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Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking on Apr 27th, 2011
I’ll admit it upfront – I don’t dry food as much as I should. I get lazy and buy online, letting the Man In Brown bring me packages from my favorites PackitGourmet and Harmony House Foods. But there are things I cannot buy readily (dried artichokes, cooked and dried gourmet rices, pastas, etc) so I [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Jan 27th, 2011
I love using lentils in our meals – be it at home or on the trail. They are easy to use, pack well and last for a long time. The key of course for outdoor meals is to use cooked and dehydrated lentils. Unless you are rolling old-school style and cook over a fire, spending [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Food Finds, No Cook Recipes, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian on Mar 12th, 2010
Salsa makes so much better taste wise (the ketchup of modern times?). If you can find packets of it great, but they are not so easy to come up with. The best I have found for convenience is the picante packets at McDonald’s. It is mild and spreads easily. If one asks nicely they may [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, hiking, No Cook Recipes, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian on Apr 25th, 2009
Granny Hiker had asked this morning of I had tried my Lentil and Tomato salad with couscous and I hadn’t! So off to the test kitchen I went this morning and whipped a great easy no-cook salad. Check out Lentil Couscous Salad on Trail Cooking for the full recipe. ~Sarah
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, hiking, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Mar 26th, 2009
Last summer I had come up with this for a friend’s trip. I have included a couple methods for cooking – from FBC style to one pot, and for the one pot method you can use either precooked/dehydrated or uncooked pasta. ~Consider this recipe a preview of our second book. Kirk is working hard on [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Freezer Bag Cooking, hiking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking on Mar 22nd, 2009
A big thanks to Diana for this recipe. I get asked quite often about making Shepherd’s Pie and whether or not it would work FBC style – and her recipe does! Her recipe requires a little work at home but is great for learning how to dehydrate food. Shepherd’s Pie 2 lbs lean ground beef, [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, Food Finds, Trail Cooking on Feb 12th, 2009
Over the past couple years we have built up a section on the Trail Cooking website on Dehydrating 101 – everything you need to know to get started without feeling overwhelmed. For this section I got my inspiration from last Saturday’s hike – Teresa had a salad she had used dried artichokes in. I got [...]
Posted in Dehydrating, hiking, Trail Cooking, Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2009
Mary Bell brought out another book on the art of dehydrating this past year, Food Drying with an Attitude: A Fun and Fabulous Guide to Creating Snacks, Meals, and Crafts. If you want to do even more with your dehydrator (and who doesn’t?) then check out her newest! ~Sarah
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