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Commercial Meal Review: Chicken Risotto

Reviewing this commercial meal from Backpacker's Pantry got me to thinking of making my own version of the meal - that recipe is coming soon to TrailCooking. The reason is this meal carries the dreaded "contains a bioengineered food ingredient". It most likely comes in the form of corn, possibly in the corn starch in… Continue reading Commercial Meal Review: Chicken Risotto

Food Finds · Trail Cooking

Commercial Meal Review: 2 Vegetarian Single Serving Backpacker’s Pantry Pasta Meals

If you are a vegetarian and love pasta, these 2 meals will be welcome choices, should you be looking for an easy to grab meal to take along. Both are quite tasty, and are single serving bags. Neither are heavy on the stomach, which often pasta meals can be. Both meals are easy to prep,… Continue reading Commercial Meal Review: 2 Vegetarian Single Serving Backpacker’s Pantry Pasta Meals

Food Finds · Trail Cooking

Commercial Meal Review: Backpacker’s Pantry Desserts

Always popular for readers when I review them, backpacking desserts can be a hit or miss. If you have read any of our past reviews, the desserts can be so good, or sooooo bad. A great one will make your trip that much better, especially if all it needs is cold water and a few… Continue reading Commercial Meal Review: Backpacker’s Pantry Desserts

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Commercial Meal Reviews: Dinners From Backpacker’s Pantry

Last month I picked up a 3 Day Create Your Own Meal Kit from Backpacker's Pantry. I feel there can be a place for commercial meals. Be it as an easy grab, or to have backup food in your pack, I am not against buying meals. As long as they taste good and turn out,… Continue reading Commercial Meal Reviews: Dinners From Backpacker’s Pantry

Freeze Drying · Trail Cooking

Freeze-drying Cheese

This post is part of the Freeze-drying 101 section on TrailCooking. If you have wondered about freeze-drying, and what we are doing on our Harvest Right machine, be sure to click on over for more ideas to get drying with your machine (or to ponder if you might ever want to invest into one). Which...if… Continue reading Freeze-drying Cheese