French Lentil Salad – Dehydrated Trail Meal – Cold Soak Friendly
This French lentil salad, adapted as a dehydrated backpacking meal, was the result of a chance visit to a tacky tourist shop on a road trip last summer. We were …
Dehydrated Camping Food
Thai Peanut Noodles [Easy Backpacking Meal]
This post contains affiliate links — if you buy something through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the adventure! These …
Veggie Chili Mac [Dehydrated Trail Meal Recipe]
Chili is one of my all-time favourite trail meals (see my recipe for black bean and sweet potato chili), and chilli mac takes it one step further by adding extra carbs …
Veggie Lentil moussaka: Easy TrayBake + Dehydrator instructions
Traditional Greek moussaka is a labor of love — layered with aubergine, meat (often lamb), sometimes potatoes, and if you’re really fancy, béchamel sauce. This vegetarian version, where lentils replace …
African Sweet Potato and Peanut Soup [Dehydrated Meal Recipe]
Peanuts and sweet potato may seem an unlikely combo, but together they make for a satisfying high-energy soup that is highly versatile, supremely packable, and easy to prep on the …
Easy Lentil Dal – The Perfect Dehydrated Trail Meal
This lentil dal is ridiculously simple to make (just six ingredients!) and endlessly delicious. We make a batch at least weekly, be it for Indian feasts at home or as …
Veggie Paella – Dehydrated Backpacking Meal
FYI: There are some affiliate links in this post, so if you purchase something after clicking on a link, I may make a small commission. This helps to support the …
Kimchi Rice – Dehydrated Backpacking Meal
If you’ve read my guide to homemade dehydrated backpacking meals, you may have noticed that rice features in a lot in my trail recipes. And with good reason: Top tip: if you’re …
Dehydrated Mexican Rice Recipe (Arroz Rojo for Backpacking)
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 …
Vegetarian Jambalaya – Dehydrated Backpacking Meal
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 …
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 …
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 [Dehydrated Backpacking Meal]
(Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links which help contribute to the cost of running this website and providing you with awesome reviews and trip reports. Thank you for your support!) …
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 …