Given multiple food/cooking threads, figured I’d be selfish and start one focussing on gluten free options. We have found some good choices ranging from your standard freeze-dried backpacking meals all the way up to those who just cook everything. Our family is 100% GF at home and while camping since my daughter has Celiac Disease.
Interested in products, recipes, tips/tricks, and other random goodies others may have found that make camp cooking easier for you.
My wife is Gluten Free, one of our favourites is Mac and cheese, pre cooking the pasta at home then we have a big old cheap wok in our camp stuff, and we add in the cheese. Funnily enough being Gluten Free allowed me to sleep better at camp, something about not having aching joints as much -we also eat a lot of meat (arrachera / skirt steak) cooked over an open flame (solo stove) and Mexican sides (of various sorts) when ever we can
Found a gluten free bakery in Sedona & took a sourdough down to Baja . We’d butter one side & throw it on the skillet to go with some eggs. It really made the morning.
One thing I’ve found helpful is using protein sources that are naturally gluten-free, like various plant-based options or even certain dairy products. For example, if you’re looking for something that packs a punch in terms of protein without all the added junk, you might want to try incorporating organic goat whey protein into your meals.
If you are looking for more options/ things you haven’t considered I’d recommend looking at things that are marketed or tagged as keto friendly.
I’ve found that googling a dish with keto opens you up to alternatives that you may not have known about or considered.
Done quick “keto” options that open up a lot of culinary options:
Spaghetti squash to replace what noodles
Baking with almond flour as a base, I’ve enjoyed a great keto red lobster biscuit recipe at camp with soup, very hearty and tasty
Replacing breadcrumbs with crushed pork rinds for breading fried things
Two quick camp options that are nice and easy:
keto pancakes
Just cream cheese and egg.
Gluten free, dead simple to cook or prep, can be enjoyed with regular syrup or any other great filling camp breakfast
Protein powder “cake” or “brownies”
Obviously depends on the protein powder sourced but a simple mix of water and protein powder microwaved in a cup or baked in an oven can make an enjoyable gluten free cake or muffin base