Welcome to The Alpine Oven blog, a collection of lightweight meal recipes developed for situations where calororie intake, weight, size, water usage, time and ease of cooking are premium. For use in backpacking, multi day climbing and kayaking expeditions through to biking and fishing trips, the applications are endless.
Using the guidelines described above, they are a compilation of easily sourced, off the shelf meals with known calorific value, allowing for a personally tailored daily calorie intake, for your chosen activity.

Conceived for and proven on alpine forays, including a 3 night acclimatization camp above 3000m on the Allalinhorn glacier above Saas Fee in Switzerland (pictured above) and closer to home, and my alternative Four Nation coast to coast trips, details of which can be found at Transnation coast to coast

Any recipe ideas you'd like to add? Send me a message and I'll try to include them.

Alpine Oven Essentials

The Alpine Oven


The core of this system is the Pour & Store self-standing, re-sealable food storage Pouch from Poly~Lina.
Dehydrated food is packaged and stored, awaiting re-hydration with hot or cold liquids and eaten from the same pouch, which conveniently converts into a bowl.
To aid in the cooking process the pouches can be insulated with a thermal jacket, acting as a heat shield and keeping food warm whilst eating.


In addition my Stove System fits conveniently inside the oven.

Recipe Format

The recipes are divided into 7 categories providing facts on:

Calories: Total calories per meal.

Weight: Total weight including 12g pouch.

Cals/g: Calories per gram, above 4 considered ideal.

Cost: Approximate cost (Sainbury's). Reduced prices can be achieved by bulk buys and un-named brands.

Ingredients: Weights, individual calories and proportions outlined.

Preparation: Rehydrating and cooking guidelines etc.

Notes: Any additional information.

All information is for guidelines only.