Update: Scroll down for links to all 7 posts as they're released this season. If you had to choose your own adventure, what would it be? Would you hike, bike, paddle, climb, or surf? We're drawn to the outdoors for many reasons. The thrill of adventure, the peace of running water, the desire to find wildlife, or the chance to kick back and relax. It may be to find solitude, or to make memories with people we love. Sometimes feels impossible to get away, and yet we do it. Why? Because it’s always worth the effort. I go for many reasons, perhaps you...

The Results of the Cupboard-to-Campfire Challenge: In my last post, I explained my Cupboard-to-Campfire Challenge, a [potentially] brilliant menu planning strategy for road trips to solve creative cooking block, save money and eliminate food waste. If you missed it, start here for the full explanation. As we set out on our trip, I was excited to see what we'd come up with, and a little nervous about how much we'd have to rely on "hunger being the best sauce." All in all, it turned out pretty well! Mostly healthy with just the right amount of well-deserved celebratory splurges. A quick note: While we used the Challenge for...

Very merry or quite contrary: How does your garden grow? Whether you consider home to be urban, suburban, rural, backcountry, or on the road (you lucky van-dwelling adventurers, you), the benefits of gardening are vast: improved nutrition to land reclamation to mental health. We're excited to share some resources that have inspired us towards creative organic gardening. No matter where we find ourselves! Tools for Inspiration Books: The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan), Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture (Toby Hemenway), Pest Control for Organic Gardening (Amber Richards) Documentary: Tired of food documentaries that leave you feeling depressed? Inhabit, produced by New York...