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Hot to Make Tasty Foil Packet Camping Meals - Recipes & Tips

PHOTO CREDIT: HEATHER ELDRIDGE (CLEVERHIKER.COM)   Foil packet meals make it easier than ever to enjoy real, hearty food outdoors with good company. This cooking method combines all of your ingredients in individual, folded foil packets that you can roast over a campfire, on the grill, or in the oven.We’ve been making these dinners on our trips for decades and they’re always a hit! We love that they’re quick to prepare, pre-portioned so they’re easy to serve, and they make the chore of dishwashing almost nonexistent.  PHOTO CREDIT: HEATHER ELDRIDGE (CLEVERHIKER.COM) What’s in a Foil Packet Meal?There are a ton of variations out there, and the possibilities for foil packet meals are only limited by your imagination. Foil packet cooking...

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The Law Often Shields Police Officers From Accountability – And Reinforces Policing That Harms Black People, Homeless People and the Mentally Ill

By Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University Seeking accountability in the brutal police beating death of her son, the mother of Tyre Nichols has filed a US$55 million federal lawsuit against the individual officers, the Memphis Police Department and the city of Memphis, Tennessee. There’s no way to predict the outcome of this lawsuit. But civil suits are by now a familiar tool of grieving families on a familiar quest. Recent multimillion-dollar settlements by the city of Minneapolis over police use of excessive force and a Justice Department finding that police in Louisville, Kentucky, routinely violate the constitutional rights of Black people confirm what many have long complained about: that police are unnecessarily violent and violate their rights. In mid-April 2023, Minneapolis...

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Chipotle Guacamole Recipe

This copycat Chipotle Guacamole recipe makes it easy to recreate the popular restaurant dip at home. Straight from Chipotle’s ingredient list to your kitchen! Serve it with tortilla chips or add it to tacos or burrito bowls. Love Chipotle? My Easy Corn Salsa and Cilantro Lime Rice are more of my make-at-home Chipotle favorites. When I’m too tired (often) or just plain tired of cooking (more often), Chipotle is our go-to takeout. It’s one of very few choices that satisfies everyone in our family. And, I love that they offer fresh, healthy options for those of us who care about that sort of thing. And, the guacamole! That completely irresistible Chipotle guac that makes it easy to devour about a...

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