Pizza. Nachos. Pizza. Cheeseburgers. Pizza. Beer beer beer beer BEER! In June 2012, I went on my first long backpacking trip, and this was a regular refrain in my head as I hiked. I was surrounded by indescribable beauty in Yosemite National Park, but at least some of the time, all I could think about was getting to eat REAL FOOD when I returned to civilization. Dinner every night on the trail was healthy, but very dull: a mishmash of dehydrated vegetables, dehydrated potato or minute rice, and sometimes a can of smoked mackerel or oysters when I wanted to treat myself. Lunch consisted mostly of nutrition bars. I was taking in the macronutrients I needed to power through a lot of tough hiking, but I never once felt satisfied or truly nourished. Fast forward to August of 2016, when my boyfriend and I spent five days hiking in the Eagle Cap Wilderness. This trip was one night longer than my Yosemite hike, but I didn't spend a single second of the trip thinking about my post-hike dinner, or even my post-hike beer. I had carefully planned a varied and tempting menu that included, for example, homemade flank steak jerky for snacks, a rich-tasting sweet potato puree with granola and dried fruit for breakfast, and a dinner of coconut curry rice noodles with albacore tuna and veggies. Did it take some extra work? Oh, yes. But it was also beyond worth it, because those excellent meals absolutely played a role in making this my most enjoyable trip to date.
That's why I'm starting this website: to share recipes and techniques I've learned for eating well in the backcountry (and while car camping, too) as well as to push myself to keep learning and experimenting with new ingredients and new meal ideas. My first recipe posts will go up in January. Until then, eat well and go for a hike!
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