Homemade ‘Turtle’ Chocolates

Gift giving season is here. Amongst the gifts, chocolate sales seem to be off -charts. I walked into the store the other day and it was astonishing how much packaging and processing goes into these celebrations we have. From right to left, there are a boxes of individual-sized chocolate, varying in size, colours, flavours and…

Never a Dal Moment

Tandoori Lentil Rice No doubt one of the most memorable trek’s I’ve been on thus far. Every moment of everyday was something beautiful and interesting. The Pacific Rim was a one-stop naan-stop fun for sure. To be prepared, I had packed a whole extra day’s worth of food- just in case (I did pack a…

Keep Calm and Curry On

Creamy Coconut Curry Noodles Dehydrated dinner number six (see Day 6 for journal entry). Soupy warm noodle soup is something that’s always been somewhat of a comfort food. On long hikes, comfort foods like soup and hot cocoa is what I crave for. But not as much as I want hot liquids, it’s important to…

Kale-in it Risotto

Mushroom and Kale Risotto Day five‘s dehydrated dinner. Thought about making a cream of mushroom soup or something, but it just didn’t seem to have enough sustenance. Add some rice…. and it ended up being a recipe for risotto instead! One bag of skim milk powder went a long way this journey, adding protein to…

Couscous on the Trail

Almond Raisin Couscous Here’s the recipe for our day 4 dinner meal on the West Coast Trail. Couscous. So incredibly easy and quick to cook! Makes 1  serving. Preparation Time: 5 minutes. Cook Time: 5 minutes. Equipment: measuring cup, measuring spoon, Ziploc bag, fuel, camping stove, pot, spork Ingredients 3/4 cup couscous 1/4 cup dried…

Mac N’ Cheese

Glorified Mac N’ Cheese Here’s the recipe for our day 3 dinner meal on the West Coast Trail. Kraft Dinner – something that many of us grew up having at least a couple times. It’s incredibly cheap (sometimes you can find them at 69 cents a box even), and convenient to prepare. It is also…

Underrated Dehydrating

For the West Coast Trail hike, there was quite a bit of preparation required for meal planning. One of which was dehydrating foods. For the 8 dinner meals, I had dehydrated a variety of foods including vegetables and pulses. One reason is to decrease water weight, the other was to decrease the cooking time required…