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If you want to expand your camp cooking menu, use fresher ingredients, and treat yourself to a cold one at the end of the day, then maybe a new cooler should be in your future? If you’re really committed to the one pot philosophy of camp cooking, you may also consider a single burner stove like this Coleman single burner. We’re big proponents on bringing a decent, full-sized kitchen knife on camping trips, and this knife & cutting board set is perfect. If you’re a big fan of pour-over coffee at home, then this GSI pour-over stand is another good option.

This Sweet & Spicy Cashew Chicken Salad Wrap is a quick and easy backpacking lunch idea that will fill you up and get you back out on the trail in no time. You can use chopped home-cooked chicken breast (stored in a small tupperware) if you’re taking this wrap on a day hike, or bring along a pouch of chicken if you’re planning this as a backpacking meal. If you’re making this for a day hike and you don’t have to rely on shelf-stable food as you would on a backpacking trip, the chicken salad can be prepared at home and stored in a small Tupperware. Recipe by Fresh Off the Grid This sweet & spicy chicken wrap is a quick and easy backpacking lunch idea that will fill you up and get you back out on the trail in no time.

Michael and I have been backpacking together since 2013, and we’re hiking the JMT this summer as our honeymoon (! ! ), so we’ve had a lot of time to work out the kinks in our backpacking packing list. Our gear list is generally the same whether we’re going on a 3-day backpacking trip or a multi-week trip, but where relevant, we’ve included any modifications we make for longer trips. We look for jackets that can be compressed and packed down small so they don’t take up a ton of room in our packs since that’s genrally where this layer will be stored while we’re hiking. If we weren’t professional photographers, we’d ditch this entire system and just use our iPhone X (a lot of the times that’s what we actually do use while hiking and just taking photos for fun! )

The apricots offer a subtly exotic sweetness to mix, while the candied ginger provides intermittent pops of spice. Blend that all together with the tropical flavor from powdered coconut milk and you get a really nice dynamic range of flavors. We had this Apricot Ginger Oatmeal while hiking the Trans Catalina Trail in California. So if you’re burnt out on the standard oatmeal flavors and want to try something new, this is an easy DIY alternative that really hits the spot!