[pct-l] Trail Snacks with Horsepower

[patti kulesz]

thanx silly butt and u can call me Sugar Moma lol. Fortunately I don't have to 
watch my cholesterol b/c it's always been way low but I do love me some Macs!
 
Sugar Moma  

 




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From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net; patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 8:10:25 AM
Subject: Trail Snacks with Horsepower

Sugar Moma.....I mean patti,
Don't forget Macadamia nuts....they are ever sooooo delicious and at 200 
calories per ounce they are the most calorie dense food I can think of.....you 
would have to go to straight oil to beat that.
The other good thing about them Macadamia babies is that they are not so dry 
tasting, so you don't have to drink a quart of water every time you eat a nut.
Another good thing about them Macadamia babies, especially from a health point 
of view, Macadamia nuts are high in Monounsaturated fat....that is the good, 
most benign of fats, that will not effect your cholesterol or prostaglandins 
(regulators of hormone action).

I depend heavy on Macadamia nuts on my JMT fastpacks to lighten my food weight 
and to deliver the ''HORSEPOWER"....I mean calories....I need to accomplish my 
goal.

So you see Sugar Moma...I mean patti....if you incorporate Macadamia nuts in 
your menu you would lighten your pack weight and munch and crunch as many of 
them delicious Macadamia babies as you like without affecting your cholesterol 
and you would be so full of  ''HORSEPOWER''  that you would leave all the other 
hikers in the dust.....it worked for me on my JMT speed hikes.

JMT Reinhold
Your Macadamia loving trail companion
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Sugar Moma wrote:
this guy I hiked with in 09, Tuna Helper, gave me this recipe for my book...600 
calories per bar! and sooooooo delicious! The DRY 4-5 cups rolled oats 1 cup 
shredded coconut 1 cup sun flower seeds 1/3 cup ground flax 1 cup wheat germ 8 
scoops protein powder (chocolate or vanilla) (use the scoop that comes with the 
protein powder) 1/2 tablespoon salt The WET 2 cups peanut butter (your choice 
crunchy/creamy) 2 cups honey 2 cups chocolate/chocolate chips Melt the wet 
together and pour/mix into the dry. A kitchen aid will save you a TON of work 
and your hands form becoming sore. If you don't have a kitchen aid, kneading the 
ingredients together with your hands is the best way. Once evenly mixed, spread 
onto/into a cookie pan and roll flat. Lining the pan with wax or parchment paper 
makes life a little easier, but isn't necessary. This should yield ~20 big bars 
(5 1/4" x 2" x 3/4" - Fits well in a quart zip lock) at about 600 calories and 
23g of Protein per bar. Notes* 0. The faster you knead the mix together the 
better. Take to long the and wet ingredients cool off and start to cement your 
mix! 0a. If using a Kitchen Aid, the time to stop the mixing is when the machine 
starts to have a hard time in mixing the ingredients (it'll stat to kinda of 
whine) 1. The key to making them into bars is the wet to dry ratio. Thus one may 
exchange ingredients as long as the ratio stays pretty similar. I'd suggest 
keeping the wet as is and experimenting with the dry ingredients. If the mix it 
to dry, add more wet and vise verse. 2. 8 scoops of protein powder equates to a 
lot to my size bar and will give you gas. Use the protein powder according to 
your needs. 3. Other DRY things I used in my bars were: Quinoa flakes, powdered 
milk and goji berries. I think rice crispys would be a good addition, yet 
haven't tried them yet. 4. One can leave the chocolate chips whole and add them 
with the dry, however if the bar heats up, they tend to melt out of the bars and 
make a mess. 5. When the bars heat up, the natural oils do seep out. It only 
becomes a problem if you don't have them in a zip lock. 6. I used wax/parchment 
paper to separate bars in my pack. This kept them from fusing into a large brick 
when warm. Sugar Moma ________________________________