Camping & Backpacking Food

Dutch oven camp cooking isn’t worth it for everyone. If you have to walk into camp or are backpacking, you can forget about it. Likewise, don’t bother with a Dutch oven if you will be away from camp all day or are impatient. But, for those who love slow-cooked food and enjoy the art of […]

As a general rule, backpackers need 16 to 25 calories per pound of body weight when hiking. This breaks down to 2,500 to 3,500 calories of food per day for a healthy adult. However, depending on factors like temperature, pack weight, and hike difficulty, a backpacker might need fewer or more calories.

There are lots of ways to cook over a campfire. Of these, cooking tripods are popular because they have a low learning curve, versatile and are great for hands-off slow cooking.   Here I will go over the best campfire tripods for cooking, how to make your own campfire tripod like how to hang the pot

Tired of boring backpacking dinners and don’t want to spend a fortune on freeze-dried meals? This backpacking ramen recipe is super easy and delicious.  It includes peanut butter, which makes the meal more calorie-dense and also gives it more protein.

Peanut butter is a backpacking staple because it is cheap, easy to find, doesn’t go bad and incredibly calorie-dense.  And there are actually a lot of trail recipes you can make with peanut butter (for example, I like adding it to ramen).