Breakfast: Folger's® Coffee Singles, Quaker® Instant Oatmeal, Backpacker's Pantry® Spicy Cheese or Denver Omelet, Bisquick® Shake 'n Pour Buttermilk Pancakes

Lunch: Pepperidge Farms® Mini Bagels, Ritz® Crackers, Hormel® Pepperoni, Hickory Farms® Beef Stick® Summer Sausage, Kraft® Cheese, Italian Dressing. I also enjoy the various “pouch” foods -- Starkist® Tuna, Tyson® Chicken Breast Chunks, Chicken Of The Sea® Pink Salmon, Chicken Of The Sea® Crab, Spam® Singles

Dinner: Backpacker's Pantry Beef Stroganoff, Mountain House Beef Teriyaki with Rice, Zatarain's® New Orleans Style Jambalaya w/ Ham & Sausage, Spaghetti, Lipton® Pasta Sides™ (I like most of the varieties), Stove Top® Turkey Stuffing, Idahoan® Loaded Baked Potatoes

Snacks: Beef Jerky, Slim Jim® Smoked Snacks, Various Snack-Size Chocolate Bars, Quaker® Chewy Granola Bars, Emerald® Barbeque Oven Roasted Peanuts, Stretch Island Fruit Co. Fruit Leather, Assorted Hard Candy

Other: I generally have an assortment of various spices and sauces to add some additional flavor to the freeze dried and pouch foods. My favorites are Arby's® Signature Barbeque Sauce, Old Bay® Seasoning, and Texas Pete® Hot Sauce. I generally will have a cup of Bigelow® Spiced Apple Cider Herb Tea or Nestle® Hot Cocoa Mix (both caffeine free) just before turning in for the night.


Have you tried using an insulated cozy? A good cozy will retain the heat allowing the pasta to continue to cook long after you take it off the stove saving you a bunch of fuel.



Jim