White chocolate peanut butter and pringles.
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I throw away the whole idea of meals when I'm hiking. I stop for a good break every two hours and eat something, so about five or six times a day. I don't have names for all those meals. I usually have a stack of tortillas, with either cheese or peanut butter, and that's good for two or three of those stops, but I don't care if it's midday.
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Peanut butter isn't dry, as someone stated earlier, if you buy the real stuff. The cheap stuff has had the oil siphoned off and sold separately, hence it being cheaper.
I'll usually have 2 lunches. One at the normal mid-day time and one smaller later in afternoon. If I snacked all day I would run out of food quickly. It is better to set specific times to eat for me.
Cheese is standard. Nuts. Some sort of bread carb for said cheese. PB, nutella. Jerky is nice. I try and save some sort of bar for afternoon snack. Getting in a routine helps plan out food amounts and weights.
Don't rule out cooking for lunch. My hiking partners and I cooked at most lunch stops. It's just what we were hungry for. For me this was usually ramen with some sort of meat and nuts thrown in for protein. We took pretty long lunch breaks too and only started back up again when we were "ready".
Tortilla, Peanut butter, tuna, and pre-cooked bacon. simply awesome
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Yup together rolled up in the tortilla.
I'm not sure if that sounds brilliant or terrifying.
It's just lunch. Why does it require instructions?
Go hiking.
Eat food.
Done.
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We had a lunch treat one time with Nutella spread on a tortilla, then a banana sliced lengthwise, and sliced almonds. Fold up the bottom and wrap around. Mmm-mmm!
I like bringing tortillas and a small container with peanut butter, nutella, and raspberry jam for most lunches. Also, might bring a probar. I just ordered greenbelly bars to try as well. I have the bigger challenge with a good breakfast, I always boil for coffee but I can't find a decent dehydrated "breakfast" that I really like.
I have to have my coffee. I've debated switching to black for my hike but can't stand it so I'm looking at flavored creamers to bring. Or flavored cofffees. (I don't put sugar, just creamer. And I don't mind a little extra weight for decent coffee)
For breakfast, I'm a hot cereal person. I usually add fruits and nuts to whatever I'm eating unless it's grits. With grits I add eggs, cheese, bacon or ham, and hot sauce.
In truth, I don't mind a little extra weight for food in general. I will be making some dehydrated meals ahead of time and having them shipped as needed. I'm planning to carry at least an extra day's worth with me between resupply points.
My reasoning behind it is that it's food, you eat it as you go so the weight decreases. A bit extra is alright.
Lunch Menu Ideas/Suggestions?
Salami, sopresata, or dry chorizo with some hard cheese
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As others have said, throw out the whole idea of specific foods for specific meals. Sometimes I went for days on nuts, tuna, and Raisinettes (preferably of the dark chocolate variety).
That reminds me of resupplying at a C-store outside Harpers Ferry where all I could buy was hot dog buns, peanut butter and bananas. That was just fine for a couple of days.
Food has gotten less important to me the more I hike. At least, I spend less time thinking about it than I used to.
Try adding a teaspoon or three of instant hot chocolate to the instant coffee. I liked it, as it sweetened, added creamer and added a mocha flavor. I mixed up a Mayo jar with the following mix: 1 tsp instant coffee, 3 tsps. creamers (or instant milk or Nido) and 3 tsps. hot chocs. Add to a mug to taste and add hot OR cold water. Found the cold water works well on hot days.
FORGOT the instant bacon. Seemed while the young pups were looking for beer in town, I was looking for the instant bacon. Tad expensive, but 1 pack was 3-4 meals.
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A lot of the Knor sides actually taste pretty good cold and prep with cold water as well. I put the water in about an hour before I plan to eat, hike, and then its like a cold pasta salad.
I never stop for lunch on trail and my lunch is always my home-made trail mix, made of raisins, walnuts, almonds, hemp seeds, golden flax seeds and dried figs that I buy from Costco in bulk. Lots of calories thanks to tons of healthy fats and waaaaay cheaper than protein bars and cliff bars. That's why I do tons of mail drops.
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