These no cook meals are high in protein and ideal for car camping or backpacking. Most require no refrigeration too! So if you want to get an early start and go hiking with the kids, throw food in ...

There’s no reason to cook in the backcountry anymore. By Benjamin Tepler, senior gear editor. I’m a former professional chef and food writer, and I used to agonize over my backcountry meals.

This hearty salad becomes no-cook when made with canned chickpeas and packaged steamed lentils. All told, it'll only take about 20 minutes to prepare. Get the recipe: lemony lentil and chickpea salad ...

No matter the meal—breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even dessert—these easy-to-cook backpacking meals will keep you fueled and full. We cooked, tested, and ranked the best backpacking meals of 2025.

A typical hiking or camping checklist includes several basics: food, water, shelter, a sleeping system, reliable footwear and perhaps a small first-aid kit. Imagine ditching all of the food and mos… ...

Benjamin Tepler is Outside's gear editor in charge of all things hiking, backpacking, and car camping. The antidote to plastic sporks that snap in half and chip their tines, the Picnic+ set made ...

Here's How To Make No-Cook, Cold-Weather Meals That Are Still Comforting. Elizabeth Buxton. Last Updated 2 December 2017, 8:45. ADVERTISEMENT. See All Slides. Begin Slideshow. Photographed by ...