My mother used green bell peppers in her stuffed peppers recipe, one of my favorites when I was a boy, right up there with her peach pie, but for trail cooking I make it with red, yellow, and orange peppers in my “unstuffed” version.
Instant mashed potatoes are a backpacking food staple, but have you ever read the ingredients list on the packages sold at the store? If you’re looking to cut back on your chemical intake, it’s easy to make and dry homemade mashed potatoes for one-pot trail meals.
You can turn fruit leather into fruit pudding on the trail by reconstituting it with hot or cold water. Bananas are great to use for fruit leather because they help make a creamy pudding.
Here’s a trail food recipe that should bring some spice back into your back country cooking. Curry powder imparts a nice yellow color to this meal in addition to its distinctive flavor, while red and yellow bell peppers and carrots add to the eye appeal.
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