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DIY Dehydrated meals?
« on: February 28, 2018, 11:37:36 AM »
Does anyone dehydrate their own meals for the back-country? I don't own a dehydrator but I've been thinking about getting one mainly for this reason.  The cost of the Mtn. House type meals can add up pretty quick.  Between hunting and recreational backpacking with the wife I'd think the money saved could pay for a decent dehydrator in just a year or two. I like the idea of knowing exactly what I'm eating too. It doesn't seem too complicated as far as I can tell either, just cook something you like, spread it out in the dehydrator, and let it sit for half a day.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2018, 12:11:09 PM »
Its not quite that simple. Mtn. House is freeze dried which makes a marked difference to something dehydrated, you can Google the particulars but one of the main issues is rehydration time. Freeze dried foods rehydrate quickly whereas dehydrated food usually rehydrates quite slowly. Certain foods don’t dehydrate or rehydrate well and if there is something with high oil content then your dehydration time can go up significantly. A dehydrator is best used to dehydrate ingredients that you can then make meals out of. I use mine for mushrooms, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, venison burger, fruits, etc. that I bring along to add to meals.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2018, 12:23:42 PM »
I dehydrate all my own meals.

Its pretty simple if you keep it simple. My favorite is any sort of crockpot stew, shredded meat with some sweet potatoes, chili or spaghetti.  You can also throw in some instant mashed potatoes to the stew or shredded meat after its dehydrated.

When you go to dehydrate, keep all of your pieces of meat and veggies small so they dehydrate consistently. $2-$4 per meal if you throw in packaging and oxygen absorbent packages (off amazon) for a little longer shelf life. Anything I wont eat within a month or so I throw in the freezer once its dehydrated.


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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2018, 03:19:00 PM »
I've done it many times.  I don't like using beef because of the fat content.  Fat is your enemy.  Lean, trimmed chicken breast and venison/elk/moose work the best.  Dehydrated stews and chili are my favorites.  Dehydrated chicken breast alone, cut into small pieces is great.  Just bring along some mayo packs and add to the chicken when done and you have a great chicken salad.  You can also rehydrate  jerky also to make soup or stews with.  Veggies are good too.  Dehydrated corn is my favorite.  You can dehydrate onions and garlic but do that outside, it will stink up your house something terrible.
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2018, 03:49:30 PM »
Do you guys then vaccuum pack them, or what storage contraption do you use when actually backpacking for the food? I'd probably buy one Mtn House per hike then re-use the bag to re-hydrate the food in for the rest of the trip.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2018, 04:34:10 PM »
I use mylar ziplock bags off of amazon and try to get as much air out of them as possible when I seal them up.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2018, 06:15:08 PM »
THere is no comparison between freeze dry and dehydrated food. Freeze dry is the only way to go imo. A buddy of mine makes awesome freeze dried food. But he dropped the cash on a commercial freeze dryer.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2018, 07:14:03 PM »
It has been on my list for quite a while.  I did quite a bit of dehydrating for a 2 month backpacking trip quite a few years ago.  Wasnt overly happy with some vegetables rehydrated.  Definitely takes much longer to rehydrate.  I have started to lean more towards snacks during the day and have a Mountain House at night to keep costs down, less stopping for longer periods of time during the day when Im hunting, and I dont need to carry stoves, gas, cookware.  Getting a good variety of sweet and salty/fatty snacks is the key to actually wanting to eat it.  Not sure how some people choke down bar after bar.  I also have been buying my Mountain House in bulk.  So I think my last ones came out to 4-5$ each.  Get good enough variety and Im not a super picky eater so it works for me.  I almost think I would start buying freeze dried foods and building recipes before Id start dehydrating again.  It seems to be what places like Packit Gourmet does ... could be wrong though.  Not sure what the cost would be. 

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« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2018, 07:18:02 PM »
I've done them and mine have varied from awesome to pretty bad, it's all in the experimentation and recipe.  Ground venison, veggies, potato flakes and a gravy packet was my best so far.

The key is extra time and getting the water ratio right.  If you can cook them over heat, it works even better.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2018, 09:51:29 AM »
Freeze dryers are like 5 grand???? Damn your friend has some money to burn on dehydrating food haha

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2018, 10:28:48 AM »
I've done and it works great. I see a lot of negative comments on here about it. The thing to remember is that you just need to be fed. Eat a nice meal the first night and when you get home. Everything in between is just calories.
With that said I have found some great info on backpackingchef.com Lots of good recipes to try.
I like the chili the best.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2018, 10:38:55 AM »
Freeze dryers are like 5 grand???? Damn your friend has some money to burn on dehydrating food haha

It was only $3 grand.  "Only" might make it sound like we're wealthy but it's really a cost savings when you consider the fact that we were consuming hundreds of Mountain House per year  :tup:

Plus being able to cook up a huge skillet of your favorite meal then freeze drying it just a couple days before eating it is next level comfort on the mountain  :drool:
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2018, 10:42:37 AM »
The first time you have warm banana cream pie or huckleberry crisp, that $3,000 is nothing  :chuckle:

Or that chorizo, fire roasted green chile and white cheddar penne... bruh
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2018, 11:03:15 AM »
The first time you have warm banana cream pie or huckleberry crisp, that $3,000 is nothing  :chuckle:

Or that chorizo, fire roasted green chile and white cheddar penne... bruh

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2018, 12:38:50 PM »
Aside from the time and energy, dehydrating your own food is pretty straightforward, tastes better (assuming you're a decent cook to start with), is better for you (less salt), and significantly less expensive than the freeze-dried meals, and generally consume less pack volume.

I enjoy cooking and can take the time to make gourmet meals every night while at home if I want to, but when I'm packing for a 8-10 solo hunting trip it's all about decent tasting nutrition and making sure I will have enough fuel to power me around the backcountry.

The trick is making sure all the components of your dehydrated meals are relatively small, and fat/oil free to the extent possible.  Another trick is to pre-soak the ingredients before warming them up.  You'll use a lot less fuel that way by not having to bring everything up to a boil for a while. For example, just toss the dry ingredients into a designated Nalgene bottle with enough water a couple hours before dinner and heat it up to eating temps after camp is set up. Rinse out the Nalgene or slug down the slurry...you're going to want to stay hydrated anyway.

Try this simple test: Dehydrate a can of chili con carne that is readily available off the shelf at your nearest grocery store, or make your own.  A full can is a pretty good sized meal for most folks and you can mix in some carbs and fats to make it more filling. Might only cost you a couple bucks and you can juice up the seasoning to your liking before you dehydrate it. Once dehydrated, you'll notice that the meat is already pretty small but the beans will turn into little rocks that will take some time to reconstitute in the field.  Just take the dehydrated material and zap it a couple times in a Cuisenart or food chopper until the beans are busted up and pour it into a Ziplock freezer bag.  After you've reconstituted it, pour in some fats. Try the same thing with spaghetti if you like.  I guarantee it will taste good, pack up much smaller than freeze-dried stuff, weigh the same as the freeze-dried stuff and you can burn the plastic bags instead of having to pack around the MH bags.  Just make up a big batch and throw them in the freezer to use when you need them.

Sometimes if I know I'm going on a longer trip, I'll just compartmentalize the ingredients so I can whip up whatever sounds good that night.  Marinera and white sauces. Precooked and seasoned ground red meat or finely diced chicken. Angel hair pasta, cous cous, rice or potatoes for carbs.  Plenty of Ghee and Olive Oil to round out the all important fats.
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2018, 02:50:58 PM »
My mom makes me some awesome dehydrated meals! She has a backcountry meals prep book.. Powerhouse potatoes are my favorite, but she also preps some great eggs and sweet potatoes as well. Between her contributions and the large containers of mountain house meals that I reseal in individual packs, we mix it up back and forth. We never have an issue with rehydration... both are comparable.
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2018, 06:59:17 AM »
I've been learning how to make dehydrated meals in the past two years. I decided I have a giant garden and a freezer full of meat, so why use store-bought food in the backcountry? I dry components separately, then combine into meals. I usually have a bag of bear meat- ground, rinsed, and dried. From the garden, I've got dried tomatoes, sweet corn, chiles, carrots, apples, beets on hand, basil, sometimes morels if I'm lucky. I'll combine the meat and choice of vegetable with a starch, usually cous cous, instant potatoes, or Ramen noodles. Then I just need to add seasoning to make a meal.

I end up spending way under $1 for a meal and enjoy knowing it's food that I grew or killed myself. The result sometimes tastes worse than Mountain House, but when it's bad I get to think of how I can improve the recipe rather than just thinking about how much I hate Mountain House.


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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #18 on: July 24, 2019, 03:33:00 PM »
Just getting into this.

I picked up this book: https://www.backpackingchef.com/recipes-for-adventure-ebook.html and there's a lot of really good stuff in here. 2 questions.

1) I'd imagine using ground elk/venison would be pretty ideal for dehydrating because of the low fat content. Then I could add a packet of olive oil or so after adding water for bumping fat levels back up?
2) He recommends using a pot to rehydrate meals. I have a JetBoil, and really don't want to have to pack a pot. Anyone tried to rehydrate in a used Mountain House meal bag? I'd sure think it would work.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #19 on: July 24, 2019, 03:41:45 PM »
I've used venison, it dehydrates all the way down to gravel.

I rehydrate in a quart or gallon Ziploc in a home made insulating pouch made from the car window shade shiny stuff.  With dehdrated, make sure you aren't in a hurry as it takes much longer than freeze dried.  Like 30 minutes or more unless you don't like crunchy stuff.

Mix ground vension with mashed potatoes, dried corn, peas and carrots and then 1/4 of a gravy packet.  I do the meat first, then veggies, then gravy and finally mashed potatoes when it's all done.

Water amounts are tricky, using mashed potatoes at the end makes it easier as you can add more or less.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #20 on: July 24, 2019, 08:00:56 PM »
Best way I have found to rehydrate burger meat is to first cook it with about 1/2c bread crumbs, panko, dried potatoes, etc. and then dehydrate. It rehydrates much easier this way.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #21 on: July 24, 2019, 08:55:42 PM »
Just getting into this.

I picked up this book: https://www.backpackingchef.com/recipes-for-adventure-ebook.html and there's a lot of really good stuff in here. 2 questions.

1) I'd imagine using ground elk/venison would be pretty ideal for dehydrating because of the low fat content. Then I could add a packet of olive oil or so after adding water for bumping fat levels back up?
2) He recommends using a pot to rehydrate meals. I have a JetBoil, and really don't want to have to pack a pot. Anyone tried to rehydrate in a used Mountain House meal bag? I'd sure think it would work.

Amazon sells mylar bags for pretty cheap, same style as a mountain house bag, I get some of those small oxygen absorbents to throw in the bag as well.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #22 on: July 24, 2019, 09:16:18 PM »
Dont overthink it guys. Meal in a ziplock. Add boiling water from jetboil into the bag. Stuff bag back into jetpoil and pop the lid back on. When ready to eat, fold the mouth of the bag over the jetboil and you are left with a nice bowl to eat from. When done zip it closed and dispose.
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #23 on: July 24, 2019, 09:22:38 PM »
My go to meals for the dehydrator are spaghetti,  Spanish rice, a burger noodle veggie brown gravy concoction,  stir fry, and chili sometimes.

Small pieces are your friend

Cut burger with breadcrumbs and then boil it if you want the leanest possible.

Canned chicken is super easy vs cooking and chopping your own

I add some water to my meal about an hour before I want to eat it and then finish with boiling water when I'm ready. Cuts cook time in half.
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« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2019, 09:24:37 PM »
Plus the way @Karl Blanchard preps them, it doubles as a killer bait for the crawdads
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« Reply #25 on: July 24, 2019, 09:26:07 PM »
Plus the way @Karl Blanchard preps them, it doubles as a killer bait for the crawdads
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #26 on: July 24, 2019, 10:01:50 PM »
My go to meals for the dehydrator are spaghetti,  Spanish rice, a burger noodle veggie brown gravy concoction,  stir fry, and chili sometimes.

Small pieces are your friend

Cut burger with breadcrumbs and then boil it if you want the leanest possible.

Canned chicken is super easy vs cooking and chopping your own

I add some water to my meal about an hour before I want to eat it and then finish with boiling water when I'm ready. Cuts cook time in half.

I had thought of adding water a bit before I was truly ready to eat might help speed the process along. And yep definitely was planning on the bread crumbs and canned chicken, seems to be a common refrain. Good stuff, good tip about wrapping the Zip lock over the mouth of the jet boil too.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #27 on: July 24, 2019, 10:33:54 PM »
Dont overthink it guys. Meal in a ziplock. Add boiling water from jetboil into the bag. Stuff bag back into jetpoil and pop the lid back on. When ready to eat, fold the mouth of the bag over the jetboil and you are left with a nice bowl to eat from. When done zip it closed and dispose.

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #28 on: July 29, 2019, 08:36:48 AM »
Dont overthink it guys. Meal in a ziplock. Add boiling water from jetboil into the bag. Stuff bag back into jetpoil and pop the lid back on. When ready to eat, fold the mouth of the bag over the jetboil and you are left with a nice bowl to eat from. When done zip it closed and dispose.

Definitely gonna try that.   :tup:
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #29 on: July 29, 2019, 09:47:36 AM »
Dont overthink it guys. Meal in a ziplock. Add boiling water from jetboil into the bag. Stuff bag back into jetpoil and pop the lid back on. When ready to eat, fold the mouth of the bag over the jetboil and you are left with a nice bowl to eat from. When done zip it closed and dispose.

 :yeah:

Just don't use cheap bags.  Cheap bags can not only fail due to the heat, but can also (supposedly) leach chemicals into your food at certain temps.

Zip lock brand bags hold up really well, and (again, supposedly) don't leach chemicals.

I have pre-mixed and separated into zip lock bags for a couple years now with great success.  I've also tried vac packing, but the zip lock bags have been easier for re-hydrating due to their flexibility. 

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #30 on: November 23, 2019, 03:20:57 PM »
The backpacking chief book is really good. i have been doing my own meals for years on my dehydrator but i learned a lot from it. I used to vacuum pack everything but not i just use freezer bags and a reflectix pouch to rehydrate my meals.  The refletix pouch really keeps the heat in and really shortens the time to rehydrate (it also doubles as a pretty decent but pad). 

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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #32 on: November 27, 2019, 05:22:06 AM »
The backpacking chief book is really good. i have been doing my own meals for years on my dehydrator but i learned a lot from it. I used to vacuum pack everything but not i just use freezer bags and a reflectix pouch to rehydrate my meals.  The refletix pouch really keeps the heat in and really shortens the time to rehydrate (it also doubles as a pretty decent but pad).
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Re: DIY Dehydrated meals?
« Reply #33 on: June 10, 2020, 12:39:06 PM »
I spend about 50 nights a year camping so I pretty much exclusively dehydrate my own meals. This guy here has an excellent YouTube channel to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBabelfish5

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