I've also been considering going stoveless and just packing bread, cheese, and salami. I suppose I'd lose out on the morale boost of a warm meal, but it might be simpler.

In a skillet brown (prior to camping), turkey burger (or meat of your choice)

Then using a food saver, combine kidney & pnto beans (canned or pre-soak beans prior camping), diced tomatoes or cherry, yellow &/or white corn and browned meat.

Using the food saver, suck out the air and seal. Pack some taco seasoning and ranch dressing in the powdered form.

At your campsite, bring to boil water (local water will work, don't pack it in for this) & add all the ingredients from the food saver bag and the taco/ranch seasonings and simmer for an hour or two.

This makes the best chili- don't ask why the taco seasoning, it works though. Your meal is very light (in terms of weight) and packs well.

Then Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

Pasta with Pesto. Put the Pesto in a plastic container instead of glass. Tastes good, lots of carbohydrates and a little fat, too.
If you have to care for the weight of your pack theres no alternative to freeze dried food. sometimes odd stuff is the best, like salami with peanut butter or similar stuff.

I love this stuff, I can't get enough and eat at least a pack a day at home too. SO GOOD!

tyler4588 wrote:I've also been considering going stoveless and just packing bread, cheese, and salami. I suppose I'd lose out on the morale boost of a warm meal, but it might be simpler.

We go stoveless if we only pass a night in the mountains and carry pasta and coffee instead. Even we take some sandwiches with us, bulky but necessary. The new stoves are really tiny and light. Though there are little cartridges if you choose only one you could empty it in a two-three night excursion. I think manufacturers haven't resolved the problem of the bulky pots. Any advice

Good dinner, a little on the pricey side, but still it makes 1/2 gallon of soup. I split it up for 2 meals.



I eat 4 pack of these guys every morning depending how the hike the day before went.



Instead of drinking tea or coffee, I usually drink one of two packs of these bad boys!



I throw this in my soups or whatever. Very tasty!




And that's my hungry face, I'm hungry now, going to make some food!

"Vampire Bat...It's What's For Dinner" (tm)

Anything I want and can pack!

http://deltaoperator17-backcountrychef.blogspot.com/

Autoxfil wrote:

Yeah, that's the default setting if I just want to eat warm food.

The only bad thing about the rice and beans is it take like 15-20 min. to cook. If your anything like me, that's to long! (I still eat it though, worth the wait in some cases)

Autoxfil wrote:

Too much MSG. I like the vegetarian jambalaya from Trader Joe's.

There's lots of stuff you can use for backpacking / camping food available from your local supermarket. That freeze-dried crap is for n00bs.

Hotoven wrote:I love this stuff, I can't get enough and eat at least a pack a day at home too. SO GOOD!

Look at the nutrition label -- that is completely nasty stuff. Sure, I ate it too when I was a poor college student

rhyang wrote:

Hotoven wrote:I love this stuff, I can't get enough and eat at least a pack a day at home too. SO GOOD!

Look at the nutrition label -- that is completely nasty stuff. Sure, I ate it too when I was a poor college student

Well I guess I fit the Bill!

Hard boiled eggs. Remove the shells at home and put them in a small ziplock bag. No mess. Little trash. I also like dried fruit (pineapple, mango, etc)