My backpacking trips tend to involve two markedly different approaches to eating. If I’m backpacking alone, I favor dehydrated camping meals (usually Firepot Mac n’ Greens) that I can whip up quickly ...

Dehydrating food has been a practical preservation strategy since ancient times. Today, dehydrated foods pop up everywhere from your favorite snack aisle to your local sporting goods store.

If sliced bread was a clever invention, dehydrated meals are genius. Lightweight, compact, long-lasting, and high in energy, all of the meals listed below can be prepared by simply adding hot water.

Seven testers ate the top freeze-dried and dehydrated meals on our backpacking gear testing trips “If you had to eat one more dehydrated backpacking meal, which would you pick?” Collective groans from ...

Can meals made in a pouch taste great and also be considered healthy? A taste test and nutritional breakdown of just-add-water dehydrated meals. As a huge proponent of eating something fresh at every ...

No matter if you’re trekking on a rugged backpacking trip or simply going on a hike for an afternoon, bringing high-quality (and tasty) food with you is a must for staying energized on the trail.

Springfield Community Gardens and Eating the Ozarks are collaborating on a new project that supports local farmers and consumers across varying income brackets. Still in the developmental stage, the ...

There are two types of people in this world: those who camp, and those who have never even fathomed the possibility of using their own hard-earned cash to purchase a freeze-dried meal. I guess there’s ...

There’s nothing better after a long day of hiking and setting up camp than a hot cooked meal—and for that you will need a decent camp stove. These days you can find options that are lightweight, ...