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How to Set Up Your Camp Kitchen (Step-By-Step Instructions with Pictures)

Regardless of whether you make simple freeze-dried foods or gourmet meals on your camping trip, you’ll need a camp kitchen.

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Best Camping Cookware Sets, As Chosen By an Outdoorsy Mom

While you can bring your normal cookware camping, it can cause a lot of hassle. Normal cookware doesn’t pack well, sometimes won’t even fit on your stove and you can forget about campfire cooking. So, if you go camping often enough, it is really worth it to get a good camping cookware set.

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Best Lightweight Backpacking Pots

It is surprisingly difficult to find a good backpacking pot. Not only does the pot need to be lightweight and compact, but it also has to be big enough to fit all of your food and sit well on your stove. Ideally, the pot will also have features like a built-in colander, measurement lines or

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dehydrator enchilada sauce recipe for backpacking

Dehydrator Black Bean Enchilada Filling for Tortillas (Cold Soak Backpacking Meal)

I have a lot of favorite dehydrate meals for backpacking. But sometimes I just dehydrate whatever leftover food is in the fridge and take it backpacking. In this case, I had some black beans and corn in homemade enchilada sauce. It rehydrated into a delicious spread that I put on tortillas for lunch while hiking.

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RightOnTrek Backpacking Meals Review

I generally don’t buy backpacking meals: Most are overpriced, loaded with sodium and artificial ingredients, and the texture ends up mushy. But you can’t really beat the convenience that comes with pre-made meals. So I was excited to try RightOnTrek, a new brand of dehydrated backpacking meals which prides itself in making chef-cooked, healthy backpacking

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Beyond S’mores: 26 Easy Campfire Dessert Ideas

Want to make some really gourmet desserts over the campfire? All of these camping desserts are incredibly easy, delicious and are fun to make by roasting over the fire. They also don’t require any special equipment (no cast iron cookware or Dutch oven needed!).

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