At Quechua, we are convinced that a good meal is one of the best ways to properly recover and enjoy yourself after a day spent in the mountains. That’s why we’ve come up with some recipes designed for bivouacking and camping, so that you can make the most of your outdoor evenings.
the ready-to-eat bag must be light and easy to carry all day long in a backpack and not complicated to make once the bivouac or camp is set up. And, of course delicious!
The idea is to prepare everything at home before leaving.
What you’ll need:
- Airtight bags (zip-lock type) or paper ones, firmly-sealed with elastic bands;
The advantages of paper bags: you can use them to light a fire or to clean up the cooking pot before doing the dishes (see our article "cooking pots need to be respected! »).
The advantages of plastic bags: they can be used as waterproof mini bin bags.
You’ll need the same number of bags as meals you’re providing :p
- A marker pen (to write on the bag’s contents and cooking time).
-a cooking pot (with lid)
-a stove, with gas cartridge
-a fire with embers (for the"Camp"recipes)
-plastic cutlery (so as not to scratch the cooking pot)
-a TicTac type sweet box emptied of its contents, and filled with "salt-pepper" and / or "cinnamon-sugar" mixture.
The great classic of bivouac dinners is couscous. Admit it, couscous is very practical as it does not need lots of preparation time, or cooking time, or even none if you decide to eat it cold (or if you run out of gas for the camping stove o_O).
So, to revisit a great classic and make it a little more gourmet (tasty), we have come up with different and complete recipes:
Here is a list of dishes to accompany you with your bivouac Couscous dishes; Chilean Quinoa; Coconut cashew pilaf rice.
For meat-lovers, you can take with you what the Americans call “Beef Jerky”, or South Africans “Biltong”. In English, very finely cut, marinated and dried beef. It's very light and easy to carry. We tested this recipe (http://larecette.net/beef-jerky/) and found it rather tasty.
Dare to make couscous!
Chilli style Quinoa
Coconut cashew pilaf rice
For breakfasts, we could have just said "take some biscuits along, they're super light in your backpack and full of calories. Dunked into tea or coffee, they're quite tasty. » Yes, that's maybe true. But we thought we could do better.
For a great breakfast before heading off on your hike, we have thought up 2 Muesli recipes, one chocolate almond and coconut one and another one with goji & cranberries, that you can adapt to your own taste (let your creativity go to town!) :
Chocolate, almond, coconut muesli
Goji & cranberry muesli
When you are carrying for less time, you can bring a little more ;) So that means you can go for more gourmet recipes. We have chosen 2 of these, tried and tested by our Decathlon Camp team. A main course and a dessert, Top Chef-style at the camp site :)
- Chicken marinaded in lemon and chilli
- Marshmallow chocolate bananas
- An improvised dessert, stewed fruit pot
For dessert, at the bivouac or camp site, a fruit compote in a small, practical sachet! But you need to carry it and that leads to waste. So why not make a little compote with fruits found on the way? For this, we will need a cooking pot. Obviously, there will not be much sugar, but it is worth it! And there is nothing more enjoyable than eating the fruit that you have collected yourself. After all, we’re hunter-gatherers aren’t we?
Cut up the apples into large cubes and put them in the pan. Cook on a low heat. Then, when the apples start to break apart, add the cinnamon & sugar mixture. Continue cooking for 2 minutes and then turn off the heat.
These recipes were created by our Camp team to inspire you. Do not hesitate to adapt them to your diets, what you have in your cupboards or, quite simply, your tastes.
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It's true that when we start hiking, we can sometimes have some apprehensions. What are your thoughts about hiking? How do you set up a camp-site? What do you need to take with you? What do you eat? How to hike safely? What about the children, how do you keep them occupied?
This is why we created this guide on hiking and camping. Here, you will find the essentials you need to explore the paths freely, while taking care of nature.
These recipes were created by our Camp team to inspire you. Do not hesitate to adapt them to your diets, what you have in your cupboards or, quite simply, your tastes.
My Top 3 walks: Lac d'Anterne, the West Coast Trail and Vercors (but I can’t choose between them)!
I like to set off on forgotten trails, old shepherd’s or postal trails.
I don't like: people who throw their litter in the forest.
