Vegetarian and Vegan Hiking Food that Packs a Punch
Packing for a hiking trip is all about trade-offs. And when you are a vegetarian or vegan, packing for the trail can add another challenge[Read More…]
Food
Icka Brunch Recipe
For me, mornings on trail are by far the hardest part of the day. Forget big mileage, blisters, or bugs— climbing out of a toasty[Read More…]
Safe Preparation and Storage of Home-Dehydrated Meals
In my last article, “Tasty Alternatives to Freeze-Dried Trail Meals,” I advocated getting busy over the winter season to prepare your next season’s backpacking dinners using your favorite home comfort-food recipes and some simple methods with a home dehydrator. When we talk about this in my backpacking food prep classes, many of my students ask about how to store their dehydrated food safely over the intervening months.
Tasty Alternatives to Freeze Dried Meals
With a little practice, I’ve found that you can take leftovers from many of your favorite recipes – meals that you’ve already made for your dinner – and adapt them so that you just pop them in the dehydrator overnight and bingo! By morning they’re ready to bag up in a Ziploc to store for next summer’s expeditions.
Sharkies Energy Chews Review | A Chat With Runner Chad Lauterbach
Sharkies Energy Chews are about getting high-density calories into you fast. They worked for that. If I had any hunger, it went away and I never bonked while using them.
Five Stove-Free Breakfasts
Maybe you want to save weight by leaving the stove and fuel at home. Or maybe you are headed out on a warmer weather trip and you don’t need a hot breakfast to fill you up. Either way these stove-free breakfasts should do the trick.
Trail Food – Stuffed Peppers Unstuffed
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.
Don’t be a Jerk – Jerky Two Ways
In my house, I make beef jerky often. It rarely makes it to the trails! This is my not so super secret method for jerky.
Potato Bark That Doesn’t Bite
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.
Backpacking Meals – Thai Mango and Chicken Rice
My best friend requests the same meal over and over again. We are planning a week long backpacking trip for later this summer and I’m providing the food. There was only one meal she asked me to make for our trip. One. Here is her favorite backpacking meal.
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