Smoky Mountain Beef Skillet | Backpacking Beef Recipe
Make Smoky Mountain Beef Skillet, a hearty backpacking beef recipe loaded with vegetables. Dehydrate one batch and enjoy it with bulgur, pasta, or potatoes on the trail.
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Zesty Apple Bulgur Cold-Soak Salad for Backpacking
Learn how to make a zesty apple bulgur cold-soak salad for backpacking. Bulgur, apples, vegetables, cranberries, and a sweet-tangy dressing create a refreshing no-cook backpacking meal.
Dehydrating Bulgur for Backpacking Meals
Learn how to cook, dehydrate, and rehydrate bulgur for backpacking meals. Includes trail cooking tips, nutrition benefits, and recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
4-Day Camping Meal Plan at Cloudland Canyon State Park
A 4-day camping meal plan at Cloudland Canyon State Park featuring homemade dehydrated meals. See what we ate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the trail and at camp.
Cloudland Canyon Chili—A Recipe for Adventure
Cloudland Canyon Chili recipe for outdoor adventures. Easy beef & bean chili with extra vegetables and deeper spices for rich flavor. Great for dehydrating.
Thermos Food Jar Recall Notice
Please see this important notice about a recall of Thermos Food Jars. The recalled products had stoppers without a pressure-release function.
Buttermilk Biscuits & Gravy for the Trail: Recipes & Dehydration Guide
How to make buttermilk biscuits and gravy for a hearty backpacking breakfast, plus instructions for dehydrating biscuits and sausage-seasoned ground beef.
Creamy Chicken Soup Recipe for Home & Trail
This creamy chicken soup recipe turns leftover chicken into a soul-warming pot of comfort with potatoes, carrots, celery, green onions, and garlic.
Backpacking Chili Recipes Shared by Backpacking Chef Readers
Try these backpacking chili recipes: Portable Pepper Sauce, White Bean Chili, 4-Way Chili, Gluten-Free Chili and Mr. Dog's Corn Chili.
Chicken with Creamy Spinach Sauce – Backpacking Pasta Recipe
Chicken with Creamy Spinach Sauce recipe is a favorite backpacking meal that combines dehydrated chicken, spinach, and penne pasta in a parmesan-based sauce.
Dehydrating Spinach for Home & Trail
Dehydrating spinach is a fast project whether you dehydrate raw spinach leaves or cooked frozen spinach. Explore my dehydrated spinach recipes and techniques.
Hoppin John Recipe for Home & Trail
Traditional Hoppin John recipe features black-eyed peas, rice, ham, and greens, which symbolize prosperity and resilience. Comfort food for home and trail.
Stuffed Turkey Loaf for Home & Trail
This stuffed turkey loaf recipe has the stuffing baked right into it. A perfect Thanksgiving-style meal for home or trail with vegetables and mashed potatoes.
Lentil Bolognese Recipe for Home & Trail
Hearty lentil bolognese made with veggies, herbs, and protein-rich lentils. Enjoy at home over pasta or dehydrate for a satisfying, lightweight backpacking meal.
Making Apple Fruit Leather | My Best Recipe
Recipe for apple fruit leather has the perfect mix of pumpkin spices; cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Blend cooked apples into applesauce and dehydrate.
Backpacking Desserts | The Sweetest Recipes from Backpacking Chef
These backpacking desserts satisfy your sweet tooth while boosting nutrition with dried fruits. Try the Trail Angel Cake with Strawberries and Chocolate Sauce!
Make Better Backpacking Breakfasts | Backpacking Chef
Goodbye Pop-Tarts and instant mush. Say good morning to backpacking breakfasts like Country-Style Grits & Sausage, Bircher Muesli, Hot Peach Crunch, & Pancakes.
How to Make Ratatouille for Home & Trail
How to make ratatouille that’s extra saucy & perfectly seasoned. Enjoy it at home or dehydrate it for camping. This ratatouille recipe is delicious with pasta.
Dehydrating Nectarines & Nectarine Fruit Leather
How to dehydrate nectarines and make nectarine fruit leather that you can turn into fruit smoothies and puddings. Tips, step-by-step instructions, and recipes.
How to Make Granola with Healthy Ingredients
How to make granola and granola clusters. These easy granola recipes include oats, maple syrup or honey, and ground flax & sesame seeds. Bake for 25 minutes.
Dehydrating Apples | 8 Fun Projects for Apple Lovers
Dehydrating Apples: Sliced, Grated, Baked, Stovetop & Blended. Dehydrator Recipes for Pumpkin Spice Apples, Tarts, Muesli, Applesauce & Apple-Granola Clusters.
How to Pretreat Apples for Dehydrating Without Browning
Demonstration of pretreatments to prevent apples from turning brown during dehydration, including lemon juice, ascorbic acid, and blanching. Which is best?
23 Dehydrated Soup Recipes from Backpacking Chef
Create delicious dehydrated soup recipes with dried vegetables, beans, meats, starches, and homemade dry soup mixes. Learn five methods of dehydrating soup.
How to Dehydrate Pasta for Backpacking Meals
Precooking & dehydrating pasta makes rehydration in trail meals fast & efficient. Learn how to dehydrate pasta: macaroni, spaghetti, linguine, couscous & orzo.
Pasta Sauce Recipes for Backpacking & Camping
Pasta sauce recipes shared by Backpacking Chef readers with instructions for dehydrating pasta sauce and making saucy trail meals.
Tasty Chicken & Pasta Backpacking Recipes
Chicken & Pasta Backpacking Recipes shared by Backpacking Chef readers: Chicken Carbonara, Chicken Piccata, Chicken Cacciatore, and Chicken & Dumplings