lavish back packing meals
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FordGuy1
Adventurer
The only breakfast and dinners we eat on the trail is freeze dried! Try the mountain house biscuits and gravy with sausage!!
green73brc
Observer
The book lip smacking backpacking.
Christophe Noel
Expedition Leader
When I go all out for food, I always bring an Outback oven and make pizza or cinnamon rolls. I also carry a small tube, like a tennis ball tube, with a couple tomatoes and an avocado. Pizza a few nights into a trip is pretty rad.
Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
Welcome to the forum.
Fresh dandelion greens, fresh caught bass, and dehydrated mashed taters (way back when I was 16 years old).
We never car camped; always packed. And we gathered/caught as much as we could.
mkitchen
Explorer
Happy Joe
Apprentice Geezer
I don't even try to do the 5 course candlelight dinner thing while camping any more (it was neat for a while).
Quickie weekenders are easy because, vacuum packaged, dry ice frozen meats can be carried.
Now about the most complicated thing that gets cooked while backpacking or camping is a steak, with mushrooms and onions & corn & (prenuked) baked tater; if we can have a campfire.
Rehydrated veggies are not terrible.
Hamburger rocks (rehydrated) and macaroni & cheese can be a fine thing.
Your standard hamburger (and all of the mushroom, cheese, bacon, pepper, pepperoni, fried ham, etc. variants) and deep fried French fries has amazed more than a few, from the Svea 123r.
Maid-rites can be approximated with hamburger rocks, a bit of mustard and dried (rehydrated) onion,
all of the variations of fried and deep fried sliced potatoes are also possible (cooking spray can be a good thing).
rehydrated dried mashed taters are OK, with margarine in a tube or even packaged gravies, and can be fried with a couple of eggs for breakfast.
a reflector oven (packable) and a campfire let you make; cornbread, sweet rolls, chocolate brownies etc.
Bread on a stick or hoecakes can be made without the oven, if you can have a fire.
coat some eggs with petroleum jelly and they can keep for several days; opening the menu for
omelets
Actual pancakes (use dried milk)
don't forget a lid for the fry pan (lets you make popcorn)
... pretty much while camping I eat similarly to what I eat at home...
Getting hungry...
Enjoy!
Quickie weekenders are easy because, vacuum packaged, dry ice frozen meats can be carried.
Now about the most complicated thing that gets cooked while backpacking or camping is a steak, with mushrooms and onions & corn & (prenuked) baked tater; if we can have a campfire.
Rehydrated veggies are not terrible.
Hamburger rocks (rehydrated) and macaroni & cheese can be a fine thing.
Your standard hamburger (and all of the mushroom, cheese, bacon, pepper, pepperoni, fried ham, etc. variants) and deep fried French fries has amazed more than a few, from the Svea 123r.
Maid-rites can be approximated with hamburger rocks, a bit of mustard and dried (rehydrated) onion,
all of the variations of fried and deep fried sliced potatoes are also possible (cooking spray can be a good thing).
rehydrated dried mashed taters are OK, with margarine in a tube or even packaged gravies, and can be fried with a couple of eggs for breakfast.
a reflector oven (packable) and a campfire let you make; cornbread, sweet rolls, chocolate brownies etc.
Bread on a stick or hoecakes can be made without the oven, if you can have a fire.
coat some eggs with petroleum jelly and they can keep for several days; opening the menu for
omelets
Actual pancakes (use dried milk)
don't forget a lid for the fry pan (lets you make popcorn)
... pretty much while camping I eat similarly to what I eat at home...
Getting hungry...
Enjoy!
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SoCal_80
Explorer
Just did a 8 night trip....I have been purchasing for the past few years and really enjoy : http://www.packitgourmet.com/ . Really good food "hand made" in Texas. Small batches and shipped freshly packed. Another good option is http://paleomealstogo.com/ . Also good stuff.
Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
I do pizza in the Dutch often.
Sometimes from scratch. I mean we grind the wheat at home, make the dough, proof it at the campsite, and bake the thing in the Dutch.
There's also Pilsbury pizza crust when we're lazy....
Sometimes from scratch. I mean we grind the wheat at home, make the dough, proof it at the campsite, and bake the thing in the Dutch.
There's also Pilsbury pizza crust when we're lazy....
Switch
Observer
We never eat those prepacked meals!
We use Couscous with dried mushrooms, nuts, raisins, various dried veggies (bell pepper, onion, tomato) from our food dehydrator.
The NearEast brand Couscous comes with a spice packet but there are recipes on the box with suggestions for more spices and additional ingredients. You can make at home to dial down a recipe that you like. Yes, this is backpacking food you can eat at home!
For protein (when we don't catch trout) we use foil packages of Salmon or tuna. We've tried other pre-packed meats (chicken, Ham) and they were a bit weird. We've had luck with homemade dehydrated ham but that takes a while in hot water to re-hydrate.
Oh, a small plastic bottle of olive oil is a must.
Christophe Noel
Expedition Leader
I knew you were a strong feller, but backpacking with a Dutch oven. Yeeoowza!
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agavelvr
Guest
Grab a copy of the NOLs Cookery book if you want to make your own meals and get creative on lightweight backpacking meals, though they are thin on meat options. I used it more as a primer for changing my kitchen craft. I do like their cinnamon roll recipe.
Kodiak Cakes are great for backpacking, just add water.
Carne Seca is a good beef option. It's basically shredded jerky that you can add water or sauce to for stews, soups, burritos, omelets, etc.
Frozen meat in a foodsaver bag works, depending on the environment for nice dinners.
Tuna pouches and mayo packets with a tortilla and spices is easy.
Better than Bullion is nice for making broth and sauces.
Almond butter, honey, and hot sauce makes everything better!
I'm with Christophe on the outback oven. I use mine with a Frybake pan and a whisperlight stove when I want to get creative in the trail kitchen. Fresh biscuits w/powdered buttermilk, cinnamon rolls, pizza, quiche, etc make it worth packing when you are in a group. On solo trips, I'm eating bars, trail mix, fruit roll ups, tuna pouches, and freeze dried stuff for simplicity.
Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
I backpack with the Banks Frybake; it does service as a small Dutch.