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How to Make Authentic Paneer Cheese

By Amber Woods on Sunday, April 19, 2020

I live in a place where I have to drive two hours to the city to buy paneer cheese when I start craving palak paneer. That is, if one of the six or seven health foods shops I frequent even have paneer cheese in stock. If I drive south twenty miles and endure an hour …

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The Best Gluten-Free Raisin Walnut Oatmeal Cookies

By Amber Woods on Thursday, April 16, 2020

Baking up a batch of my gluten-free version of one of my favorite old fashioned oatmeal cookies is always a good idea. Baking away the boredom during a pandemic is a fantastic waste of time; At least until your pants don’t fit anymore. Sometimes when we’re having cocktails in the evening and drinking wine and …

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Elk Sweet Potato Chili with Adobe Chilies

By Amber Woods on Saturday, April 11, 2020

It was three p.m. and I was a very sweaty hiker, and I was so damn tired of hiking. I knew, somewhere, back at camp, a big bowl of Elk Sweet Potato Chili was waiting for me. But first I had to walk the last, terrible mile and a half back to the trailhead and …

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Smelly Dog Dry Shampoo Essential Oil Elixir

By Amber Woods on Monday, April 6, 2020

This first week in April has been a challenging week for me as a pet owner. In the last week, I’ve survived an epidemic (So far) had to defend my pup’s honor from a coyote and helped my cat fightback from the brink of death. No wonder I have started putting Bailey’s Irish Cream in …

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The Weather Outside may be Frightful but at Least I’m not Quarantined with Dad and his Snowblower Collection

By Amber Woods on Friday, April 3, 2020
snowshoe southern California

“Getting an inch of snow is like winning ten cents in the lottery” ~ Bill Watterson Many years before schools around the country would close for months at a time because of the insane COVID-19 pandemic, I remember when I was a kid we had snow days. This was in a simpler time when the …

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Amber Wood
Amber Wood

Hi y’all! I’m Amber, Big Bear’s local Hungry Mountaineer hiking nature guide. I grew up here in the San Bernardino National Forest and I have basically been out exploring hiking trails and enjoying the wilderness as long as I could walk. I have had some amazing adventures out here in the gorgeous San Bernardino Mountains over the years. As a hiking guide who is passionate about the wilderness, I love to share my knowledge of our vast trail system with vacationers who also love the great outdoors. Looking to book a hiking excursion? Email me at Hungrymountaineer@gmail.com for the best locals-only hikes available in this mountain wilderness. I am passionate about finding my balance in life – healthy living, great food, outdoor fitness, traveling adventures, working hard and my unbridled love for racehorses and naturally, gambling. When I’m not exploring news trails or betting on the ponies you can find me either coming up with healthy new recipes or blogging about the adventures my trail pup and I had in the wilderness this week. I have spent most of my life exploring what these mountains have to offer and locals would call me an expert. I know the best hiking and biking trails in these mountains and I have chronicled most of my hikes and adventures in my blog on this website. Please get in touch is you have any questions.

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