Going out for awhile (at least a week) and trying to take as

Most long distance hikers (including myself) stick with ramen, snickers, and knorrs pasta sides. Not great, but calorie dense and light.

>>1080651
I guess that's the thing. Long distance an/or thru hikers seem to eat like shit, which sucks but I understand. I've been going semi-permanently /out/ (camping for over a week, restocking, then going out again) for awhile and I'm not hiking every single day but want to keep my food interesting and make cooking an activity rather than a necessity, I guess.

Protip, check out completefoods, ending is .co rather than .com
lots of diy Soylent type powders for fairly cheap. I don't eat it normally but for long trips it is a godsend. Bring half normal food for when you want comfy meals by the fire and half instant powdered dinner for when you're so goddamned tired you just want calories and sleep. This also makes it possible to occasionally bring some heavier real foods, since it's comparatively quite light.

>>1080630
> MURICA food

Rice, pasta, bulgur...
lots of dried fruits (pineapple, grapes, cranberries, goji)
If you care about protein: cheese, dried/cured meat, dried textured soy protein...

Dried tomatoes, basil, salami, pasta, parmesan. Tortillas' are basically my out bread so I've done wraps/sandwiches, burritos, quesadillas', just warm and smothered in garlic butter which is so damn good.

Take the time to look around your grocery to see what you can use.

>>1080713
There are websites where you can order dehydrated vegetables in bulk. You could get a good mix of them and add them to most meals you get.

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Really depends on if I have to cook on my own fuel.
pic is some instant menu making for a 3 week trip
instant potato mash is my favorite, dried broccoli and cheese works well together.
couscous is easy to cook, you can load it with dried veggies, and add some dressing like oil/vinegar
instant rice is instant rice, but you can do your own thai chicken curries
instant beans do work!
mini pastas make instant mac n cheese.
dried fish and shrimp taste considerably better than freeze dried meats, even tofu derivates like mock duck do taste better than freeze dried meat.
dehydrate your own veggies or buy them bulk dehydrated
spices, spices, spices
Bring cheese and bread and hard sausage for the first few days
tea and sugar, nothing like a hot cup of tea on a cold day.

snickers bars and other snacks are the basic of a healthy diet, if you work hard you need a snack every two hours or so.
always forage when you can, there is so much edible leafs around and your instant food tastes so much better with a bit of fresh greens.

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>>1081693
I ended up with big bags of caloric dense instant food in 6 different flavors. they are measured to fill my cocking pot. In the evening when I made camp, I ended up eating my fill, about 2/3 of the pot and ate the rest for breakfast. For the rest of the day I did snack only till camp.
This left me with a surplus of oats mix and milk powder, which came in handy once I found some wild berries.

This works but was mostly do to the climate, you couldn't really cook outside the tent most of the times. For normal weather I recommend smaller bags and enjoying your lunch breaks.

>>1080630
This ain't food yo.

>>1080630
fucking beans and rice anon.

>>1080630
Whole Grain Rice (Lundberg brand is amazing)
Dry beans
Flour/meal (wheat, rice, bean, corn, etc)
Pasta/Dry Noodles
Spices
Trail mix (as you mentioned) is always pretty great.
Dehydrated meals (There's a shit load of meals you can make at home then dehydrate in a dehydrator that are great for taking camping; stews, mac-n-cheese, meatloaf...endless selection really.)

In fact, if you are a camper/hiker who will be doing this often, it is very worth it to get/make a good dehydrator. You can buy/farm in bulk and dehydrate a ton literal of food.

>>1082431
This, if you go innawoods a lot its worth getting a dehydrator setup for cheap/bulk meal prep

>>1080630
Ok, and what for day two?

>>1080630
Pinecones

>>1082501
I bought enough of this stuff to last two people at least a week. This is our fifth day out and we've got a ton of food left. Working pretty well but wishing I'd bought more instant mash and some hot cocoa