Backpacking
Backpacking
Breakfast Ideas
Breakfast Ideas
- Bagels with Cream Cheese
- Cream Cheese in the small tub is more spreadable and less messy than the block kind
- Precooked Bacon
- Keeps well In resealable container or Ziploc
- Powdered Eggs
- Flavored Oatmeal
- In single-serving packs
- Raisins
- Cereal Bars
- Fruity varieties
- Pop-Tarts
- Dense Breakfast Cereals
- Fruit Loops, Cheerios, Cocoa or Fruity Pebbles, Frosted Mini-Wheats
Condiments
Condiments
- Salt / Pepper
- Most preserved and dehydrated food has a lot of salt already
- Margarine
- A small tub, or butter-flavored Crisco will keep OK in cooler temperatures
- Mustard & Ketchup Packets
- From fast food place
- Hot Sauce
- Small Tabasco bottle, or hot sauce packets from Taco Bell
- Wheel Dispenser of Various Seasonings
- Recommended: garlic, basil, oregano, chili flakes or chili powder
Drinks
Drinks
- Powdered Milk
- Note: powdered milk can be hard to find, but I found some Nestle brand in the international aisle
- Hot Chocolate Mix
- Instant Coffee/Espresso
- Add powdered creamer (the kind that contains sugar) if desired.
- Full-brew coffee not worth the trouble for backpacking
- General Foods International Coffees/Teas
- Carnation Instant Breakfast Mix
- Can be added to coffee or powdered milk
- Koolaid Singles
- The kind with sugar in them
- Gatorade or Propel Singles
- Instant Tea
- Tang
- Small 12 oz canister good for multiple people, makes 8 quarts
Lunch Ideas
Lunch Ideas
- Tortillas
- Pita bread
- “Sandwich Thins” whole-grain bread
- These keep for 2+ weeks if kept dry and sealed
- Crackers
- Ritz, Townhouse, Wheat Thins, etc.
- Cans or Foil Packets of Chicken, Tuna, Smoked Salmon
- Pepperoni
- Either stick or ziplock variety; doesn't need to be refrigerated and will last several days if kept cool
- Summer Sausage / Salami
- smaller individual sizes
- Vienna Sausages
- Small can
- Spam
- Small can or Spam singles
- (lower sodium variety tastes better)
- Sardines
- Underwood Deviled Ham, Chicken Salad
- Spreadable, 4-oz cans
- Cured Ham
- individual slices
- Hard Cheeses
- Firmer varieties keep well without refrigeration
- String Cheese
- In single-serving packs
- Beef Jerky
- 12-oz pack from Wal-Mart is resealable and good for 4+ meals; available in 3 flavors
- Hudson Bay Bread
- Look up recipe on internet -- pack individual servings in cling wrap
- Peanut Butter
- Jif To Go singles
- Jelly
- Get single serving sizes from I-Hop
- Ramen / Cup-o-Soup Noodles
- Some varieties have dehydrated vegetables
- Spicy Asian Noodles
- many varieties available in international aisle
- Olives
- Dried Fruit
- Recommended: cranberries, apricots, bananas
Snacks/Energy Food
Snacks/Energy Food
- GORP/Trail Mix -- peanuts, raisins, M&Ms
- Mountain trail mix from Wal-Mart comes in 2-lb bag
- Cookies
- Mini Pretzels or Combos
- Graham Crackers
- Cheesy Crackers
- Peanut Butter Crackers
- Granola Bars
- Fruit and Nut variety, or Fiber One Bars are a good option
- Hard Candy
- e.g. , Skittles, Jolly Ranchers, Fruity Lifesavers
- Snickers Bars
- Cosmic Brownies
- Rice Krispies Treats
Supper Ideas
Supper Ideas
- MRE's / Instant Heater Meals
- Hormel Compleats
- 20+ varieties available; 2 of these can be warmed up in a 1-qt pot and make a filling meal
- Old El Paso Tortilla Stuffers
- Beef and Chicken varieties available in international aisle, makes 3-4 burritos with tortillas. add hot sauce and a bit of cheese if desired
- Various Rice or Noodle Dishes
- e.g. Lipton, Zatarain, Uncle Bens
- Get the kind that are heat and eat, or if dehydrated the kind that say butter/oil optional
- Some varieties include dehydrated vegetables or beans, which are good nutritional value
- Black Beans
- In envelope pack
- Dehydrated Soup Mixes
- Chef Boyardee Ravioli, Spaghetti or other single-serving pastas
- Mac 'N' Cheese
- get the kind with the cheese sauce packet, not the powdered stuff. a family-size pack feeds 3-4
- Pasta with Dehydrated Pasta Sauce
- Indian Dishes
- various types of ready-to-eat Indian food are available in the international aisle, spicy and very good!
- Instant Mashed Potatoes
- Garlic & butter flavored kind is awesome
- Bisquick or other easy bread mix
- Requires aluminum dutch oven or backpacker oven
- Pudding Cups or Instant Pudding
- instant pudding requires powdered milk