Trail Meals

Here are just a few ideas for tasty picnic meals in the backcountry :)

Some basics that I always take:

• small squeeze bottle of honey
• small bottle of olive oil
• nut mixture (sunflower seeds, plain almonds, flaxseed – all ground up together with a food processor)
• apples
• tea bags
• coffee
• Costco makes the BEST dried fruit mix – kirkland – in a big yellow bag – strawberries, kiwi, banana, mango, apple, walnuts

 Breakfasts

• Plain organic oatmeal with dried fruit and nut mixture, with a squeeze of honey
• Dehydrated milk and granola cereal
• Dried fruit and granola bar

Lunches

Tuna fish with chopped up veggies and olive oil (tuna in individual sized foil packets, chopped carrots, onions, broccoli) on crackers or bread

• Chop veggies before hand and place in quart sized ziplock bag
• When ready to eat, add tuna and oil to bag, squeeze gently to mix

Dried fruit, granola bar, turkey jerky
Bagel with salami and cheese

 Dinners

Curried Veggies

• Instant rice serving for two
• Two tablespoons tomato paste and two teaspoons Indian Spice Mix in a snack sized ziplock bag
• Chopped sweet potatoes, green beans and any other veggies in a quart sized ziplock bag
• Small can sweet corn, small can garbanzo beans
• Olive oil
• Pita bread

In measured boiling water for the rice, cook the raw veggies for just two minutes before adding the rice. Add rice, tomato paste, spice mix, oil, and canned/drained veggies – seal and wait for rice to absorb water. Heat bread in dry pan

Classic Thanksgiving Meal

• Foil packaged pre-cooked chicken
• Single serving herbed/garlic dehydrated mashed potatoes
• Half a bag of Stove Top Stuffing
• Dehydrated gravy mix to taste
• Dried cranberries
• Green beans
• Salt and pepper
• Paprika

Bring 2 cups (16 oz) water to a boil. Stir in all ingredients, cover, and let sit for 5 minutes. Enjoy