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Friday, March 8, 2024

Homemade Trail Mix for Budget Travelers

Hiking, Camping, Commuting, Parties And 

Healthful Hush Puppies Hush Money for Kids on Trips

 

 

 
 Jelly Belly Gorp

 
    Online and in specialty stores you'll find Jelly Belly jellybeans mixed or in one color by the bag. It’s fun to put together a custom mix in your team colors, or theme colors for a bridal shower, or pink and blue for a baby shower, red for Valentine's Day, brown and orange for the Harvest Festival.
    You can also get wild with “recipes” by combining flavors. Here’s just one idea.

 

Go green for St. Patrick's Day? The Packers? Earth Day?

FRUIT SALAD GORP

 
1 cup each blueberry,  tangerine and pear Jelly Bellys
1 cup toasted marshmallow Jelly Bellys
1 cup Very Cherry chocolate-covered Jelly Belly’s
2 cups miniature marshmallows
4 cups frosted square cereals
2 cups Fruit Loops
3 cups bite size frosted shredded wheat
4 cups pecan halves 


    Put everything in a large, clean bag and jostle gently to mix. Measure by the cupful into plastic snack bags. Makes 20 one-cup portions.

See more of Janet Groene's tips and recipes for camping meals at https://campandrvcook.blogspot.com

Her simple, space-saving foods for the small boat galley are found at

https://boatcook.blogspot.com  

 


 

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Homemade Nutella Gorp for Hikes, Snacks

Nutella Gorp

 Always have a nosh at hand when you're hiking, commuting, road tripping or trapped in that dreaded middle seat.


 

5 cups crisp rice cereal  
1 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoons Nutella

 


  In a large bowl combine nuts and cereal. Nuke marshmallows with butter and Nutella until it melts, then quickly fold into cereal mixture. 

Press into a buttered pan. Cool,  cut in squares and wrap individually and tuck one or two into a pocket, purse, lunch box or backpack.



  See Janet Groene's easy recipes for camping and RV life at https://campandrvcook.blogspot.com

 


Janet Groene’s Survival Food Handbook is “prepper lite” for campers and sailors who have limited storage space. Fill a stand-by shelf with back-up foods for three or four days. Even on a short trip away from home, there can be a sudden shelter-in-place order, evacuation, mechanical problems, fridge failure, water shortage. Be prepared with familiar, shelf stable family favorites you will use and rotate.  http://amzn.to/1WdYqbe

 

Friday, December 1, 2023

Trail mix? Homemade is Healthier

Blog copyright Janet Groene 2023. To ask about placing your ad on all six Groene sites for one year, one low rate, contact janetgroene at yahoo.com

 


 Cheese Wafers Gorp
    These little golden ringlets  make a substantial trail meal when paired with a big, crisp apple and plenty of drinking water.

 

 
2 sticks butter
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
8-ounce package of extra sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
1 cup crisp rice cereal


    Set the oven for 350 degrees. Let butter soften at room temperature and mix in flour (and cayenne if using). Dough will be very thick. Fold in cheese and cereal. Drop by teaspoons on a baking sheet lined with parchment or nonstick foil. Flatten with a fork dipped lightly in flour. Bake about 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely and package for the trail. Makes about 48. Keep cool for up to one week. 

 


 

Janet Groene's Survival Food Handbook is a practical and complete food prepper guide for campers and sailors who have limited storage space.  https://amzn.to/3mIfryC

 

 

 

 

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    Everyone is advised to carry a first aid kit. How? What? Where? Most important of all, What’s Inside? The family that founded Keep Going has re-invented the first aid kit and I’m wowed.  First, the kits are complete, right down to a tick remover, finger splint and instant cold pack. Second, kits are designed to be packable, compact, good looking, durable and easily grabbed.  


    One model comes with 106 first aid products. Zippered, durable cases come in a variety of colors and patterns. A Super Kit comes with 270 pieces and the mini kit has 60 pieces. There’s even a Kids Kit with 44 pieces. Best of all, refill bundles are available to make it easy to keep supplies fresh and complete. 

    The secret to carrying a mini-ER  in these cases is to provide only small amounts of each essential. Every item is neatly filed in see-through sleeves arranged in “pages” for quick access.

 
    Keep Going is a small family-owned, Florida business that knows travel, knows first aid and knows about the kinds of emergencies travelers might face on the go.  I  recommend Keep Going for yourself, for gifts and for  everyone who needs a first aid kit for the backpack,  camper, boat, car, cabin or office.  See  (www.) KeepGoingFirstAid.com/

 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Customize Trail Mix & Save $ when YOU Make it

 Blog copyright Janet Groene 2023.  To ask about placing your ad on all six Groene sites for one year, one low rate, email janetgroene at yahoo.com

 


 Lotsa Hotsa Chili Gorp

All trail mixes call for lots and lots of drinking water. Double that for this one. It’s also a good choice at the end of the day for a snack with a cold beer.

2 cups small pretzel knots
4 cups square corn cereal
4 cups square rice cereal
4 cups square wheat or mixed grain cereal
2 cups whole, roasted almonds
2 cups whole cashews
2  cup snipped, dried apricots
4-serving packet dry lemon or lime gelatin dessert (regular or sugar free)
1 to 2  tablespoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

     Put pretzels, cereal, nuts and apricots in a large b. Seal, and mix gently. In a small container, mix gelatin, cayenne and chili powder. Add to bag, and shake to mix. Measure by the cupful into individual bags and keep cool and dry. Makes about  20 portions of one cup each.
    Note: Add a packaged wet wipe with each bag so you can clean your hands. Gelatin dessert mix is highly colored.      

 

Survival Food Handbook is a guide for campers and boaters as they provision with stand-by foods that require no refrigeration.  Storage space is sparse, so focus is on supermarket staples that give the most food value per inch, ounce and dollar while also providing a balanced diet. Even if you’re a seasoned prepper, this book gives you plenty to think about.   https://amzn.to/3mIfryC

 

See a variety of feature  and how-to articles by Janet Groene for RV travel at
https://www.rvtravel.com/author/janet

  

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Saturday, September 9, 2023

Seasick? Make Ginger Trail Mix

 Blog copyright Janet Groene 2023. To ask about placing your ad on all six Groene sites for one year, one low rate, email janetgroene at yahoo.com

This blog is about homemade trail mix for all travelers ashore, afoot,  aloft and afloat. When you make customized trail mix, package it individually and keep it in a pocket or backpack, it is the ultimate travel insurance.


Ginger-for-theTummy Gorp


    
Ginger settles tummies. It's also a sweet, spicy dessert treat. Bake this buttery snack  in one piece, then chop it in bite size to package in individual portions.

Nuts optional



2 cups flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 sticks butter, softened
1/4 cup milk or cream


    Set the oven for 325 degrees. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Grease a 9 X 13-inch baking pan. Use a pastry blender to cut butter into dry ingredients until mixture is mealy. Stir in milk or cream.  Mixture will be very thick. Add another tablespoon of milk if needed. Spread it evenly in the pan. 

    Use flour-dipped fingers or the back of a spoon dipped in flour to pack it in. Bake 25 minutes or until golden. Cool 5 minutes and cut in small squares with a sawtooth knife. Then cool completely before taking squares out of the pan.
    Eat plain or dunk in ginger lemon tea. Nuts add flavor and crunch but aren't recommended  for someone who is seasick. 

 


 

See Janet Groene’s shortcut recipes and tips for camp and RV cooking at Camp And RV Cook.

 

Be ready for the next hurricane, forest fire or other natural disaster with Janet Groene’s Survival Food Handbook. Unlike doomsday prepper books it’s a guide to stowing, using and rotating supermarket staples to provision your home pantry, RV or boat for brief emergencies, power outages and busy day meals.  http://amzn.to/1WdYqbe

 

 
 

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Homemade Trail Mix for Hiking, Sailing, Camping

Blog copyright Janet Groene 2022. To ask about placing your ad on all six Groene sites for one year, one low rate, email janetgroene at yahoo.com 

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Sherry Gorp
   
Here’s an exotic trial mix or snack that marries ingredients briefly, then hangs them out to dry. Raisins are kissed with sherry before the final mix begins.


1 cup golden raisins
½ cup sherry

    Heat sherry until it shimmers and soak raisins until mixture cools. Drain and spread on paper toweling to dry completely. To dry them faster, spread in a 225-degree oven and stir every 20 minutes until they are chewy.

2 cups miniature pretzels
2 cups miniature yogurt-dipped pretzels
2 cups roasted whole, salted cashews
2 cups unsalted oyster crackers
2 cups roasted, unsalted chickpeas
2 cups corn nuts

    Combine dried raisins with other ingredients in a large bag. Shake gently to mix. Package by the cup or half cup for the trail or serve in a large bowl. Makes 12 to 13 cups. 

See Janet Groene's swift and shortcut recipes for camping, boating and RV travel at https://campandrvcook.blogspot.com

 

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