What to Eat When You’re Back Country Camping

As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I’m new to Calgary and was especially lucky to know the owners of The Norseman! A few friends and I went back country camping this weekend and ate amazingly! What is back country camping? It’s where you pack what you need in your backpacks and carry it while hiking to your campground of choice. Eating is huge when you are camping but when you are hiking to your destination you really have to limit what you bring because you will have to carry it. So what does one eat while back country camping you ask? Things that will give you the most bang for your buck for nutrients and preferably light in weigh too J
Our meals consisted of oatmeal (with a few extras like chia seeds and dried figs to boost the nutrients) for breakfast, PB &J sandwiches for lunch with some carrots/snow peas, jerky/dried meats with mixed nuts for snacks and curries – Yes! I said curries for supper J Easy and quick, we used packaged curry paste mixed with powdered coconut milk and water to create the sauce then added our veggies along with some smoked or dried meats topped with some couscous (none for me) and voila! The second curry was quite similar but this time was with pre-cut cauliflower and some rehydrated hash browns (GF of course) and they were both delicious!
There are a number of freeze-dried or dehydrated meals that you can buy and some of them are actually quite tasty but others are not. Instead of buying and relying on those types of meals, next time try and create your own with everyday ingredients.
As you can see, with a little prep work at home prior to heading out, along with thinking outside of the box of the usual hot dogs/burgers you can enjoy a wonderful, nutritious and fulfilling meal. What are some of your camping food favourites?