Camping food without cooking

    Eating on a hike is always a pleasure. Firstly, a meal break is an opportunity to relax, and secondly, in nature, in the mountains, appetite comes faster, and it is much more pleasant to satisfy it. But eating has another important function - it is the restoration of the strength of all participants in the campaign. After all, it is thanks to a hearty lunch or breakfast that a tourist is saturated with energy to move on.There is an unspoken rule: you need to spend 2 times more time organizing a trip than the trip itself lasts. In other words, it is advisable to start preparing for a weekend hike on Tuesday.

    Food for a hike in the summer and its selection is an important stage of preparation, even if you are just going to go to nature with friends. It is important to organize everything in such a way so as not to take too much with you (after all, you will have to carry everything on yourself), but also not to miscalculate and not to remain hungry. Food and water are the first things to think about when planning a hike.

Diet on a hike 

Breakfast and dinner are necessarily cooked on a fire - this is a full meal. As for lunch, it all depends on the complexity of the hike. In a leisurely, easy hike, there is time and energy to cook a full-fledged soup or fish soup. If the trip is of a more complex nature, it is not cost-effective to spend precious time preparing dinner. In this case, you can limit yourself to tea with high-calorie sandwiches and brew an instant bagged soup. This will be enough to keep going. If this is a hiking trip with children, take care of hot meals, extra protein, vitamins. When planning portions, for young children, they can be halved.

Food outdoors in summer without cooking 

It often happens that during a hike, even if it is not very difficult, there is no strength and energy to cook a full lunch or dinner. But you need to eat, and you won’t get off with light snacks here. Increasingly, tourists prefer ready-made freeze-dried products that do not take up much space in the backpack, but become a full meal during the trip. Freeze-dried food is food that has been vacuum freeze-dried. Moisture is removed from products by vacuum. The benefits of this are enormous: the product decreases in volume and weight, does not lose its useful properties, and its shelf life increases.

Freeze-dried meals include breakfasts, lunches, dinners, meals with and without meat, snacks in the form of nutrition bars, tea and coffee. In other words, you can take exclusively freeze-dried foods on a hike and eat well throughout the hike. To prepare freeze-dried products, just add boiled water and wait 10 minutes. Rice with pork, oatmeal or bulgur with vegetables is ready. Also, the "plus" of such food is that it does not spoil in the heat. This is especially important when hiking in the summer, when a lot of food cannot be taken due to the inability to store them properly.

In addition to sublimates, you can take with you products that do not need to be cooked on a burner. For example, oatmeal or instant muesli (they can be steamed without boiling water), milk powder, cookies, chocolate, cheese, sausage. Thus, you do not need to spend time not only on cooking, but also on washing dishes.

Food for camping 

For those who do not like lazy rest, being able to take a backpack on their shoulders and go hiking is the best way to relax. What you need for a camping holiday depends on how you intend to camp and where you prepare your meals. If it's just a weekend trip with friends for one night, you can have a good rest, look around the area where you live, see new places.

Plan your diet at home in advance and make the necessary purchases. So you save a lot by not overpaying for food in the tourist shops that are on the campsites. As in any other case, it is not advisable to take perishable products with you. If it is meat, take it frozen or freeze-dried. In such a trip you can not do without water. Consider how many liters you will need for the entire period of the trip for all group members, because without water it is most difficult to go on a trip. Of course, you can’t carry a 5-liter flask with you. Therefore, during a hiking trip, you can buy more water or fill empty containers in the springs along the way.
One of the universal products are cereals, from which cereals are prepared. If the trip is not long, you can take canned food and stew (but remember that they are quite heavy and take up a lot of space). It is advisable to stock up on vegetables and fruits that do not spoil quickly. Grab tea, coffee, biscuits for a nice fireside gathering in the evening. You can also take your favorite sweets, nuts, chocolate, condensed milk - they are also high-calorie and at the same time they are easy to store.

Note that even in a two-day light hike with tents, sublimates will be appropriate. It is enough just to calculate how much and what products are needed for the entire group of tourists - and the problem with food will disappear by itself. You have the opportunity to plan a menu for both vegetarians and those who love meat. And the variety of products allows you to eat new dishes every day of the trip, which will not have time to become boring. An overnight camping trip is a good way to take a break from everyday life and the noise of the city, gain strength and "reboot".
Picnic food

 A trip to the forest or to the lake allows you to relax and unwind from the daily hustle and bustle. Therefore, many of us love nature trips so much, even if they are short-lived. A picnic is always a good opportunity to relax in nature with loved ones, friends or a loved one. But even such an innocent hike requires careful meal planning. Before deciding what food to take, you need to count the number of participants in the trip. Then you can proceed to the list of products, taking into account the taste preferences and wishes of all group members. It is not recommended to take perishable foods if it will not be possible to eat them in the next 2 hours.

Hiking, even if for 1 day, will be successful and unforgettable if you plan it correctly. Do not regret spending some time at home so that everyone enjoys outdoor recreation. Remember that the process of preparing food on a hike should not cause difficulties and take a lot of strength and energy. Make this process easy so that you can fully enjoy the travel itinerary.