Question? I have been using the jalapeño and cheese wraps you find in Walmart, 210 cal. each, which are flat and hold up in the pack well. With peanut butter and grape jelly it sticks with you for a while. I have been thinking about adding the precooked sausage crumbles, but I am a little concerned about spoilage? Anyone have experience?
For a fast breakfast I have used Cheerios or Total cereal, freeze dried whole milk (Nido), and protein powder. Put it in your nalgene bottle the night before and then just add water and shake in the morning. Cheerios do tend to be a little bulky and Total tends to crumble into small pieces. Another fast meal is the foil packaged Tuna in oil. The Tuna salad in the foil package taste better but doesn't have the calories. There are several freeze dried soups you can get on the soup isle in walmart. I get the ones with the highest calories per ounce. You have to figure out how much to use per serving. The package says 8, but the way I do it I only get 4 servings per package. More calories that way. Peanuts, Peanut M&Ms, cashews, walnuts, and raisins are good snacks. I have found that dried fruit tends to be low on calories for the weight so I don't take them. One backpacking buddy takes nothing but peanuts, raisins, and beef jerky from walmart. That's it for seven days. No stove or cooking gear needed, but I couldn't do it. I love Mountain House Sweet and Sour and Chili Mac with beef but they are bulky. The Chili Mac with the jalapeño wraps make a good burrito. I haven't found any bars that I like, but the Marathon bar is the best I have tried. I have carried as many as three apples. They make it OK for the first three days. I carry a Sigg metro mug, vacuum insulated, which I can add Mountain House, soup, or oatmeal with boiling water in the morning and I will still have to let it cool for lunch.
