Ideas for Backpacking Meals
Info gathered from various websites
| Day / Meal | Food | Other foods | |
| Fri / Dinner | Togos sandwich | dehydrated soup | |
| cookies (2) | instant coffee | ||
| lemonade | dehydrated milk (Milkman instant) | powder | |
| Sat / Breakfast | Oat meal (2) | sugar | |
| Breakfast bar | muesli | ||
| Hot Tea *** | dried fruit | ||
| Sat / Lunch | Tuna sealed in bag | dried veggies | |
| Tortillas, flour (2) | prepared meals (Alpine Aire, Mountain..) | ||
| mayo packets | Kraft cheesy pasta | ||
| cookies (2) | lipton pasta and sause | ||
| gatorade | Top Ramen | ||
| Sat / Dinner | Spagetti | Cheese | |
| gatorade | Butter or margerine | ||
| Hot chocolate | herbs and spices | ||
| cookies (2) | |||
| Sun / Breakfast | Oat meal (2) | ||
| Breakfast bar | |||
| Hot chocolate | |||
| Snacks | power bars (2) | ||
| power gel (2) | |||
| cookies (4 per day) | Mother's oatmeal | ||
| fruit rollup | |||
| salami, cheese and crackers | |||
| Extra meal | packaged meal | ||
| Spagetti | |||
Breakfast
Lunch or Dinner
Snacks
Recipes from the websites
The best investment we made is buying a dehydrator. We make our own jerky (delicious), dried fruit (apples, apricots, pineapple, etc.) & veggies (tomatoes are great), fruit leather (strawberry/kiwi), & dried pasta sauce.
Carla is a chocoholic so we pack in a chunk of chocolate (bought in bulk) & marshmallows (roasted over the fire). Additionally, we usually take instant Gatorade just to give a little variety from plain water.
6 eggs
1/2 lb turkey bacon
a hunk of cheese
3 tortillas
spices
dried tomatoes
2 tsp powdered milk
a little water
3 packets of Taco Bell hot sauce
Fry bacon & set aside (near the campfire).
In a bowl or pot scramble eggs, powdered milk, & little water & pour into frying pan. Add cheese (broken in small pieces), spices & tomatoes & fry until done.
While eggs are frying, toast tortillas over campfire. Put eggs & bacon in tortillas & smother with hot sauce.
Feeds 3 adults.
Our favorite dinner is pasta. We buy 14oz packages of 3-flavor pasta at Costco. Put water in pot, pour in pasta. While water is getting hot, I mix in a roll of dehydrated spaghetti sauce, spices, cheese, & sometimes hot dogs. Feeds 3 hungry people.
On short hikes we'll bite the bullet & take in steaks (grilled over the fire), corn on the cob (wrapped in foil & cooked in the coals), a veggie, & dehydrated potatoes (fried). Mmmmmm -- GOOD!!
Almost always we'll have trout to grill but you can't count on it. Ain't nothing like fresh trout cooked over the open fire & eaten with your bare hands to get you back in tune with your primitive roots.
14 oz pasta (spinach & tomato is our
favorite)
1 jar spaghetti sauce (dehydrated into a leather roll)
spices (salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, etc.)
dried tomatoes
hunk of cheese (optional) broken into pieces
Pour all ingredients in pot & add enough water to cover them. Boil slowly until pasta is done. Stir occassionally. We add a hot dog or two sometimes.
Feeds 3 adults.
I buy about 5 pounds of sliced top sirloin, cut it into strips, marinade overnight in a soy-sesame marinade I get at Costco, and dehydrate for about 24 hours in my dehydrator. Makes great jerky -- tastes like steak
July 2
Dinner - at base camp so can be a large meal.
July 3
Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
July 4
Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Snack
Dinner