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Healthy and easy Tuna and pita pocket. Most grocery Granola Bars. Granola bars come
Snacks for Winter
stores sell 85 gram pouches of tuna – in all sizes and tastes. The most
very tasty and chocked full of protein. expensive ones aren’t necessarily
Campers
Simply rip open the pouch on the trail, the best. Before buying, compare the
and put the tuna in a whole-wheat pita ingredients of several brand name bars
By CrAIG AND ALLEN MACArTNEy
pocket. Voila! This makes a very filling at a grocery store. Look for granola
WHEN winter camping, you burn snack, or perhaps even a lunch side bars with real fruit (not candied), lots
many more calories than while doing dish with soup. of oatmeal, honey and nuts. Avoid
the same activities during warmer Pepperettes, Sausage or Beef Jerky. bars with excess amounts of sugar,
months. This makes it especially Pepperettes and sausage are tasty and like many “energy bars” which are little
important to keep plenty of nutritious full of beef or pork fat. Winter campers more than tasty sugar mixtures.
snacks within easy reach. Here are five need a fat-heavy diet to stay warm – GOrP. Good old raisons and peanuts
great suggestions. especially at night. Your body breaks might not appeal to everyone, but
Peanut butter, honey, cheese down fat slowly, allowing a constant few snacks match the ready nutrition
and crackers. Peanut butter, honey trickle of warming energy to flow into value and ease of transport. Make your
and cheese (real cheese, not gooey, muscles. Food with high fat content own variant at home by combining
spreadable imitations) provide plenty acts like a thick log tossed into a stove, peanuts, cashews, chocolate chips,
of protein and calories to sustain your a log that will burn slowly through the pretzels and dried (not candied) fruit.
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body between meals. Smeared on night. Beef jerky (dried meat) has the
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be able to ski or snowshoe for hours trail. Better than gum, it slowly releases
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stomach. Make sure you carry the Make your own beef jerky by drying
peanut butter, honey and cheese in lean, thinly sliced beef in the
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zip-lock bags inside your jacket so oven for several hours until it
they don’t freeze solid. has the consistency of leather.
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