Win a copy of NOLS Backcountry Cooking!
This month’s giveaway: 3 copies of NOLS Backcountry Cooking Guide!!
All of your camping and backpacking friends will love you if you follow the creative menu ideas in this fun to read cooking guide! It is fun to read, full of illustrations, and has simple, easy to follow recipes. That’s my kind of cookbook!
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Good luck, and happy trails!
10/1/2010 Update: Winners Announced!
3 lucky readers have won copies of the NOLS Backcountry Cooking guide. Thank you to all that entered. Please be sure to enter this month’s contest.
My favorite trail snack is GORP!!!
Good Old Raisins and Peanuts are always good! Thanks for sharing Belinda!
I agree! Gorp is awesome. I add some Reeses PB, and White Choc.Chips to it as well. Yummy!
I like your additions, Janet! I’ve added milk chocolate chips before. I’ve learned my lesson to not try that when it is too hot out.
Love GORP, beef jerky, granola bars, chunk cheese for a treat! I’ve added the dark choc chips to GORP as well as dried cranberries, yummy!
I love your suggestion of adding dark chocolate chips to GORP! Yum!!
Love almonds and cranberries.
GORP, 1/2 a Lara Bar, gold fish crackers, and Fritos…weird, but true!
Lara Bars are great! I like those too. And the cheddar cheese goldfish… yum!
I like a nut mixture that includes almonds, cashews, peanuts, macadamia nuts (if they are affordable), raisins, dried cranberries, dried cherries (if they are affordable) and candied ginger.
Smoked almonds. Crunchy, smoky, salty, yum! Washed down with the “yellow flavored” Gatorade, ha. I have no idea what it’s really supposed to be.
Homemade GORP: Honey nut Cherrios, Toffee nuts, & cranberries (though I’ll admit – it’s different every time. It kinda depends on what I’m in the mood for while shopping and what’s in the house!
@Danielle – I am the same way. Whatever I have left over in the pantry I toss into my GORP. I haven’t tried toffee nuts yet, but that sounds good! I’ve mixed almonds, cranberries, chocolate chips, and even dried edamame into my GORP!
Hello Hiking Lady,
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Donna
Favorite trail snack? Home-made beef jerky!
Yum! I am a big fan of Trader Joe’s Turkey Jerky, but I’m sure homemade beef jerky is even better!
Blueberries and blackberries! (And the occasional Jolly Rancher.)
I love dried blueberries!