Eat Sleep Wild
Routes Recipes and Wild Experiences from the West Coast of Scotland
This dehydrated Mexican rice recipe is inspired by Rick Bayless’s arroz rojo in his excellent Mexican Kitchen cookbook. Highly recommended for all things Mexican cooking! FYI: There are some affiliate links in …
This vegetarian jambalaya is a beautiful thing for backpacking. It involves one of my favourite combos – beans and rice, a combination that is truly more than the sum of …
Rice is one of the ultimate backpacking staples. It’s lightweight, inexpensive, nutritious, filling, and endlessly versatile. The only problem? Cooking raw rice on the trail takes a long time and …
This dehydrated wild mushroom pilau has fast become one of my favourite trail meals. It’s inspired by a recipe from Meera Sodha’s brilliant book Made in India — a dish I’ve cooked countless times …
Here’s my recipe for the classic French stew adapted to be (a) vegetarian / vegan and (b) dehydrator-friendly. One of the best parts of road trips through France is the …
A food dehydrator is one of the best investments I’ve ever made, significantly enhancing my wild camping and backpacking adventures with tent-side deliciousness. Homemade dehydrated backpacking meals offer numerous benefits: …
This tasty dehydrated butternut squash soup is amped up with red lentils and ras el hanout, a North African spice mix. This soup is hearty, easy to make, rehydrates quickly, …
Mexican food is my ultimate comfort food, especially when camping, and these dehydrated refried black beans totally make my day. Forget that homogenous store-bought gloop that you can buy in …
This red lentil dal is one of my favourite recipes of all time and one of the first dishes I turned into a dehydrated backpacking meal. I relish the flavours …
This dehydrated red lentil soup with carrot and cumin is easy to make at home and quick to rehydrate on the trail. I’ve gotten into pureed soups like this for …
This recipe for dehydrated spring greens works for any robust leafy green vegetable: curly kale, cavolo nero, collard greens, spinach, and chard. This is a great way to get green …
Indian dhals (or dals) are a great dehydrator option for wild camping meals. They dehydrate well, pack down nicely, and rehydrate very quickly at camp. Whenever I make dhal, I …
This sprouted buckwheat dehydrated granola (literally and figuratively a mouthful) might sound like hippy food – which it kind of is – but also happens to be super tasty and …
This lentil ragu with kale and parmesan is hearty, healthy, and full of deep umami flavour thanks to the inclusion of parmesan rinds during the cooking process. In case you’re …
Veggie chilli has to be one of my all time favourite camping meals and I’m constantly inventing new variations. This sweet potato and black bean chilli is the one I …
For a sweet treat on the trail try making your own homemade fruit leather. My fellow Americans know fruit leather as “fruit roll-ups”, which when purchased from the shop are full …
