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Mexican freeze-dried meals for backpacking: pozole, enchiladas and huevos rancherosTrail food guidesMexican freeze-dried meals for backpacking: pozole, enchiladas and huevos rancherosOso Adventure Meals makes freeze-dried Mexican food for the trail from family recipes: Pozole, Bison Enchiladas, Elk Huevos Rancheros and a Veggie Enchilada Bowl. They're made in Colorado with grass-fed Colorado bison and elk, every pouch is two servings, and all you need is one cup of boiling water. Why we make Mexican food for the trailSome of us grew up in Colorado and some of us grew up in Michoacán, Mexico, but we all grew up on the same kind of food. On a backpacking trip in the...Read the story →
Trail food guidesWhat makes a freeze-dried meal taste good (and why most don't)A freeze-dried meal tastes good when it starts as a real recipe, gets its flavor from chiles and spices instead of just salt, uses meat you can actually taste, and is built on ingredients that hold up to hot water. That's the whole idea behind Oso. Here's what to look for, whoever's pouch you end up buying. Start with a real recipeA lot of trail meals are built backward: pick a shelf-stable base like pasta or instant rice, then add a sauce packet's worth of flavor. Ours start as family...High-protein freeze-dried meals: what 62 grams of protein looks like on the trailTrail food guidesHigh-protein freeze-dried meals: what 62 grams of protein looks like on the trailOso's Elk Huevos Rancheros has 62 grams of protein and 760 calories in one two-serving pouch. Our Pozole has 48g, Bison Enchiladas 38g and the Veggie Enchilada Bowl 23g. A lot of popular two-serving pouches land somewhere in the 20s to 40s, so if protein is what you're shopping for, start with the elk. Why protein matters out thereLong days are hard on your body. Protein helps you recover overnight and keeps you full a lot longer than a pouch of noodles. Hunters on long sits, backpackers on...