Archive for the ‘Food Tips’ Category

Wilderness Cooking

Hey fellow backpackers!
I just found another awesome resource for backpacking recipes: Wilderness Cooking. It has a bunch of recipes any backpacker can make easily for their trek. I’m talked to the owner, and she is a true outdoorsman. She has created all the recipes herself and has even published a backcountry cookbook. Be sure to [...]

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Free, Ultralight Cooking Gear

Here is a great video from Jason Klass about what kind of backpacking cooking gear you can use that is FREE and very ultralight!

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TVP: Textured Vegetable Protein

Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP), also known as textured soy protein, is an excellent meat substitute that appears in many backpacking recipes because it is extremely lightweight, great meat supplement, quick to prepare, long shelf life, relatively low price, high in protein and fiber, and low in fat and sodium.

TVP, available as a powder or in [...]

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Group Cooking

Drew chef duty for a dozen hungry hikers? Planning meals for a group isn’t quite as simple as tripling the ramen supply. Ellie Mulder, kitchen manager at Yamnuska Guide Service in Canmore, British Columbia, has prepared trail meals for hundreds of hikers and mountaineers with the help of a restaurant computer program and a decade’s [...]

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