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Breakfasts in Yosemite

6/17/2015

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SCD yogurt & honey, fruit, bacon, and decaf black tea.

Hatch Chili Cheesy Eggs with Bacon and decaf black tea.

Since we were camping next door to my parents, we decided to split up the meal responsibilities. It worked great, giving each family more time to sightsee and explore or relax. Sharing mealtimes together was a nice way to spend time together and gave us time to plan the day’s activities too.

Jim enjoyed taking on the task of cooking breakfasts. At home, he put together a spread sheet with what we would have for breakfast each day, and made a corresponding shopping list as well as a list of things to buy and bring to make it all come together smoothly.

He made some non-SCD items but always included something I could have.

For example, he made sunrise sandwiches with English muffins, bacon, eggs, and cheese and made two separate eggs for me and I added bacon, fruit, and decaf black tea for a hearty meal.

When they had French toast and sausage, I had SCD yogurt with honey, and fruit.

Bear Sign donuts were a big hit for everyone else another morning and they all enjoyed eggs, Costco precooked bacon, and fruit along with me.

When everyone else had pancakes, I enjoyed the other meal components: Hatch Chili Cheesy Eggs with bacon and fruit… and it was plenty!

With a jar of SCD yogurt with honey on hand along with some fruit, eggs, bacon, and decaf black tea, you can go a long way on a camping trip!

So, where are you all vacationing this summer? Any camping plans? I hope this is a help to you as you plan your SCD menus!

Up next: Camping Lunches…

~ Erin

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Camping in Yosemite: Preparing and Traveling

6/4/2015

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We stopped at a little hamburger stand on the way and everyone got burgers. I decided not to risk it and opened up my Trader Joe's canned chicken and legal Costco peaches (with grape juice and no sugar added). While not the perfect lunch, it gave me some yummy salty protein and a little something sweet to hold me over for a while.

Some great snacks along the road were these Mariani Sesame bars, as well as Mariani Trail Mix bars, and legal Larabars. Oranges, bananas, apples, and legal mango juice from Costco also filled in the gaps nicely between meals or when it was hard to find a legal meal on the road.

When my husband would order his and the boys' breakfasts at a fast food restaurant, I asked him to also get me a cup of hot water so I could add my favorite decaf black tea bag to it...

The beauty of Yosemite is amazing! I felt so lucky to be there soaking it all in.

We just got home from a wonderful camping trip to Yosemite! It was so beautiful and rejuvenating, and the weather was perfect so we had lots of opportunity to enjoy bike rides, hikes, photography, campfires, and swimming. Coming from lots of rainy weather here in May it was a much-appreciated sunny break. Meeting my parents there was icing on the cake. It was so fun to introduce our boys to a place that Jim and I have fond memories of visiting as we grew up. And since my Dad went camping in Yosemite with his family every summer as a kid, he shared fun little historical tidbits with us too. It was nice to feel connected to him and his family and to share that generational link with the boys.

Of course, having my mom there was great too! We all worked together on sharing the meal preparations. We made the breakfasts, and they made the dinners. I appreciate my mom's support on the SCD and it was a true vacation to know that the dinners she was making were things I could eat, too. And what a nice break not to have to cook every meal!

In fact, Jim told me he enjoyed the thought of cooking breakfasts, so he made the breakfasts and did a great job! So it was really nice to get a break all around for a week.

Planning what we would make and bring was made easier with an Excel spreadsheet. We planned out every breakfast and what food and utensils and appliances would need to be brought along. When this was figured out we made a grocery list and a "to bring" list.

Since we were staying in Housekeeping, we knew we would have some electrical outlets, which allowed us to bring a griddle and an electric skillet. My mom brought an electric tea kettle to heat up water for tea or coffee as well as her own electric skillet.

We packed most things in plastic bins, in categories so it would be easy to find what we needed, and also so we could easily slide them in and out of the bear lockers. We double-checked the dimensions of the bear lockers ahead of time and made sure our coolers and bins would fit inside.

A few bins held things like plastic silverware and paper plates, bowls, and cups, and kitchen tools. These we kept out near the table. We also brought a low rectangular tub for washing appliances and tools. This tub also served as a holder for items we stored during the day.

We had two big coolers; one for drinks and one for items we needed to keep cool.

On the way up we had a dry cooler (fabric-sided with a zip top) behind the front seats in the middle where we could easily keep snack items and things like honey so I could easily get yogurt from the big cooler at a stop and add honey for a quick breakfast or lunch while everyone else got fast food. Legal Larabars and Mariani bars, bananas, sesame seeds, tea bags, legal fruit leather, and legal canned Chicken (Trader Joe's) with a can opener were also kept in the dry cooler. To serve my food in, I kept some plastic cups and silverware in the dry cooler too.

Having these items handy on the way up to Yosemite made the trip fairly easy for me. There were times I did get hungry, but we were able to find a couple of In N Out's on the way there and back. I ordered my "Double meat with tomatoes and grilled onions only, protein style" and that helped round things out for me.

By the time we reached Yosemite we were ready to set up camp and enjoy the beauty and family fun!

I'll cover our breakfasts on the next blog...

So where are you all planning on traveling this summer?? I'd love to hear!

~ Erin

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