Summer has arrived here in Texas along with one of our favorite summer rituals – The 3 Day Weekend! We take long weekends seriously here at Packit Gourmet, and we think you should too! To help inspire, we’ve compiled some of our favorite dream long weekend destinations near Packit Gourmet…
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What’s In Our Camp Kitchen?
The Camp Kitchen: A sacred space, where all are welcome! A space dedicated to community, nourishment, flavor, and where hangry campers find solace! As lifelong purveyors of well crafted camp meals and trail food, we have amassed a large repertoire of chef tools and kitchen gadgetry, learning best practices and…
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2023 Mail Drop Locations for Thru and Section Hikers
Tackling one of the USA’s amazing long-distance trails is an exciting and daunting prospect, especially when it comes to long term meal planning. To help with a little of the planning we’ve put together mail drop maps for three of the most popular hiking trails: Appalachian Trail, John Muir Trail and…
The Great Tortilla Showdown
Why does the tortilla reign supreme? Simply put, the tortilla or wrap is a practically un-smush-able, shelf stable, easy to pack bread that you can pair to any and all savory flavors. Tortillas and wraps open the door to backcountry meal possibilities that are unattainable without this magical layer of…
Our Easy Guide to Goal Setting & Getting Outside in 2023
It’s never too early for a good idea and never too late for dreaming! As the new year begins and life settles back into a routine, the time is now to take that seed of an idea and plant it in fertile ground. There’s a full year of adventure in…
A Trip Report – 1,000 Miles of Canadian Wilderness Travel!
One year ago, Niki Choo approached us with a simple but wild idea – a human powered wilderness traverse, connecting the Pacific and Arctic oceans in 3 months… This is her story: We were starting two weeks later than we expected, and I worried about finishing the trip before it…
5 Tips For How To Cook Over A Campfire
There’s nothing better than the magic of a campfire on a cool night — the crackling of the wood, the familiar woodsy smell, and the opportunity for some campfire cooking! Whether it’s perfecting your method or bringing the right gear, planning and thinking ahead matters when it comes to depending on your own fire building and skills to cook over an open fire with unrelenting high temperatures…Here are 5 tips for a successful campfire cookout!
Rounding Up for Explore Austin
Summer has ended and schools are gearing back up for another semester — but as we all know, some of the best learned lessons can come from summer wilderness fun! Every Summer, the team at Explore Austin gear up to send over 150 young explorers on 18 trips to wilderness…
The Power of Real Ingredients
If you’ve read anything about Packit Gourmet’s origins, you already know that our meals were born in a kitchen preparing for a backcountry canoe trip … and that we understand you only feel as good as the quality of the food you eat … What does that mean to us?…
Reflections of a Modern Adventure Dad
Viktor Frankl once wrote that what one really needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of oneself. For many of us, there is no more worthy a goal than parenting. This month, in celebration of father figures everywhere, we sat down…
REMIX! Take your Texas State Fair Chili beyond the bowl.
From the moment we launched our TX State Fair Chili, it has been an award-winning fan favorite! Over the years, we’ve realized the true potential for chili to transcend any and all culinary rules. A true wild card of camp comfort foods and a champion of flavor pairings. So, without…
The Subtle Art of Motherhood & Food
It is an art after all…there are no shortcuts, no rulebooks, and infinite possibilities when embarking upon the journey of motherhood. In many ways, parenting is a lot like creating a new meal or crafting a tasty recipe. It takes creativity, preparation, and going with the flow! We sat down…