...jerky, dried fruit, bars, and trail mix. These items get old quick to. What's everyone else doing for no cook backpack food?

These are basically what I do. And yes, they get old. But who says you need hot food on these trips? I even drink cold instant coffee in the mornings. alm:

 

You can make your own, search for Freezer Bag Cooking.

 

MRE's. I ate them for 3 months straight during the first part of my tour in Iraq. They are easy to warm up and they are loaded with calories.

 

The last mre I ate plugged me up for a few days. I learned don't eat the brownie.

 

Be careful with the cheese spread lol


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My last trip I brought the fancy crackers, 8oz gourmet cheeses, and good quality salami. We ate like kings and the weight to calorie ratio is very good. Most of the small individually packaged cheeses will last just fine if you keep them from getting too hot, especially the harder cheeses. Salami is shelf stable. I also never get tired of Fritos, Kettle Chips, or any form of chocolate.

 

Seems most options have been covered .
Just mix it up , make the most of it , and eat like a king when you get out.

 

Tortillas and cheese in a can.

 

Tuna fish in the pouch
tortillas
dry salami
jerky
I always have a can or two of the smoked oysters
some type of candy..(I like hard candies to help pass the time while sitting in stand)

All sorts of ways to get creative...

 

Look up silent and astronaut food. They are powdered food replacement, just mix with water and drink. They compleatly replace food...noneed to ever cook again.

 

Tang, Canadian Club and snow, and who the heck cares ...

 

You always have salami type meats.
HArd cheeses
Dried fruit and rehydrate - no cooking
Granola - Nuts
Add a little powdered milj to granola or other dried fruit.
Jerky

Dried tomatoes
and other vegetables
Bullion cubes - better warm

Buy or make your own Pemmigan - great source of energy

Why not cook you first couple of meals and freeze
Not sure what top ramen taste like cold.

We did a 10 day trip - basically: jerky, cheese, granola, oatmeal and dried fruit. and Top ramen noodles. Minimal cooking.. Oh yeah peanut butter

If it is just being tired of dried foods like Mountain House. Cook it ahead of time - freeze, reheat. Love pot roast and potatoes.. There is a place on line that has freeze dried food - some with Buffalo. Think it is Hawk's Vittles

I can tell you one thing - cold food gets old fast

 

Tortilla shells. I get some tuna or something similar in the vacuum pouch. Bagels...they don't smash. Dried fruit is good. Peanut butter or Nutella. Wander thru the grocery store and look around...you will get some ideas from doing that.

 

I 2nd the bagels. Sometimes hummus and pitas do well. In colder temps I could pack in butter and a loaf of rustic bread. For 'little cooking' options: Uncle Bens has pre-cooked 30 second microwave rice, that I could heat up quickly over a stove. 'Tasty Bites' Indian food are quick to warm up and are high in flavor (although, I wonder how much of that curry smell comes out of my pores for the next couple days?!).
Cliff bars are good.

Spam, spam, spam, spam, and more spam!

 

I call these protein balls...can't think of any other good name

-3 cups oatmeal
-3 scoops vanilla protein powder
-2 tbsp honey
-1 cup peanut butter
- either chocolate chips or craisens

mix it all up and form into balls....put them into zip lock bags, good protein and carbs and tastes good. Could use different flavored protein powder, add cinnamon or vanilla for flavor also.

 

I tried a new recipe tonight. Tortilla, chicken, bacon, ranch, and chili cheese fritos. I rolled it into a burito. I was pretty good and reminded me of college.

 

The only ingredient missing there is a roll of Tums.

 

Hard salami, bagels, hard cheeses, hard smoked salmon, salmon pouches

 

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

Friiiied chicken! You'd be the only one to ever take colonel sanders into the back country. Can you imagine the look on your hunting partners faces when you pull a bucket of chicken out of the your pack? Priceless. :twocents:

Seriously though, how good would that be if you did it? Lol

 

If only fried chicken would keep for a couple days out of the fridge. That sounds alot better then freeze dried food.

 

Pemmican.

 

Pemmican sounds like it could be good to add to crackers with cheese.

 

Plenty of good ideas already thrown out there in this thread.
I say just push through it. It's just temporary and part of the game to hunt. It's not like you're going to eat that way the rest of your life.
I personally think at least one hot/warm meal a day does tons for the moral, especially if you are solo or cold weather. I guess it depends on length of trip and your own personality. After being in the military, I've learned something so temporary just isn't a big deal. But, I'm one of those guys that liked "C"rats and still don't mind MREs.:shrug:

 

I know MRE's have already been mentioned but thought I would mention that Winco lately has been carrying them disassembled. You can buy just the entree, crackers, peanut butter, cheese spread, brownie, etc all in the bulk section of the store. Lets you mix and match and create your own stuff. Haven't seen the accessory pouches though so no hot sauce or coffee/creamer. Virtually everything else from an MRE is there though.

 

I was just going to post the same thing.


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Have you considered pre-cooking your meals, then sealing each individually with a vacuum sealer? You would need to keep them cold before using them. Just a thought.

 

As stated before, salami, hard cheese, crackers and then some kippered snacks to finish it off. This will keep you going for a few days.

Camo

 

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned or recommended the time honored, easy open cans of Beany/Weanie! Gourmet eats when you're way back in the outback.

 

Canned sardines, chicken, ham, clams, oysters (yeah, packing the cans out is a bit of a pain but you can rinse and smash flat and put in a zip lock)......or get to know forage foods like roots, mushrooms, to supplement.