DIY backpack meals $4-6 ideas?

[Nick87]

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Bragger.

 

[Aperventure]

You can rotate through a huge variety of meals without getting bored, all while staying well within your $4-6 per meal and 1.5-2 lb/day targets. Happy trails and happy eating.

That was the reason for my question, to get others ideas. Not confirmation. What do you do? I’ve shared a few of my favorites do you have anything to share?

 

[Aperventure]

Couscous is the answer. And you can buy it in bulk at Winco.

Add chicken bouillon, freeze dried veggies, spices, etc- you’ve got a meal. I like the tuna with sun dried tomatoes to add to it.

Lots of recipes online if you look around to fit whatever flavor you’re after.

Good call, I like couscous as a base I’ll try to add different ingredients and toppings to it

 

[Aperventure]

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About a dollar each.

Seems like this would be good for day packing meals at 1lb per meal. Thanks for the idea!

 

[44hunter45]

Couscous is the answer. And you can buy it in bulk at Winco.

Add chicken bouillon, freeze dried veggies, spices, etc- you’ve got a meal. I like the tuna with sun dried tomatoes to add to it.

Lots of recipes online if you look around to fit whatever flavor you’re after.

There is a Kara & Marcus video about backcountry meals on the cheap. Couscous was a part of it. Look on Randy's YouTube Channel.

@MHMT - Do you have the link?

 

[Wvhuntandfish]

I like to pack the StarKist Tuna Creation packets on hunting or fishing trips. They're light, compact and available in several flavors.

 

[Bigjay73]

Everytime I hear couscous, I think of Jamie Farr. Yes, I am old

 

[Nuts]

If I can find a fish to catch I carry in my back pack some tortilla's and old bay. Maybe some shredded cheese. Grayling is delicious in this. Duck and grouse not bad either. But to your actual question. I do freeze dried but always end up short due to 3 meals a day not being enough. I also add these items to the list

• Soups to me are the ticket. Add a little of this and that and water and you have something. Small beef jerky pieces or bacon bits. Some bullion. Noodles
• Most place I am looking for food is Alaska in the fall. So plain oatmeal and add blueberries I pick
• Egg crystals
• Stovetop stuffing
• all the variety of mash potatoes
• Beef taco filling with tortilla's
• Cream chipped beef mix in a bag
• Pancake mix for a rainy morning stuck in camp-add smashed blueberries
• Anything I buy canned I look into weather I can open it and vacuum seal it. Try to lose the can weight