How to Make Dehydrated Rice for Backpacking
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 …
Dehydrated Camping Food
Wild Mushroom Pilau – Dehydrated Backpacking Meal Recipe
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 …
Aubergine and Mushroom Cassoulet with Garlic Breadcrumbs [Vegetarian Dehydrated Backpacking meal]
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 …
Homemade Dehydrated Backpacking Meals: A No Nonsense Guide
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: …
Butternut Squash Soup with Red Lentils and Ras el Hanout
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, …
Dehydrated refried black beans
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 …
Red Lentil Dal
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 …
Red Lentil, Carrot & Cumin Soup
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 …
Dehydrated Spring Greens
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 …
Tarka Dhal
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 …
Sprouted Buckwheat Dehydrated Granola
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 …
Lentil Ragu with Kale and Parmesan
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 …
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chilli
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 …
How to Make Fruit Leather (Oven or Dehydrator)
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 …