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Making your own trekking provisions: long-lasting food

Auslegeordnung verschiedener Lebensmittel, die man als Trekkingnahrung brauchen kann, unter anderem getrocknete Pilze, Glasnudeln und gedörrte Kräuter.
Dinah
Marketing, Zurich Office
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Instead of lugging weighty foodstuffs around, just add water – there are plenty of lightweight, packaged meals available to buy. However, if you’d prefer to make your own dried lunch, we’ve got the perfect recipes for you.

Long tours are sure to leave you ravenous – but you need your backpack to be as small and light as possible. That’s why it’s worth taking astronaut-style food with you on multi-day trips. We don’t just mean cereal bars and dried fruit, though. You can get real meals that are totally dried, too, such as Asian noodle soups and hearty stews. These ultra-light meals are available to buy ready-made, but some are relatively easy to make yourself. Lots of foodstuffs can be dried, from fruit and vegetables to meat and fish: there are no limits on the dried meals you can make!

  • Kräuter im Backofen, ausgelegt auf einem Blech zum Trocknen.

    You can quickly dry various foodstuffs in the oven to preserve them.

    Photo © Dinah Brunner
  • Ein Bund Kräuter trocknet an der Luft.

    Air-drying takes longer, but uses less energy.

    Photo © Dinah Brunner

Overview of various drying methods

There are various ways to dry foodstuffs. While it’s relatively easy to dry fruits and vegetables, caution is advised when drying animal products: they can quickly spoil if you don’t dry them properly. As a result, plant-based meals are the place to start if you’re new to dehydrating food. Alternatively, you can buy the animal products ready-made, for example in the form of powdered milk or dried meat, and combine them with plant-based ingredients that you dried yourself.

Recipes: make your own dried provisions

When you’re making your own dehydrated provisions, you don’t need to dry all the ingredients yourself. You can already buy lots of foodstuffs in dried form and put together meals using them. We’ve created three recipes where you only need to dry a few ingredients (if any) yourself.

Kokossuppe im Topf, man sieht die getrockneten Pilze.
Photo © Dinah Brunner
Polenta mit Salzis, draussen gekocht, angerichtet auf einem blauen Kunststoffteller.
Photo © Dinah Brunner
Zutaten für Couscous abgepackt in Platickbeutel und bereit zum Einpacken fürs nächste Outdoorabenteuer.
Photo © Dinah Brunner

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