Freezer bag cooking is easy and can help you make great meals while on the trail. Or buy your favorite premade backpacking meal from trader joes or the deli or freezer case at your local grocery, prepare it according to package directions, and convert it to backpacking food using these principles. Mealtime becomes fast, effortless and cleanup is as easy as licking your utensil and sealing the zip top bag. For christmas this year i was given a copy of sarah kirkconnells excellent book on freezer bag cooking. Inexpensive, gourmet cooking for the backpacker the pruett series steve, antell on. The books in the bibliography are full of these recipes. The advantage of freezer bag cooking over freeze dried meals is much lower cost, greater variety of food, less fuel used not simmering, the hiker can even dehydrate their own food at home and control the ingredients, and the ability to leave all the pots at home. Cooking off the beaten track to your own online collection at. These are meals that have been dried and prepped at home in. You prepackage all of your hot meals for a backpacking trip in.
Backpacking recipes black bean, corn and sweet potato soup. Some recipes are made with fresh orand canned foods. Freezer bag cooking 101 section hikers backpacking blog. For much of our backpacking, we do whats called freezer bag cooking. Oats are filling, delicious, packed with nutrients, and completely customizable. Viewing 25 posts 1 through 25 of 44 total 1 2 forums are supported by our merchant partners disclosure rei coupons zpacks hyperlite patagonia arcteryx rbtr. A few months later, when i set out on a weeklong solo backpacking trip, all my dinners were kirkonells freezer bag cooking recipes. Plan nutritionally balanced meals for short and long term backpacking trips where to find and how to recognize items suitable for backpacking how to package and organize your meals. Backpacking skills come in handy when a nasty storm hits. Trail food made simple can be your ticket to better eating and enjoyment of your outdoor experience. Freezer bag cooking recipes that allow you to prepare quick, easy and nocleanup meals on the trail. Sucking all the moisture out of your food is the key to eating well and eating light.
Well show you all the summer flavors you can grill up indoors. So whether you like to be fancy with your food or keep it simple, freezer bag cooking. If you look at the cooking section of any outdoor store youll find gourmet, deluxe utensil sets, to simple one pot jet boil stoves. Jun 12, 2017 the website, and its companion cookbook, freezer bag cooking. The pasta ones shouldnt end up pasty unless you arent getting your water hot enough before you pour it in or you arent insulating the bag well enough to hold the heat in. In this tip video, pete tell you how he cooks on backpacking trips using freezer bags. I use ziplocs to repackage my backpacking food more efficiently for space. I didnt have a backpacking stove didnt know that such a thing existed and i cooked over a campfire. For some background, i usually do freezer bag cooking, or fbc, when i backpack. Welcome to freezer bag cookings official facebook page. I divide my backpacking food into two separate bagscookables and. A community devoted to recipes you can cook while backpacking and. Jun, 2016 freezer bag cooking is easy and can help you make great meals while on the trail.
Theres no need to spend a fortune on premade meals. Eating the right foods while backpacking fuel you to push farther along the trail to reach that fantastic vista youre after, making backcountry cooking a key skill. Lightweight, trailtested vegetarian recipes for backcountry trips conners, christine, conners, tim on. Freezer bag cooking has the added benefits of making cleanup a breeze, since you can eat straight out of the bag, and your cook pot is only used to boil water, which can also save you fuel. Spread the soup on dehydrator trays that have been lined with fruit roll inserts or plastic wrap and dry for 7 to 12 hours or until no moisture remains. When making recipes for freezer bag cooking, you may need to consider investing in a food dehydrator or a camping cooler. Perhaps the most classic of all backpacking meals, oatmeal has earned its reputation.
Freezer bag cooking is a great way to reduce your pack weight and helps eliminates the need to wash your cooking pots after a hot meal like breakfast or dinner. The ultralight handbook california state university, stanislaus. There are four mouths to feed, each consuming three meals a day or 91. The campfire gourmets guide to backpacking foods from the supermarket objectives. Apr 20, 2016 not to mention that justaddwater meals are often lighterweight than traditional bulk rations, and require less fuel for cooking since you only need to boil water. Check out youtube channels 1960hikerdude, hungry hammock hanger and lip smackn camping tv. Trail food made simple, is the brainchild of sarah kirkconnel, an avid backpacker, cook, ultralighter, and frequent contributor to our online chat rooms forums. Trail food made simple can be your ticket to better eating and.
This is where you store your dehydrated meal inside a quart size freezer bag, and all you have to do is add boiling water, stir, wait several minutes for it to rehydrate, then youre ready to eat. Just a few more steps, just a few more steps, i kept telling myself. Jun 27, 2018 backcountry, backpacking and camping recipes, dehydrating food, outdoors. When we returned to basecamp after our trek on 71812 we ran into our ranger and he told our boys that philmont was no longer allowing freezer bag or turkey bag cooking. If youre into freezer bag cooking, then you should consider bringing along a freezer bag cozy to keep your food warm while it rehydrates. Learn hygiene tips, bear safety, culinary creativeness and kitchen efficiency with backpacker s expert advice on how to maintain a topnotch kitchen in the wild. And there you have it, twelve freezer bag cooking recipes that will satisfy for any meal. Sarah has been hiking and backpacking since she was a small girl and has extensive experience and expertise in this area. Wrap perishable nibbles such as crackers in plastic bags and keep. Some require actual cooking in a pot and others can be done freezer bag style. Feb 09, 2017 a few months later, when i set out on a weeklong solo backpacking trip, all my dinners were kirkonells freezer bag cooking recipes. Advanced freezer bag cooking for nonfoodies section hikers. Freezer bag cooking is easy, inexpensive and an especially great way for scouts or anyone for that matter to prepare food on backpacking trips. North carolina mountains, south carolina upstate, where you can read more about trail food and lightweight backpacking.
Many of your favorite recipes can be altered for backpack use. When you make your recipes from scratch intended for a camping trip, you can either use dehydrated food that you dehydrate yourself or freeze the food that you have cooked. From breakfast to desert, you cant go wrong with customizable food that doesnt break the budget. The sun was dipping behind the mountainside as we slid down into a valley campsite, our home for the night. Typically, i do just use a freezer bag stuffed inside a reflectix pouch to aid full rehydration but am not the biggest fan of the softening of the freezer bag that occurs. Balt jack had the great idea of freezing a piece of meat while you were. Jim parham is the author of backpacking overnights. Learn hygiene tips, bear safety, culinary creativeness and kitchen efficiency with backpackers expert advice on how to maintain a topnotch kitchen in the wild. Lipsmackin vegetarian backpackin conners, christine, conners, tim on. Pack your recipes with colorful, nutritious veggies. Last night, after searching around a bit for a higher temperature rating on food safe plastic bags i came across oven bags. Freezer bag cooking is a great way to make your own food at home, save time and space when cooking on the.
The windstorm had 60 mph gusts that took many trees down on our island, we had to take down 4 trees during the storm, the rootballs were lifting, and we had just watched 2 trees fall over. If you are very careful about not spilling it while it cooks, its possible to fbc them in the packaging they came in rather then pouring them into a freezer bag. Freezer bag vs storage bag cooking if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. The only requirement is that it must be a recipe that you love to eat. You can make your own instant backpacking mealinabag using items from your local grocery store. Sep 08, 2015 there are many different types of back country cooking. Dehydrating your food is an incredible way to add variety to your backpacking menu and improve the quality and quantity of food that you can bring along on strenuous hikes. Browse and save recipes from lipsmacking backpacking. Freezer bag cooking is a way to create and cook quick, simple, yet delicious, meals on the trail with no cleanup. Camp cooking your backpacking, hiking, camping and outdoor. Some recipes are made with fresh or and canned foods. Home forums gear forums gear general freezer bag cooking vs. It also stores well in the fridge and freezer, and can be brought to.
Learn more from sara svien kirkconnells book, freezer bag cooking, or visit her website at. Heres a sample 9 day menu for 100 mile wilderness which gives you an idea of the variety and weights savings that are possible. Our first day in basecamp was 7612 and there was no mention of cooking methods in the advisors meeting. Diy cookinbag dehydrated backpackable meals youtube. Simply cook your pasta al dente at home, then spread it on dehydrator trays and let it go for a couple of hours until brittle. Just add hot water to the bag and snuggle it into the cozy, which cooks a dehydrated meal in under 10 minutes.
Convenience is good, but in my experience it can be hard to get a fully airtight seal with these especially with repeated use and the tab can sometimes pop off or come loose, in which case the bag is essentially shot with no way to close it. When reading this blog you will get an insight in my stories, difficulties, discoveries and all other that travelling will bring me. Part of what impressed me about freezer bag cooking. Via this blog you will get an insight to the stories and adventures of my travels.
When you make your recipes from scratch intended for a camping trip, you can either use dehydrated. I live in a small town and had to travel out of town to. The principle behind freezer bag cooking is simple. With a campfire or backpacking stove, food required preparation and oversight. The website, and its companion cookbook, freezer bag cooking.
Measure the soup and write this measurement on a sticky note. Jun 09, 2016 author backpackingoverthehill posted on june 9, 2016 june 9, 2016 categories uncategorized tags backpacking, bear spray, cdt, dehydrated meals, freezer bag cooking, freezerbagcooking, rei, speltmeal leave a comment on days slipping away winner, winner chicken dinner. See more ideas about dehydrated food, dehydrator recipes and backpacking food. I prefer that the ingredients be readily available at a major grocery store. Id like to know some cheap and healthy meals for freezer bag cooking. Trail food made simple can be your ticket to better. Author backpackingoverthehill posted on june 9, 2016 june 9, 2016 categories uncategorized tags backpacking, bear spray, cdt, dehydrated meals, freezer bag cooking, freezerbagcooking, rei, speltmeal leave a comment on days. Fbc freezer bag cooking fabric cozies these pouches, made from mylar and polyester, weigh just 1. Jun 08, 2015 learn more from sara svien kirkconnells book, freezer bag cooking, or visit her website at. Oct 08, 2007 freezer bag cooking is easy, inexpensive and an especially great way for scouts or anyone for that matter to prepare food on backpacking trips. Easy to fix boil water, pour water in bagged meal, zip seal, place in cookincozy, steep 1015 minutes, eat, seal empty bag, pack it up and go. Youll save substantial cooking time in camp, not to mention fuel and weight.
Freezer bag cooking and recipes you can try out for camping. Our meals boast the longest proven shelf life on the marketand. Freezer bag cooking is nothing new for experienced backpackers looking to keep a pack light, but its useful for more than just cutting weight. For freezer bag oatmeal, all you need is two packets of your favorite instant oatmeal and two tablespoons of dry milk. Simmering over a campfire wasnt always easy, not to mention the difficulties when it was raining or windy.
When were in town, we like to keep their kale salad sandwiches in mind for brownbag lunches, too. There are hundreds of backpacking recipes that take around 20 minutes of cooking time. Put the soup and the sticky note in a ziplock freezer bag. The recipes are from various contributors and thus have been trail.
Freezer bag cooking how is freezer bag cooking abbreviated. Pack single portions of dehydrated meals into quart size freezer bags. May 23, 2011 convenience is good, but in my experience it can be hard to get a fully airtight seal with these especially with repeated use and the tab can sometimes pop off or come loose, in which case the bag is essentially shot with no way to close it. No off the shelf hunk of beef is going to cut it here. Trail food made simple was that most if not all the ingredients could be bought in a grocery store. A grill pan lets you eat like its summer all year long taste of. You prepackage all of your hot meals for a backpacking trip in advance in quarter lb. How to make your own instant backpacking meals nols. Lightweight, trailtested vegetarian recipes for backcountry trips. It has become an extremely popular cooking style among ultralighters and just lazy hikers. Not to mention that justaddwater meals are often lighterweight than traditional bulk rations, and require less fuel for cooking since you only need to boil water. Mar 05, 2018 in this tip video, pete tell you how he cooks on backpacking trips using freezer bags.
In this episode of tim and christine conners camp cooking tv, they dive into the basics of dehydrating food for the trail. Freezer bag cooking and recipes you can try out for camping trips. You might think you cant bring fresh thing backpacking, says aimee trudeau of dirty gourmet. We lost power thursday morning and got it back today. Basic emergency food storage principles mountain house blog.
This it particularly helpful in the early spring, autumn, and in the wintertime when colder weather will quickly cool hot water in an uninsulated zipl. There are many different types of back country cooking. Survival fare, as it turns out, can be both nutritious and lipsmackingat least when it comes from a. The shelf life of dried foods depends on numerous factors. But how nice would it have been to drank a few of those bud heavy tall daddies with a slap of animal meat. When i first started backpacking, eating was complicated. Pot and frying pan are required to prepare the meal. Set of simple and delicious recipes for cooking and eating at base camp. Jan 16, 20 dedicated to the topic of creating and enjoying freezer bag cooking for backpacking.
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