Pemmican, trail food and cooking outdoors.
Backpacking food that is dense, simple and made from real ingredients.
Pemmican is the original trail food — rendered fat and dried meat that keeps for months and carries more energy per ounce than anything in a foil pouch. Start with how to make pemmican, then see how it fits into a full menu in paleo trail foods for backpacking and the backcountry power drink mix.
The rest of this section is the founder’s kitchen notebook: fermented vegetables, slow sourdough, warming foods for cold days. Fire and camp-cooking notes are being written from the book and will land here.
Food can make or break any expedition because proper food is crucial to keeping the body going during rigorous adventures. I figured out how to bring paleo foods on my backpacking trips and experienced phenomenal improvements in health and performance. Here, our body’s are challenged like nothing in our day to day life. Also during
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Until recently is wasn’t easy to find packable animal-based foods which were ready for the trail. On a recent backpacking trip I tried some of the new convenient grass-fed, ready-to-go primal super foods and was delighted with the results. My menu consisted of a combination: This menu proved to be delicious (with an acquired taste),
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Here’s an easy recipe for Raw Egg Mocha Latte which became my go-to dessert for living in cold weather. Some people have told me the idea of eating raw eggs is not appatizing. However, I have introduced this recipe to many people who have agreed, you don’t taste the raw eggs. They are completely transformed
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My own story on how I discovered paleo… I got sick from not following Paleo/Ancestral. I was vegan for 20 years with constantly declining health thinking I had the right diet, tried every diet/modality I could find, spent thousands of dollars and lived a compromised life, until I discovered paleo/primal. I started healing instantly. My
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This Native American delicious pemmican dish is a superfood that works great for modern day backpacking. Super light and nutrient dense!
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This is a sweet and savory meal that takes minutes to prepare and will satisfy a hearty appetite. It is best to make it ahead of time and let it soak int he marinade for a few hours. However, it can also be eaten immediately after placing in the marinade. The marinade can also be
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Sushi Nori Raw ground beef Avacado Mayonaise Chopped green onions and parsley 1–Lay sheet of sushi nori on a place or cutting board. 2–Spread some raw ground beef on nori roll (about 1/2′ thick). Leave the front and back edge clear by about an inch. 3–Sprinkle chopped onions and parsley. 4–Spread a thin layer of
Raw suet? How in the world do you eat that stuff. Eat this and you will know where the expression “chew the fat” comes from. At best raw fat tastes bland and has an interesting texture between chewing gum and, well, chewing gum. I discovered a way to actually make it fun. This is somewhat
Here is a quick soup that takes about 20 minutes of prep time and is hearty as if you’ve been cooking bones all day. The trick is adding the gelatin and butter at the end. Serve this with a meat dish for a complete tasty and balanced paleo meal. After putting the veggies in the
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