2 little tips to lighten the weight. Instead of that jar of peanut 🥜 butter go for the nut butter packets. And for the jelly put some in those silicone bottles ppl usually use for shampoo. So u can squeeze it right on to the bread.
You can buy a pretty big squeeze packet of skippy peanut butter at the dollar tree - it's meant to be a multi-serving packet comparable to a whole jar of peanut butter.
I’m a real ultralight guy! I wear a trash bag and just my undies, a Dyneema bandana, I drink water from puddles, eat granola and vegetation. I also amputated one of my testicles to shave some weight.
I got rid of 3 toes on each foot. Pinky and big toe is all that’s needed. Also shave my legs and chest to cut weight and make me more aerodynamic. As well as my head and face. Those bearded guys are so slow. The beard catches too much wind and I bet weights almost a half gram or more. Shave it. I also eat bark and grub worms for fiber and protein . And make a tent with sticks and moss. You can forgo the sleeping bag by curling into fetal position to keep warm. Crying helps too. Warm tears. As well as peeing yourself to stay warm. My base weight is negative 3. Level up gapers. You don’t need any of that gear. Just a loin cloth and some war paint.
18th century Naval history gives a wealth of information on good wholesome preserved foods: dried dates/figs, salted pork/fish, beef jerky, limes, dried peas, nuts, oats, rusk biscuits, hard cheese ("tough cheese!")...Asian supermarkets stock most of these and there you can find many things besides the ubiquitous dried noodles like: salt cured eggs, dried fish/squid, smoked tofu etc.
You have obviously never tried to cook dried fish. Smells horrible in a skillet! But crumble some into your ramen, it's okay. I prefer the canned fish, but who wants to pack out a smelly can? And dried squid? Don't, unless you're very brave about what you eat. Of course, if you are Asian, forget I said anything. I'm speaking for a naive palate. I can only say, it takes some getting used to. But, yeah. And definitely buy some little grape size limoncita citrus, they taste better than limes, and you can use a couple per day, in your tea, and not have to open a whole big lime.
Naval history also had very common health troubles which are seldom seen today. Scurvy, as one example. It's fantastic to use "old school" as a wealth of ideas, history is super important and can teach us a lot, just don't rely on them 100%. Look at them with a 21st century perspective. Steal the good ideas. Find ways to prevent some of the issues they struggled with back then.
Probably the most simplistic and realistic video I’ve come across for a quick week get away. One might need more sustenance for a through hike but I think this does the trick for the intended purpose. Nice job!
Great video! I like the fun size snickers rather then the large bars and I've carried fig newtons since the 80's. Ate them on the CDT in 87 and never tired of them. My youngest son and I do 3 week canoe trips in solo boats. I've always shot for 2lbs 2 oz a day. Last trip my son insisted we drop weight and went down to 1lb 8 oz per day. By the start of week 3 I cut my food to 1 lb per day so we could get my son to 2 lbs per day. I'm 60 my son is 27. Age makes a difference, I did fine the last week and it made a big difference for my son to boost his food intake. Your right to carry extra food. Thank you, very good, clear presentation.
I might suggest Justin's almond butter pouches. They are about 1.2 oz and they come out to 220 calories each. I've eaten this with tortillas, gram crackers, apples, pretzel sticks, banana chips and in ramen while on trail.
Hmm old video ... would be interesting to hear what you thought of this AFTER the trip ... how much was left? what did you enjoy, what not, why not? what would pack again, etc... Also, ever thought about foraging 'en route', if you like fresh produce but there isn't really a town to go eat, surely there must be some wild edibles where you walk, might also be a nice thing to be out of the lookout for while walking... and nettles surely grow everywhere on the planet?
I simply cannot do without salt, pepper, garlic powder plus sugar for the coffee/tea (prefer honey for tea but weight issue means sugar it is). I don't use creamer but the powdered stuff doesn't weigh much and is a mood booster as well if you like cream.
such a simple effortless solution for 7 days backpacking food, I can buy them within half an hour and they would cost so less, keeping it simple is really hard thing to do! great job!
My favorite meal that tastes like real food is Trader Joe's couscous, just add boiling water and wait five minutes. Before I add the water I add salt, pepper, herbs of provence. Then I pour a bunch of olive oil over the couscous and add "space bag" chicken. Another durable bread option is "ciabatta bread," also found at Trader Joe's.
I remember Pita Pizzas from my school summer canoeing trip. One poor guy cut his hand and had to go back to base to get stitches, the guides INSISTED we hold off on the pita pizzas until he rejoined us! Very good, didn't disappoint, especially when cooked in butter!
Great info! Thanks. You can also store peanut butter and jelly in ziplock bags to lighten up weight. cut a corner of ziplock bag to squeeze it out, then reseal it by folding the cut corner and tighten it with a small binder clip and insert in a second ziplock bag with a zipper to prevent spilling. The weight of ziplock bags is pretty much nothing
great idea with the refried beans, cheese and tortillas! Also the avacados - you can get green ones that will gradually ripen. Throw them in a tortilla with the tuna and that would be a fantastic lunch as well. Thanks for these great suggestions.
Instead of the whole avocados, I would take some guacamole in a push pouch. That way it won´t get spoiled and you can dosify it better. And save the weight of the seeds
Try the same thing with Peanut Butter in a push pouch, save all the weight of the plastic jars and the space as well. My advice would be to buy the jars and put them in the pouches the day you are going on a long trek so the Peanut Butter will last longer and not spoil as quickly.
I hope the hike was good. I too enjoy a good hot sauce. Melt and crimp an end of a drinking straw, fill with desired condiment, crimp other end. Label. Not much weight, and you control the amount.
I you have a food dehydrator, try dehydrating a watermelon. It tastes like watermelon candy weighs next to nothing, has all the fiber on a watermelon. One watermelon fits in a quart bag. Just be careful not to eat to much at a time because it has the same potty effect of a fresh watermelon.
@@MatanuskaHIGH Well, I'm sure it's going to be more than 3 grams after the water is removed. I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say here, Matanuska. Yes, a watermelon is mostly water, but NOT 100% water. Lynn is suggesting to remove the water to reduce weight and volume. You still retain the fiber and other nutrients in the melon. So, again, I don't understand what your point is. Why would you think her comment was a joke?
It's easy to dehydrate cut up carrots, celery, & onion (mire poix). Basis for soup or as a side dish. Dehydrate cabbage. Cook your beans and dehydrate them in a thin layer in a slow oven. Equal to commercial product at much less price. Weighs nothing, small bulk. Did you think to check macro nutrients? calories (I'm going to guess you are short for as much energy as you'll expend hiking), carbs, fat, protein. Also sugar & salt. Small amount of spices goes a long way on improving flavor. Trader Joe has packets of coconut oil that I've started carrying. Smash the ramen noodles to save space, may need to repackage into ziploc. Eggs, milk & peanut butter are available in powdered form. I've cooked rice for dinner, piled dirt around the pan on top of coals and it was great with breakfast. Coals were still viable to restart a fire. Let us know how that loadout worked compared to plan.
Trade the pasta for instant couscous.just add boiling water and wait 5 minutes. There's different flavors, i like the parmessan cheese.add some olive oil, or butter for calories and flavor.
I did the high sierra in 5 days 4 nights. It was awesome. Stop at the hot springs not a lot of camping but more a few hundreds of yards past them at the Kern River
I skip the instant oatmeal packs , they are nasty. In place I zip lock the 5 minute oatmeal and after adding the hot water , let it finish cooking in the bag in a cozy. Plus I add Cinnamon , Clove , Nutmeg and some brown sugar to each bag as a flavoring. Ramen ... Harmony House has dehydrated veggies , I get the vegetable soup mix and the dehydrated cabbage. I add 2 or 3 tablespoons of the vegetable mix and one tablespoon of the dehydrated cabbage ( Why cabbage -I like cabbage ) to each bag of the Ramen to pick it up a notch. A shake or two of hot sauce does not hurt anything when added to it. You can get a Ramen mix like it , already made , from Pack-it-gourmet at a greater cost
Great food plan. I like the variety of dinners. Do you base your daily plan on calorie intake and how many calories a day are you packing? Also, have you tried your 7 day hike with this plan and how was it? I'd love to know. May I suggest replacing your peanut butter for powdered peanut butter, it's much easier to carry as you don't need a tub taking up bulk and it will shave off dome weight. Also, you could mash your avocado into a small bag and add a pinch of salt to stop it spoiling. Again, space and weight saver.
Liked your video. It gave me a few ideas for my survival food stash in my truck. I would suggest though, for your peanut butter & jelly to use individual sized packets using a "Seal-a-Meal" or similar device. (One of the models that I have allows you to use just the heat sealer without the vacuum. This prevents the pb & j from being sucked out as you try to seal it.)
I do that with all sorts of things - using the widest bag, I seal the first long edge. Then I cut it to about 3" long. Then I seal that into individual "tubes" by making two seals right next to each other (that way I can cut all the "tubes" apart when I am done). I fill up the "tubes", then seal the other long edge, sealing all the "tubes" at one time. You wouldn't have to do the two parallel seals between each "tube" if you didn't want to cut them apart. Instead you could just cut the 'used' one off the strip of tubes as you use them, so that can go in your trash bag. I've even used the same method to make multiple packets of individual doses of ibuprofen, sudafed, aspirin, tums, etc. - I just cut the length of the bag to about one and a half inches, then make the "tubes".
I really like your idea with the whey powder, that'll help breakfast stick to your ribs. Also, I'm glad that I'm not the only one taking avocadoes into the field.
Great video! Love the pizza idea and will try! For sandwhiches, I usually go with bagels over tortillas, for me tortillas tend to break up on the trail. I'd add another 50 grams protein per day as well. Also, if you're sick of snickers: nut rolls dude, nut rolls.
The last couple of backpacking trips I’ve taken I’ve made a “trail mix” of peanut butter M&Ms and peanut butter filled pretzel bits. I’m not a big coffee person, but the caffeine to get me going in the morning is helpful. I take two packets of cocoa and two tubes of instant coffee and mix it for trail mocha. I used to do oatmeal a lot with backpacking trips; but I find I’m rather slow going in the morning, and it’s a pain to have to deal with cleaning oatmeal residue out of a bowl or mug. I typically go with Nutrigrain Bars, or the grocery store generic. Sometimes cold Pop Tarts instead (earlier on in a trip so they’re not crumbs). Last summer I did the HST, and on Monday I’m going from Horseshoe Meadow over New Army Pass, over Guyot Pass to Crabtree Meadow, to Mt. Whitney. I couldn’t get a permit out via Whitney Portal, so backtrack the way I came. My first night’s dinner I’m doing Zatarain’s Red Beans & Rice (cutting instructions panel off box; not taking a rigid box) with a summer sausage and bell peppers. 2nd night I’m having instant mashed potatoes with precooked bacon, smoked Gouda, and dehydrated chives for “trail baked potatoes”. The rest of my dinners are from Mountain House. My lunches are a mix of your lunches, flour tortilla PB&Js, alternating with what you did for half your dinners, trail pizza. One difference with mine is that instead of the Boboli (sp?) sauce, I bought dehydrated tomato powder and a bottle of “Italian seasonings”. At home I’m going to premeasure & scoop the tomato powder and Italian seasoning into Ziploc bags. The morning of those lunches I’m going to pour water into the Ziploc and let it reconstitute as I hike.
You can buy peanut 🥜 butter morsels like the semi sweet chocolate drops and add em to any trail mix. You can mix up eggs and peanut butter and bake that into a two ingredient peanut butter cookie.
Excellent! I also avoid Mountain House and cliff bars. I like to have more dried blueberries, dried mushrooms, dried tomatoes, etc. Also I have instant coffee in one snack ziploc bag...enough coffee for weeks. And I package rolled oats in one quart ziploc bag with dried blueberries and nuts....I don't like the high sugar prepackaged oatmeal.
A bag of rice is quite handy to add to what you have and some dried meat just In case you get lost. Its a good idea to take the extra noodles and chocolate and nuts hope it was a brilliant hike
I go to subway and grab those Olive Oil packets before a trip. I squeeze one in any dinner option, it adds 90 calories per packet. Easy way to kick the calories up for any meal.
Same here man, I can not eat much before a day on the trail, whether it be a 15 mile day, or a 6 mile day.... glad to hear others are the same! Also wanted to give another shout out to snickers! They are the best on the trail.. best ever!
High sugar content foods don't really mold - I can promise you that no one in New Hampshire, Vermont, etc. keeps their maple syrup in the fridge, despite it saying 'refrigerate after opening'. Same goes for jellies/jams - the high sugar content doesn't really allow bacteria to grow. For that matter, even ketchup has enough sugar that it really doesn't need to be refrigerated.
If you put jelly into small individual containers, will they need refrigeration? I was always under the impression once you open that jar it should be in the fridge! I would think some little individual packets of jelly would work best for this. What about the string cheese? that needs the fridge too!
Use regular oatmeal, Oovaegg with either dehydrated bacon or ham, make pine or spruce tea, forage herbs, dried fruit, rice with soy sauce packets add more Oavaeggs and dehydrated mixed vegetables plus dehydrated chicken. For dessert, instant pudding mix. Make up your own baggies with daily rations. Take along salmon and turkey jerky.
Good ideas! I like the avocados, get the greenest you can find, and they'll holdup better. You could very easily dirch your stove... oats beans and potatoes rehydrate fine without heat. Cured meats are by definition, fine without refrigeration as you state. I think they put that as a cya on everything (Including peanut butter) id ditch the top ramen, tho, personally, 😂
One "snack" I remember doing when I was camping for two weeks in Jr high was something called moon pie. You would grab a tortilla, some grease or some kind of oil, use a pan of some sort and "fry" the tortilla on both sides till it kinda looks like the "moon" and then use some sugar and cinnamon to add the flavoring. And that's it. Simple but very tasty. For future reference, you may want to go to REI or Bass Pro or some place akin to get some food options for the backpacking/hiking expidition.
My family did something close to this. We buttered the tortilla andthen sprinked it with a 50/50 suger cinnamon mix on it then fried it until it had carmilized.
You should shop in Asian markets for better Ramen. Korean Ramen is spot on! Dehydrated Shiitake mushrooms will elevated ramen. I also carry real food also and just eat them first. Bag of salad mix. If I have leftovers lettuce then it goes in my ramen. Sometimes it a bag of spinach and I add it to trail burritos or mountain house meals. Broccoli is my go to veggie most trip. Ramen is such an easy meal to dress up. Don’t forget summer sausage. Trader Joe’s has Turkey summer sausage that’s tastes really good. I’ve cooked them to add to my other meals because tuna packets get boring. I bought minute rice (brown) for the first time. (Ugh 😩 I feel my Asian card slipping away.) Going to add it with the dehydrated beans.
Love the video, great advice. I'm watching this in preparation for a 5 day trip in the Guadalupe Mountains with my wife next week. I feel like we've packed too much food, but it's actually really similar to what you've got (minus 2 meals of course). We've got Honey Buns (Great Value) instead of Snickers cause their half the price and their nearly the identical in calories per ounce. I personally wouldn't compare cocoa to tea though since tea has no calories and cocoa has over 100 calories per ounce.
This is a good video, really clear explanation and good tips. Fig Newtons work well for me, had not really thought about taking avacados but makes sense. Thanks
Great ideas! I have used many of these. Weight of food is always a big thing to keep down. But you still want something that tastes good and not hard to make. Thank you for sharing your ideas. 👍🙂
How much water did you carry during your trip? A lot of the stuff you're bringing looks like you need to rehydrate. How did you get more water along your trip?
Thanks Skylar!! Those dried refried beans are what I’ve been waiting my whole life for and never knew it. I hope they’re half as good as I imagine they’ll be. I’m getting some tomorrow! I’m going to try the pizza too! That sounds delicious! And if you like snickers and want to change it up, try a Payday. There’s no chocolate in a Payday to melt for summer camping either. I’m like you, I’d rather have extra food or options if I get tired of something. Thanks for sharing your meal thoughts!
texmexia49 : I did get some and try them. They're awesome, but a bit bland straight out of the package. I add seasonings and make individual portions. I've even put a dab of lard in it! Lard is shelf-stable at room temperature, so it's great for camping.
What amount of calories per day do you plan? Will all of that fill into a bear vault,bv500? Soon to hike JMT from horseshoe meadows nobo. First stretch I estimate 7 days to MTR. After that you can eat and resupply every 2 to 4 days. So, my concern is running out of food and the weight. That 2lbs aday is about my weight also. I go stove less, so more dried foods, I'm solo so no wife or girlfriend to pack for, Haha. Thanks
@@MichaelTheophilus906 I love that hiking hunger energy (I call it that). I have so much energy all day.....until I eat. After my dinner, it's chill time;)
Just a tip, get yourself a prison cook book, inmates don't have refrigerators obviously, so most of the recipes are made using food that doesn't need refrigeration. "Prison ramen" is a good one, you can pick it up for like $5 on ebay.
You should look into making your own meals and dehydrating them so they rehydrate super quick on the trail and weigh next to nothing. Better for you too. Same idea as your instant oatmeal, it is par-cooked so that you just need to add hot water. I have been developing recipes for backpacking/camping/outdoor eating and have about 150 meals/snacks/desserts developed. Sooner or later I will start up a channel and post videos of preparations. You have to take as much fat out of the meals as possible so they store right, but I have figured out how to just add ghee which is shelf stable to add the fat and flavor back into things. I worked as a bartender and cook before I got into science and got into the R&D department of a vaccine producer. So I am pretty precise on the recipes.
If you have a Korean/Japanese supermarket near you you should have a good look in it, they have some great retort pouch stuff that is very well priced as well as freeze dried items such as soups etc... :)
Awesome advice! Seems like a solid meal prep. How’d this meal plan hold up over the 7 days would you do things differently? One of my go to meals is a Ramen Bomb.
Did you end up fitting this all in a bear cannister. Bear cannister are one aspect of hiking in the Sierras I dislike. Big, bulky, heavy. You food is limited on what can fit in there. What is a good alternative for someone backpacking in california bear country.
Mountain House Granola w/blueberries. Add in a carnation instant breakfast and 1 or 2 scoops vanilla whey protein powder. You are pushing up to 1k calories. Good, fast, no cook option that tastes great and has tons of carbs and protein to power your day or recovery.
If it's in plastic you can re-seal with heat from a lighter (careful not to melt) for those trips that are intense on your gear. Other than that, just throw it in a bigger ziplock and squeeze it out when needed
I know this might be late, since you posted this over a year ago, but since you have Ramen and Refried Beans, why not combine the two. I make Ramen Bean by breaking up 1 pack of Chili Flavored Ramen into tiny pieces and put it into a pint Ziplock Freezer Bag and add the seasoning packet. Then I add 1/2 cup of refried beans and shake the bag up. On the trail, I add 1 cup of boiling water into the freezer bag and lit sit for ten minutes. This is similar to a "Prison Burrito" that you can look up in youtube. This totals 570 calories, 15g Fiber, and 9G protein and is delicious.
As a diabetic I've found that a LOT almost 99% of backpacking recipes are carb heavy, either rice, potatoes or oatmeal, normally a big no-no for diabetics. That being said I've discovered other recipes to replace them. Like African chicken Peanut butter stew and oat bran instead of oatmeal. 40% more fiber and almost half the carbs, 19 carbs for OB versus 32 for regular unflavored oatmeal. Also you can add powdered PB for different taste and it weighs absolutely nearly nothing. But I still watch all these backpacking videos because you never know when you might find a gem or two to glean.
@@hansouth2355 As a diabetic we have to cut our carbs way down from what others can eat. I eat like green beans, proteins and fats. Almost a keto kinda of diet atm. I do allow for some dark chocolate. Told my doc I wasn't giving up my dark chocolate unless I became allergic to it. Like my breakfast is salad and steak normally, or ground beef with green beans and mushrooms and cream of mushroom soup mixed together. I call it low carb stroganoff.
am borderline, too much sugar in blood, advised not to eat too much sugary stuff, i am also vegan so i eat lots of tofu and veggie stuffs also. i love carb and meats but...not good for me...much luck gl
@@GarouLady There are two ways sugar gets from your blood to your cells... "doorways" that open during/after exercise and insulin, as you know. When you're exercising like a thru-hike, your muscles take up glucose independent of insulin which can make your carb allowance higher. If long distance hiking is a new activity for you, I'd check with your doctor regarding medications, carb allowances, glucometer use to make sure BG stays in check during exercise, etc. Backpacker meals are high in carbs and salt because those are two of the main things that need repleting during long distance hiking.
On kayak 7 day excursions, I get hungry very fast as I burn calories, more so than usual. Also, I always bring frozen protein e.g., steak or pork, so as to eat somewhat fresh for a day or so, this is the same for veggies. Back-up I use Military MRE's. (old infantry soldier)..good luck out there.
2 little tips to lighten the weight. Instead of that jar of peanut 🥜 butter go for the nut butter packets. And for the jelly put some in those silicone bottles ppl usually use for shampoo. So u can squeeze it right on to the bread.
Another way is mix peanut butter an jelly together and put in a old squeeze sour cream bag
Justin's almond butter pouches are about 1.2 oz and come out to 220 calories each.
You can buy a pretty big squeeze packet of skippy peanut butter at the dollar tree - it's meant to be a multi-serving packet comparable to a whole jar of peanut butter.
Or use peanutbutter powder u mix water to the consistency
I’m a real ultralight guy! I wear a trash bag and just my undies, a Dyneema bandana, I drink water from puddles, eat granola and vegetation. I also amputated one of my testicles to shave some weight.
Lv2flair woohoo! You could remove a couple teeth too!
I got rid of 3 toes on each foot. Pinky and big toe is all that’s needed. Also shave my legs and chest to cut weight and make me more aerodynamic. As well as my head and face. Those bearded guys are so slow. The beard catches too much wind and I bet weights almost a half gram or more. Shave it. I also eat bark and grub worms for fiber and protein . And make a tent with sticks and moss. You can forgo the sleeping bag by curling into fetal position to keep warm. Crying helps too. Warm tears. As well as peeing yourself to stay warm. My base weight is negative 3. Level up gapers. You don’t need any of that gear. Just a loin cloth and some war paint.
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18th century Naval history gives a wealth of information on good wholesome preserved foods: dried dates/figs, salted pork/fish, beef jerky, limes, dried peas, nuts, oats, rusk biscuits, hard cheese ("tough cheese!")...Asian supermarkets stock most of these and there you can find many things besides the ubiquitous dried noodles like: salt cured eggs, dried fish/squid, smoked tofu etc.
You have obviously never tried to cook dried fish. Smells horrible in a skillet! But crumble some into your ramen, it's okay. I prefer the canned fish, but who wants to pack out a smelly can? And dried squid? Don't, unless you're very brave about what you eat.
Of course, if you are Asian, forget I said anything. I'm speaking for a naive palate. I can only say, it takes some getting used to. But, yeah.
And definitely buy some little grape size limoncita citrus, they taste better than limes, and you can use a couple per day, in your tea, and not have to open a whole big lime.
Great idea to use an asian store!
Naval history also had very common health troubles which are seldom seen today. Scurvy, as one example.
It's fantastic to use "old school" as a wealth of ideas, history is super important and can teach us a lot, just don't rely on them 100%.
Look at them with a 21st century perspective. Steal the good ideas. Find ways to prevent some of the issues they struggled with back then.
@@royschwaben9646 Limies ; )
@@royschwaben9646 Limies or is it Limeys
You don't "steal" ideas from other people's UA-cam videos, you are inspired to emulate their good ideas.
At least he was honest lol
Now there is food for thought !
There are no new ideas in the woods. Only adaptation
It is like we are all eating the same thing . But the video’s remind you to rotate the ideas.
Probably the most simplistic and realistic video I’ve come across for a quick week get away. One might need more sustenance for a through hike but I think this does the trick for the intended purpose. Nice job!
Great video! I like the fun size snickers rather then the large bars and I've carried fig newtons since the 80's. Ate them on the CDT in 87 and never tired of them. My youngest son and I do 3 week canoe trips in solo boats. I've always shot for 2lbs 2 oz a day. Last trip my son insisted we drop weight and went down to 1lb 8 oz per day. By the start of week 3 I cut my food to 1 lb per day so we could get my son to 2 lbs per day. I'm 60 my son is 27. Age makes a difference, I did fine the last week and it made a big difference for my son to boost his food intake. Your right to carry extra food. Thank you, very good, clear presentation.
I might suggest Justin's almond butter pouches. They are about 1.2 oz and they come out to 220 calories each.
I've eaten this with tortillas, gram crackers, apples, pretzel sticks, banana chips and in ramen while on trail.
Hmm old video ... would be interesting to hear what you thought of this AFTER the trip ... how much was left? what did you enjoy, what not, why not? what would pack again, etc... Also, ever thought about foraging 'en route', if you like fresh produce but there isn't really a town to go eat, surely there must be some wild edibles where you walk, might also be a nice thing to be out of the lookout for while walking... and nettles surely grow everywhere on the planet?
Mushroom are the best! Well if you make sure you get the right ones at least lol
@@outdoorjunkie2483 the really right ones will make your trip
A small container with a few spices really can make a difference in your mood. I just take a few small tubes in an Altoids container.
I simply cannot do without salt, pepper, garlic powder plus sugar for the coffee/tea (prefer honey for tea but weight issue means sugar it is). I don't use creamer but the powdered stuff doesn't weigh much and is a mood booster as well if you like cream.
@@Allazander If you let the honey solidify it's a lot easier to bring and doesn't weigh all to much if you're using 1 tbsp or under a day.
Tic Tac containers make great 'portable' spice containers.
What a realistic, helpful meal plan! Not too expensive, processes but not too bad for ya. Appreciate this info :)
such a simple effortless solution for 7 days backpacking food, I can buy them within half an hour and they would cost so less, keeping it simple is really hard thing to do! great job!
My favorite meal that tastes like real food is Trader Joe's couscous, just add boiling water and wait five minutes. Before I add the water I add salt, pepper, herbs of provence. Then I pour a bunch of olive oil over the couscous and add "space bag" chicken. Another durable bread option is "ciabatta bread," also found at Trader Joe's.
This is by far one of the best videos on the subject. Good job
Great suggestions. I’m all about hydration and I would lose the crystal lights and add something like Nuun for electrolytes replacement. Happy trails!
I remember Pita Pizzas from my school summer canoeing trip. One poor guy cut his hand and had to go back to base to get stitches, the guides INSISTED we hold off on the pita pizzas until he rejoined us!
Very good, didn't disappoint, especially when cooked in butter!
Best video on backpacking food I have seen. Protein powder is a great idea!
Great info! Thanks. You can also store peanut butter and jelly in ziplock bags to lighten up weight. cut a corner of ziplock bag to squeeze it out, then reseal it by folding the cut corner and tighten it with a small binder clip and insert in a second ziplock bag with a zipper to prevent spilling. The weight of ziplock bags is pretty much nothing
great idea with the refried beans, cheese and tortillas! Also the avacados - you can get green ones that will gradually ripen. Throw them in a tortilla with the tuna and that would be a fantastic lunch as well. Thanks for these great suggestions.
The chicken salad packet is great with the avocado.
Instead of the whole avocados, I would take some guacamole in a push pouch. That way it won´t get spoiled and you can dosify it better. And save the weight of the seeds
i immediately thought the same thing. Aldi has some that can stay at room temperature for a couple days and they taste ok for being avocado
But then U can't plant de seed's and come back in 60 year's and hv fresh avocados 🌴
Try the same thing with Peanut Butter in a push pouch, save all the weight of the plastic jars and the space as well. My advice would be to buy the jars and put them in the pouches the day you are going on a long trek so the Peanut Butter will last longer and not spoil as quickly.
Tom Catt ultralight backpackers live 30 years, tops. Giardia
Interesting suggestion. Thanks!
I hope the hike was good. I too enjoy a good hot sauce. Melt and crimp an end of a drinking straw, fill with desired condiment, crimp other end. Label. Not much weight, and you control the amount.
mixing the potatoes and dried food sounds so tasty. I also want avocados on all my trips.
I enjoy seeing what everyone eles is packing. Helps me figure out how to change my routine up.
I you have a food dehydrator, try dehydrating a watermelon. It tastes like watermelon candy weighs next to nothing, has all the fiber on a watermelon. One watermelon fits in a quart bag. Just be careful not to eat to much at a time because it has the same potty effect of a fresh watermelon.
This has to be a joke. What do you get from a 20# watermelon? 3 grams of finished product? It’s like 80% water lol
@@MatanuskaHIGH Well, I'm sure it's going to be more than 3 grams after the water is removed. I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say here, Matanuska. Yes, a watermelon is mostly water, but NOT 100% water. Lynn is suggesting to remove the water to reduce weight and volume. You still retain the fiber and other nutrients in the melon. So, again, I don't understand what your point is. Why would you think her comment was a joke?
Stating the obvious doesn't make you sound intelligent, quite the contrary actually. Everyone knows a watermelon is mostly water, come on.
Which comment are you talking about?
Mountain Lust dehydrating water. Lol. And I’m the dummy....
Nothing too revolutionary but certainly some gems here. It's also useful to see your thought process.
It's easy to dehydrate cut up carrots, celery, & onion (mire poix). Basis for soup or as a side dish. Dehydrate cabbage. Cook your beans and dehydrate them in a thin layer in a slow oven. Equal to commercial product at much less price. Weighs nothing, small bulk.
Did you think to check macro nutrients? calories (I'm going to guess you are short for as much energy as you'll expend hiking), carbs, fat, protein. Also sugar & salt. Small amount of spices goes a long way on improving flavor. Trader Joe has packets of coconut oil that I've started carrying. Smash the ramen noodles to save space, may need to repackage into ziploc. Eggs, milk & peanut butter are available in powdered form. I've cooked rice for dinner, piled dirt around the pan on top of coals and it was great with breakfast. Coals were still viable to restart a fire.
Let us know how that loadout worked compared to plan.
Trade the pasta for instant couscous.just add boiling water and wait 5 minutes. There's different flavors, i like the parmessan cheese.add some olive oil, or butter for calories and flavor.
I did the high sierra in 5 days 4 nights. It was awesome. Stop at the hot springs not a lot of camping but more a few hundreds of yards past them at the Kern River
I skip the instant oatmeal packs , they are nasty. In place I zip lock the 5 minute oatmeal and after adding the hot water , let it finish cooking in the bag in a cozy. Plus I add Cinnamon , Clove , Nutmeg and some brown sugar to each bag as a flavoring.
Ramen ... Harmony House has dehydrated veggies , I get the vegetable soup mix and the dehydrated cabbage. I add 2 or 3 tablespoons of the vegetable mix and one tablespoon of the dehydrated cabbage ( Why cabbage -I like cabbage ) to each bag of the Ramen to pick it up a notch. A shake or two of hot sauce does not hurt anything when added to it. You can get a Ramen mix like it , already made , from Pack-it-gourmet at a greater cost
Oh, I LOVE Harmony House Foods! You can also add their fruit powder to cereal for some added nutrients and taste!
Agreed, instant oatmeal is garbage 😱
Great food plan. I like the variety of dinners. Do you base your daily plan on calorie intake and how many calories a day are you packing? Also, have you tried your 7 day hike with this plan and how was it? I'd love to know.
May I suggest replacing your peanut butter for powdered peanut butter, it's much easier to carry as you don't need a tub taking up bulk and it will shave off dome weight. Also, you could mash your avocado into a small bag and add a pinch of salt to stop it spoiling. Again, space and weight saver.
Liked your video. It gave me a few ideas for my survival food stash in my truck.
I would suggest though, for your peanut butter & jelly to use individual sized packets using a "Seal-a-Meal" or similar device. (One of the models that I have allows you to use just the heat sealer without the vacuum. This prevents the pb & j from being sucked out as you try to seal it.)
I do that with all sorts of things - using the widest bag, I seal the first long edge. Then I cut it to about 3" long. Then I seal that into individual "tubes" by making two seals right next to each other (that way I can cut all the "tubes" apart when I am done). I fill up the "tubes", then seal the other long edge, sealing all the "tubes" at one time. You wouldn't have to do the two parallel seals between each "tube" if you didn't want to cut them apart. Instead you could just cut the 'used' one off the strip of tubes as you use them, so that can go in your trash bag. I've even used the same method to make multiple packets of individual doses of ibuprofen, sudafed, aspirin, tums, etc. - I just cut the length of the bag to about one and a half inches, then make the "tubes".
FINALLY! Meal ideas without eating freaking tuna for a week!! Thanks dude!
I really like your idea with the whey powder, that'll help breakfast stick to your ribs.
Also, I'm glad that I'm not the only one taking avocadoes into the field.
Great video! Love the pizza idea and will try! For sandwhiches, I usually go with bagels over tortillas, for me tortillas tend to break up on the trail. I'd add another 50 grams protein per day as well. Also, if you're sick of snickers: nut rolls dude, nut rolls.
The last couple of backpacking trips I’ve taken I’ve made a “trail mix” of peanut butter M&Ms and peanut butter filled pretzel bits.
I’m not a big coffee person, but the caffeine to get me going in the morning is helpful. I take two packets of cocoa and two tubes of instant coffee and mix it for trail mocha. I used to do oatmeal a lot with backpacking trips; but I find I’m rather slow going in the morning, and it’s a pain to have to deal with cleaning oatmeal residue out of a bowl or mug. I typically go with Nutrigrain Bars, or the grocery store generic. Sometimes cold Pop Tarts instead (earlier on in a trip so they’re not crumbs).
Last summer I did the HST, and on Monday I’m going from Horseshoe Meadow over New Army Pass, over Guyot Pass to Crabtree Meadow, to Mt. Whitney. I couldn’t get a permit out via Whitney Portal, so backtrack the way I came. My first night’s dinner I’m doing Zatarain’s Red Beans & Rice (cutting instructions panel off box; not taking a rigid box) with a summer sausage and bell peppers. 2nd night I’m having instant mashed potatoes with precooked bacon, smoked Gouda, and dehydrated chives for “trail baked potatoes”. The rest of my dinners are from Mountain House.
My lunches are a mix of your lunches, flour tortilla PB&Js, alternating with what you did for half your dinners, trail pizza. One difference with mine is that instead of the Boboli (sp?) sauce, I bought dehydrated tomato powder and a bottle of “Italian seasonings”. At home I’m going to premeasure & scoop the tomato powder and Italian seasoning into Ziploc bags. The morning of those lunches I’m going to pour water into the Ziploc and let it reconstitute as I hike.
You can buy peanut 🥜 butter morsels like the semi sweet chocolate drops and add em to any trail mix. You can mix up eggs and peanut butter and bake that into a two ingredient peanut butter cookie.
Thank god someone is including avocados! I've never seen anyone else pack them. I also bring a carrot or two to dip in my peanut butter.
Excellent! I also avoid Mountain House and cliff bars. I like to have more dried blueberries, dried mushrooms, dried tomatoes, etc. Also I have instant coffee in one snack ziploc bag...enough coffee for weeks. And I package rolled oats in one quart ziploc bag with dried blueberries and nuts....I don't like the high sugar prepackaged oatmeal.
A bag of rice is quite handy to add to what you have and some dried meat just In case you get lost. Its a good idea to take the extra noodles and chocolate and nuts
hope it was a brilliant hike
How did well did this feed you over the course of your trip?
That's a lot of water to carry
Nice mix of food items, which makes for a great backpacking trip. No end-of-day Hi-octane booze?
I love Backpacking with food because each day your pack is lighter
Good dinner is Idaho mashed potatoes, spam, dried Pinapele. It's hawian mashed potatoes and for cold soaking it tastes pretty good
Forgot the mountain house ice cream sandwich as desert and ovaltine mix with nido milk powder
I go to subway and grab those Olive Oil packets before a trip. I squeeze one in any dinner option, it adds 90 calories per packet. Easy way to kick the calories up for any meal.
Same here man, I can not eat much before a day on the trail, whether it be a 15 mile day, or a 6 mile day.... glad to hear others are the same! Also wanted to give another shout out to snickers! They are the best on the trail.. best ever!
All jam and jelly say refrigerate after opening. Is there no issue with keeping jelly in a backpack for a week?
High sugar content foods don't really mold - I can promise you that no one in New Hampshire, Vermont, etc. keeps their maple syrup in the fridge, despite it saying 'refrigerate after opening'. Same goes for jellies/jams - the high sugar content doesn't really allow bacteria to grow. For that matter, even ketchup has enough sugar that it really doesn't need to be refrigerated.
If you put jelly into small individual containers, will they need refrigeration? I was always under the impression once you open that jar it should be in the fridge! I would think some little individual packets of jelly would work best for this. What about the string cheese? that needs the fridge too!
How do you keep the string cheese? Doesn’t it need to be refrigerated?
Use regular oatmeal, Oovaegg with either dehydrated bacon or ham, make pine or spruce tea, forage herbs, dried fruit, rice with soy sauce packets add more Oavaeggs and dehydrated mixed vegetables plus dehydrated chicken. For dessert, instant pudding mix. Make up your own baggies with daily rations. Take along salmon and turkey jerky.
Good ideas! I like the avocados, get the greenest you can find, and they'll holdup better. You could very easily dirch your stove... oats beans and potatoes rehydrate fine without heat. Cured meats are by definition, fine without refrigeration as you state. I think they put that as a cya on everything (Including peanut butter) id ditch the top ramen, tho, personally, 😂
You have given me a lot of ideas for my backpacking trip! Thanks!
One "snack" I remember doing when I was camping for two weeks in Jr high was something called moon pie. You would grab a tortilla, some grease or some kind of oil, use a pan of some sort and "fry" the tortilla on both sides till it kinda looks like the "moon" and then use some sugar and cinnamon to add the flavoring. And that's it. Simple but very tasty. For future reference, you may want to go to REI or Bass Pro or some place akin to get some food options for the backpacking/hiking expidition.
My family did something close to this. We buttered the tortilla andthen sprinked it with a 50/50 suger cinnamon mix on it then fried it until it had carmilized.
You should shop in Asian markets for better Ramen. Korean Ramen is spot on! Dehydrated Shiitake mushrooms will elevated ramen. I also carry real food also and just eat them first. Bag of salad mix. If I have leftovers lettuce then it goes in my ramen. Sometimes it a bag of spinach and I add it to trail burritos or mountain house meals. Broccoli is my go to veggie most trip. Ramen is such an easy meal to dress up. Don’t forget summer sausage. Trader Joe’s has Turkey summer sausage that’s tastes really good. I’ve cooked them to add to my other meals because tuna packets get boring. I bought minute rice (brown) for the first time. (Ugh 😩 I feel my Asian card slipping away.) Going to add it with the dehydrated beans.
Love the video, great advice. I'm watching this in preparation for a 5 day trip in the Guadalupe Mountains with my wife next week. I feel like we've packed too much food, but it's actually really similar to what you've got (minus 2 meals of course). We've got Honey Buns (Great Value) instead of Snickers cause their half the price and their nearly the identical in calories per ounce. I personally wouldn't compare cocoa to tea though since tea has no calories and cocoa has over 100 calories per ounce.
Your ideas of delicious things are spot on with mine! Yum!
This is a good video, really clear explanation and good tips. Fig Newtons work well for me, had not really thought about taking avacados but makes sense. Thanks
One thing you could do to save a jar is get the PB/jelly mix stuff. Goobers I think its called. Will save a small amount of space/weight.
Very good suggestion!
Since he prefers "raspberry jam", why not make his own? The jelly in the storebought stuff is awful.
you did great---- if something was unhealthy, its not going to kill you in 7 days. Nice video, thank you.
Thanks for the info about Fig Newtons - I love them anyway!
Great ideas! I have used many of these. Weight of food is always a big thing to keep down. But you still want something that tastes good and not hard to make. Thank you for sharing your ideas. 👍🙂
Nice video. Where did you find the small packs of pizza sauce ?
How do you bring string cheese? Wouldn’t it be bad ?
So many great ideas shared, thanks for making this vid really helpful ideas. And popcorn 😋
How much water did you carry during your trip? A lot of the stuff you're bringing looks like you need to rehydrate. How did you get more water along your trip?
You filter your water while on the trail, with a water filter similar to a sawyer squeeze
Where do u get water for all this food do u bring it with u from the start or do u bring a filter or tablets and purify water u find how do u do it
Thanks Skylar!! Those dried refried beans are what I’ve been waiting my whole life for and never knew it. I hope they’re half as good as I imagine they’ll be. I’m getting some tomorrow!
I’m going to try the pizza too! That sounds delicious!
And if you like snickers and want to change it up, try a Payday. There’s no chocolate in a Payday to melt for summer camping either.
I’m like you, I’d rather have extra food or options if I get tired of something.
Thanks for sharing your meal thoughts!
Nathan Sharp I’ve been using the dehydrated beans for years and looove them. Smear on a tortilla with the Velveeta in a pouch and hot sauce packets!
texmexia49 : I did get some and try them. They're awesome, but a bit bland straight out of the package. I add seasonings and make individual portions. I've even put a dab of lard in it! Lard is shelf-stable at room temperature, so it's great for camping.
What amount of calories per day do you plan? Will all of that fill into a bear vault,bv500? Soon to hike JMT from horseshoe meadows nobo. First stretch I estimate 7 days to MTR. After that you can eat and resupply every 2 to 4 days. So, my concern is running out of food and the weight. That 2lbs aday is about my weight also. I go stove less, so more dried foods, I'm solo so no wife or girlfriend to pack for, Haha.
Thanks
I have NO breakie and NO lunch. I get so much energy this way.
Then at dinner, I eat one big meal. Nothing in the evening. I sleep GREAT!
@@MichaelTheophilus906 I love that hiking hunger energy (I call it that). I have so much energy all day.....until I eat. After my dinner, it's chill time;)
Just a tip, get yourself a prison cook book, inmates don't have refrigerators obviously, so most of the recipes are made using food that doesn't need refrigeration.
"Prison ramen" is a good one, you can pick it up for like $5 on ebay.
How do you address water? Local water with a filter and boiling only or do you pack your own?
You should look into making your own meals and dehydrating them so they rehydrate super quick on the trail and weigh next to nothing. Better for you too. Same idea as your instant oatmeal, it is par-cooked so that you just need to add hot water. I have been developing recipes for backpacking/camping/outdoor eating and have about 150 meals/snacks/desserts developed. Sooner or later I will start up a channel and post videos of preparations. You have to take as much fat out of the meals as possible so they store right, but I have figured out how to just add ghee which is shelf stable to add the fat and flavor back into things. I worked as a bartender and cook before I got into science and got into the R&D department of a vaccine producer. So I am pretty precise on the recipes.
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If you have a Korean/Japanese supermarket near you you should have a
good look in it, they have some great retort pouch stuff that is very
well priced as well as freeze dried items such as soups etc... :)
7 day hike food list. Spring 1953. Your wife will love the trail if you bring veggies and pizza. Ha!
I’m thinking the chocolate might help too.
How are you bringing cheese? Doesn’t it need to be refrigerated?
The indivually wrapped cheese is best (usually Tillamook) .the sharper the better,keep deep in your pack.
Awesome advice! Seems like a solid meal prep. How’d this meal plan hold up over the 7 days would you do things differently?
One of my go to meals is a Ramen Bomb.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches everyday 😳
How did you repackage the spaghetti sauce to use it multiple days?
Consider adding powdered greens or a multi vitamins. I like Augusons vegetable stew.
Great tips, bro! Thank you
The cheese, though! Doesn't it need refrigeration/Won't it go bad?
Those are great ideas! Much more affordable than Mountain House!
Good ideas on the food . How do you cook the pizza? Good video
Did you end up fitting this all in a bear cannister. Bear cannister are one aspect of hiking in the Sierras I dislike. Big, bulky, heavy. You food is limited on what can fit in there. What is a good alternative for someone backpacking in california bear country.
been watching a few of these and noticing a trend. Good tips. Thanks.
Plant those avocado pits in a good spot when you're done. You never know what might happen.
Great info and video bud thank you for sharing!
Nice Video and good Food list! usually carry a small bottle with olive oil with me. It has a lot of calories and it enhances almost every meal
Wat Zit Tooya, It can help with medical things too.
omg I haven't had a fig newton in years‼ they were a childhood favorite of mine. now I gotta hunt some down for my own trip 🍺🇨🇦
thank you for this video. i always wonder what food is best. this also is great food for SAILING for days on end!
I rarely leave comments, but this was a very good and informative video... Subscribed.
No whiskey? You're doin it wrong my brother
Yo, I can't wait to bring a fireball and wake up with a headache the next day. Thanks for the suggestion, can't get a DUI if I'm walking
Harshhaze, You can use whiskey for more than just drinking.
You can clean wounds with it and make certain medicines too.
Phil Mc Racken weed is lighter than whiskey. One ounce of weed weighs the same as one shot of whiskey. Which one will last longer? Lol
@@MatanuskaHIGH It'd be great for weight to bring weed but I'm one of the unfortunate few that gets a hangover that lasts for days from weed
Brodie Clamp I get a hangover from alcohol lol. Not weed though unless I eat some super potent edibles
Mountain House Granola w/blueberries. Add in a carnation instant breakfast and 1 or 2 scoops vanilla whey protein powder. You are pushing up to 1k calories. Good, fast, no cook option that tastes great and has tons of carbs and protein to power your day or recovery.
I hate fig newtons. Good video. What do you cook with? Portable stove/burner?
How do you keep the pizza sauce from getting all over if it's for two days?
If it's in plastic you can re-seal with heat from a lighter (careful not to melt) for those trips that are intense on your gear. Other than that, just throw it in a bigger ziplock and squeeze it out when needed
I know this might be late, since you posted this over a year ago, but since you have Ramen and Refried Beans, why not combine the two. I make Ramen Bean by breaking up 1 pack of Chili Flavored Ramen into tiny pieces and put it into a pint Ziplock Freezer Bag and add the seasoning packet. Then I add 1/2 cup of refried beans and shake the bag up. On the trail, I add 1 cup of boiling water into the freezer bag and lit sit for ten minutes. This is similar to a "Prison Burrito" that you can look up in youtube. This totals 570 calories, 15g Fiber, and 9G protein and is delicious.
Nice! Sounds good! Going to have to try that one!
As a diabetic I've found that a LOT almost 99% of backpacking recipes are carb heavy, either rice, potatoes or oatmeal, normally a big no-no for diabetics. That being said I've discovered other recipes to replace them. Like African chicken Peanut butter stew and oat bran instead of oatmeal. 40% more fiber and almost half the carbs, 19 carbs for OB versus 32 for regular unflavored oatmeal. Also you can add powdered PB for different taste and it weighs absolutely nearly nothing. But I still watch all these backpacking videos because you never know when you might find a gem or two to glean.
carb is sugar, energy. are your replaced items high energy food? one needs energy for all day hikes
@@hansouth2355 As a diabetic we have to cut our carbs way down from what others can eat. I eat like green beans, proteins and fats. Almost a keto kinda of diet atm. I do allow for some dark chocolate. Told my doc I wasn't giving up my dark chocolate unless I became allergic to it. Like my breakfast is salad and steak normally, or ground beef with green beans and mushrooms and cream of mushroom soup mixed together. I call it low carb stroganoff.
am borderline, too much sugar in blood, advised not to eat too much sugary stuff, i am also vegan so i eat lots of tofu and veggie stuffs also. i love carb and meats but...not good for me...much luck gl
@@GarouLady There are two ways sugar gets from your blood to your cells... "doorways" that open during/after exercise and insulin, as you know. When you're exercising like a thru-hike, your muscles take up glucose independent of insulin which can make your carb allowance higher. If long distance hiking is a new activity for you, I'd check with your doctor regarding medications, carb allowances, glucometer use to make sure BG stays in check during exercise, etc. Backpacker meals are high in carbs and salt because those are two of the main things that need repleting during long distance hiking.
Peanut butter powder is Awesome! And I hate peanut butter.
Best video for backpacking food ♥️
Great video. Love the idea for the pita bread for pizza
i love the burrito idea and the pizza idea
now do you keep all the food in their wrappers, or just before going do you empty them into their own ziplock bags so there's less garbage?
How do you make ur pizza? Do u just heat the sauce or do you bring a pan
On kayak 7 day excursions, I get hungry very fast as I burn calories, more so than usual. Also, I always bring frozen protein e.g., steak or pork, so as to eat somewhat fresh for a day or so, this is the same for veggies. Back-up I use Military MRE's. (old infantry soldier)..good luck out there.
How does the cheese not go bad?
try small jerky packs for stamina