Posted by: jakinnan | December 8, 2012

Cranberry Almond Tabouli

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Description

Hearty vegan friendly bulgur recipe great for breakfast or lunch.

Ingredients

1 pk tabouli salad mix (see notes)
1⁄4 c dried sweetened cranberries
1⁄4 c diced unsalted almonds
1 1⁄2 c water

Nutritional stats:
For two servings total the stats for each person is:
445 Calories / 9 grams Fat / 13 grams Protein / 15 grams Fiber / 1,100 mg Sodium. (Sadly, due to the boxed mix is why the sodium is so high.)

The recipe dry weighs in at 8.6 ounces.

Instructions

Pack everything into a quart freezer or sandwich bag, depending on method used.

FBC method:
Add near boiling water to the bag, stirring well. Seal tightly and put in a cozy for 10 minutes. Fluff up and divide.

Insulated mug method:
Add the dry ingredients to a large mug along with the boiling water. Stir well, cover tightly and let sit for 10 minutes. Fluff up and divide between bowls or mugs.

One pot method:
Bring water to a boil, turn off your stove. Add in the dry ingredients, stirring well. Cover tightly and let sit for 10 minutes. In cool weather use a pot cozy. Fluff up and divide.

Courtesy of trailcooking.com

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 8, 2012

Betraying Civilization

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“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.”

-Edward Abbey

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 8, 2012

Re-Creation

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Toward the end of his days on earth, as the darkness of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday raced toward him, Jesus gave us this remarkable promise:

In the re-creation of the world, when the Son of Man will rule gloriously, you who have followed me will also rule, starting with the twelve tribes of Israel. And not only you, but anyone who sacrifices home, family, fields—whatever—because of me will get it all back a hundred times over, not to mention the considerable bonus of eternal life. (Matthew 19:28–29 The Message)

Did you catch that? The re-creation of the world! The religious fog would have us believe that when we die we go to church forever, there to sing hymns for millennia. A horrible distortion, and not the future as Jesus understood it. He called the next chapter “the re-creation of the world,” sometimes translated as “the renewal of all things” (NIV, NRSV). A renewed heavens, a renewed earth. My friends, I hope you understand that we get the entire glorious kingdom back. Sunlight on water; songbirds in a forest; desert sands under moonlight; vineyards just before harvest—Jesus fully intends to restore the glorious world he gave us. Paradise lost; paradise regained. A hundred times over.

This was what was in his own thoughts when he said, as he passed the cup to his brothers in the upper room just hours before Gethsemane and the Gestapo, “I’ll not be drinking wine from this cup again until that new day when I’ll drink with you in the kingdom of my Father” (Matt. 26:29 The Message). Jesus knew as sure as he knew anything that a new day was coming and with it a glorious kingdom. And there he knew we would feast again—not merely sing—and raise our glasses, and he would break his fast. Food, drink, laughter, life. The joy set before him. Cana was just a foretaste.

-John Eldredge, Beautiful Outlaw, 246-247

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 8, 2012

12/08/2012 Scripture

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God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.  And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else.  Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.  These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.

-James 1:12-15 NLT

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 7, 2012

PB & Granola Bites

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Ingredients

1⁄4 c honey or agave nectar
1⁄4 c natural peanut butter, creamy or chunky
1 c puffed rice cereal
3⁄4 c granola of choice

Instructions

Spray a 9×5” loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.

In a medium saucepan heat the honey or agave over medium heat till it comes to a boil. Pull off the heat and stir in the peanut butter. Quickly work the cereals in till coated.
Using a silicone spatula pack the mixture into the pan and press down gently.
Chill in the refrigerator for a couple hours, turn out of the pan and cut into pieces. Stash in the refrigerator until trip time. Cary tightly sealed in a plastic bag.

Courtesy of trailcooking.com

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 7, 2012

Fight to Enjoy It

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“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am – a reluctant enthusiast….a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive them.”

-Edward Abbey

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 7, 2012

Betrayal and Mutiny

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You were the model of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
You were in Eden,
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
ruby, topaz and emerald,
chrysolite, onyx and jasper,
sapphire, turquoise and beryl.
Your settings and mountings were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were prepared.
You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you. (Ezekiel 28:12-15)

Standing at the head of the vast legions of angelic hosts (millions, as the biblical record counts) was a captain. The most beautiful, the most powerful of them all. The commander of the armies of God. The guardian of the glory of the Lord. His name was Lucifer. “Son of the morning.” Glorious as the sun. Unequaled among his noble peers.

And here is where the Story takes its first dramatic turn.

There is a danger for the glorious that the humble never know; a trial for the powerful that the weak never face. You see this in the worst of the dictators, the Hitlers and Stalins, the Maos and Amins-they set themselves up to be idols. They want more than power; they want to be worshiped.

Pride entered Lucifer’s heart.

The excellent captain came to believe he was being cheated somehow. He didn’t merely want to play a noble role in the Story; he wanted the Story to be about him. He coveted the throne; he wanted to be the star. He wanted the worship and adoration for himself.

Your heart became proud
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor. (Ezekiel 28:17)

Lucifer turned on his Maker. And there was war in heaven.

-John Eldredge, Epic, 33-35

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 7, 2012

12/07/2012 Scripture

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If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.  But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

-James 1:5-8 NLT

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 6, 2012

Herbed Tomato Rice

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Ingredients

1 c instant rice
1⁄4 c freeze-dried corn
1⁄4 c sun-dried tomatoes
1 T diced dried onion
1 1⁄2 t lower sodium beef or chicken bouillon
1 t granulated garlic
1⁄4 t dried oregano
1 T olive oil (1 packet)
2 oz cheddar, cojack or pepperjack cheese (2 sticks)

Instructions

At home:
Pack the rice through oregano into a quart freezer bag. Tuck the oil and cheese with the bag.

In camp:
FBC method:
Add 1 1/2 cups near boiling water and the oil to the dry ingredients in a quart freezer bag. Seal tightly and tuck in a freezer bag cozy to insulate for 15 minutes.

One pot method:
Bring 1 1/2 cups water and the oil to a boil, add in the dry ingredients. Take off the heat and cover tightly. Let sit for 15 minutes (in cooler temperatures or at altitude use a pot cozy to retain heat).

Dice up the cheese and fold in.

Courtesty of trailcooking.com

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Posted by: jakinnan | December 6, 2012

May Your Rivers Flow Without End

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“Benedicto: May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags, where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you — beyond that next turning of the canyon walls.”

-Edward Abbey

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