Let's talk light weight packpacking food!

[Bunny Thumper]

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[Wetwoodshunter]

This year I will have to rework my food. I switched over to paleo and recently learned my digestive system is intolerant to eggs. This kills me since I cant eat RX bars anymore.

One of my staples that I like is smoked salmon, I smoke a lot of white kings which are super oily.

My all time favorite backpacking food though are honey stingers, although in freezing temps the honey crystallizes and they are not as good.

[Fl0und3rz]

You guys are obviously not aware of the amount of candy I pack per day    I could cut a half pound from my daily rations by just cutting out sour patch kids alone

At the volume I've ate sour patch kids in the past,  I'm surprised i still have a tongue and roof of my mouth.   That sugar is like crushed glass!

Yeah,  trying to balance sugar,  salt,  fat and protein,  snickers does it.

Snickers does it.  I like to make my own trail mix.  Fruits and nuts only for me, but you can up the fruit content for more sugars.

Start with a favorite mixed nut mix, add other nuts the companies cheap out on.  I like pistachios and pecans.

Add dried fruits in desired proportions.  I like dried blueberries, cherries, and cranberries.  Could do apple, I guess.

I also add a couple of salt packets from McDonald's or other fine ground, because I sweat a lot and get headaches and cramps if I don't stay up on salt and liquids.

I suppose you could add chocolate to it, too.

It is not cheap but it has everything a body needs.

[fishngamereaper]

I never take in as many calories as I burn when backpack hunting but Ive gotten used to it. Being a little hungry isn't a bad thing. Im a big instant potato fan(so many flavors) and I will empty a bunch of cup a noodles into baggies to mix up my options. 2-3 Cup a noodles a day keeps a guy satisfied and they weigh next to nothing.

Or a 1lb of peanut butter and flour tortillas will get you by just fine. 

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Also, Pringle’s, cheese-its, and triscuits for the tuna.


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[Karl Blanchard]

I dont think pringles cans are gonna save me much space.  Besides, Ritz snack packs are the king of the tuna pouch 

Probably gonna leave tuna out of my meal plan as the weight to calorie ratio isn't the best.  I eat tuna and ritz literally every day on a normal backpack hunt but on a normal hunt I dont care about weight or space.  I'm also usually not packing snow shoes, crampons, ice axe, and climbing rope

[Karl Blanchard]

I never take in as many calories as I burn when backpack hunting but Ive gotten used to it. Being a little hungry isn't a bad thing. Im a big instant potato fan(so many flavors) and I will empty a bunch of cup a noodles into baggies to mix up my options. 2-3 Cup a noodles a day keeps a guy satisfied and they weigh next to nothing.

Or a 1lb of peanut butter and flour tortillas will get you by just fine. 

my metabolism runs way to high to operate in a deficit.  Been there done that, and avoid it when possible. 

I've done the math and it's not realistic to just pack peanut butter and a spoon for a week long hunt.  I could 100% survive on just peanut butter though😍

[Karl Blanchard]

@92xj if you get a chance post up that bar recipe.  I'd like to give these a try

[RockChuck]

 

Those bars sound good

[92xj]

Here is my made up recipe and the powder I used in the last batch, which turned out as my favorite batch so far.
Sometimes I add a little more or a little less of each depending on the day.
I can't remember exactly but I think the last time I made them I cut 8 bars and they ended up being around 350 calories each.
If you happen to start selling these, name them after me and give me 25% of the profit.

[Karl Blanchard]

Awesome!  I'm gonna whip some up and I'll do a nutrition breakdown on them.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Why do you use Quinoa?

@92xj

[92xj]

They say it's a super food and I need some super powers on the mountain.
It acts as a little binder, some calories, a lot of good carbs, some fober and protein.

[Boss .300 winmag]

So what would be a good substitute for the over priced protein powder?

[92xj]

I guess whatever kind of underpriced protein powder you want to buy in a flavor you like?
With chocolate flavored powder they turn out tasting like a nutty brownie to me.