Ramen (w/ tuna) and oatmeal is a mainstay but I love the BBQ Mac idea. The pb chocolate shake will be in my next ruck. Peanut powder is a new thing to this WanderingNomad420
Great video! Excellent ideas for meals on the trail. All of them look good. I will be checking these out next summer on my 5 day hike across the Big Horn mountains. I really like how you make these meals. I've hiked the Big Horns for all my life. I live right by them. Subscribed😊
People think I'm crazy for keeping all of the small, to-go sized condiment packets. Then I bring them with me on a backpacking trip and they get to see the method to my madness. These packets can take an "okay" backpacking meal and turn it into something spectacular. A little flavor goes a long way out there.
@@TheHungryHiker Definitely not crazy. I also keep many of them, but I also buy them in bulk from restaurant supply stores. I gifted some friends and some coworkers with single or double serving sachets of their favorite sauces. I have made a good impression many times by being able to take sauce packets from my EDC bag of exactly what others have wanted. Thankfully, I'm in a position where it's completely common for people to meet up with everyone bringing a backpack and such. Normally it's just a laptop or two, but I carry a bit more ;p
The silicone bags are much healthier to cook in. As a Girl Scout employee I reached out to Ziploc to ask about the safety of cooking with boiling water using their bags. They answered me saying that they don’t recommend using the storage bags or the freezer bags as the plasticizers are not heat stable. When they are released into food they can become hormone disrupters. Nylon bags are safe at higher temperatures. There are steamer bags made to be microwaved and are heat stable, as is silicone. I love your videos!!
My "food cozy" is a used Doritos bag. Simple and effective. I just nest one inside the other and pa-bam -- works like a charm. Great recipies! Thanks for sharing.
Always interesting to me how many people don't think about simple grocery store items for backpacking, and buy $13 "backpacking meals" instead. Cool video.
Thanks for watching! I go back and forth because I get food fatigue easily and am always mixing up my trail menu for my trips. The grocery store is so much more convenient and often times a whole lot less expensive.
I'm researching ideas for a big camping trip coming up and we are crazy limited on space in the vehicle so I thought backpacking type meals would be perfect to save on space. This video really helped me think about camping food in a different light. With all my kids grown I don't have to eat at camp like I used to when I had a bunch of kids to feed. These give me really great ideas. ❤
Great ideas. I am going to use some of them. One thing I have learned to do is dehydrate my cheese. You have to use the lowest setting on your dehydrator, or it will melt and all of the oil will run out. Better yet, slice it, put on racks and set it outside (if the humidity is low) or put a fan on it. Saves about 30% on weight, and increases the longevity of the cheese on the trail.
Yup, it all depends on how and where you store it in your pack. A cool, dark and dry place, deep inside your food bag inside your pack is usually the best option.
I’m so excited about these meal ideas! I RELIGIOUSLY watched your grocery store food videos when I went on my first backpacking trip and has some delicious meals out on trail. So excited to try the berry cobbler, protein shake and pad thai this year!
Awesome! So happy you enjoyed the other videos and are excited to try these new one. The berry cobbler was easy and surprisingly delicious. An easy breakfast and dessert option! The shake is perfect for breakfast on the go when you don't want to cook, which is me all the time!
I am 84 and spent best part of a lifetime out doors and I love your thrifty recipes. Sadly due to the USA being such a multicultural nation You have such a massive choice of dehydrated foods and sauces compared to the rather bland supermarket stuff here in the UK so I can only dream. Still, I love watching your videos. Keep up the good work
This video has some solid gold suggestions! I'll be happy eating good food on trail all spring and summer. And, yes on the cheese and prepared meats, these last a few days with minimal care of avoiding sun and heat (double bagged and wrapped in a puffy or sleeping bag), I've been doing this for decades without poor results.
Thank you for a superior video. In a tad over thirteen minutes, you have presented a library of great camping and emergency meal ideas. We have to search for many products here in the Philippines and do a lot of substitutions. When Beautiful Bride and I got together, she brought three wonderful young troops to our marriage. One of the first things we discovered was how much her kids enjoyed some of my healthy camp meal concoctions. When Mom is busy with a work assignment, it is a true pleasure for me to receive a sudden request. "Dad, can you make camp meal #3 (or any of the full selection), I am hungry." The troops are learning to do all of what I do on their own. That independence makes Mom a little sad, they are growing up. I agree but I also love the idea our troops are better prepared to get past bad situations in life. Thank you for sharing your ideas, maybe we will see you on the trail one day. You have earned a new subscriber and we will whack that like button.
Good video, thank you. For those with dairy intolerance, here's a trick for making porridge without milk: I take rolled oats and run them through a flaker again. If you don't have a flaker, you can use a blender to get smaller flakes and some oat flour, which will make the porridge creamier (as if it contained milk). But don't leave them in the blender too long, or you'll end up with nothing but flour. Then process the flakes and other ingredients as usual. Enjoy your meal 😊
Great idea!! With me thru-hiking the PCT this year, I'll probably also be putting together a video on how I resupply from a dollar store and a convenience store because sometimes in those small towns, those are the ONLY options for a resupply. Stay tuned!
This channel is top tier food ideas on the trail. I hike east of the Mississippi and I absolutely love her ideas for back country nutrition. I first started off buying mountain house meals and that sort of thing and they're okay, but I found that the ideas I get from you are far more tasty. Thanks!
@The Hungery Hiker, I'm going to hike Isle Royale in July. It's a National Park Island in the middle of Lake Superior. I'm definitely taking that BBQ Mac and the one pot Thanksgiving dinner. The Thanksgiving dinner is, by far, my go to for dinner after a long hike. I always pack it!
Thanks so much for the tips! I have a suggestion, you can replace milk powder with almond protein powder or almond flour and, by adding the boiled water, creating almond milk. Love it, and lots of proteins.
Carrying a tiny torch or a lighter while backpacking enables you to toast bread, warm up and roast cold meats and melt cheese, it takes seconds, and no fire required. You can also sanitize a lot of tools and utensils.
Fire (whether it's matches, a torch, lighter or stormproof matches and fire starter) is actually considered one of the 10 Essentials), which is something I always carry with me for any day hike or overnight backpacking trip. Here's a video I created where I talk about what all of the 10 Essentials are and why it's important to always have them in your pack: th-cam.com/video/U7nkTs53IA8/w-d-xo.html
Great set of videos and information… and very well presented. Two suggestion to pass along. 1) when you are going to add powdered milk (or berries or seeds, etc.,) to oats anyway, add it in the oats prior to bagging/ mixing -- less baggies to carry and dispose of. One pot shop 😊. 2) consider making a cozy for your pot - mix the food in that and rehydrate/ eat from that instead of another baggy. Yes, need to rinse pot, but easier to eat and less plastic waste.
I always at home once open wrap my cheese in wax paper then aluminum foil. Properly wrapped it’s a oxygen and light barrier. My cheese always last much longer then even when stored in zip locks. Mylar bags are also very useful when vacuum sealing (although I guess that goes past budget spectrum?) And i also always stop by office supply or dollar store for elastic bands to help with sealing and/or keeping things wrapped tight for packaging (again foil wrapped with ELE stick to prevent unwrapping)
The thanksgiving meal-WOW! My mind is blown as it is a genius concoction! Thanks for all these great meal ideas...gonna give a handful of them a try on my next trip. Appreciate all the links as well.
I freaking loved the cheap grocery backpacking meals video and is how I found your channel. I ended up making a dash to my local grocery store an hour before they closed just to grab a lot of the items featured in your videos. This week ill be doing a day hike/ geocaching excursion in the Mojave desert.
I love this!! Now you have another reason to make a dash to the grocery store before your next trip. Hope this video gives you a few more new ideas to try.
For the pad Thai I’ve learned there is a such thing as too much peanut butter and I didn’t see it in your instructions but a little hot sauce gives it some good heat👍
I'm in the "no such thing as too much peanut butter" camp, but that's just me. I know not everyone feels the same way. Adding a little hot sauce is always a good idea!
Thanks for the great video and recipe ideas, I struggle a lot with food and healthy eating habits while on trail- so these videos are really helping me. Also, thank you for encouraging people of all kinds to go backpacking! Some of the best people I have met in my life have been on trail, and the diversity is one of the best parts. I want everyone to feel safe and respected on the trail, and that mindset has been growing more vocal in the past years- especially with HYOH! Cheers!!
Good news! I made a how-to video showing how you can make your own Backpacking Food Cozy. You can check it out here: th-cam.com/video/rmr_D4qjDYI/w-d-xo.html
I just started eating this, sounds weird but surprisingly good, put peanut butter and sliced salami on a tortilla (or bagel), high fat content and instant energy.
If you go to restaurants during breakfast they often have little containers of jam, jelly, and sometimes syrup that you can grab! I feel like those would help make some of the breakfast options taste even better!
My biggest challenge and the reason I avoid longer backpacking trips is my dietary restrictions. There’s a number of items I do not or can not eat. I don’t consume packaged foods and they typically give me a headache when I do try to consume them. I think I may try making the pad Thai on my upcoming trip.
I also highly recommend checking out Backcountry Foodie. There are over 200+ recipes included in her membership and a lot of the recipes can be easily substituted to fit specific nutrition and dietary needs. Check out this video for more info: th-cam.com/video/bahIvkUN9DE/w-d-xo.html
Another great video. I think the food videos are so popular as while our gear may be differnt or our trails one thing we all need is food. I thought it was crazy to carry cheese into the backcountry but this last August did a section hike of PCT in Oregon and took a pound of cheddar cheese with me. Ate it for first 3 days with out issue.
Seeing the oats makes me want to test out chia seed pudding, trail-ified! I have it a lot for breakfast on a normal basis, so it would be cool to figure it out for hiking.
This is fantastic information ... thanks. The one question I have is how you clean the Cnoc bag, or refrigirator bags after use? Any tips on that topic?
If I'm on trail, I'll use warm water and give the bags a good rinse. at home, I clean all of my bags using soap and warm water. The key is to turn them inside out and use a brush to really get them clean. Then I let them air dry before using them again.
I'm just in the process of experimenting with some shelf meals to make them into dehydrated meals. Maybe one day I will even take them out on a backpacking trip 🤣
A great way to help keep cold foods (cheese, eggs, etc.) cold is to store them in your cozy which will keep them cooler longer. You can also freeze a water bottle and put it in with your cold food.
@@echo6echo419 You could and you can also use freeze dried cheese, but freeze dried cheese could be hard to find in a grocery store, but you can easily find it online.
Thank you for your help and your know how this helps so many people I am new to all this wow u helped me so much you infonis so amazing thanks again keep up the good work
I'm sure some of you may or may not know. That you can buy those "Jim Sticks" that come with a Jim Stick and a same size piece of cheddar cheese. In a vacuum sealed plastic wrap that will last a good couple of months. And yes, you would be surprised by the amount of ready to eat meats and fish aluminum sealed packages. You can get at your local Walmart store. And you can mix them up with those microwaveable cups of rice, mashed potatoes, and of course Mac in Cheese.
I love the meat and cheese stick combo packs and bring them with me often out on trail. My personal favorite are the Frigo CheeseHeads Combo Pack. Beechers Cheese also sells their flagship cheese in a prepackaged cheese stick form, which is perfect for trail. I just picked up a package of these from Costco this morning. The single serving packages of cheese and meats have a fair amount of shelf life when out on trail, as long as you keep them out of direct sunlight and eat them while you're out there.
Do you think you’ll ever come out with a Hungry Hiker cookbook of homemade meals that you dehydrate at home? I’d love to see something like this from you. I know if you did, I would definitely buy it.
Great video! I love these and always great ideas. Much healthier and you can customize your meal. My favorite is the Pad Thai. I even make it at home! Best!
Thank you and glad you liked this one. I love being able to customize my backpacking meals as well. The same freeze-dried meal out on trail over and over again gets boring quick!
Great info, thanks for all you do. I’m preparing for my first multi day backcountry hiking trip… the West Coast Trail… i noticed you’ve got a new food cozy for cooking in this video, what brand is it, I’m having trouble finding one that is good quality? (And don’t know the kind of quality needed)
Awesome! Have fun on your trip. As for the backpacking food cozy, I made it myself. Here's the video showing you how you can make one of your own: th-cam.com/video/rmr_D4qjDYI/w-d-xo.html
This is my first video of yours I've enjoyed....and this is terrific! Excellent tips, recipes, and attitude. Thank you much, I'll be watching all your vids. All the best and happy trails 🌲☀️🌲
great video, love the detail on cost and calories, can suggest morning shake of instant espresso and swiss miss hot chocolate ( I prefer rich over standard milk choc flavor) doesn't have the vitamins of the carnation instant breakfasts, but instant milk already included, and imo choc flavor better
Another good option that I do, and have rarely seen others do, is to get seaweed. If you have an Oriental grocery store around, they carry several different varieties! Super lightweight and highly nutritious. Just add water and it doubles or triples in volume to make a great addition to your backpacking meals!
Not to be one of those people, but you should probably be told that 'oriental' refers to specific goods but most importantly ONLY those from the FAR East. I suspect that you mean an Asian market instead of an Oriental grocery store. Not all of Asia is the FAR East. China alone is quite large. While I am sure that many people probably think they know what you meant, you can verify this simply by asking Google or Bing or whatever search engine you prefer to list the 'Oriental grocery stores' in your area and then see what comes up. It will likely ignore what you asked for and simply show you Asian markets. Meanwhile, it's possibly now also labeled you as either low class or racist, even though using the term means neither.
Yes, I rehydrated the noodles in a Ziplock freezer bag using my Backpacking Food Cozy. I cook and then dehydrate my pasta at home so it rehydrates faster out on trail with just boiling water.
I LOVE cheese and growing up in the midwest it was part of every meal. Just finished a short 4 day trip and had to eat the cheese day 1, I agree it "can" last a few days based on the environment but when it was almost 90 deg daily it kinda has to be a day 1 item here.
First time here, great video! I'm thinking of using some of these meals around the house for easy after-a-hard-day lite prep meals! I've considered getting a food dehydrator, but for me, a vacuum sealer might be more practical... I wonder if some fruits and veggies like broccoli couldn't be stored for a couple of days in a cool dark place if vacuum sealed? Anyone know if this will work? I'll probably wind up getting both appliances, but I still wonder if vacuum sealing wouldn't be fine under some circumstances, and fresh vegetables out on a long hike or camping trip...sometimes I stay out in the Hoh for....mmm...a legal amount of time, whatever that is..
Carrots, onions, potatoes, peppers, apples, oranges, lemons, limes, parsnips, sweet potatoes and other root veg don’t need to be refrigerated if they will be eaten in several days time. If they wilt, they are still safe to eat. Only if they mold or get soft mushy discolored spots should you not eat them, but with apples and bananas, you can cut out the bad spots and eat the fruit and it will be good. Cheese lasts longer than you’d think, and if it starts to mold, cut off the moldy bits and eat the rest. My family has always done this and no one has ever gotten sick. If you like butter, take ghee with you. It doesn’t ever need refrigerated and would be good to increase calories and you could just take what you need in an empty spice bottle or small plastic jar.
Here's the link to the video I created showing how I made my backpacking food cozy, including all of the materials I used: th-cam.com/video/rmr_D4qjDYI/w-d-xo.html
Really enjoyed this video! Easy question: why can't you just add the powdered milk to the oats and add the boiling water? Does something bad happen? Thanks!
I tried adding the powdered milk to the boiling water in the oats and it didn't taste as good to me as when I made the milk separately from the oats and then added. This is just my personal preference based on my own testing.
I mountain climb and I am basically a donkey. I have no problem carrying a heavier pack if I have better food. I share with everyone and I have been called Mr 7 eleven more times than I can count. Most people have no clue what it is like to not be able to have their normal everyday cuisine. I bring snacks that you'd be happy with back home, I bring meals you'd be happy eating at home. Just because you are out in the wilderness, or on the side of a mountain doesn't mean you should be forced to eat that freeze dried crap.
Or bars. I've eaten so many bars that I can't stomach most of them anymore. As a food motivated hiker, it's important to me to always pack the food I love out there. This also includes enjoying a warm meal every night at camp. I'll hike big miles as long as I know I have something exciting waiting for me in the food bag.
@@TheHungryHiker I saw some guys video of his 6 day rations he brings. It was the same food x 6. I can't even comprehend why anyone would want to eat the exact same breakfast, exact same lunch and exact same dinner 6 days in a row.
Another note about refrigeration....in the mountains, in the shade, it's often no warmer than the temp inside your refrigerator, 35 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, anyway.... Well until summer Darn summer
I’m going on my first backpacking trip that I have to fly too. Do you make all this at home and pack in your suitcase? Do you put it all together after your flight? I’m unsure of the order of operations as I’ve always driven to where I’m backpacking
It depends on the trip. If I can resupply in a nearby town both before I start and even during my trip, I won't prepare and pack food ahead of time. Otherwise, I'll putt Goethe resupply boxes and mail them to myself out on trail. No need to bring food with you on your flight unless there's something you think you'll absolutely need that you won't be able to find where you're going.
Not a dumb question at all. When dispersing water like the pasta water, first and foremost you want to make sure to drain any food scraps from the water and add it to your trash bag. Then take the leftover water and broadcast it (spray over a wide area) at least 200 feet from any tentsite, trail and water source. As for cleaning the CNOC bag, same thing. Rinse out the bag, put any food scraps in your trash and then broadcast the leftover wide over a wide area at least 200 feet from any tentsite, trail and water source.
When I think "easy" I'm thinking of pulling a pop tart out of its bag from a backpack. These recipes require some prep work and numerous steps to complete. I'm looking for something with 1-2 steps out on the trail.
I thought that CNOC warned against using those bags for boiling water. Edit: looks like the current ones are beetter: 20°F (-6°C) to 200°F (95°C) - can handle boiling water but we recommend letting them cool a bit to avoid burning.
Saw the edit. Yup, these bags can handle boiling water. CNOC Outdoors created these as a sustainable alternative to using Ziplock Freezer Bags, which is awesome!!
You can the complete recipe on my blog (with all of the ingredient measurements): www.the-hungry-hiker.com/2020/12/01/grocery-store-backpacking-meals-cheap-easy-one-pot-thanksgiving-dinner/
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Ramen (w/ tuna) and oatmeal is a mainstay but I love the BBQ Mac idea. The pb chocolate shake will be in my next ruck. Peanut powder is a new thing to this WanderingNomad420
Great video! Excellent ideas for meals on the trail. All of them look good. I will be checking these out next summer on my 5 day hike across the Big Horn mountains. I really like how you make these meals. I've hiked the Big Horns for all my life. I live right by them. Subscribed😊
I knew hoarding all of those single serve sauce packets would come in handy! The bbq mac and cheese looks so tasty!
People think I'm crazy for keeping all of the small, to-go sized condiment packets. Then I bring them with me on a backpacking trip and they get to see the method to my madness. These packets can take an "okay" backpacking meal and turn it into something spectacular. A little flavor goes a long way out there.
Me and my grandma have always been keep those single serve packets. Everyone would look at us like we're crazy
@@TheHungryHiker Definitely not crazy. I also keep many of them, but I also buy them in bulk from restaurant supply stores. I gifted some friends and some coworkers with single or double serving sachets of their favorite sauces. I have made a good impression many times by being able to take sauce packets from my EDC bag of exactly what others have wanted. Thankfully, I'm in a position where it's completely common for people to meet up with everyone bringing a backpack and such. Normally it's just a laptop or two, but I carry a bit more ;p
Yes! Imma try this with Buffalo sauce
The silicone bags are much healthier to cook in. As a Girl Scout employee I reached out to Ziploc to ask about the safety of cooking with boiling water using their bags. They answered me saying that they don’t recommend using the storage bags or the freezer bags as the plasticizers are not heat stable. When they are released into food they can become hormone disrupters. Nylon bags are safe at higher temperatures. There are steamer bags made to be microwaved and are heat stable, as is silicone.
I love your videos!!
Thanks for watching!
Love my stasher bags and other reusable bags!
They’re pretty awesome!
Any nylon or silicone bags to recommend @nancyst.john-smith3891 ?
@devvandyke1195 I just looked these up and bought a sandwich sized ones for my sandwiches. I hate throwing away soo much plastic.
My "food cozy" is a used Doritos bag. Simple and effective. I just nest one inside the other and pa-bam -- works like a charm. Great recipies! Thanks for sharing.
Always interesting to me how many people don't think about simple grocery store items for backpacking, and buy $13 "backpacking meals" instead. Cool video.
Thanks for watching! I go back and forth because I get food fatigue easily and am always mixing up my trail menu for my trips. The grocery store is so much more convenient and often times a whole lot less expensive.
Convenience. It’ll be a hike around the grocery store itself, just collecting everything. Good idea, if you have the time.
One of my favorites is instant cheese grits with cooked bacon bits.
Have you ever checked the nutritional value of corn? You might as well eat styrofoam.
I'm researching ideas for a big camping trip coming up and we are crazy limited on space in the vehicle so I thought backpacking type meals would be perfect to save on space. This video really helped me think about camping food in a different light. With all my kids grown I don't have to eat at camp like I used to when I had a bunch of kids to feed. These give me really great ideas. ❤
So happy you found this video helpful!
Great ideas. I am going to use some of them. One thing I have learned to do is dehydrate my cheese. You have to use the lowest setting on your dehydrator, or it will melt and all of the oil will run out. Better yet, slice it, put on racks and set it outside (if the humidity is low) or put a fan on it. Saves about 30% on weight, and increases the longevity of the cheese on the trail.
I’ve had prepackaged sharp cheddar last a week or so in my backpack.
Yup, it all depends on how and where you store it in your pack. A cool, dark and dry place, deep inside your food bag inside your pack is usually the best option.
As a Canadian, I really want the selection your grocery stores have for this type of food!
And you have some awesome things in Canada that I can’t get here in the US. 😀
ditto
Right? Lol. Those chicken packets blow my mind, I've never seen those here! 🇨🇦
Geez I wonder what she sees in Canada that she can't get down there? 🤣
I’m so excited about these meal ideas! I RELIGIOUSLY watched your grocery store food videos when I went on my first backpacking trip and has some delicious meals out on trail. So excited to try the berry cobbler, protein shake and pad thai this year!
Awesome! So happy you enjoyed the other videos and are excited to try these new one. The berry cobbler was easy and surprisingly delicious. An easy breakfast and dessert option! The shake is perfect for breakfast on the go when you don't want to cook, which is me all the time!
I am 84 and spent best part of a lifetime out doors and I love your thrifty recipes. Sadly due to the USA being such a multicultural nation You have such a massive choice of dehydrated foods and sauces compared to the rather bland supermarket stuff here in the UK so I can only dream. Still, I love watching your videos. Keep up the good work
Thanks for watching! Glad to hear that you've been enjoying my videos.
This video has some solid gold suggestions! I'll be happy eating good food on trail all spring and summer. And, yes on the cheese and prepared meats, these last a few days with minimal care of avoiding sun and heat (double bagged and wrapped in a puffy or sleeping bag), I've been doing this for decades without poor results.
Awesome!!
Thank you for a superior video. In a tad over thirteen minutes, you have presented a library of great camping and emergency meal ideas. We have to search for many products here in the Philippines and do a lot of substitutions. When Beautiful Bride and I got together, she brought three wonderful young troops to our marriage. One of the first things we discovered was how much her kids enjoyed some of my healthy camp meal concoctions. When Mom is busy with a work assignment, it is a true pleasure for me to receive a sudden request. "Dad, can you make camp meal #3 (or any of the full selection), I am hungry." The troops are learning to do all of what I do on their own. That independence makes Mom a little sad, they are growing up. I agree but I also love the idea our troops are better prepared to get past bad situations in life. Thank you for sharing your ideas, maybe we will see you on the trail one day. You have earned a new subscriber and we will whack that like button.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Winco is a fantastic and cheap store that has a great bulk department to buy all kinds of dried foods for hiking or whatever 👍🏻
Good video, thank you.
For those with dairy intolerance, here's a trick for making porridge without milk:
I take rolled oats and run them through a flaker again. If you don't have a flaker, you can use a blender to get smaller flakes and some oat flour, which will make the porridge creamier (as if it contained milk). But don't leave them in the blender too long, or you'll end up with nothing but flour.
Then process the flakes and other ingredients as usual.
Enjoy your meal 😊
Thanks for sharing!
I'd absolutely love to see a dollar store and Walmart series!
Great idea!! With me thru-hiking the PCT this year, I'll probably also be putting together a video on how I resupply from a dollar store and a convenience store because sometimes in those small towns, those are the ONLY options for a resupply. Stay tuned!
@@TheHungryHiker nice!
This channel is top tier food ideas on the trail. I hike east of the Mississippi and I absolutely love her ideas for back country nutrition. I first started off buying mountain house meals and that sort of thing and they're okay, but I found that the ideas I get from you are far more tasty. Thanks!
Thank you! 😀
@The Hungery Hiker, I'm going to hike Isle Royale in July. It's a National Park Island in the middle of Lake Superior. I'm definitely taking that BBQ Mac and the one pot Thanksgiving dinner.
The Thanksgiving dinner is, by far, my go to for dinner after a long hike. I always pack it!
Thanks so much for the tips! I have a suggestion, you can replace milk powder with almond protein powder or almond flour and, by adding the boiled water, creating almond milk. Love it, and lots of proteins.
Absolutely! Great replacement suggestions.
Carrying a tiny torch or a lighter while backpacking enables you to toast bread, warm up and roast cold meats and melt cheese, it takes seconds, and no fire required. You can also sanitize a lot of tools and utensils.
Fire (whether it's matches, a torch, lighter or stormproof matches and fire starter) is actually considered one of the 10 Essentials), which is something I always carry with me for any day hike or overnight backpacking trip. Here's a video I created where I talk about what all of the 10 Essentials are and why it's important to always have them in your pack: th-cam.com/video/U7nkTs53IA8/w-d-xo.html
Great set of videos and information… and very well presented. Two suggestion to pass along. 1) when you are going to add powdered milk (or berries or seeds, etc.,) to oats anyway, add it in the oats prior to bagging/ mixing -- less baggies to carry and dispose of. One pot shop 😊. 2) consider making a cozy for your pot - mix the food in that and rehydrate/ eat from that instead of another baggy. Yes, need to rinse pot, but easier to eat and less plastic waste.
Excellent ideas.
I am making a cozy & doing some breakfast stuff for sure
Awesome!!
I always at home once open wrap my cheese in wax paper then aluminum foil. Properly wrapped it’s a oxygen and light barrier. My cheese always last much longer then even when stored in zip locks. Mylar bags are also very useful when vacuum sealing (although I guess that goes past budget spectrum?)
And i also always stop by office supply or dollar store for elastic bands to help with sealing and/or keeping things wrapped tight for packaging (again foil wrapped with ELE stick to prevent unwrapping)
Great ideas!
The thanksgiving meal-WOW! My mind is blown as it is a genius concoction! Thanks for all these great meal ideas...gonna give a handful of them a try on my next trip. Appreciate all the links as well.
You are so welcome!
Peanut butter powder is one of my all time favourite finds. I love it in oatmeal!
It's so good!
I freaking loved the cheap grocery backpacking meals video and is how I found your channel. I ended up making a dash to my local grocery store an hour before they closed just to grab a lot of the items featured in your videos. This week ill be doing a day hike/ geocaching excursion in the Mojave desert.
I love this!! Now you have another reason to make a dash to the grocery store before your next trip. Hope this video gives you a few more new ideas to try.
I am not able to hike anymore but i do camp, so i will be trying your ideas for grocery packable meals, keep up with your videos
Awesome! Thank you!
When I hiked in VT, I bought local smoked cheddar cheese and pepperoni. Neither needed refrigeration. Like you, it was gone in a few days.
Awesome!
That's because our cheese is top notch 😂 2 things we pride ourselves in.....maple syrup and cheese lol
Good cheese does not need to be refrigerated if used within a week or so. I just doesn't taste as good as it does when it's firm and cool.
Exactly! Who knew "cheese" would be such a hot topic around here.
For the pad Thai I’ve learned there is a such thing as too much peanut butter and I didn’t see it in your instructions but a little hot sauce gives it some good heat👍
I'm in the "no such thing as too much peanut butter" camp, but that's just me. I know not everyone feels the same way. Adding a little hot sauce is always a good idea!
What a great idea using the Cnoc bag for cooking your noodles/pasta. Saves on future waste. Great video, thanks for creating.
Saves on waste AND helps conserve fuel since you're not using to use your stove to cook the noodles all the way though. Glad you enjoyed the video!
You had me at chocolate peanut butter shake! Appreciate the information and tips. Thank you!
That shake has been my FAVORITE out on trail this year for breakfast. Yummy and super filling.
Thanks for the great video and recipe ideas, I struggle a lot with food and healthy eating habits while on trail- so these videos are really helping me.
Also, thank you for encouraging people of all kinds to go backpacking! Some of the best people I have met in my life have been on trail, and the diversity is one of the best parts.
I want everyone to feel safe and respected on the trail, and that mindset has been growing more vocal in the past years- especially with HYOH!
Cheers!!
Glad you found this video helpful and thanks for all of the support! I really appreciate it. :)
Anybody else here googling "backpacking food cozy" while watching this video?
Good news! I made a how-to video showing how you can make your own Backpacking Food Cozy. You can check it out here: th-cam.com/video/rmr_D4qjDYI/w-d-xo.html
I just started eating this, sounds weird but surprisingly good, put peanut butter and sliced salami on a tortilla (or bagel), high fat content and instant energy.
I've eaten some pretty interesting food combinations myself out on trail before. No shame in that game!
If you go to restaurants during breakfast they often have little containers of jam, jelly, and sometimes syrup that you can grab! I feel like those would help make some of the breakfast options taste even better!
Great suggestion!
My biggest challenge and the reason I avoid longer backpacking trips is my dietary restrictions. There’s a number of items I do not or can not eat. I don’t consume packaged foods and they typically give me a headache when I do try to consume them. I think I may try making the pad Thai on my upcoming trip.
I also highly recommend checking out Backcountry Foodie. There are over 200+ recipes included in her membership and a lot of the recipes can be easily substituted to fit specific nutrition and dietary needs. Check out this video for more info: th-cam.com/video/bahIvkUN9DE/w-d-xo.html
I love my oatmeal mix sooo much I use them at home and at work. Good to have a healthy alternative.
Having rolled oats at home for breakfast was what inspired me to turn this one into a trail-friendly option. Super yummy and very filling.
Another great video. I think the food videos are so popular as while our gear may be differnt or our trails one thing we all need is food. I thought it was crazy to carry cheese into the backcountry but this last August did a section hike of PCT in Oregon and took a pound of cheddar cheese with me. Ate it for first 3 days with out issue.
Cheese out on trail is the BEST!!!
Seeing the oats makes me want to test out chia seed pudding, trail-ified! I have it a lot for breakfast on a normal basis, so it would be cool to figure it out for hiking.
I bet chia seed pudding would work for a great trail breakfast!
Yep - I’ve heard of a ‘chia bomb’ over-night soak backpacking breakfast
This is fantastic information ... thanks. The one question I have is how you clean the Cnoc bag, or refrigirator bags after use? Any tips on that topic?
If I'm on trail, I'll use warm water and give the bags a good rinse. at home, I clean all of my bags using soap and warm water. The key is to turn them inside out and use a brush to really get them clean. Then I let them air dry before using them again.
The pot trick is a must, I always had a dirty pot, I hated to waste water, so I try to "dry clean "my pot .I always burn the bottom of my food 😂
I've scorched my pot trying to cook food in my pot as well. Just using the pot to boil water in is so much easier, in my opinion.
@@TheHungryHiker yes you're right as always good luck on your hike!
your excitement at 7:00, hahaha. man i know that feeling all too well
Food just tastes better when you're out on trail. :)
@@TheHungryHiker 100000% haha
This information is GOLD! Thanks I now have ideas for urban hiking and adventures 😁👍
Glad it was helpful!
Is it?
@@Coinz8 Well we all know YOU are Hahahaha!!
So many cool and affordable options! Love the video!
Glad you enjoyed the video!
I'm just in the process of experimenting with some shelf meals to make them into dehydrated meals. Maybe one day I will even take them out on a backpacking trip 🤣
#Goals Hahahahaha!!
Always looking for new meal ideas, thank you!!
Yay!!!
A great way to help keep cold foods (cheese, eggs, etc.) cold is to store them in your cozy which will keep them cooler longer. You can also freeze a water bottle and put it in with your cold food.
Great idea!
could you not just use shelf stable cheese? Also, if you get fresh eggs, they don't require refrigeration...as long as they are in the shell.
@@echo6echo419 You could and you can also use freeze dried cheese, but freeze dried cheese could be hard to find in a grocery store, but you can easily find it online.
I use a couple of frozen Capri sun bags. They are a nice pick me up on a hot hike when defrosted too.
Great idea!
Thank you for your help and your know how this helps so many people I am new to all this wow u helped me so much you infonis so amazing thanks again keep up the good work
You are so welcome
The Badia trilogy is my jam! I use it in oatmeal and my dry mix power balls.
This stuff is so good and really inexpensive.
Nice ideas.thanks. I was thinking about a lunch for other occasions"
These options are great both on and off trail. :)
I'm sure some of you may or may not know. That you can buy those "Jim Sticks" that come with a Jim Stick and a same size piece of cheddar cheese. In a vacuum sealed plastic wrap that will last a good couple of months.
And yes, you would be surprised by the amount of ready to eat meats and fish aluminum sealed packages. You can get at your local Walmart store. And you can mix them up with those microwaveable cups of rice, mashed potatoes, and of course Mac in Cheese.
I love the meat and cheese stick combo packs and bring them with me often out on trail. My personal favorite are the Frigo CheeseHeads Combo Pack. Beechers Cheese also sells their flagship cheese in a prepackaged cheese stick form, which is perfect for trail. I just picked up a package of these from Costco this morning. The single serving packages of cheese and meats have a fair amount of shelf life when out on trail, as long as you keep them out of direct sunlight and eat them while you're out there.
Do you think you’ll ever come out with a Hungry Hiker cookbook of homemade meals that you dehydrate at home? I’d love to see something like this from you. I know if you did, I would definitely buy it.
Thanks for the suggestion! I've had a few requests for a recipe book. Maybe one day. I'll keep it in mind. :)
This. Is. BRILLIANT. As a chef and beginner hiker I was interested in some ideas to jumpstart a lightweight epicurean adventure.
Awesome! Glad you found this one helpful.
Great ideas! Thanks 🙏
Glad you like them!
I started taking microwave bacon on trail, along with babybell cheese and or stringcheese. Keep them in a cool, out of the sunshine place.
Shelf stable foods tend to last quite a long time out on trail, which is why a lot of backpack packers include items like these in their food bags.
Fresh snap peas seem to travel well and might be cheaper than the freeze dried vegies.
Great suggestion!
I really enjoy these videos. They have been very helpful to me in planning my meals for my backpacking trips!
Awesome!
Great video! I love these and always great ideas. Much healthier and you can customize your meal. My favorite is the Pad Thai. I even make it at home! Best!
Thank you and glad you liked this one. I love being able to customize my backpacking meals as well. The same freeze-dried meal out on trail over and over again gets boring quick!
Great info, thanks for all you do. I’m preparing for my first multi day backcountry hiking trip… the West Coast Trail… i noticed you’ve got a new food cozy for cooking in this video, what brand is it, I’m having trouble finding one that is good quality? (And don’t know the kind of quality needed)
Awesome! Have fun on your trip. As for the backpacking food cozy, I made it myself. Here's the video showing you how you can make one of your own: th-cam.com/video/rmr_D4qjDYI/w-d-xo.html
Your dramatic enjoyment of cheese/salami/crackers made me laugh and hit subscribe
Awesome. Thank you!
This is my first video of yours I've enjoyed....and this is terrific! Excellent tips, recipes, and attitude.
Thank you much, I'll be watching all your vids. All the best and happy trails 🌲☀️🌲
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great video. Can’t wait to try cheesy chicken casserole with my daughter this weekend!
Yay! Hope you enjoy the recipe!
The cheesy chicken casserole with the the stuffing would be fire
Yum!
Very informative. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
great video, love the detail on cost and calories, can suggest morning shake of instant espresso and swiss miss hot chocolate ( I prefer rich over standard milk choc flavor) doesn't have the vitamins of the carnation instant breakfasts, but instant milk already included, and imo choc flavor better
Great suggestion!
Love these videos. Great ideas. Going to try a few out for sure. Thank you!
Glad you like them!
Another good option that I do, and have rarely seen others do, is to get seaweed. If you have an Oriental grocery store around, they carry several different varieties! Super lightweight and highly nutritious. Just add water and it doubles or triples in volume to make a great addition to your backpacking meals!
Great suggestion!
Not to be one of those people, but you should probably be told that 'oriental' refers to specific goods but most importantly ONLY those from the FAR East. I suspect that you mean an Asian market instead of an Oriental grocery store. Not all of Asia is the FAR East. China alone is quite large. While I am sure that many people probably think they know what you meant, you can verify this simply by asking Google or Bing or whatever search engine you prefer to list the 'Oriental grocery stores' in your area and then see what comes up. It will likely ignore what you asked for and simply show you Asian markets. Meanwhile, it's possibly now also labeled you as either low class or racist, even though using the term means neither.
Thank you for the meal ideas! I’m wondering for the bbq Mac can you rehydrate the noodles in the bag or does it have to be in the pot? Thank you!
Yes, I rehydrated the noodles in a Ziplock freezer bag using my Backpacking Food Cozy. I cook and then dehydrate my pasta at home so it rehydrates faster out on trail with just boiling water.
What do you think about Babybell cheese for backpacking? Is it safe because ot the individual wax cover or not? Have you try it in your hiking?
Okay I have to try some of these
Awesome!!
Love this channel! Teach me wise one!
Glad you've been enjoying the videos!
great video, love your dala horse. :)
Thank you! My dala horse was a gift from a dear friend. ❤️
This can work for bikepacking too ;)
Definitely!
I LOVE cheese and growing up in the midwest it was part of every meal. Just finished a short 4 day trip and had to eat the cheese day 1, I agree it "can" last a few days based on the environment but when it was almost 90 deg daily it kinda has to be a day 1 item here.
Cheese is always a staple in my food bag for most all of my backpacking trips!
If you're willing to be a bit more lowbrow individually packed American cheese singles keep very well.
Harder cheeses last longer in the heat.
First time here, great video! I'm thinking of using some of these meals around the house for easy after-a-hard-day lite prep meals!
I've considered getting a food dehydrator, but for me, a vacuum sealer might be more practical... I wonder if some fruits and veggies like broccoli couldn't be stored for a couple of days in a cool dark place if vacuum sealed?
Anyone know if this will work? I'll probably wind up getting both appliances, but I still wonder if vacuum sealing wouldn't be fine under some circumstances, and fresh vegetables out on a long hike or camping trip...sometimes I stay out in the Hoh for....mmm...a legal amount of time, whatever that is..
Carrots, onions, potatoes, peppers, apples, oranges, lemons, limes, parsnips, sweet potatoes and other root veg don’t need to be refrigerated if they will be eaten in several days time. If they wilt, they are still safe to eat. Only if they mold or get soft mushy discolored spots should you not eat them, but with apples and bananas, you can cut out the bad spots and eat the fruit and it will be good. Cheese lasts longer than you’d think, and if it starts to mold, cut off the moldy bits and eat the rest. My family has always done this and no one has ever gotten sick. If you like butter, take ghee with you. It doesn’t ever need refrigerated and would be good to increase calories and you could just take what you need in an empty spice bottle or small plastic jar.
Great suggestions and sound advice!
I did not know you could put boiling water into a zip lock freezer bag. 😮 Game changer!
Yes, this has been a huge game changer for me and the way I cook and eat backpacking food out on trail.
The company doesn't suggest putting boiling water into ziplock bags. You can use a silicone bag or other alt for heating food.
Yeah, I would buy something specifically designed for boiled water. But hey ziplock works in a pinch.
Good one.
Thanks!
Thanks for these tips!!
Thanks for watching!
Another good option for cheese is to check with a sausage maker for high temperature cheese.
Hi , you are awesome. Bc of you I might not starve to death. What material did you make your stove cosy out of ? Thanks in advance
Here's the link to the video I created showing how I made my backpacking food cozy, including all of the materials I used: th-cam.com/video/rmr_D4qjDYI/w-d-xo.html
@@TheHungryHiker thank you
Where do u find the broccoli bites or what u said ????
I àgrèe, it's fun strolling thru stores to c what can come up with 😊
I found the broccoli bites in one of my local grocery stores.
You could also use powdered cream instead of powdered milk. More creamy, and more calories.
Absolutely! Great idea!
Such good info THANK YOU 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the tips👍👍👍
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great video and great information
Glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
Great ideas…love your content and videos
Thank you!
Really enjoyed this video! Easy question: why can't you just add the powdered milk to the oats and add the boiling water? Does something bad happen? Thanks!
I tried adding the powdered milk to the boiling water in the oats and it didn't taste as good to me as when I made the milk separately from the oats and then added. This is just my personal preference based on my own testing.
@@TheHungryHiker thank you!
I mountain climb and I am basically a donkey. I have no problem carrying a heavier pack if I have better food. I share with everyone and I have been called Mr 7 eleven more times than I can count. Most people have no clue what it is like to not be able to have their normal everyday cuisine. I bring snacks that you'd be happy with back home, I bring meals you'd be happy eating at home. Just because you are out in the wilderness, or on the side of a mountain doesn't mean you should be forced to eat that freeze dried crap.
Or bars. I've eaten so many bars that I can't stomach most of them anymore. As a food motivated hiker, it's important to me to always pack the food I love out there. This also includes enjoying a warm meal every night at camp. I'll hike big miles as long as I know I have something exciting waiting for me in the food bag.
@@TheHungryHiker I saw some guys video of his 6 day rations he brings. It was the same food x 6. I can't even comprehend why anyone would want to eat the exact same breakfast, exact same lunch and exact same dinner 6 days in a row.
I get food fatigue really easy so I’d be really sad if I had to eat the same thing over and over again for multiple days in a row.
Another note about refrigeration....in the mountains, in the shade, it's often no warmer than the temp inside your refrigerator, 35 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, anyway....
Well until summer
Darn summer
True!
The Sierra will still get down to the 40s and even 30s at night in the middle of summer, so you can bring your food temp down overnight…
I’m going on my first backpacking trip that I have to fly too. Do you make all this at home and pack in your suitcase? Do you put it all together after your flight? I’m unsure of the order of operations as I’ve always driven to where I’m backpacking
It depends on the trip. If I can resupply in a nearby town both before I start and even during my trip, I won't prepare and pack food ahead of time. Otherwise, I'll putt Goethe resupply boxes and mail them to myself out on trail. No need to bring food with you on your flight unless there's something you think you'll absolutely need that you won't be able to find where you're going.
Nice and interesting video!
Glad you liked it!
Making food for backpacking with Crohn's is tough lol, like every single thing that's useful for backpacking I cant eat lol.
Thanks for the video. I subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
Nice
Ok, possibly a dumb question but where do you drain the pasta water in the back country? Also, how do you clean the CNOC bag while on a trip?
Not a dumb question at all. When dispersing water like the pasta water, first and foremost you want to make sure to drain any food scraps from the water and add it to your trash bag. Then take the leftover water and broadcast it (spray over a wide area) at least 200 feet from any tentsite, trail and water source. As for cleaning the CNOC bag, same thing. Rinse out the bag, put any food scraps in your trash and then broadcast the leftover wide over a wide area at least 200 feet from any tentsite, trail and water source.
Thank you! I’ve been avoiding doing dishes or having drainage water because I didn’t know how to properly dispose.
When I think "easy" I'm thinking of pulling a pop tart out of its bag from a backpack. These recipes require some prep work and numerous steps to complete. I'm looking for something with 1-2 steps out on the trail.
Then go be lazy and go grocery shopping. 🤷♀️
@@TheHungryHiker wow
on the Breakfast rolled oats, why do you mix the milk later then pour it in? would it be better to mix it in with the oats at the beggining?
It's all personal preference. If you prefer to mix the milk earlier in the preparation phase than do it.
I thought that CNOC warned against using those bags for boiling water. Edit: looks like the current ones are beetter:
20°F (-6°C) to 200°F (95°C) - can handle boiling water but we recommend letting them cool a bit to avoid burning.
Saw the edit. Yup, these bags can handle boiling water. CNOC Outdoors created these as a sustainable alternative to using Ziplock Freezer Bags, which is awesome!!
On the One Pot Thanksgiving Dinner the only measured items were the instant potatoes and stove top stuffing
You can the complete recipe on my blog (with all of the ingredient measurements): www.the-hungry-hiker.com/2020/12/01/grocery-store-backpacking-meals-cheap-easy-one-pot-thanksgiving-dinner/