Good, hot grub you can make at home, dehydrate and pack for quick, easy, and healthy eating on the trail. By Linda Frederick Yaffe.

If you reject boring, expensive, commercially-dried meals, or time-consuming, heavyweight cook-in-the-field meals, you do have another choice: dry your own. Since you are simply heating--not cooking--your home-dried meals in camp, you will use far less fuel: your pack will weigh less. With a lighter pack, and larger portions of instantly prepared, better-tasting food, your backpacking adventures will soar.