Flavourful Backcountry Minestrone Soup
I started making backcountry meals by using Knorr sides or ramen as a base and then dressing it up. In this recipe, we’ll start with …
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Hearty High-Protein Mexican Quinoa Bowl
Quinoa seems to be a little contentious, but if you like it as much as I do, then you’ll love this recipe. Did you know …
Tangy Saucy Backcountry Pad Thai
I usually find inspiration in dishes that I typically make at home. However, there is one rather top-notch vegan freeze-dried meal that I wanted to …
Creamy Polenta with Mushroom and Tomato Sauce
When it comes to backpacking meals, I like a challenge: how can I make something that’s delicious, calorically dense, flavourful, light-to-carry, quick-cooking, and yet – …
Upside Down Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
On a recent backpacking trip, we chanced upon a cabin in the woods. It had been an early start to summer with the temperatures that …
Backcountry Bolognese
For the last 2 months, I had been waiting for the perfect weather conditions to go on my very first ski-touring camping trip. But first …
Creamy Couscous and Lentil Stew
If you’re looking for a jazzed-up but easy recipe to start cooking your own meals in the backcountry, then this is it. In this post, …
Gluten-free Pancakes in the Wild
Pancakes are perfect for the rest day during a longer backpacking trip: they break the monotony of oatmeal breakfasts, are pretty fun to make, and …
Trail Tacos
Welcome back readers! First post of 2022 – yay! It has been a busy, busy, busy year. I recently went on my first big backcountry …
Chocolate Pancakes in the Wild
I’m not a fan of oatmeal, which makes breakfasts in the backcountry a little tricky. In fact I’m not really a breakfast person: sometimes I’ll …