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Firepot have been working hard to bring us more tasty meals.  . . Barbecued Pulled Pork . . Oak-smoked British pork slow-cooked overnight on the bone. Served with a traditional barbecue sauce, rice, and a zingy red onion relish. . ★★★★ TGO Magazine, May 2021. "Recommended: Quality Ingredients" . A slow-cooked favouriteFirepot pull no punches when it comes to their Barbecue Pulled Pork. Each shoulder of pork is generously coated in a homemade spice rub, smoked, and then slow-cooked for 15 hours. While it cooks, the flavours from the smoky-sweet spices, the oak and the meat are left to combine until the pork...

How to get enough protein hiking as a vegan   IG @muddy_bootlaces  “Where do you get your protein from?” is a common question I am asked as a vegan, “you do all these long hikes, but your body must be struggling??! - If I’m honest, this was a concern of mine when I first started hiking as a vegan too. I had been veggie for 10 years before I turned Vegan and long hikes like Everest base camp, the Aussie outback and Machu Pichu had been done with ease, although meat was off the menu, eggs, cheese and other animal...

Today we are with John, the founder of Firepot. He talks us through how he gets his inspiration, what his "go-to" comfort meal is, and what they have planned for the next dish. What made you want to create meals for Firepot? "The initial drive came from a personal need. A few years ago, I crossed a section of West Greenland with a friend and we knew we’d need to take our own supplies. Testing out the different brands, I found it hard to understand why expedition food had to taste so nasty. It was all packed full of chemicals...

Craving for the hills “There is something primal about cooking in the outdoors.” My name is Harrison Ward, perhaps better known as Fell Foodie. I’m an outdoor cook and can often be found creating restaurant style dishes, in my local Lake District mountains, on minimal equipment. Creating different variants of food has been a lifelong passion after being introduced to it via my Grandma. Despite having never trained it has become a mainstay of my life with skills being honed during many years working in the hospitality sector, studying cookbooks and practising at home. When a new craving for a...

WE LOVE BEING OUTDOORS. WE LOVE CAMPING AND ADVENTURING. AND WE LOVE FEELING GREAT.   “If it’s not good enough to eat at home, it’s not good enough to eat on the mountain.”   Jess Szekely TentMeals founder   For the past 5 years, TentMeals have been crafting delicious meals that don’t compromise on anything. They’re healthy, high energy, nutritious, and take up just half the space of traditional freeze-dried meals. No faff, no hassle, no nasty additives - just high energy health when you most need it.   In precise 800 kcal and 500 kcal packs with heaps of...