Beef ramen, curry powder, cayenne, garlic powder, coconut powder - spicy beef coconut curry!

I make my own Lara Bar knock-offs - great for a healthy infusion of calories mid-morning or mid-afternoon. half cup of Medjool dates, 1 cup of dried strawberries, 1 cup raw almonds, quarter cup of dried blueberries. Toss it into a food processor for a couple minutes until it looks like a paste. If you pick up a small amount and it sticks together when you press it in your fingers, it's done. Dump it into an 8x8 pan, compact it tightly, chill for at least 30 minutes, and cut into 8 bars. Lasts a few weeks in the fridge or several days in your pack if properly wrapped. 215 calories per bar.

My Ma and I like to make homemade cocoa and package it in ziplock bags for the trail. 4 cups Powdered milk, 2/3 cup each of powdered coffee creamer, sugar, cocoa and 1/4 tps salt. Wisk it together and 3-4 tablespoons to a mug of warm water, not boiling. It really hits the spot on a cold night. Even better in the morning with a tsp of instant coffee mixed into the hot chocolate.

Annie's Mac and Cheese plus dehydrated hamburger and ghee butter (both shelf stable and high cal/oz) plus some jalepeno salt was my favorite meal over and over again on the Colorado trail. Not as fancy but lighter and great as UL food.

dehydrated meals only save weight when you have water sources. On hikes where there aren't water sources you can expand your menu quite a bit to include fresh fruits and veggies that last a few days, and boil in the packet meals like Tasty Bite, Loma Linda, or 60second rice packets since you already paid the weight penalty of hauling the water.

Cream of mushroom soup powder + mashed potato flakes + lentils (pre prepared in tetrapak) is one of my faves

My suggestion would be to buy some freeze dried vegetables. I know that they don't add calories, but they are very lightweight, and they add flavour, fibre and a strong sense of eating a real meal. Also, some are relatively coarse, so they add texture as well. You can add them to any meal by first soaking them in boiled water according to the recipe and then add things like instant mashed potatoes, that mac and cheese or noodles. Or, depending on the recipe, you boil them together with those other ingredients.

Pre-cooked bacon crumbles make everything taste better and are very calorie dense. They generally keep at least a week once opened. Find them next to the croutons and salad dressings, if the Hormel Black Label is available do it, way better than Oscar Meyer. For veggies add a spoonful of Knorr dried vegetable mix to anything that gets cooked with hot water. It’s mainly onion, garlic, and carrots.

Great ideas! My fave easy meal is stove top stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravey packet. Sometimes iadd a pack of chicken.

On my overnighter last weekend, dinner was 1 cup of rice cooked with a half packet of vegetable soup mix. That was more than enough to shared with my friend. I had it with a steak, but add in some jerky, sausage, beans or lentils and you've got additional protein mixed in for a one pot meal.

Bear Creek meals , all of them are good. Don't want to carry Tomato Paste then get some dehydrated Tomato powder from Harmony House Foods. There are a lot of different dehydrated foods (Vegetables & Meat ) from commercial outlets and even grocery stores. With some imagination you can do your own and basically have the same meals you have at home , all it takes is thought. You would be surprised what you can find ( & put together ) at your local grocery.

Perfect timing, I just rewatched every food episode you’ve ever done

One of my classic meals is the uncle ben ”mexican rice” Just throw in a couple teaspoons of water and some black beans and its delicious! Potato salad is also always tasty both cold and warm.

So just getting into backpacking. Why don't backpackers carry fresh produce like carrots, potatoes, celery? Won't last weeks, but can definitely work for a 2-3 night hike.

Ive been trying what im calling peanut butter pudding. Its a mix of 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter, a teaspoon of chocolat instant breakfast mix, a teaspoon of powdered sugar and a dash of cinnamon powder. You put it in a screw closed container to repeat until its full. Lots of protien and vitamins and such.

I am currently on a 2 days gear testing trip and eating at camp right now while watching this video... 😋

I do tuna packs, homemade jerky, mini chocolate bars, cliff bars (and others) and kraft dinner, and fruit leather.

Thanks for the inspo!! What do you do to keep the sausage cool when backpacking as they’re meant to be kept refrigerated?

You can buy sachets of flavoured cous cous here in UK that are amazing for camping. You only need to boil a few ml (I guess like 5oz) of water and you have a LOT of food. Add tinned tuna or fresh spring onion 👨‍🍳

Typically, Annie’s mac and cheese is prepared with milk and butter. Do you pack those ingredients or do you use substitutes? Thanks!

I’m doing a overnight on the approach trail with my grand uncle and second cousin tomorrow thanks for the vid

For my 3 days hike i use dehydrated meal plus my own made dehydrated meal. Plus dry fruits mix. Some energy's snacks and bananas

I don't know if you can get them in the US, but I've genuinely enjoyed freeze dried meals from Adventure Food. Not cheap, but they certainly have a nice taste and some texture as well. Converted from euros, they should be around 7 US$ and typically are 600 kCal. One of my favourites is pasta al salmone. They also have vegetarian (vegan?) options.

Ketchup packet packed out with town food suitable substitute for tomato paste in Chili mix

Great selection, love it! (newly subscribed to your channel a couple of days back and going through your videos so maybe a little bit late to comment here but couldn't keep my mouth ...) So, just to say it - if you are not always on the spicy side, peanut butter sauce is also easily done with peanut butter, ketchup and soya sauce, and some water. If you add a spoon of wild blueberry fruit spread (that jam with half cooked berries in it) it even tastes like prepared by a 5star Michelin chef ... ;-) And else: if you are not so happy with the taste of whatever instant meal you prepare it is almost never bad to add simply some pieces of dried mushrooms ... even cheapest packs of macandcheese or other noodles can taste suddenly much better if you give some small pieces of dried mushrooms in the water whiles boiling it up. Use whatever cheap dried mushrooms you get for that hack, e.g. shitake or oyster mushrooms or so. The cheap mushrooms from farms are even better than wild ones since there is also without washing them guaranteed no sand in it - they are usually grown on saw dust or straw or something like that ;-) And finally: since many years, my number one backpacking meals are noodle soup packages from Wai Wai (often also spelled waiwai) in chicken flavour - originally these noodles are from Nepal and since years also widely available here in India, and afaik these noodles are meanwhile also available in the US, at least online. They are precooked and prefried and can be eaten raw as snack, what makes them already ideal for travels and backpacking, and prepared with boiling hot water (simply pour it over them and let them rehydrate for a couple of minutes) they are just great. Here in India they are available for 12 Rupees per pack (=0,16 USD) what makes them maybe the cheapest backpacking meals ever. Of course they give a nice stand alone meal but very often I combine them with tuna and ketchup or scrambled eggs or sausages or dried mushrooms, enjoy them with peanut butter sauce, or put them on top of toast or chapatis/tortillas etc. If you pinch a small hole in the pack and crush the noodles in your hands, the volume shrinks to approx. half of the original size, means you can save quite some volume in your rucksack.

Get some dehydrated tomato powder. It stores for a really long time and forever in the freezer.

Love the thumbnail. Great work.

Love the Good to Go Thai Curry.....it is better than some curry meals I have had at restaurants.... always a goto

Spam musubi Kimbap (various types) Dried pork with steamed rice (make rice balls or dried pork musubi) Squid jerky Haw flakes Stretch Island zero sugar added dried fruit bars Kopiko coffee candy Trader Joe’s sweet and spicy buffalo jerky Indomie ramen 😋 Premade sandwiches with good bread that won’t get overly soggy like ciabatta (should be eaten by the next day at most though) And sticky rice with a sweet coconut filling for desert 😋 Precut nectarines Tangerines Fresh spring rolls filled with whatever you like Bao bun sandwiches (sweet and savory variations)

Chilli, burritos, curry, pad Thai and Mac and cheese. Close to my favorites: chilli, curry, couscous salad, pesto pasta, guac and chips, spring rolls and lastly Minestrone (yes, soup. Just cut everything nice and finely and boil for a few minutes. Ad a bouillon cubes of you want to. Filling, tasty, healthy. Best with fresh bread)

Aren’t some of these perishable / refrigerate after opening? How do you manage?

Another tip: use nuts as a long shelf life alternative for meat: high in protein and ultra high in calories. For example: noodles with red curry and cashews.

How long does the sausages stay good? And once open do you just throw them in a zip lock bag?

Dehydrated mash taters, dehydrated mixed veggies. Pack of Sunkist chicken and chicken gravy packet. Mmm

Always good video!thanx to share!! I like to bring pre mixed pancake in zipploc bag and eat it the first morning!!with a little maple syrup

How do you get past the refrigeration for the adels sausage

How long will those sausages hold up in a pack?

Exactly what I needed... unluckily with Europe available foods, but still a great video

Stowaway Gourmet is kind of new (to me at least) to the dehydrated backpacking meals, but they are some of the best that I have tasted.

For your backcountry pad thai, try adding a seasoning pack from the shrimp flavor ramen 🤌

I freeze a steak with peppers and onions. It's usually cool out when I pan fry a steak. I'm thinking frozen hamburger with peppers, onions, and Anne's. I cook away from camp, and I'm mindful of smells. It did smell good, and I thought I heard a purring cat in the middle of the night. It was worth every bite.

Nice video. I used similar sausage, mashed potatoes, soup mix and noodles for a patagonian hike evening meal. Porridge for breakfast and fruit & nut/flapjack for lunch/snacks.

A recent recipe that worked well is Knorr Rice side herb and butter flavor, with a foil packet of cooked smoked salmon. You add a little less boiling water than called for, right into the knorr package, then after 10-15 minutes, stir in the salmon. Three Knorr rice packages seem to work better than the pasta ones of you are adding hot water to the package. The pasta ones seem to truly need to cook in your pot to get the pasta fully cooked.

How do you take the sausage backpacking without refrigeration?

I'm curious how long the sausage will keep unrefrigerated.

Yeah but how do you keep the sausages from going bad?

I just did my first overnight, (going big and going long by end of summer), and I literally used that mac n' cheese and that chili, mixed them together for chili mac, it was so good, anyone who doesn't try it is wasting good food for nothing.

How do you store the sausages in your pack?

Wow 🤩

Starts at 01:55.

Mystery ranch has backpacks featured in Tarkov, they're the best backpacks as far as i'm concerned xD

Might be a dumb question, but how do you carry sausages in backpacking? Don’t you need ice packs or smt..?

How do you prepare the chili out on trail? I feel like I remember the package calling for like a 25 minute simmering time.

Can of Salmon, Instant mashed potato, and instant gravy. good lord is it incredible

colby jack cheese sticks and salami rolled up in a tomato basil or spinach tortilla

Great ideas ill have to try it out

I recommend a folding titanium cheese grater

Awesome channel! I just discovered it this week and I am hooked. Thanks for the video.

Do you have any issues of Aidells sausage not being refrigerated? Love this sausage, many good choices with different flavors. Thanks for your video and simple meal plans.

this is great, thanks. dehydrated meals suck

You just cant beat a dutch oven if your not hiking sun up till sun down after the big mile days!! For me I like the casual 10 mile day on easy terrain because I enjoy being there not just walking threw there! So dutch oven gets my number one vote!!!

Does the sausage need to be cold?

Do you have to simmer the bear creek chili or can you just rehydrate it the same way as a mountain house? How do you prepare it on the trail?

Thank you!

Quite the gourmet

Thank you for all the great ideas! What's the longest you've kept the aidells sausage not refrigerated and did not regret it? Haha Thank you!

Pad thai is super easy, ramen noodles, chicken or plain, soy sauce and penut butter packets. Done.

Thank u for the help

Coming from a gram weenie Food is never extra weight. Food is life! Packing more than you need can be a problem but when it comes to weight vs taste or verity, ill take heavy ingredients over lightweight & boring anyday... You end up eating it anyway so it's fine. 😁

You keep cheese and sausage refrigerated in your backpack how? Glib phrasing, yeah, but serious question.

Tuna wrap, pouch tuna, mayo packet, some cheese and a tortilla. Also, get the single serve packets of pizza sauce, some cheese, thinking one of those sausages on a tortilla and boom, backpack pizza

1st night! Always a home made pasta bolognese in a zip lock bag re-heated ❤️ then I'd go for your mack an cheese but I always chop an onion on camp I'd be concerned it'd get all sweaty pre chopped. Thanks for the instructions never thought of queszdillason camp will be definitely giving that a go 👍

Question, if I’m backpacking and being minimal how do I keep the sausages cold?

How do you keep addeles. Meat from going bad in the back country with refrigerator?

How do you keep your cheese and sausage cool? And fresh to eat

thanks for the great ideas

How long can the sausages last in your pack

How many shoes do you have dude?

That is good only for a weekend trip when there are no bugs. Otherwise, it is not very practical. You can dehydrate your own meals and not be bored with them.

Emeril Lagasse reference, nice.

This here is a Darn good video!

Overnight oats. Breakfast on the trail can really suck. Overnight oats are super easy, super yummy, and very healthy. Great way to get a fast start and stay full all morning.

How would you keep the veggies cheeses and sausage cold without a cooler???

How do you take sausage backpacking? I can see for the first dinner maybe but wouldnt it spoil after that. I am a total newbie so please tell me because better food options is all that keeps from spending every weekend on the trail.

Tuna pouches with dehydrated vegetable packets, and rice or noodles. I cook it all up in a fry pan over my cooker. Love these fry pan feasts!

how many days would you carry around the sausage before you consume your last link?

We are more kayak campers, curious about the aidelles, is this found on a shelf? I see in coolers at store but wouldn’t see how you back pack with it?

I'm new to this so I don't understand how the meat and cheese stays good. What am I missing?

Just wish the prepackaged dehydrated meals were not a mega ripoff

Wait, those Aidells sausages need to be refrigerated. How do you make that work?

how do these sausages not go bad?

Wow I was the 1000th thumb up!!! Sweet

Who do you keep the sausage cold while hiking?

You don’t have to keep the sausages refrigerated?

Thai Curry 💚

how can the sausage be left open and un refrigged?

Foood!

Ok I have to ask the dumb newb question? Is it safe to carry sausage or cheese around in a bear canister in the summer?

Yall making me hungry with thes comments😂

Erics got more shoes than my wife