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Backpacking
Food Suggestions
Do not bring any food items that require refregiration!
Snacks (essential when taking a break in hiking)
- Crackers or cookies
- Gorp (you can easily make your own trail mix: e.g. cashews, peanuts, raisins, and M&Ms)
- Pistachios
- Energy bar
- Dried fruit
- Peanut butter (or Nutella) and crackers
- Instant coffee
- Hot chocolate
- Hot apple cider
- Electrolyte drinks
- Crystal lite
- Water (filtered)
- Orange smoothie: prepare at home and store in a Ziplock bag
- 1 tsp. orange flavored drink mix
- 1 tsp. dry milk
- 2 tsp. instant vanilla pudding mix
- At camp: pour mix in 16 oz. container, add cod water to taste, and stir.
- Oatmeal, fresh or instant with:
- Banana chips
- Brown sugar
- Butter
- Raisins or other dried fruits
- Walnut pieces
- Burritos: prepare at home and store in Ziplock bags (mix together only dry ingredients)
- Sliced mushrooms
- Eggs (fresh or instant)
- Cheese, red peppers, sliced mushrooms, salsa...
- At camp: cook peppers and mushrooms until tender; stir eggs till done; add cheese; spoon into your tortilla and add salsa to taste.
- Crackers
- Bagels
- Cheese
- Summer sausage
- Fresh fruit
- Dried fruit
- Instant Soups (if you are already at camp)
- Peanut butter
- Protein Bars (make sure they are high protein)
- Casserole
- Ramen Noodles
- Choice of pre-cooked meat, tuna, crab, salmon, or chicken
- Cheese (Cheddar/Pepper Jack/your favorite)
- French fried onions, sweet peas, amybe broccoli
- Cashew Rice Curry
- 1/4 cup dried milk
- 1/4 cup cashew pieces
- 2 cups instant rice
- 3 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. curry powder
- 2 oz. grated cheddar
- Mix dry milk and water to form a paste.
- Add remaining water, mix and bring to boil.
- Stir in rice.
- Cover & simmer till water is absorbed & rice is soft (approximately 20 minutes)
- Stir in nuts & cheese.
- Serve when
- 2 oz. grated cheddar cheese is melted.
- Cookies
- Instant pudding
- Fruit
- Try different soups and breads.
- You can use freeze-dried meals, but they tend to be more expensive. "Mountain House," "Backpackers Pantry," and "Natural High" are some brands that have been enjoyed.
- Fishing? Bring foil, butter and lemon seasoning.
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