Last weekend my son and I headed up to the Indian Heaven wilderness with some friends, and had great fun doing it.  Food-wise, we brought stuff to keep up going, but that didn’t weigh very much.  For lunch, we had tortillas (low carb for me, white flour for him) with either PBJ or vacuum packed tuna fish.  We tried both the whole “gourmet” tuna fillet with lemon and cracked pepper, and regular old plain chuck tuna.  Both were good.  The whole fillet was a bit dry eaten cold. 

For breakfast, we had Nature’s Path “Optimum Zen” instant oatmeal, which was fantastic.  It’s seasoned with ginger and cinnamon, and includes roasted soy nuts and dried cranberries.  Very tasty, light weight, and a good nutritional balance.  The second day we had rice crispies with freeze dried strawberries and bananas.  We used Organic Valley powdered milk, which was much less penetential than the powdered milk I remembered from my childhood.  I think it seemed more finely powdered than I remember as a kid, and so dissolved better. 

For dinner, we had one Mountain House entree (sweet and sour pork, our favorite) and then ramen with freeze dried veggies and tofu.  That came out very well, and was a big hit. 

We also tried some “corn chowder” which I found at New Seasons.  It’s basically dehydrated yellow pea soup with corn and red peppers.  Not quite “chowder” but very tasty and filling, and convenient in a “just add water” kind of way.  The also had curried lentil, and green split pea varieties, which we haven’t tried yet. 

Rounding out the pack was some tea, hot chocolate, and s’mores makings (with organic, fair traded chocolate, of course). 

I brought a bit too much food, which is probably better than too much, but it was still nice carrying a less heavy pack on the way home.