Get Fed: Healthy DIY Energy Bar Recipe

Photo by Rhea Cortado

This is a guest post by Surf and Swim Ambassador Rhea Cortado.

I love the energy bars at the supermarket, but they can add up to be expensive, and I don’t like that the second ingredient is often brown rice syrup, which is used as a binder to get all the dry ingredients to stick together.

I use dates, banana, honey and coconut oil as the glue. Honey and dates are sticky and have a lot of sugar so it satisfies a sugar craving, but it’s the natural kind of sugar that your body will be burning in a jiffy while you get sweaty. This recipe offers volume (whole rolled oats), the right amount of fat and crunch (nuts) and some sweetness (dates)—it tastes like a bowl of cereal in portable snack form.

It's also super-customizable to your preferences. If you don’t have flax seed meal and cacao nibs, no big deal. If coconut’s not your thing (I don’t know how we can be friends), or if you prefer walnuts instead of pecans, just make sure that the volumes are the same proportions when you make a substitution. 

Ingredients after the jump!

Get Fed: Outdoor Vino From Naked Winery

Photo by Dirtbag Darling

I like to get Naked and take it outside...my wine, that is. I'm a major wine enthusiast (boxed wine is real wine, too, ok?) and I love having a toast back at camp, but cumbersome glass bottles can spell disaster if dropped during a hike.

That's why I was sooo stoked when I found Outdoor Vino from Naked Winery. The Oregon-based grape smashers have created a special line of wine meant to be taken outdoors. Their Rambling Red, Picnic Table Pink and Wanderlust White varieties are packaged in BPA-free plastic bottles meant to be reused and recycled. The bottles are one-sixth the weight of a normal wine bottle and come with a screw cap so you won't need to pack an opener. Plus, they taste awesome!

Snap a picture of where your wine has been.

I went rambling with my red wine.

Get Fed: Campfire Cones Recipe

Photo by Dirtbag Darling

I love camping for many reasons (incredible backdrops, sleeping under the stars, the smell of pine needles) but my biggest draw to the great outdoors could quite possibly be campfire treats, like these mess-free campfire cones from when I was a kid. They’re a little less sticky than s’mores and you can add other textures and flavors like fruit or nuts. Read the recipe on my guest post at Free People! 

Get Fed: S'mores Bars

These are how mine turned out...maybe yours will be prettier!

I’ll admit it. Sometimes when I say I want to go camping I really mean “I want to stuff my face full of marshmallow goo.” Yeah you know what I’m talking about: S’mores.

In my mind, there’s no better combination than graham cracker, marshmallow and chocolate. It’s a staple in the camping pantry, but sometimes I want the taste without having to get bit by mosquitos. So here’s my favorite recipe for making s’mores cookie bars at home: