Healthy Meals for the Outdoors Workshop

This hands-on workshop teaches practical skills for planning and preparing nutritious, portable meals suited to camping and hiking. Participants learn to build balanced, energy-dense meals that support sustained activity, plus lightweight meal-planning, simple backcountry preparation methods and safe food storage. The session also covers hydration strategies and a brief introduction to responsible foraging in British Columbia, including basic plant identification, safety considerations and environmental stewardship to support informed outdoor practices.

What’s included

• Instruction on planning and preparing nutritious, portable meals for camping and hiking
• Guidance on lightweight meal-planning and simple backcountry preparation methods
• Information on safe food storage and food safety in outdoor settings
• Hydration strategies for sustained physical activity
• Brief introduction to responsible foraging in British Columbia with basic plant identification and safety considerations

Highlights

• Practical, hands-on instruction for real outdoor cooking and meal planning
• Focus on energy-dense, balanced meals to support sustained physical activity
• Includes responsible foraging overview specific to British Columbia
• Emphasis on food safety, lightweight techniques and hydration strategies