Friday, February 22, 2013

Healthy Camping Food



Healthy camping food is one of the survival essentials for camping and other outdoor activities. Healthy food adds fun to your venture trip as well as helps retain your energy to explore wilderness. To cook and dine outdoors in the midst of nature, under the blue sky, is certainly a great fun experience. However, without the vital food ingredients and cooking equipment it would be challenging to accomplish the task effectively.

The best way to manage healthy camping food supplies is to prepare a camping food checklist and therein mention all the food ingredients necessary for camping survival. You can select any kind of food for your camping trip however, the  healthy camping food that are easy to carry, have long shelf life, easy to cook and rich in nutrients are most appropriate for camping and other venture trips. It is better to avoid perishable food material to pack for go camping trip. For instance milk and mayonnaise must not be carried if we leave for a wilderness trip for a multiple number of days. 


Canned, precooked, dried vegetables, meat and grains are some of the healthy camping food you can carry alone to campsite. Apart from quick cooking, precooked food has long shelf life and can be preserved for longer time. However, if to bring perishable food item is desired, you must have some means to preserve it as well.   

Some of the healthy camping foods are burgers, hotdogs and sausages as they required a little effort and time to cook as well as have great taste to serve you delicious and satisfying meals at campground. Moreover, if you want to prepare food at home for camping purpose, pack them in aluminum foil to keep them warm.

The healthy camping food offers great variety for outdoor enthusiasts to carry along other survival essentials. For instance powdered eggs and bread, different flavors of dehydrated and freeze-dried camping food are other examples of healthy camping food to pack for wilderness survival. Apart from rich nutrients they are very economical and do not need any kind of refrigeration. One of the good advices for healthy food is to pack according to individual capacity to remain energetic throughout your camping trip.  

To cook healthy camping food with a gas-flame on outdoor trips would be very difficult. You can use fire starting tablets for cooking purpose. Another option is to bring a small portable stove alone at campground.

Additional healthy camping food option is store a few packages of different flavors in your survival kit. Other essentials to make healthy camping food are sugar, salt, raisins, nuts, dried apples, dry milk and dry fruits. Furthermore, soup, noodles, tea, coffee and canned food are healthy camping food especially in winter season.

Whatever the choices you make for your healthy camping food, remember to check the expiry date on all food items before you leave for an outdoor trip. If necessary, replace the expired items to ensure you healthy camping food as well as great fun experience at campsite.

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