And the winner is...🥁

Thanks for entering Thruhikers + Harvest Right giveaway!

Mar 07, 2025

Hey! Thruhikers — Tim and Renee, here!

Thank you for entering our freeze-dryer giveaway with Harvest Right.

We love freeze-drying our own meals for the trail, and it’s clear TONS of you are excited about doing the same! So, a huge shout-out to Harvest Right for gifting a free Home Pro Freeze Dryer to one lucky Thurhikers follower.

So, without further ado…

The winner is: Adriene from Pennsylvania!

Freeze Dried Lemon-Berry Pie Recipe 🍋

Pie in the backcountry? Yes, please.

For our giveaway, we made a freeze dried lemon-berry pie (spoiler: it’s delicious) with our Harvest Right freeze dryer!

We usually just eat a few pieces of candy (Swedish Fish is our top pick on the trail) for dessert in the wild. Or, when we're feeling really fancy, we use cold water and powdered oat milk to whip up trail pudding.

But that’s changed now that we discovered freeze-dried pie — and you can even rehydrate it back into a moist pie out on the trail! Or, you can enjoy it at home too 🙂

Check out our blog post for a step-by-step recipe to make this pie yourself.

Read it here:

Freeze Dried Lemon-Berry Pie! Enjoy it Dry or Rehydrate it on the Trail!

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