Food – Tips

No Coolers Food Pack

March 17, 2025 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Menus / Food Packs / Food - Tips / Food - Video by Lacey Anderson

Powdered Hummus, Dehydrated and Freeze-dried Mango — The majority of the ingredients for the recipes in my cookbook can be purchased at the supermarket. Sometimes the grocers place the items in the health food or international isle. If you live in a city or a larger urban area these items are usually easily found, but if […]

Dried Hummus, Mangoes, Pure Vanilla

January 10, 2025 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

Salad Dressing Packets

January 9, 2025 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

Vegan Desserts from my cookbook titled: Vegetarian Camp Without Coolers: 18-Day Meal Plan —– LINK to BUY ON AMAZON Raspberry Chocolate Pancakes (slight modification – replace the milk with coconut or nut milk) No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars Homemade Fudge with Strawberries No-Bake Coconut Chocolate Cookies (slight modi – replace […]

Vegan Desserts – 28 Recipe Suggestions

November 15, 2020 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

Chana Masala Ingredients Vegan 3-Course Dinners (appetizer, main course & side dish) are from my cookbook titled, Vegetarian Camp Without Coolers: 18-Day Meal Plan Appetizer Hummus Dip for Vegetable & Chips Guacamole with Tortilla Chips Popcorn Veggies with Peanut Dipping Sauce Mexico Jicama Sticks Main Course Red Coconut Curry North […]

Vegan Main Course, Appetizer & Side Dish – 45 Recipe ...

November 12, 2020 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

Cowboy Caviar These Vegan Lunches are from my cookbook titled, Vegetarian Camp Without Coolers: 18-Day Meal Plan Avocado Pita Buffet Buckwheat Soba Noodles & Veggies Cabbage Wrap with Peanut Sauce Pasta de Peru Vegan Aztec Tostadas (omit crema) Tahini Spread Tomato Hummus Lime Wraps Ginger Soba Noodles Quick Trail Lunch […]

Vegan Lunches – 26 Recipe Suggestions

October 5, 2020 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

These Vegan breakfasts are from my cookbook titled, Vegetarian Camp Without Coolers: 18-Day Meal Plan Fresh Breakfast Buffet Breakfast of the Incas (slight modification – replace the milk with coconut or nut milk) Southwest Tofu Breakfast Burrito Raspberry Chocolate Pancakes (slight modification – replace the milk with coconut or nut […]

Vegan Breakfasts – 32 Recipe Suggestions

September 1, 2020 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

Photo credit to Ben Webb for this beautiful picture of our lunch alongside the Rio Maranon in Peru. Below is a basic menu outline for my next cookbook in the “Camp Without Coolers” series. Lots of people have requested I develop a Gluten & Dairy-Free edition. So, I have started […]

Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free ~ 10-Day Menu

August 13, 2020 in Food - Menus / Food Packs / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

One of the first promotional activities I have done, about 10 years ago. Getting the word out about my “no coolers” techniques for camp kitchens, opening up to the world about my ideas from the Camp Without Coolers cookbook series. What a ride it has been.

10 Years Prior to Pandemic

April 11, 2020 in Food - Tips / Food - Video by Lacey Anderson

Example of how I pack a no coolers trip. This was for the Middle Fork Salmon. An 8-Day, 10 people trip. Each day includes breakfast, lunch, appetizer, main course, side dish and dessert!

8-Days, 10 People – Food Pack

November 1, 2019 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Menus / Food Packs / Food - Tips / Food - Video by Lacey Anderson

Detailed Food Pack Example

March 17, 2019 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Menus / Food Packs / Food - Tips / Food - Video by Lacey Anderson

This was a pack I did for the Escalante River. It was 7-days for 4 kayakers. No Coolers style; see my cookbook series “Camp Without Coolers”.

7-Days, 4 people – Food Pack

June 1, 2017 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Menus / Food Packs / Food - Tips / Food - Video by Administrator

This is an excerpt from my camp cookbook, “Camp Without Coolers or Stoves – Tasty Meals with Absolutely NO COOKING!”. The guidelines for eleven specific produce items is because those are the most common fresh produce ingredients in the cookbook. Tip # 1 – Keeping Foods Fresh Purchase fruits and […]

Keeping Produce Fresh, Camp WITHOUT Stoves

October 4, 2015 in Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

The 5-Day menu includes breakfast, lunch, and a themed multi-course dinner each day. Dinners start with happy hour where drinks and appetizers are served. Then the main entrée is served with salad and bread. Lastly, top the meal off with a delicious dessert. Use the 5-Day Menu in its entirety […]

5-Day Menu, Camp WITHOUT Stoves

September 26, 2015 in Food - Menus / Food Packs / Food - Tips by Administrator

No Coolers Food Packs – Example

October 12, 2014 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Menus / Food Packs / Food - Tips / Food - Video by Lacey Anderson

Make Romaine Lettuce Last Longer

September 12, 2013 in Food - Tips / Food - Video by Lacey Anderson

Newest Cookbook Now Available

April 8, 2013 in Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

Fresh, Fresh, Fresh! and local grown! Chilies, peppers of all variety, limes, mangoes, papayas, oranges, cantaloupe. The gourmet cook will love the amazing variety of spices and frijoles. A nina bonita selling her families produce direct from the family farm. And my favorite – mangoes – they are in season in the winter. A vendor […]

Mexico Mercado

January 1, 2013 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

This is the list of recipes in my cookbook, “Camp Cooking WITHOUT Coolers II – Blueprint for Using Nonperishable Food”. Dutch Rice Delight Mediterranean Tuna Pockets Vegetable Soup Pesto with Tortellini Bliss Balls Hot Apple Muesli Chicken Verde Wrap Dates and Mangoes North African Couscous with Harrisa Cherry Cheesecake Breakfast […]

Camp Cooking WITHOUT Coolers II – recipe list

November 4, 2011 in Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

The chayote can be eaten raw or cooked. It will keep for at least one week (probably much longer) without refrigeration. It is a mild flavored vegetable that taste something between a cucumber and an apple. I have been experimenting with it these last two weeks and am delighted with what can […]

Versatile Wonder Vegetable

August 18, 2011 in Food - Ingredients / Recipes / Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

How Low Can You Go? By Lacey Anderson, author of Camp Cooking WITHOUT Coolers II Editor’s note: Tired of hauling heavy coolers and worrying about running out of ice, but hate the thought of not eating well on your outdoor adventures? Lacey Anderson has a solution for you – lightweight, […]

NRS: “How Low Can You Go?”

August 15, 2011 in Food - Tips / River - Published Articles by Administrator

Order Online from NRS or purchase directly form your local boating and outdoor recreation retailer. Twelve retail stores including NRS now carry the book. NRS has made it very easy to order through their online catalog. For those of you waiting to order from me directly – I will be guiding (and camp […]

Easy Ordering Options

July 11, 2011 in Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson

I am always looking for ways to make camp recipes as healthy as possible. I have just discovered a way to improve some recipes and wanted to pass the information onto you. A few of the recipes in my cookbook “Camp Cooking WITHOUT Coolers” contain shortening. Shortening works very well in the […]

No Coolers

CAMP WITHOUT COOLERS ~ Kick the Cooler Habit!