Forget relying on expensive packaged freeze-dried meals or settling for bland trail food. These recipes are designed around dehydrated meals for hiking and camping, giving you practical make-ahead options that can be prepared in your kitchen, packed for the trail, and enjoyed when you're ready for a satisfying hot meal.
Inside you'll find 50 dehydrated camping recipes covering chicken, beef, sausage, turkey, tuna, beans, lentils, vegetables, pasta, rice, noodles, couscous, soups, stews, curries, chili, and more.
Make your own dehydrated backpacking meals with familiar comfort-food flavors, including Chicken Parmesan Pasta, Beef Stroganoff, Chicken Alfredo, Beef Lasagna, Mac and Cheese with Bacon, Chicken Pot Pie Noodles, Pizza Pasta, Chili Mac, Shepherd's Pie, and Loaded Baked Potato Soup.
You'll also find international-inspired trail meals such as Beef Bulgogi Noodles, Chicken Tikka Masala, Beef Pho-Inspired Noodles, Thai Peanut Noodles, Lentil Dal with Rice, Moroccan Chicken Couscous, Chicken Coconut Curry, Mediterranean Chicken Couscous, and Mediterranean Orzo.
For breakfast and lighter meals, make Trail Breakfast Hash, Trail Breakfast Biscuits and Gravy, a Dehydrated Breakfast Burrito Bowl, or other filling meals that can help start an active day outdoors.
These dehydrator recipes for camping and backpacking are especially useful for home cooks who want to prepare their own trail food instead of purchasing commercial backpacking meals. Make batches at home, portion them for individual trips, and pack convenient meals for hiking, backpacking, camping, hunting, fishing, road trips, and other outdoor adventures.
Recipes include:
• Dehydrated Chicken Parmesan Pasta
• Campfire Enchilada Rice
• Dehydrated Beef Barley Soup
• Trailside Chicken Ramen
• Beef Stroganoff with Egg Noodles
• Dehydrated Black Bean Taco Soup
• Beef Bulgogi Noodles
• Dehydrated Chicken Alfredo Pasta
• Southwest Beef and Quinoa Bowl
• Dehydrated Sausage Jambalaya
• Campfire Sausage and Pepper Pasta
• Trail Breakfast Hash
• Dehydrated Beef and Vegetable Fried Rice
• Chicken Fajita Rice Bowl
• Trail Chicken Tikka Masala
• Dehydrated Sausage Gnocchi Skillet
• Sausage and Lentil Stew
• Trail Mac and Cheese with Bacon
• Chicken Marsala Noodles
• Dehydrated Chicken Teriyaki Rice
• Dehydrated Beef Pho-Inspired Noodles
• Mediterranean Chicken Couscous
• Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta
• Trail Three-Bean Chili
• Trail Breakfast Biscuits and Gravy Bowl
• Dehydrated Mushroom Risotto
• Chicken Pot Pie Noodles
• Cheesy Broccoli Chicken Rice
• Dehydrated Turkey Cranberry Couscous
• Chicken Green Chile Mac
• Trail Tuna Mac and Cheese
• Trail Beef Lasagna
• Trail Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Campfire Chicken and Stuffing Bowl
• Campfire Pizza Pasta
• Campfire Beef and Potato Stew
• Trail Peanut Sesame Noodles
• Dehydrated Thai Peanut Noodles
• Dehydrated Lentil Dal with Rice
• Moroccan Chicken Couscous
• Dehydrated Breakfast Burrito Bowl
• Dehydrated Vegetable Curry with Couscous
• Chicken Coconut Curry
• Beef Taco Couscous
• Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup
• Trail Chili Colorado
• Trail Shepherd's Pie
• Campfire Chili Mac
• Loaded Baked Potato Soup
• Dehydrated Mediterranean Orzo Bowl
Whether you're planning a weekend backpacking trip, a multi-day hiking adventure, a family camping trip, or simply want to build a supply of homemade outdoor meals, these recipes give you plenty of options beyond the usual trail mix, jerky, and instant oatmeal.
Prepare homemade backpacking meals with a dehydrator and bring familiar flavors into the backcountry. Enjoy chicken and rice, beef and noodles, pasta dishes, hearty soups, chili, curry, breakfast bowls, and other satisfying meals without carrying the ingredients in their original fresh form.
The recipes are built around meals that make sense for dehydrator camping food and home meal preparation. They emphasize complete dishes that can be prepared ahead of time and packed for convenient trail cooking, making this cookbook useful for anyone who enjoys DIY backpacking food and homemade dehydrated meals.
You'll find ideas for easy dehydrated meals, lightweight camping food, homemade hiking meals, backpacking dinner recipes, dehydrated trail meals, make-ahead camping meals, and dehydrator recipes for outdoor adventures.
Instead of buying individual packaged meals for every trip, build your own collection of homemade dehydrated food. Prepare several recipes before a trip, portion them for your needs, and create a personalized stash of trail meals with flavors you actually enjoy.
From dehydrated chicken meals and beef backpacking meals to pasta, rice bowls, soups, stews, chili, curry, noodles, and breakfast recipes, this cookbook is designed for variety. You can take a different homemade meal on every night of your next adventure.
If you're looking for dehydrator recipes for backpacking, homemade dehydrated camping meals, hiking food recipes, DIY backpacking meals, easy trail meals, dehydrated dinner recipes, or make-ahead meals for camping, this cookbook provides 50 recipes to expand your outdoor cooking options.
Make your next adventure more satisfying with homemade meals prepared in your dehydrator and ready to become convenient, flavorful trail food.
Library Lighthouse creates practical, focused recipe books designed around specific cooking needs, lifestyles, and everyday situations. The collection spans budget-friendly meals, small-space cooking, meal prep, specialty appliances, outdoor cooking, food preservation, fitness-focused recipes, and family-friendly ideas.
Each book is built to be useful and approachable, with recipes centered on a clear purpose rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. From apartment kitchens and busy schedules to camping trips, homesteading projects, and specialized cooking equipment, Library Lighthouse aims to make it easier to find recipes that fit the way you actually cook.
Explore the Library Lighthouse cookbook collection and find a recipe book designed for your kitchen, your ingredients, and your lifestyle.