Category Archives: eating well on the road

EATING WELL ON THE ROAD, HOLIDAY EDITION: CRANBERRY + CRYSTALLIZED GINGER OATMEAL PACKS

Cranberry Ginger Oatmeal Raw Ingredients

Thinking about eating well on the road was so easy during the summer. So many towns have a farmers’ market worth visiting, and putting together a huge impromptu salad is a breeze when the produce is abundant. Plus, it’s inherently tied to summer travel adventures, which are a very different kind of travel than the...

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EATING WELL ON THE ROAD: VISITING LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS

Blackberries and Golden Raspberries at Santa Cruz Market

Here we are, at that bittersweet end of summer – I am at once both excited for the cozy trappings of fall and a little sad to see the season pass – always so quick, that summer! While it would have been ideal to share these markets before summer and all of our travels were...

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EATING WELL ON THE ROAD, PT 2: ONE-POT MEALS AND THE MAGIC OF THE RICE COOKER

Eating well on the road, part 2

You’re probably going think I’m a little nuts after reading this. Eccentric, at least. One of my greatest allies on road trips is a rice cooker. I figured this out a number of years ago: It was the dead of winter and I was headed to a motel in nowheresville, deep in snow. I’d stocked...

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STEPPING INTO AND OUT OF COMFORT ZONES (GRILLED CHEESE VS. ROCK CLIMBING)

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If you had asked me three weeks ago what I thought about rock climbing, I would’ve likely answered, Eh, not for me. It looks hard – hard and scary and unfun. Then I found myself in the company of a bunch of climbers for a couple of weeks. It felt cultish, their specialized language and...

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GRILLED PEACHES, BREAKFAST BURRITOS, OUTDOORS

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In keeping with my epic summer goals, last weekend was spent in Yosemite. One could argue that it was work-related, sort of: I made some breakfast burritos for this week’s Etsy post, and those needed to be field-tested by hungry folks who had come from a long day of hiking and climbing. This week I’ve...

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