The weather here has been unseasonably warm the past couple of weeks, which has put me in the mood to take inventory of our camping gear. Yes, I know it’s going to snow this weekend. Buckets of snow. I’m staying positive though, and looking forward to spring, plus, I’m willing to drive a few hours south, to get some camping in; hopefully soon. Our philosophy when it comes to camping leans toward keep it simple, but there are some things you can’t live without. We usually take a couple larger tents, air mattresses for all, sleeping bags, cast iron cookware, and a coffee pot. Now that we are stable homeowners we seem to be acquiring more and more gear, but I prefer to travel light when possible. The one thing that I hate about camping is feeling like everything I eat, while camping, is convenience food. The kids tend to eat things like pop-tarts and cereal bars for breakfast, and then we grab meals on the fly the rest of the day, unless we are hiking, then we bring light, healthier meals with us. As you know, how you start your day affects your productivity for the entire day, so I try to start mine with green smoothies, every day possible. Unless of course, I’m camping. I try to eat fruit for breakfast, or something healthy, but it’s just not the same. Having just recently rediscovered my love of camping, I am not well versed in the latest gadgets available to make life easier when camping. I have spent a lot of time as of late researching all the cool things I have missed. There are much cooler camping gadgets than these personal smoothie blenders, I’m sure, but I can’t think of anything more useful to me, personally. A blender that I can take camping, or hiking, is about the greatest invention, for me, that has ever existed. You know I’m going to buy this. Which one though? They have differing features like cup size, number of cups, types of batteries, display screens and bases available, have varying levels of portability, a few you can run while charging, most can’t, and they come in every color you can think of. Choices, choices. Here’s my top picks:
The next road block, then, is how to keep your fruit frozen, on the road. There are of course various coolers that can easily maintain a core temperature of 40 degrees, but that’s not going to keep it frozen for very long.
This should cover everything you need to take your smoothie game on the road. I can’t wait to try this out on my next excursion, not sure I’ll be splurging on the Dometic cooler yet though. If you decide to, though, let me know if you love it. Likewise, if you have any tips for keeping camp food super healthy, please share them in the comments, or on insta@canigetaramen. Find us on FB or Pinterest @ canigetaramen.food.blog. Thanks for reading!
