I confess: I am not the biggest fan of spring. But one thing spring does have going for it is the emergence of garden-fresh produce, and one of my favorite ways to take advantage is a CSA share. If you’re not familiar, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture; basically, you pay up front for a […]
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Hiking snacks part 2: granola & other stuff

Did you just look at that title and think “surely she could have said something more descriptive than ‘other stuff’”? Because I did. If you have a single term that encompasses trail mix, roasted chickpeas, cookies, and blondies, please let me know. Anyway! If you missed part 1 of the hiking snacks roundup, the bar […]
Snacks to take hiking: 20 bar & ball recipes

In all honesty, there’s been more than one occasion when our hiking snacks were energy bars picked up from a convenience store on the drive to the trailhead. Sometimes you wake up and decide to go hiking and don’t have any appropriate snacks in the house. But I think we can all agree that homemade energy bars […]