Feeding kids in the outdoors is one of the biggest challenges of family camping.
Food needs to be easy to prepare, nutritious enough to fuel active days on the trail, and appealing enough that your kids will actually eat it. This category covers all of it, from simple campfire meals to no-cook backpacking food strategies.
You’ll find camping recipes that work over a camp stove or open fire, dehydrated meal ideas for backpacking trips, tips for keeping food safe in bear country, and guides to planning your camp menu so you’re never stuck at the trailhead wondering what to eat. There are also practical guides on how to carry and store food on multi-day trips without adding unnecessary weight.
Cooking outdoors doesn’t have to mean eating badly. With a little planning you can eat as well in the backcountry as you do at home, and often better.
Most free-dried foods companies skimp on meat, so you’ll find plenty of vegetarian freeze-dried meals for backpacking. But if you are looking for vegan freeze-dried backpacking meals, you’ll find your options limited.
Vegan Freeze-Dried Backpacking Meals List (Including Small, Local Brands) Read More »
Freeze-dried meals are awesome for backpacking and camping. They are lightweight, cook quickly, and have a long shelf life. The only problem is that commercial freeze-dried meals can be really expensive. A way around this is to buy bulk freeze dried foods and assemble your own trail meals.
DIY Freeze Dried Backpacking Meals from Bulk Ingredients Read More »
Cooking while camping can be a great challenge or a great joy – just like cooking with your kids. Mealtimes can mean pure chaos, with everything from hangry temper tantrums, major messes, and picky eaters. But with the right stove, cook set, ingredients, and attitudes, you can turn your mornings at the campsite from anxious
Camping Breakfast Recipes that Kids Will Love Read More »
Along with my Sawyer Mini water filter, my favorite piece of backpacking gear is my dehydrator. No, I don’t lug my dehydrator around with me on the trail. 🙂 However, I do use it to make dehydrated backpacking meals. DIY dehydrated meals not only cut down on backpacking expenses, but also save you a lot
Super Easy Dehydrator Hummus Backpacking Recipe Read More »
I love my morning coffee even more when I am camping. There is literally nothing like sipping a how brew while watching the morning fog lift from the mountains!
How to Make Camp Coffee: 7 Ways to Brew Coffee while Camping Read More »
After more than a decade of camping with my family and testing countless campfire cooking methods, I can confidently say that nothing beats the flavor and experience of cooking over an open flame. There’s something almost magical about gathering around a crackling fire, watching your meal slowly transform while breathing in that distinctive smoky aroma.But
How to Cook Over a Campfire: 11 Different Ways Read More »