What’s your meal prep look like?

[Magnum_Willys]

Carry a water pump filter or hangbag. 

Which Peak Meals are you liking best???

[KFhunter]

I have discovered veriety salsa packets off amazon

Like to toss appropriate packets in with the days meal preps, biscuits and gravy will get 2 franks red hot packets etc

[Sundance]

Winning flavors of Peak for me are Beef stroganoff, chicken pesto pasta, chicken coconut curry, cheesy chicken broccoli, chicken Alfredo. I always add 1/2oz more water then called for.

I ditched the steripen because it requires batteries and doesn’t filter the water, only sterilizes it. Sometimes the water I grab is murky, discolored, or gritty. The filter bags clears all that crap out.
https://www.sawyer.com/products/squeeze-water-filtration-system
This one is a favorite of thru hikers on the PCT, working fine and is weight conscious. A couple of my friends use platypus gravity bags, much easier to use and larger volume, just a weight penalty. I’ve looked at the Grayl system, but haven’t tried it yet.

[mcrawfordaf]

I'll definitely have to look into the variety hot sauces KFhunter! I used to trade the "desserts" from MREs for the mini tobasco bottles that came in other certain MREs when I was in the Air Force. Hot sauce can make even the worst pack meal palatable.

As for Peak flavors - I'm with Sundance on the Chicken Alfredo and Chicken Pesto Pasta. They're better than some restaurant pastas I've had 

On this particular trip I biked in which afforded me the ability to bring all the water I needed with - but I do have a Lifestraw bag filter in case.

[KFhunter]

I haven't found a reason to not pack my katadyn pump, I've got it setup so all I have to do is pop off the end of my bladder that goes in your mouth, and attach the pump there

Don't have to dig the bladder out of the pack to fill it, not even to open the lid. 

I use the military camelback 3L and really like it.

[highcountry_hunter]

I have discovered veriety salsa packets off amazon

Like to toss appropriate packets in with the days meal preps, biscuits and gravy will get 2 franks red hot packets etc

Tribal trails has that little island of condiments by the deli. Last Friday I was in there and asked what the limit is on hot sauce packets, they told me to take as many as I wanted so I loaded up.

[KFhunter]

I have discovered veriety salsa packets off amazon

Like to toss appropriate packets in with the days meal preps, biscuits and gravy will get 2 franks red hot packets etc

Tribal trails has that little island of condiments by the deli. Last Friday I was in there and asked what the limit is on hot sauce packets, they told me to take as many as I wanted so I loaded up.

  brilliant!

[snake]

I haven't found a reason to not pack my katadyn pump, I've got it setup so all I have to do is pop off the end of my bladder that goes in your mouth, and attach the pump there

Don't have to dig the bladder out of the pack to fill it, not even to open the lid. 

I use the military camelback 3L and really like it.

Ive tried a variety of filters and I like the Katadyn pump the best.  Its the best overall for volume of water and light weight in my opinion. 
The Platypus gravity bag is great if you are camping very close to a water source and dont plan on moving much. IMO.