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Podcast 028 | Making Your Own Backpacking Meals

Jun 30, 2020 by Backpacking Light

This episode of the Backpacking Light podcast is chock full of actionable advice to create your own delicious backpacking meals.

Backpacking Food, cottage industry, dehydrated, dehydration, diversity, dyneema composite fabrics, fatmaps, freeze-dried, fruit, grant, jerky, meals, navigation, nutrition, prep, small business, snacks, Tarptent, van life

How Much Food Should I Pack? (How to save weight on backpacking food based on the energy-mile theory)

Sep 22, 2019 by Ryan Jordan

A mathematical model to calculate how much food to pack for your trip based on terrain and mileage with minimum weight carried in the pack.

Backpacking Food, nutrition, training

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Book Review – Ultralight Recipes for Outdoor Explorers

Mar 15, 2019 by George Harris

Introduction Backcountry Foodie – Ultralight Recipes for Outdoor Explorers by Aaron Owens Mayhew, MS, RDN, CD. is a cookbook containing 50 dry-based ingredient recipes along with detailed nutritional information for each. The target audience is backcountry adventurers looking to expand their dining options, drop some consumable weight, save money over pre-packaged meals, and those concerned with […]

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Podcast 003 | Backpacking Food and Nutrition

May 25, 2018 by Backpacking Light

In this episode we tackle the science, myths, and dogma surrounding backpacking food and nutrition. Featuring guest Brian Rigby, certified sports nutritionist and author. We tackle food and nutrition issues as they relate to thru-hiking, ketogenic diets, plant-based diets (veganism and vegetarianism), gluten-free issues, and macronutrient-micronutrient nutrition. Some questions we ask: what are the caloric and nutritional needs of backpackers? Why do we need to address dogma and pseudo-science in this field? We also take a look at some new cooking and water treatment gear and discuss what’s going on in the world of Backpacking Light right now.

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Dehydrated and Freeze-Dried Backpacking Dinners (Gear Guide)

May 25, 2018 by Ryan Jordan

This gear guide features several dozen options for freeze-dried and dehydrated backpacking dinners from many different brands and provides nutritional information on each one for comparison purposes.

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Good To-Go Herbed Mushroom Risotto Review (Video)

Jan 29, 2018 by Ryan Jordan

This Good To-Go Herbed Mushroom Risotto review features one of the best packaged backpacking meals I’ve ever eaten.

Backpacking Food, Dehydrated Food, Good To-Go

Vacuum-Sealed Recycled Mylar Bags for Backpacking Food Packaging: Better than ZipLocs

Jan 10, 2017 by Rosaleen Sullivan

Mylar bags for backpacking food keep food fresh and protected from moisture. How about vacuum sealing reusable (e.g., snack chip) bags?

Backpacking Food, food packaging

Home-Dried: How to Prepare Your Own Lightweight Backpacking Meals

Apr 26, 2016 by Emylene VanderVelden

Some backpackers require specialized trail food. Others simply want to target a specific dietary preference. Learning how to make your own lightweight backpacking food is a valuable skill, and perhaps, easier than you think.

Backpacking Food

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