New Camp Cookbook On the Trail: Easy-to-Pack Meals, Cocktails, and Snacks for Your Next Adventure

by Emily Vikre

Make your next hike your best hike with recipes for drinks, snacks, and even some meals that are completely portable and completely delicious.   After a long day outdoors, there’s nothing better than a cold drink or hot meal as the sun starts to set. And there’s also something special about that midday meal on the go, whether your view is the mountains or the sea. In New Camp Cookbook On the Trail, author Emily Vikre shares dozens of all-new recipes as well as a few greatest hits and remixes from Camp Cocktails and The Family Camp Cookbook, so you’re sure to find just what you are craving for your next trip, Packable Apricot cherry energy balls, homemade granola bars, toaster pastry bars, camper's cookies, and four trail mixes from unfussy fuel to downright fancy.Pre-Prepped How to make ready-to-use spice mixes, just-add-water pancakes, minestrone soup, fried rice mix, couscous with olives, and falafel patty mix. Easy to Matpakke, summer sausage sandwich, curried tuna wrap, almond butter wrap with dried fruit and cinnamon, bagel with apple butter and raisins, and fried wrap a la Norway.This + Tuna casserole (mac and cheese, dried peas, tuna), Caccio e Pepe (alfredo, parmesan, and lots of black pepper), vegetarian shepherd's pie (herby lentils and mashed potatoes), and more. Backpacker True lime gimlet, powdered tea Arnie Palmer Collins, instant Irish coffee, spiked tea, and the toddle off toddy as well as flask-friendly versions of the negroni, Shetland sweater, old fashioned, manhattan, the duke, and red rum. Add to that a quick and easy guide to using a dehydrator for culinary adventure, with recipes for jerky, fruit leathers, and dehydrated fruits and veggies, you can add flavor to any outdoor adventure with New Camp Cookbook On the Trail.Also available in this  The New Camp Cookbook, Camp Cocktails, The Family Camp Cookbook, The National Parks Cookbook, New Camp Cookbook Fireside Warmers

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Cooking

144 pages, Hardcover

Published July 2, 2024

Reviews

[Natalie all_books_great_and_small · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

New Camp Cookbook: On the Trail is a great, creative cookbook/recipe book for people who love to hike. Much of the book is based on using dehydrated ingredients for convenience and to make carting the ingredients around in a backpack easier. The recipes include photographs that do look quite appetising of the finished meals, and each recipe has full clear instructions. I imagine lots of these recipes will taste amazing after a day of hiking out in the open, and the book even includes drinks recipes, too.

[Reading Adventures · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun and creative cookbook.So unexpected. I really enjoyed this book. For those of you who love to hike, camp and travel the back roads this cookbook is perfect for you. These recipes are created for easy travel and quick fix. Get creative and feel like the perfect comfort on your hike. This includes everything from pre-prepped meals, easy to assemble and even some special beverages. Each recipe is easy to follow and understand, complete list of ingredients and great description of what to expect. I love the mouth watering photographs throughout the book. I of course found some favorites like Instant Irish Coffee, Fried Wrap A La Norwegians,and Spiked Hot Chocolate. I find more every time I read it. Your family will love this cookbook. It includes guides for dehydrating, making jerky and more. We can’t wait to try them on our next trip.

[Literary Redhead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let's hit the trail with this trusty guide for packing yummy meals, snacks, and even cocktails! I wish I'd had this fun creative guide before moving to Colorado, so our hikes and camping in the glorious mountains would have been much more delicious. There are 50+ recipes for different types of trail mix, flask cocktails, easy to fix wraps, and desserts such as wild berry crumble, with pretty color photos and much much more. Recommended!

[Jacque Dalton · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up. Hits shelves on July 1st! I’ve only been camping a few times in my life. This cookbook didn’t have a lot of the camping favorites, which might be a good thing because if you’re buying this, you’re not looking to be told about recipes you already know.

There’s a good amount of trail mixes referenced which would honestly be so devastating to eat while vacationing. That’s just a personal preference though. If you’re looking for unique trail mixes, a camping cliche, there really unique combos here!

The premixed cocktails are so genius! Not that camping and cocktails have to go together, but if that’s your vibe this book had some tasty sounding, intricate recipes.

The dinners didn’t really appeal to me, there’s a few I would maybe consider — like fried rice, but the breakfasts were all very cool! There’s something for everyone in this cookbook and I think it would make a cool gift for someone in your life who regularly camps. It’s a cute decorative bookshelf piece too.

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for an ARC of this cookbook in exchange for an honest review.

[Alicia Bayer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a nice camping cookbook, though it wasn’t a great fit for me. There are lots of cocktail recipes, which makes sense because the author has also written a camping cocktail book. She mentions foraging but doesn’t include any recipes that use foraged ingredients. The recipes are generally dehydrated things you can assemble, lightweight to carry in a backpack. We camp a lot but we tent camp and drive to the site with a cooler or two, so we can use more fresh ingredients like potatoes, corn on the cob, fish, beans, fresh fruit and so on. Her recipes that involve things like eggs and beans use dehydrated versions, which I am just not interested in. She also uses things like packets of lemon juice where I would just bring a lemon. I did like her instant falafel recipe, but I don’t think there were any other recipes that particularly inspired me. There are photos for just about every recipe, which is always a plus. There is no nutritional information and the recipes are somewhat carb heavy though they do sometimes work in nuts, dehydrated beans and pouches of salmon or tuna.

I read a temporary digital version of this book for review.

[Sharondblk · Rating 4 out of 5]

As anyone who follows me on the socials knows, I like to hike and we go on a few multi-day hikes each year. Last time we were out on the trail we met some very experiences hikers who gave us some tips about lunches, and had a much yummier time on our most recent hike. We still use "just add boiling water and wait ten minutes" dinners - it's just easier, if not better, so I was interested to read this book. Emily certainly understands about hike in (car free) camping and what is practical to take with you. This beautifully presented and photographed book contains a lot of inspiration and a great deal of it it is practical as well. Things like different types of trail mix and alternative lunches. Some of it is a bit odd - when I'm carrying everything I need on my back, I'm not bringing cocktails -although we have been known to carry whiskey with us, but that's more efficient than long drinks. This is a very pretty book, with lovely photos and chatty helpful commentary. This book hasn't yet motivated me away from my basic approach to camp-food, but it has given me some food for thought.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, for the e-Arc in exchange for an honest review

[Em · Rating 4 out of 5]

New Camp Cookbook on the Trail focuses on recipe that are perfect for camping. They are lightweight and pantry stable while nutritious.

The Sections are
* Packable Snackables
* Prepped Meals: Includes spice mixes and food mixes (think pancake mix)
* Flask Cocktails
* Easy To Assemble: low prep meals
* Just add __
* For Your Sweet Tooth
* Backpacker’s Bevvies
* Dehydrator Tibits: how to dehydrate and recipes

Each recipe has servings, a little blurb, ingredients, and directions. Most have pictures to accompany the recipe.

The recipes has classic camping recipes and unique meals perfect for camping. A lot of the recipe include the food freeze dried, so the cookbook would be better for more experienced campers.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Monna · Rating 4 out of 5]

The “New Camp Cookbook On The Trail: Easy-to-Pack Meals, Cocktails, and Snacks for Your Next Adventure” by Emily Vikre isn’t my usual cooking genre, but its recipes lived up to the subtitle. I’m not a hiker at all, but I have done very light camping. I found several snack recipes useful for my own vacation road trips, and picked up a few ideas for easy meals. I was surprised at the alcoholic concoctions and found them fascinating; I don’t know if I’d attempt any if I was a serious hiker or backpacker but they were fun to read. None of the ingredients or procedures looked difficult so I’d think this could be a valuable reference cookbook before hitting the trail. My only negative would be that the recipes don’t include nutritional info. I would think that snacks and meals would benefit from nutritionals especially protein and carbs. Overall, I found it entertaining and informative.

[Cheyenne · Rating 5 out of 5]

5.0/5.0 ⭐

Enhance your hiking adventures with the New Camp Cookbook On the Trail, offering delicious recipes for portable snacks, meals, and beverages to keep you energized and satisfied while exploring the great outdoors. From homemade granola bars to flask-friendly cocktails, Emily Vikre's collection ensures every moment on the trail is a tasty one.

As someone who hikes with a toddler and has a husband into bike camping, I appreciate the focus on minimal weight without sacrificing flavor. The layout and photos are excellent, and the recipes are both thoughtful and easy to follow. We've discovered many new ideas that have enhanced our outdoor meals. I highly recommend this book to anyone who spends time on the trail."

Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group, Harvard Common Press, and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book.

[T Olsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very beautiful book and I hope it will inspire people to hike AND to eat well. I like a lot of the ideas in the book, especially the use of spices and salt, and the bulking up of soups. The last one is normally easy, unlike a lot of the other recipes. As it says on the cover, it's easy-to-pack meals, and unfortunately not always easy-to-prepare meals.
One thing that's not correct is the Norwegian "matpakke", as they do not put slices of bread face-to-face, they use "mellomleggspapir", a small sheet of paper to separate toppings from the next slice.

[Lisa H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Handy to have.

As a hiker, I enjoyed new ideas for energy boosting snacks you can take or make with you on a hike. I liked the vegetarian shepherd's pie. Most of these recipes made perfect sense to me, except, no mixed cocktails on a hike or trail. No. Just no. Not for me.
Aside from that, its a recommend.

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

My experience in the military taught me that it is always a good idea to have some food around that is already prepared or very easy to prepare. I try to get new ideas to incorporate into my emergency kit (here in California earthquakes, wildfires and power outages are always a possibility). This is an excellent book written by someone who has lots of experience.

[Ira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though my backpacking days are somewhat behind me, I enjoyed finding so many interesting (and even tasty) ideas for food to take on a camping or a road trip. Due to several food intolerances and allergies, it's not always easy to find something to go or easy to cook on a camping stove.
The recipes are easy to follow and I liked everything that I tried.

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

OK, But Better Alternatives on Amazon

This was an ok cookbook. Amazon has some much better camping cookbooks out there. This book was more focused on walk in remote camping meals (dried eggs, dried milk) versus site camping where you could have a cooler, etc.

I will more focused on some of the snack and granola recipes than the true dinner meals.

[Bibliohiker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me review this book. This was a fun read and had some great recipes with photos included. I look forward to trying several recipes.

[Joni Owens · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m not what one would accuse of being outdoorsy but I do like having options. This cookbook was eye opening at the possibilities! Very flavorful and not boring recipes!!!

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, lightweight, easy to pack snacks, cocktails and entrees to bring on the trail while backpacking.

[KES · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nay - don't bother.

If you need to purchase a book for recipes to make powdered Arnie Palmers, just water pancakes and flask cocktails so that you can go camping, my honest advice would be that you need to stay home. The great outdoors will chew you up and probably wouldn't spit you back.

I felt this point was reinforced by the editors thinking the readers would be to dumb to grasp some cultural learning about lefse so they just jumped to using tortillas after the author tells you how Norwegian she is.

I received an ARC from Netgalley to help me prepare my honest review.