Trail food
Discover Pinterest’s 10 best ideas and inspiration for Trail food. Get inspired and try out new things.
This list contains a bunch of creative, simple backpacking meal ideas using food from Trader Joe's - perfect for mixing up your next backpacking meal plan!

Chad Gowan saved to Not a chef
Step up your snack game with some quick 'n' easy recipes and ideas.

BuzzFeed saved to Cooking Tips & Hacks
Calorically dense foods provide the energy to hike strong all day long. Fresh foods provide nutrient, color, and flavor to your backcountry meals. Here's how to find the perfect balance, plus information on how long fresh food lasts while backpacking.
Also known as GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts), trail mix's benefits are huge - it’s nutritious, tasty, ingredients are easy to find, no cooking needed, and it preserves and travels well. Here are the best DIY homemade trail mixes and recipes. Some are classic trail mix staples... others are more experimental.

Michelle Cormier saved to Hiking
Healthier Trail Mix Ingredients Make your favorite on-the-go snack healthier (and more delicious!) with some of these add-ins.

Greatist saved to smoothies & snacks
A solid backpacking food plan will enhance your hiking meal and trail snacking life. Use this guide to properly pack food for your next backpacking trip.
4 · 20 minutes · Filled with meaty mushrooms, bright sun-dried tomatoes, and savory bacon bits, this recipe is a lightweight, calorie-dense version of pasta Alfredo. Refuel with some hearty Italian-style comfort food after a long day of hiking!
10 ingredients
Meat
- 1/4 cup Bacon bits
Produce
- 1/4 oz Dehydrated mushrooms
- 1/4 tsp Garlic powder
- 1/4 cup Sun-dried tomatoes
Condiments
- 1/2 oz Alfredo sauce packet
Pasta & Grains
- 4 oz Noodles
Baking & Spices
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
Dairy
- 3 tbsp Butter, powder
- 1/4 cup Whole milk, powder
Liquids
- 2 cups Water

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Tee O'Keefe saved to Good Eats
…For When You Hate Everything in Your Food Bag The first few hundred miles of your hike will be a blissful, face-stuffing party of Snickers and pasta sides, but soon that mail-drop of ramen and power bars sent by your oblivious pre-trail self is going to look pretty unappetizing, and you’ll be combing the stores looking for something you still want to eat. Burning up to 6,000 calories a day on a thru-hike means you have to eat a lot, ...

Appalachian Trials saved to Recipes for the Trail
Quick, easy, delicious and definitely not your standard oatmeal. This apple quinoa porridge is the warm bowl of energy you need on a chilly day on the trail.

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