Salmon Coconut Curry</a> that uses all fresh vegetables and is more suitable for car camping or short overnights where weight isn't an issue. This takes more at-home prep for dehydrating the vegetables and makes a perfect backcountry dinner. A couple things I learned while making this meal: celery and bamboo shoots are both so watery that they dehydrate down to almost nothing. That doesn't mean you shouldn't use them! They do add really great depth and flavor, you just have to dehydrate them in bigger pieces. For example, I chopped up the bamboo shoots really tiny, but next time I would just put them on the dehydrator trays straight out of the can. To make this meal even lighter weight, you could use dehydrated coconut milk. I've tried one type of dehydrated coconut milk straight before and it wasn't my favorite thing, but mixed in a meal it might be pretty good. </i><br />
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2 carrots, thinly sliced in half-moons<br />
2 stalks celery, chopped large<br />
1/2 onion, chopped small<br />
1 green bell pepper, chopped small<br />
1 can bamboo shoots<br />
1/2 bag of frozen peas, thawed<br />
2 cups baby spinach leaves<br />
1 5-oz. can of salmon<br />
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<b>Additional Ingredients:</b><br />
1 carton Aroy-D coconut milk<br />
2 TB curry paste<br />
1-2 TB grass-fed collagen (optional)<br />
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Spread all vegetables and salmon on dehydrator trays and dry until no longer moist, about 8-10 hours. That's an approximate time, since they will all dry at different rates. For example, peas will take longer than the spinach. There's not really a problem with leaving them in longer if you need to.<br />
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Soak the vegetables and salmon mixture in a pot with just enough water to cover for as long as possible once you get into camp. The longer the better, but you can also skip this step if super hungry. When ready to cook, add coconut milk, curry paste, and collagen (if using) and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring for about 5 minutes. Feel free to add any wild goodies you find, like these nettles! Turn off heat, cover pot with lid and let sit another 5-10 minutes. Open and enjoy!<br />
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<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-23427311627830820522016-10-02T19:45:00.000-07:002017-11-30T17:47:09.759-07:00Beefy Spaghetti Squash 'n' Sauce<i>This is a great short-cut to awesome pasta sauce in the backcountry. We used jars of store-bought sauce (although if you have a favorite recipe, you can use your own!), threw them into a pot with some ground beef to cook and then dehydrated that. We also dehydrated some extra add-on vegetables (spinach, mushrooms, peas, and onions) to make it more interesting! Super easy prep at home </i>and<i> in the backcountry. The first time I made this I served it with Butternut Squash "Noodles." Basically I just grated raw butternut squash and dehydrated that, then rehydrated it plain by itself to serve the sauce over. Not recommended. The second time, we cooked a spaghetti squash in the oven, scraped it out when it was done, and mixed it with the sauce before dehydrating. Much better! There are also kelp noodles you can find that might work well with this, but I haven't tried those yet. </i><br />
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1 jar pasta sauce<br />
3/4 lb. grass-fed ground beef<br />
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2 cups baby spinach<br />
8 large mushrooms, sliced<br />
1/2 bag frozen peas, thawed<br />
1/2 onion, chopped small<br />
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1/2 a large spaghetti squash, seeded<br />
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Put cut spaghetti squash face down on an oiled baking pan. Put in the oven at 350 F for about 45 minutes, or until a fork pierces it easily. Remove from the oven and let cool. When cool enough to handle, scoop out the spaghetti guts to mix in with the sauce and meat when it is finished.<br />
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Combine ground beef and pasta sauce in a sauce pan over medium heat on the stove. Cook, stirring occasionally, until meat is done. Stir in spaghetti squash. Spread sauce mixture on dehydrator trays and dry for 8-12 hours at 155 F.<br />
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Spread the spinach, sliced mushrooms, thawed peas, and chopped onions on dehydrator trays and dry 8-10 hours. The normal vegetable setting is about 135 F, but if you want to save time you can do it with the pasta sauce at 155, or do the pasta sauce at 135 (it will just take longer for the meat).<br />
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Throw it all in a pot, add water until just covered, and let it soak for as long as you have. When ready to cook, bring to a boil (you might have to add more water after soaking) and cook, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Turn off heat, cover pot with lid and let sit for another 5-10 minutes. Open and enjoy!<br />
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<i><br /></i>Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-49699577365211158052016-09-27T16:23:00.003-07:002016-09-27T16:23:51.526-07:00Warrior Sisters Camping Trip<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3t_5d8DQYHd_5vL59ODs4CVv-T72tza8AA3OCp96oJLpfPEsSHY3skyUpcQQd8yN6xKP3E0GvHL_UP0RSUYC77Rr8wX0iPu6CDWJAH_m4vEASDCH-wt9NrYNZAwZwz8dJKZJnWgSr00/s1600/1463683418281.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3t_5d8DQYHd_5vL59ODs4CVv-T72tza8AA3OCp96oJLpfPEsSHY3skyUpcQQd8yN6xKP3E0GvHL_UP0RSUYC77Rr8wX0iPu6CDWJAH_m4vEASDCH-wt9NrYNZAwZwz8dJKZJnWgSr00/s200/1463683418281.jpeg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of my friends are amazing women. Women who inspire me every day with how strong they are, both mentally and physically. For example, two of my friends, Rachel and Sam, started a free, all-women's self-defense non-profit organization called <a href="http://warrior-sisters.org/2015/6/20/221yvtrbkwkw18ktoc9iunowxs1gkt">Warrior Sisters</a>. They created it from the ground up without even knowing that much about self-defense before they started. Now in it's third year, Warrior Sisters trains about 20 women each week at their regular ongoing women's classes, and has regular 6-week cycles for teens. The organization has also expanded and has active chapters in Tulsa, New York, and British Columbia. Sam, Rachel, and I, along with two of our other friends, Elizabeth and Becky, all volunteer as organizers and trainers. It's an overall amazing, community-oriented organization and has helped so many women transform how they carry themselves in this world, and armed them with the ability to defend themselves verbally and physically from the daily onslaught of patriarchy that we as women always face. If you feel so inclined to participate or donate, please follow the link above!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">In addition to training together, we also love just hanging out together because there's something so powerful about being with a group of strong women. Last June, before I took off for my summer job, we were all able to get out for an overnight camping trip together at Fall Creek in Oregon. It was the end of the school year (3 of us are also teachers) and it was that time! Time to head out side, get rained on, change a tire in the mud, have a mouse eat through your food that you thought was safe in the truck, attempt to go barefoot running in the rain on gravel, and do some dipping in some pretty frigid early-summer water. We got a little bit of sun, too. And we had some really great fires and delicious food!</span></div>
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For dinner one night, I brought along one of the meals I'd dehydrated a while ago and stuck in my freezer. A new recipe, too! It's a <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/09/chicken-pineapple-casserole.html">Pineapple Chicken Casserole</a> and it's the most elaborate recipe I've created myself without basing it off another recipe. And it turned out just how I wanted it to! We ate it over rice to stretch it a little further since there were five of us, and the recipe I made was only for four people. But if you follow the quantities in the recipe it should be enough for 4 people to eat without rice. Everyone loved it! </div>
Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-22076122059427294252016-09-27T15:32:00.000-07:002017-10-11T12:50:09.040-07:00Pineapple Chicken Casserole<i>I love pineapple. It adds a perfect type of sweet to a savory meal to make the flavor more complex and more satisfying. Eating well in the backcountry is all about packing in the flavor where you can so you don't go crazy eating the same flavors over and over again. The coriander also adds a nice complementary flavor. </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's always a little difficult to not eat the entire pan while I'm putting it on the dehydrator trays!</td></tr>
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<i>For 4 people (or 2 meals for 2 people)</i><br />
3 TB coconut oil<br />
1 large white sweet potato, diced<br />
1 large onion, diced<br />
5 large carrots, peeled and grated<br />
2 cups green beans, diced<br />
1 clove garlic, minced<br />
1 lb. lean ground chicken (or turkey) breast<br />
1 14-oz can crushed pineapple in juice (no sweetener added)<br />
1/4 cup coconut aminos<br />
1 TB ground coriander<br />
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Preheat oven to 350.<br />
If your coconut oil is not already liquid, put it in a large (13x9) casserole dish and put it in the oven while the oven is heating to melt it. This will make it easier to coat the veggies with it.<br />
Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables, remembering that smaller pieces means easier to dehydrate and easier to rehydrate.<br />
Once the oil is melted, take the pan out of the oven, add the sweet potato, onion, carrots, green beans and garlic, and stir to coat with the oil.<br />
Return pan to oven and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes, or until all of the veggies are mostly soft and cooked through.<br />
When veggies are mostly cooked, add ground chicken, crushed pineapple with about 1/2 of it's juice, coconut aminos, and coriander. Stir to break up the chicken into smaller pieces.<br />
Return to oven and cook another 15 minutes, or until all of the chicken is cooked through and you can no longer see any pink meat.<br />
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Let cool about 20 minutes, then spread on dehydrator trays covered in parchment paper and dehydrate 8-12 hours at 150 F, checking several times during this process to break up clumps and turn over. More dehydrating directions found <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/p/dehydrating-basics_24.html">here</a>.<br />
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<b>To rehydrate:</b><br />
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Throw it all in a pot, add water until just covered, and let it soak for as long as you have. When ready to cook, bring to a boil (you might have to add more water after soaking) and cook, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Turn off heat, cover pot with lid and let sit for another 5-10 minutes. Open and enjoy!Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-70733659115641401072016-02-03T17:32:00.000-07:002016-02-03T17:32:28.285-07:00A Lukewarm Springs Camping Trip & Paleonola ReviewWhat's better than hot springs in the middle of winter? Lukewarm springs!<br />
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Back in October, Max and I visited Wall Creek Warm Springs (right there in their name they admit they're not hot) outside of Oakridge, Oregon. Although we had been warned by a guidebook that they were definitely <i>not</i> "hot" springs, we decided to check it out because I am definitely <i>not</i> afraid of less-than-hot water. Our plan was to hike nearby Blair Lake and then stop by the springs on the way back. The day we chose was a rainy, cold, wet day and got pretty soaked. We worried on the way to the springs that it wouldn't actually do a sufficient job of warming us up, but we were pleasantly surprised that they were actually quite close to being hot, and we stayed in for a long time, soaking in the sulfur, steam, and old growth trees alongside a rushing creek. There was no one else there, and there was definitely some magic to that little piece of old growth forest.<br />
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So naturally, when we started planning a camping trip with our friends Sam and Dillon, we suggested the warm springs as a destination. Maybe they weren't as hot as Deer Creek or Cougar hot springs, but they were pretty darn warm. What I didn't take into account was the massive amounts of rain we have been getting the past couple months which filtered through the ground and diluted the pool. We arrived excited to have a little soak in the pool before we cooked dinner. Max was the first in, and yelled to the rest of us on the bank, "It's <i>cold!</i>" I didn't believe him. I thought he was overreacting. I tip-toed down the bank and waded in as well. Yikes. Definitely cold. Sam and Dillon joined us, and we were all shivering pretty quickly. But I am way too stubborn in these situations. I love being in water, and I was holding out hope that maybe, juuuust maybe, it would spontaneously warm up. And if it didn't, I would just have to enjoy the temperature it was. Max and Dillon were out in a couple minutes but Sam and I stubbornly stuck it out, trying to find the "hot spots," and digging our feet into the rocks where the heat was bubbling up.<br />
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Needless to say we were more than ready for a hot dinner when we got back to our campsite. We built a fire and roasted grass-fed hot dogs for dinner. We used our cast iron (we don't travel light when car camping) to reheat some stir fry cabbage and carrots we had cooked beforehand. I really don't think anything can beat hot dogs roasted to crispy perfection on a fire.<br />
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In the morning we woke up to a delicious breakfast of <a href="http://paleonola.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/the-original">Paleonola</a> with raw goat milk! I've experimented with making my own paleo <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2013/08/nola-grain-free-granola.html">'nola's</a> (grain-free granola), but I think Paleonola takes the cake over all the versions I've made so far. My favorite part about it was that there is so much variety in the ingredients! It's not just coconut flakes and almonds slivers like a lot of 'nolas. The Original flavor has almonds, pecans, pepitas, honey, walnuts, coconut oil, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, cranberries, and coconut. I also love what a variety of flavors they have in their line-up: Original, Chocolate Fix, Maple Pecan, Apple Pie, Piña Colada, and Pumpkin Pie. I taste-tested the Original and Maple Pecan flavors and, although they tasted pretty similar in flavor to me, they were both so delicious that neither bag lasted more than a day.<br />
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If you are looking for a grain-free, paleo breakfast or snack option, Paleonola is the way to go!<br />
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<br />Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-61680853225831549202016-01-07T21:05:00.000-07:002016-02-03T17:34:57.391-07:00Mirror Lake Overnight & Heather's Choice ReviewLast weekend, Max and I took an overnight backpack to Mirror Lake, near Mt. Hood Oregon. It was gorgeous:<br />
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We started at the Sno-Park across from Mt. Hood Ski Bowl and had to hike a mile or two back along the side of the road, since the Mirror Lake Trailhead is closed in the winter. Our first day was gorgeous and sunny, although a little windy. We arrived mid-afternoon at the lake, which was covered in snow, but we had an amazing view of Hood in the background. It was still very breezy, with more forecasted wind for the night, so we found a great campsite in the shallow, wide tree well of a fir tree on the shore. We pitched our tent, and then scavenged some firewood from what looked like it had once been a firepit, now just a 4-foot hole in the snow. We used the wood to set up a little cooking area, and some steps leading out of the tree well. The snow was very powdery, and did not lend itself well to permanent formations, but we were still able to make a nice camp for ourselves. The trail, a very popular one, was crowded through the afternoon, but as the sky morphed from light blue to pink to purple to dark blue, the numbers thinned until it was just us, alone next to this beautiful lake.<br />
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We cooked up a quick dinner of <a href="https://trueprimal.com/">True Primal canned soup</a> (<a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2015/12/silver-falls-hike-true-primal-soup.html">reviewed here</a>) with heaps of butter, and sat back to watch the silhouette of Hood in front of its changing backdrop. An essential piece of winter camping gear I bring with me is a pot coozie. It's made out of a foam sleeping pad that I fitted to my little pot, and it keeps food from freezing solid before you take your third bite. We didn't linger very long since the wind felt like it was whipping right through our clothes, and we were in bed by 6!<br />
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Overnight some thick clouds blew in on the very persistent wind, shrouding Hood and making it <i>very</i> cold! We woke up to a gray day, with thin wisps of snow snaking across the frozen lake. I pulled out the small can of coconut milk I had snuggled with in my sleeping bag to keep thawed for breakfast, bundled up, and went out in the cold. For breakfast, we had Maple Pancake <a href="http://paleonola.myshopify.com/">Paleonola</a> (<a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-lukewarm-springs-camping-trip.html">review here!</a>) with half of the small can of coconut milk each, along with some small bite-sized pepperoni salamis.<br />
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When we got back to camp, it was the highlight of the day! I had gotten a packet of <a href="http://www.heatherschoice.com/products/salmon-chowder">Smoked Sockeye Salmon Chowder</a> from <a href="http://www.heatherschoice.com/">Heather's Choice Meals for Adventuring</a> a couple weeks ago, and I was dying to try it! The reason I was dying to try it is because Heather makes some of the most inventive backpacking food I have ever seen (other meals include <a href="http://www.heatherschoice.com/products/chipotle-cherry-pork-chili">Chipotle Cherry Chili</a> made with quail, and <a href="http://www.heatherschoice.com/products/chocolate-chili-1">Dark Chocolate Chili</a>...how can you get bored in the backcountry with meals like that???). AND as if that wasn't enough, she is dedicated to using sustainable ingredients, like the 100% grass-fed elk in her <a href="http://www.heatherschoice.com/products/elk-shepherds-pie">Elk Shepherd's Pie</a>. They're also conveniently packaged in zip-pouches that you can pour boiling water into to rehydrate, meaning you don't even need to get your pot dirty! Cuz let's be honest, who actually cleans their pot in the backcountry, and, as good as that Smoked Salmon Chowder was, who wants their tea to taste like it? So, we busted out the package, and followed the directions. Pour in boiling water, reseal, wait 20 minutes. Max kept it inside his down jacket to make sure it wouldn't cool off, and in the mean time, we each enjoyed a <a href="http://www.heatherschoice.com/products/packaroons?variant=804046503">Lime Black Pepper Packaroon</a>. If there's anything I'm a sucker for, it's interesting and new flavor combinations, and this combo was a hit with both of us. They were frozen solid, so they were a little bit of work to eat, but this was probably better, because I couldn't wolf it down in two hungry bites without breaking my teeth.<br />
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Then we boiled some grass-fed hot dogs, and slathered them with some frozen mustard-sicle (still delicious!), and waited... But not for long. We shared a 1-serving packet and it was so dense, it filled us both up alongside the hot dogs. And the flavor was out of this world. There is definitely nothing compromised for the quality of these meals, and you can taste it. There was a great balance of all the ingredients and flavors, and was hearty and warming on a really cold day. The only thing was it was still a little crunchy because we didn't wait the full 20 minutes. I couldn't tell if it was also affected by the cold weather cooling it off too quickly for a proper rehydrating, but we probably could have fixed this by cooking it a little in the pot first, like we often do with our own dehydrated food. But overall, I couldn't have asked for a better meal! I highly recommend you check them out!<br />
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<li>4 rings dried pineapple</li>
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<li>1/2 cup <a href="http://paleonola.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/maple-pancake">Maple Pancake Paleonola</a></li>
<li>1/2 of a 5.4-oz can of coconut milk</li>
<li>4 bite-sized pepperoni salamis</li>
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<li>1 <a href="http://www.heatherschoice.com/products/packaroons">Lime Black Pepper Coconut Packaroon</a></li>
<li>2 grass-fed hotdogs w/ mustard</li>
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<li>1/2 a Bison Bacon Cranberry Epic Bar</li>
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Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937239324506549767.post-74455992109006029642015-12-18T21:31:00.000-07:002015-12-20T10:26:26.042-07:00Silver Falls Hike & True Primal Soup Review<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Mpz_zgwyjcLcc3nZB9QdMOdJIupgIeYxjkKlv3dMAdTWYio1ztiWcSLDTnCQj3ThntfzfewEVWEI-JngYjt-AEfXaWabIxkSYckRkhgL2SZzMVnRiCiieKmNFEfrxTieYYR_V6_gkeg/s1600/20151216-143759-2-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Mpz_zgwyjcLcc3nZB9QdMOdJIupgIeYxjkKlv3dMAdTWYio1ztiWcSLDTnCQj3ThntfzfewEVWEI-JngYjt-AEfXaWabIxkSYckRkhgL2SZzMVnRiCiieKmNFEfrxTieYYR_V6_gkeg/s640/20151216-143759-2-Edit.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Well, here in Western Oregon, unrelenting rain, high winds, and a mysterious lingering illness in Max's respiratory system have kept us from getting out for longer than a day hike, but we found the best day hike we possibly could! This Wednesday we went to Silver Falls State Park, outside of Salem, Oregon to hike the Trail of Ten Falls, a 7-ish mile hike through a canyon where you see...you guessed it!...ten waterfalls.<br />
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This is one of the most unique areas I have visited for a couple different reasons. First of all, the trail winds behind three of the falls, giving you the opportunity to stand behind a thundering curtain of water. We went in the midst of a two-week rainy spell (I'm from the Northwest originally, and even <i>I</i> thought it was a LOOOOT of rain) and these waterfalls were at their finest. The North Falls were my favorite. The giant rock cave that you walk through behind the falls is eye-shaped, so when you stand behind the waterfall looking down-valley, you have the erie feeling that you are looking out from the eye of the earth. Second, this place is so unique because of how big all of the waterfalls are, and how concentrated they are in one area. Many of the falls are over 100 feet, and you can see them all in under 8 miles.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmS4z_9kX0ySn8fCW3xrkvWUawS_okRRPMWXD2vXCZX5sIyKh4x-gc12lVS0On-ZkYvJOoAQMTHdHxFHdRiQGmqHHDWMBmjFnlvjMGJWjLNYSs5LlbiA-_fZOBaTShtVSfQe2c7r5lKrg/s1600/20151216-131449-2-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmS4z_9kX0ySn8fCW3xrkvWUawS_okRRPMWXD2vXCZX5sIyKh4x-gc12lVS0On-ZkYvJOoAQMTHdHxFHdRiQGmqHHDWMBmjFnlvjMGJWjLNYSs5LlbiA-_fZOBaTShtVSfQe2c7r5lKrg/s400/20151216-131449-2-Edit.jpg" width="266" /></a>And of course, it was raining all day, but we're really glad we went. We were also really glad that we brought some <b>True Primal Soup</b> with us to test out for lunch! It was a little extra work to light up the stove just for a day hike, but with how cold and wet we were, we really appreciated it. Some of you may have already read my <a href="http://paleotraileo.blogspot.com/2013/12/paleo-friendlyish-canned-soup-round-up.html">Paleo-Friendly(ish) Canned Soup Round-up</a>, where I lamented the fact that there wasn't actually a true paleo canned soup. But my prayers were answered! <a href="https://trueprimal.com/">True Primal</a> has created the first canned soup that follows all the Paleo "rules," all the way down to no preservatives, fillers, or flavors, which I think is the hardest thing to find.<br />
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The most remarkable thing about this <a href="https://trueprimal.com/">paleo/primal canned soup</a> is that it doesn't have the "canned" soup taste to it, which I find even Amy's Soups have. Probably because they don't use any of the things I just mentioned. It tasted like something I cooked in my own kitchen. Also super convenient is the pull-tab lid, just in case you forget your can opener, which is highly probable. Max and I were a little skeptical looking at the nutrient profile, since each can has only 270 calories, and 20 grams of protein (way better already than most canned soups, but not that much for a hungry hiker). We remedied this by adding hefty amounts of butter, but with that as the only addition, one can each filled us up for lunch and kept us going until the end of the hike.<br />
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They only have one flavor right now, Beef and Vegetable, but I hope they will come out with more flavors soon! And I think the best part is, they are reasonably priced! You do have to buy a 12-pack through Amazon since individual cans are not available yet, but it works out to about $3.60 a can which is very comparable to Amy's canned soups. I will definitely be buying these for future trips!Brihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09276666900147369904noreply@blogger.com1