New Backpacking Food Articles from Backpacking Chef

My Cosori Dehydrator: What I Like and Dislike

Cosori dehydrator pros & cons, photos & features, and test results dehydrating rice, potatoes, fruits, fruit leathers, stews, chili, and tomato sauce.

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Dehydrating Cantaloupe & Cantaloupe Fruit Leather

Guide to Dehydrating Cantaloupe: How to dehydrate cantaloupe in pieces or strips. Instructions & recipes for making cantaloupe fruit leather.

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Dehydrating Watermelon & Watermelon Fruit Leather

Dehydrating watermelon into watermelon jerky, plus tips & recipes for making watermelon fruit leather with a dehydrator. Tastes like candy with no sugar added.

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Guide to Dehydrating Potatoes: French Fries for the Trail

The Guide to Dehydrating Potatoes shows how to select, cut, cook, and dehydrate potatoes with recipes including French Fries & Gravy and Potatoes au Gratin.

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40+ Fantastic Fruit Leather Recipes | Backpacking Chef

Explore the fruit leather recipe collection from Backpacking Chef. Learn how to make fruit leather for healthy snacks or rehydrate it into fruit smoothies.

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Vegetarian Backpacking Recipes with Lentils

Backpacking Recipes: Lentils & Vegetables, Green Lentil Stew, Red Lentil Curry, Indian Dal, and Lentil Chili. Instructions for cooking & dehydrating lentils.

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Dehydrating Rice: Safety Update (June 2023)

The recommended temperature for dehydrating cooked rice has been increased to 145° (63°C).

Rice may contain spores from a spore-forming bacterium called Bacillus cereus.

The US FDA recommends keepng hot foods, such as cooked rice, above 135°F (57°C) during the holding period between cooking and serving. This applies to the process of home dehydration of rice.

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Dehydrating Fish: 4 Ways to Cook & Dry It

Dehydrating fish to use in meals like fish casserole, fish-a-roni, fish stew and chowder. Recipes also include meals with dehydrated tuna, shrimp, and crab.

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How to Make Granola Bars | Backpacking Chef Recipes

How to make granola bars with fruit and granola. These homemade granola bars are chewy. Granola bar recipes: Apple-Lemon, Banana-Pineapple, and Berry-Chocolate

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How to Make Granola | Backpacking Chef Recipes

How to make granola and granola clusters. These easy granola recipes include oats, maple syrup or honey, and ground flax & sesame seeds. Bake for 25 minutes.

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