Rehydration Ratios

When creating your own backcountry recipes, it's important to know just how much water it's going to take to rehydrate your dried and powdered foods. Too much and you'll end up with soupy vegetables; too little and your dehydrated meal won't fully rehydrate.

We've put together a comprehensive Rehydration Ratios chart of all of our freeze-dried and dehydrated ingredients to help you determine just how much water you'll need!

This should help you in considering the cooking method that works best with your dish:

• Cool-Water Cooking
• Cook-In Bag Meals
• One-Pot Meals

Here's a preview of what you'll find in our chart:

Dehydrated Vegetables

Vegetable	Water Ratio	Rehydration Time
Cabbage Shreds	2 parts cabbage : 1 part water	Cool Water: 10-12 minutes Hot Water: 3-5 minutes
Carrot Flakes	2 parts carrots : 1 part water	Cool Water: 5-7 minutes Hot Water: 2-3 minutes
Green Onions, Chopped	2 parts green onion : 1 part water	Cool Water: 3-5 minutes Hot Water: Instant

View full Rehydration Ratio Chart

New Meal - Picnic Potato Salad

This homestyle potato salad is the perfect complement to a trailside wrap or sandwich (and fabulous with the All-American Burger Wrap!). Diced potatoes, chopped green onion, pickle relish and a creamy mayonnaise dressing – spread the checkered tablecloth!

Weighs	Serves	# Pots	Water Need	Heat Need	Cook Time	Prep Ease
6.1 oz	1	None	5 oz	None	15<	Super EZ

Details:

• Cook-In Bag Meal
• This meal can be 'cooked' in the bag with hot or cool water
  
• Rehydration time is about 20-30 minutes with cool water
• Rehydration time is about 10-15 minutes with hot water
• Makes one large (14 oz) lunch serving or two (7 oz) side servings
• Vegetarian
• Gluten Free

Sunbutter Sunflower Seed Spread

These 1.1oz packets of all-natural sunflower seed butter make a great nut-free alternative for those sensitive to nuts. A unique and tasty alternative to peanut butter, this is a great way to enjoy sunflower seeds without the bothersome shells! Spread on a cracker or squeeze on a BYOB-Tortilla!

• All-Natural
• Peanut Free
• Gluten Free
• Tree-Nut Free
• Cholesterol and trans fat free
• A great high protein, low carbohydrate food

Ingredients: Sunflower Seed, Dehydrated Cane Juice, Salt, and Natural Mixed Tocopherols to preserve freshness.

Single-Serve Cheesecakes

We've been getting quite a few requests to offer our cheesecakes in a one-person serving . . . and we've listened to your feedback!

Our lemon cheesecake, pumpkin cheesecake and strawberry cheesecake are now all available as single-serves!

Seasons All-Natural Tuna Pouch

Vacuum packed tuna is a lightweight way to enjoy fresh fish on the trail. In addition to being tasty, tuna is an excellent source of lean protein and is high in omega-3s which will help repair tired muscles after a day of strenuous exercise.

• Packed In Water
• No Draining Necessary
• Hand Filleted
  
• Wild Caught
  
• Dolphin Safe

New Meal - Apple Waldorf Salad

A refreshing and tasty treat in the wilderness, our Apple Waldorf Salad serves up a medley of tart apples and crunchy pecans over a bed of savoy cabbage - topped off with a tangy herb dressing, this satisfies when veggie cravings hit! Great as a side dish or a "make ahead" lite lunch.

Weighs	Serves	# Pots	Water Need	Heat Need	Cook Time	Prep Ease
6.4 oz	1	None	6 oz	None	15<	Super EZ

Details:

• Cook-In Bag Meal
• This meal requires cool water when 'cooked' in the bag
• Rehydration time is about 10-15 minutes
• Makes one large (14 oz) lunch serving or two (7 oz) side servings
• Gluten Free

Sponsorship Profile - Loyal Mehnert

Packit Gourmet is sponsoring Loyal Mehnert on his latest travelanthropic journey! Loyal departed on June 1st to hike the Camino de Santiago through France and Spain - an ancient pilgrimage route covering nearly 500 miles and varied terrain.

He will immediately follow this hike with a 500 mile bike ride through the Midwest United States - 1000 miles total! Loyal is engaging in this travelanthropic journey to raise funds and awareness for post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Read More About Loyal's Adventure

Wild Garden Hummus Dip

This smooth and creamy hummus makes a great snack or take a long a couple for a protein packed lunch. Spread on pita bread, crackers or chips, much with veggie sticks or enjoy with falafel.

• All Natural
• No Preservatives
• No Trans-Fats
• Vegan
• Gluten Free

Ingredients: chick peas, sesame paste, water, sea salt, natural spices, citric acid.

No Mess Eggs

Everyone loves eggs in the morning but scrubbing a frying pan after breakfast is no fun at all. We weren't willing to compromise on the flavor of our egg dishes by moving to lackluster just-add-water pre-cooked eggs but we found something just as good - boilable bags!

Mix your migas or breakfast tacos in a boilable bag, submerge it in a pot of boiling water and, voilà - perfectly cooked eggs without the mess! Bonus - you can use the leftover hot water to make your morning cuppa joe.

Boilable bags are sold separately, but we have included instructions on each label for preparing eggs in a boilable bag.