Trail Cooking

FBC meals are the way to go if you want minimal work, fast to whip up, easy and no cleanup. There are though meals that need a pot to be cooked in - 'One Pot Meals'. When cooking for 2 - 3 people it can be easier to do a one pot meal if everyone likes the same thing rather than boiling water 3 times for 3 meals. It can also allow for 'FBC Hybrid Meals' where you boil water for the starch, that is prepared in a freezer bag, then cook up a sauce in your pot while the starch cooks in a freezer bag cozy.

Where to find single serving items & condiment packs?

For almost every type of single serving condiment, check out Minimus. They carry the hard to find packets of olive oil and nearly any single serving item you could desire.

Don't be shy!

Thanksgiving On The Trail -

Over the years we have gotten many emails asking for meal ideas for late fall trips that fall on or near Thanksgiving weekend. A couple dfferent ways to have a great dinner on the trail in late fall are below, ranging from very simple to more elaborate. You can pick and choose of course, some might only want gravy over mashed potatoes yet the next person wants to be able to serve 3 hikers a gourment multi course dinner - just without dirtying up 4 pots and doing dishes till bed time!

In the October 2007 issue of Backpacker Magazine the recipe of Salmon-studded Spaghetti by Kelly Bastone was printed.  While it sounded great and very tasty, it wasn't very portable for backpacking. It needed 2 pots, along with a longer cook time.