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Annual Camping Trip

by Kathy on April 26, 2013

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We are on our annual camping trip at Garner State Park. There is a 60% chance of rain. Not only rain, but thunderstorms. Friday was a great weather day. The high was 75 and it was sunny when we got here.
We had to wait in line for two hours just to check in. So by the time we got to our campsite and set everything up, it was dinner time. Two other couples were meeting us and about an hour behind us, plus the two hour wait in line will make them arrive at the campsite around dark.
So we made dinner and then waited for the others to arrive. Dinner was a wrap with Field Roast sausage and a side of chips. We had intended on have wraps with grilled veggies. Guess who left the nicely cut veggies at home? That would be me! I hate when that happens. I spent time chopping all of the veggies and then leave them behind.
The next morning for breakfast was biscuits and hash browns. The biscuits were going to have vegan breakfast sausage with them. I am sure you can tell where I am going with this, right? I left a few key ingredients at home. The biscuits did burn a little around the edges. It is difficult on a Coleman stove.

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Saturday night for dinner was chili and cornbread. All of which were cooked over the fire in a cast iron Dutch oven and skillet. I have made cornbread many times, but never over a campfire. It came out great and it was a pleasant surprise. It is very difficult to regulate the temperature, but not as difficult on the Coleman stove.

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If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that one of my favorite cookbooks is The a vegan Slowcooker by Kathy Hester. I tried the Tortilla Soup recipe for the first time. It was delicious!
For the “chicken”, I used Beyond Meat. I used the grilled Beyond Meat, although the Southwest flavor would be great in this as well. Beyond Meat has a good texture and holds up well in soup.
I love using a slow cooker. Working full time, it is so nice to know dinner is ready when you get home. I had to purchase another slow cooker recently. My first slow cooker lasted 10 years, however my second one only lasted a few months. So I purchased another brand for my third slow cooker. Both this one and my second one were the programmable type.

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Pizza

April 8, 2013

I tried Go Veggie mozzarella for the first time. The taste is great, but the texture is very sticky. The pizza crust is a recipe from Jim Lahey’s book, My Bread the Revolutionary No Work, No Knead Method. The crust comes out light and crispy. It is very simple to make, but does take some [...]

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Texas Veg Fest

April 6, 2013

Texas VegFest in Austin was a couple of weeks ago. The weather was beautiful and the food was awesome. There were a lot more people attending this year. There were more vendors as well. The speakers were great and very informative. Now back to the food! One of the first things that we saw that [...]

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Beyond Meat

April 5, 2013

I finally got to try Beyond Meat. When I read on their website that it was going to be available in my area, I constantly visited Whole Foods. Today was my lucky day. I purchased the Southwest style and the Grilled. I used the Southwest strips to make Chick’n and Black Bean Enchiladas. The strips [...]

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