Backpacking Food Quick Guide

Backpacking meals should be quick to re-hydrate, no cans, little packaging, taste good at home.

Put in a zip lock freezer bag to contain trash and to allow for adding hot water.

Dinner

General Guide

Hot carbohydrate + protein + veggie + dessert

pasta + chicken  + carrots + oreos 

potatoes  + tuna  + carrots and celery  + cookies 

couscous    + salmon + veggie crisps + rice krispie treats 

Best Pasta Types

Lipton Pasta Sides (check the time needed, under 10 min OK)

Foil Pouch Meats

Chicken  Tuna   

Pork    Salmon Steak Vegan

Best Potato Type

Idahoan

Breakfast

A hot meal is the best on the trail. Cold cereal or breakfast bars are not very satisfying and don’t warm you up. Flavored instant oat meals are an easy, tasty, and popular way to make a warm breakfast.

Quaker instant oatmeal & hot chocolate 

Many adults prefer whole oats & dried fruit (cranberries or blueberries) + nuts (almonds or pine nuts)

Rolled oats & dried cranberries & hot apple cider 

Lunch on the Trail

Simple, no cook, high nutrition, not easily crushed (like pita or tortilla)

tortilla pita   

Fill in with PBJ, or Foil meat or hard salami & hard cheese + snack

PBJ Salami cheese snack & Trail mix