Here are a bunch of Stoveless backpacking recipes that are super easy!! This is a method of cooking while backpacking and thru hiking that I have been doing for almost a decade now! I loved it back then, and I still love it today! It's lighter weight, it's faster and more efficient, it's cheaper, and it's easier! I hope you enjoy

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Remember the secret to stoveless backpacking meals is by adding extras! I will never just eat couscous, I will add some kind of nuts, raisins or craisins, olive oil, or a tuna packet... it is those extras that take bland and boring meals, and makes them awesome! You can then take a meal you've already eaten, change it up very simply, and it's all new and fresh again!

Extras to consider: powder peanut butter, olive oil, raisins, craisins, nuts, chips, meats and proteins, cheese, tortillas, mayonnaise packets, or hot sauce!

The other secret to nocook meals is to add less water than you think you need, at first. You can always add more later! But if you wind up with a very soupy mix, it's much harder to go back on that.

1. Beans & Rice
3oz Mexicali Rose Dehydrated Refried Beans (or Santa Fe Bean Company)
1oz Minute Instant Rice
1oz Olive Oil
Fritos
(Add cheese, a protein, hot sauce, or pack out an avocado for the best trail meal ever!)

2. Couscous
Near East brand couscous (pine nut is the best flavor)
Raisins, (can never add too many!)
Tuna packet in whatever flavor
Sun Dried Tomatoes
Olive Oil
(Sometimes I'll also add curry powder to this!)

3. Ramen Bomb
Ramen
Powder Mashed Potatoes (half a packet)
Bacon Bits, Cheese, Hot Sauce
(It's better than you think!)

4. Oatmeal
Two Instant Oatmeal Packets (or three!)
Dried Fruit (raisins, craisins, pitted dates, etc)
Nuts of any variety
Carnation Breakfast Essentials (of any flavor)
(Try adding Coffee or Hot Chocolate to your Oatmeal as well!)

5. Hiker Trash Pizza
Flat Bread, or Naan, or Bagels
Cream Cheese
Pepperoni!
(This is a great lunch or an easy and fun dinner!)

6. Peanut Butter & Banana Burrito
Tortilla
Peanut Butter
Chopped up banana
Chocolate Chips!
(there's a lot of ways you could take this further! But another great lunch item)

7. Pack out real food from town!
Pizza in a gallon ziploc, frozen burritos that will thaw out while in your pack, sandwiches from Subway or premade at a grocery store, leftovers from that awesome restaurant in town... stuffed into your cold soak jar!

8. Buy a Dehydrator
The possibilities are truly endless if you have a dehydrator. So that is the endgame of cold soaking and ultimately the best possible option. All of your favorite ever foods, could be cooked stoveless after some dehydrating!

So I think stoveless cooking is most beneficial for thru hikers, but it can be great for others as well! You don't have to be thru hiking the Pacific Crest Trail just to see the benefits.
It weighs less, as my little peanut butter jar is only 1oz while fuel and stoves can weigh more than a pound!!
It's easier and simpler, faster and more efficient. You'll be getting more miles in the day if that's what you want.
It's cheaper and super budget friendly! No need for a fancy stove, no need to replace your fuel every week, save the money and go stoveless!

There are of course downsides through, and stoveless backpacking isn't for everybody. It's not the most social experience, and ultimately some people will just never enjoy it. You won't have as many options compared to stove users, but hey that's why I made this video. So it's not for everybody, but I hope all of this information has been helpful!

00:00 Benefits of Stoveless Cooking
02:26 Downsides of going Stoveless
04:00 Who is this best for?
04:42 Secrets of Cold Soaking
05:30 Beans & Rice
07:33 PackitGourmet
09:23 Couscous
10:36 Ramen Bomb
11:56 Oatmeal
13:00 Hikertrash Pizza
13:37 PB&B Wrap
14:13 Real Food!
15:34 Get a Dehydrator
16:28 Thank you!

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