OutDoor Pantry Tex Mex Chili

It’s not quite real chili, but it’s real good This is the final meal from Outdoor Pantry that I had on my last hike. And taste-wise, it’s another winner. But that comes with a couple of caveats. This meal is described on the Outdoor…

Trail Thanksgiving

Outdoor Pantry Homestyle Turkey Dinner and Brown Butter Sweet Potato Mash This combination was saved for the final dinner on my Pictured Rocks hike, and it was the culinary standout of the week. Now, at a combined $16.95 this obviously isn’t something you would…

Outdoor Pantry Hamburger Skillet

Another sneaky good offering from Outdoor Pantry Zoiks, my 5th post in 6 days! That should tell you that I’ve been bored this week. Luckily I have some things coming up to distract me. But in the meantime, here’s a review of another meal…

Peak Refuel Breakfast Skillet

The best commercial breakfast I’ve ever had so far Peak Refuel is another fairly new maker of freeze-dried backpacking meals. They seem to have a bit of a cult following, so when I decided to cook hot breakfast meals on my last trip, I…

Mountain House Biscuits And Gravy

Hate away, but these are damn good I try to keep abreast of what’s going on the world of commercial backpacking meals, and usually know of new cottage companies before my hiking friends do. A lot of backpackers don’t ever venture further than the…

Outdoor Pantry Yakatori Chicken With Rice

A savory and slightly different freeze-dried meal My first night’s dinner on my Pictured Rocks hike was Outdoor Pantry’s Yakatori Chicken with Japanese Fried Rice- I had repackaged into a freezer bag TWO of this meal to be exact. From their website, they introduce…

Food For The Sole Coconut Rice and Cuban Black Beans

A great meal whether hot or cold Well, I know it’s great cold because that’s how I had it. I’m sure it’s awesome hot too. So tonight I was bored and browsing some of my favorite hiking blogs, and I got annoyed. Seems like…

FFTS Quinoa

Food For The Sole Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Kale and Quinoa to be exact This is another excellent meal made by Food For The Sole that I cold-soaked on my recent section hike. It was intended to be a lunch, but the shelter I…

Food For The Sole Triple Peanut Slaw

The best cold-soak commercial meal EVER. Food For The Sole is a fairly new company that makes commercial backpacking meals. Founded by a mother/son team of Julie and Henry Mosier out of Bend, Oregon, FFTS makes vegan meals that are both tasty and different….

Good To-Go Mexican Quinoa

I’ve never been a quinoa fan, but this dish surprised me It seems like I always have a few “leftover” backpacking meals in the pantry. They come in handy on the occasional bachelor’s night. Recently, I found myself home alone with nobody to make…