Wild Zora Paleo Freeze Dried Meals for Backpacking & Camping - Healthy Gluten Free & Grain Free Camping Meals/Backpacking Food + No Added Sugar - Includes Breakfast & Dinner Options (Variety 7-pack)

Normally I would not buy this type of product. It seems more suitable for man bun wearing guys that for a 66 year old red neck. But I decided to try the variety pack for my wife. She likes to try freeze dried meals when we are not at home. I was very surprised when I tried these. I liked them better than my wife did. I like the major brand freeze dried products. But these are a big step above them. They are a bit more pricey though. The meals are tasty, easy to prepare, and filling. I found these single serving meals are more filling then the two serving meals from the well known competition. They also are not as bland as the competition. I didn't find a need to spice it up. I will be buy them again.

Ok, I’m back to review another recipe in this variety pack, Bedrock Beef Chili. Now this one is GOOD!!! Bravo! These packs I received had a sticker that said “New & Improved” & this new recipe is perfect! I felt it had just the right amount of warmth (spicy level). Personally I add a couple of shakes of sea salt, but that’s me. Thanks Wild Zora!!

All the meals were tasty but make sure you like the vegetable component because most of them are really heavy on the broccoli or other vegetables. Usually you don’t get much on the vegetable side on freeze dried meals but there are very much the other way.

I recently bought the seven pack for a 53 mile backpacking trip and was very pleased with all of them. I’m not a breakfast person and these breakfasts were amazingly good. I am strictly Paleo/AIP diet and I was so happy to find this brand. A lot of the other dehydrated brands had crap in it that I didn’t want to eat along with gluten, sugars and other excessive carbs. These were very nutrient dense and I felt clean and healthy on my trip. The flavors were really good and the quality was top notch. I was excited to have dinner every night! The only thing I would suggest is maybe bring some extra fat to throw in there like a bit of butter or some extra olive or coconut oil. That would make it absolutely perfect and you need that extra fat on backpacking trips for added fuel, these are on the lean side on the fats, but still very filling. I will eat these on my next back packing trip 100%.

I have purchased both the Summit Savory Chickend and Caldera Chicken Curry. I did not really like the Summit Savory Chicken, but enjoyed the Curry. I bought 7 packages for a 2-week trip and found that they completely changed the Caldera Chicken Curry recipe. It tasted like the Summit Savory, but with extra Cayenne Pepper. I thought it was a manufacturing mistake, but their support says it's not a mistake. They stuck a new "Nutrition Facts" sticker over the old and it looked like someone in the production process might have made a mistake. My girlfriend said the same thing. The new "Curry" does not taste like Curry. It's now difficult to eat the whole thing. I would not trust them. It's not a consistent company. I recommended to quite a few people in the past, but not any more. Food for the Sole seems to be out of business, must be a small, niche market and tough to make a profit.

I don't usually buy pre-made backpacking meals as I've always tried to be creative with my meals in the Backcountry and Backpackers Pantry did gnarly things to my guts...I won't go into detail but it's not fun to deal with when out in the wilderness. I don't get out as much as I used to though, and healthy options are hard to come buy if you don't buy dehydrated food in bulk (mostly veggies). I decided to give these a try on my latest 4 day trip into the Olympics for convenience and to maintain some balance in healthy eating. Wow! I was super impressed!!! The meals were all delicious! I added a packet of Trader Joe's coconut oil to each of the dinners and had the breakfasts as is. I didn't think they needed a thing more. I'm a huge salt lover and didn't even feel compelled to add salt as the dishes were seasoned perfectly. I also feel like they provided me with the appropriate satiation and energy for the wild miles I decided to hike each day. These meals are worth it and I'll definitely be coming back for more. Thanks Zora!!!

I ordered the mix. So a few different night meals and a few breakfast. I tried two of dinners for lunch, hoping the 2nd one would better. I was wrong. I can eat anything, but I could not finish either of these. And the gas from both! Lethal! Even the curry couldn't save the meal. It truly was awful, and it seems like this was a common report, as they advertise " Now with better flavor". Yikes! The package reads healthy, though calories are very low for a hiking dinner. But what they combine is bad. And everything is ground down. Its weird. All of the vegetables are a little more than small flakes now. I also tried the banana nut blueberry with flax seed. The blueberries were great! They rest was so ground down, it just made for a horible texture and beyond bland just like the dinners. Nothing sweetening it, just plain milled down flax seed. Glad I tried these before hiking, that would have been rough. Truly made by food scientists or people that believe kale is good.

These meals are AMAZING! Convenience food--so easy to prepare and well-packaged to be prepared and eaten even while backpacking--but clean, preservative-free, and whole natural (if freeze-dried...) ingredients. Convenient but minimally processed food. Meat, and vegetables, and paleo-friendly (keto-friendly) with no grains or added sugars. No added fillers of any kind: just food straight from the source that's been dehydrated. Food that feels good in my body--and tasty too! Recommend this brand highly1