Recipes

Simple Strawberry Jam

This recipe is simple to make and only has 4 ingredients! The end product will be a chunky strawberry jam! Add this jam to a peanut butter wrap for snacking. We recommend using this jam only on the first 2 or 3 days of a backpacking trip. Any longer than that is not recommended because the jam needs to stay refrigerated for freshness. Tasty tips for home: At home this jam is a delicious topping …

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Simple Peanut Butter Wraps

We want to share some really basic trail snack ideas with you guys! This recipe is so easy you can have a preschooler help you with it! Peanut butter wraps are a simple, easy to make and pack trail snack. We like to prepare enough peanut butter wraps to ration with our lunches on the trail. Ingredients Peanut butter (or peanut butter powder if you want to make them on the trail) Tortillas or wrap of …

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Dehydrated Chili

When hitting the trails for a backpacking trip, meal planning can get expensive, especially if your “go-to” is quality freeze-dried meals. We have recently experimented with dehydrating our own meals and it turned out great. It was so simple to do! Sure, you might think that a dehydrator and a vacuum sealer are expensive, however, the investment will pay for itself in the end. This recipe is awesome because it’s 2 steps of “set it, and forget it”. What …

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Homemade Beef Jerky

This delicious beef jerky recipe will have you coming back for more and more. We like to use our food dehydrator to cook the jerky. However, it is easily done in the oven as well. We always make a big batch of it and vacuum seal it for fresh-keeping.  It’s perfect for snacking on the trail, at camp, or a protein burst in your daily life! Ingredients 2 lbs beef ½ cup Worcestershire sauce ¼ …

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Easy Campfire Pizza

This campfire pizza recipe is perfect for a weekend camping or backpacking trip. This was one of our favorite meals when we camped in the Porcupine Mountains last summer. These are so easy to prepare at home and so delicious! They are also virtually mess-free at the campsite. We usually make these in bulk and freeze them. Freezing these campfire pizzas not only preserves them longer at home, but it also keeps them fairly cold …

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Cheap and Healthy Beef & Vegetable Ramen Soup

Ingredients (makes 2 servings) 2 squares of Ramen noodles 1 c Dehydrated Vegetables (for more savings, dehydrate your own veggies) 2-3 tsp Beef bouillon 2 c Water Preparation at Home If you elect to dehydrate your own vegetables, we recommend using frozen veggies. Dehydrate in the oven or dehydrator at 135° F for 4-5 hours. Note that time depends on the type of vegetable you are doing. We usually do a mixed bag and 5 …

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