Hi Kate. I watched this video about 18 months ago when I had just started getting into hiking. Now that I've done a few trips, I've watched it as a refresher. I love your tips and your little side stories - thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks Kate! Great tips. For a shorter hike, I would also consider where your water sources are. If I’m camping at a dry campsite, I would take heavier fresh food that doesn’t need rehydrating. Then I don’t have to carry in so much water. If there will be reliable water, go the lighter dehydrated meals knowing that I’ll have plenty of water to use.
Cheers for another grouse video. Have to say I'm a big fan of Strive meals, specially those butterscotch apples nom nom nom. A trick I like to use is cutting Lebanese bread into semi circles and then dump a dehy meal into it to make a pastie kind of thing, adds a few extra carbs for not much weight and the bread lasts quite a few days. For the milk and 2 sugars fans, try your local Asian supermarket, they're pretty much guaranteed to have a range of premixed coffees that are easy as to use, in varying strengths/sweetnesses, might even crack it for some instant tea (which can take a bit of getting your head around). Just don't go for the Nescafe varieties, they're all awful. Can recommend Old Town in the blue bag. Grab yourself some dried onions and roasted garlic while you're there, makes everything taste heaps better.
My go to breaky - 60g GF cereal, 30g vanilla protein powder (instead of milk powder), tbs chia seeds, tsp greens powder, tsp instant coffee. Add 30g fruit/ nut mix if need to bump up calories. Pour into mug from snap lock so I’m left with dry bags and not soggy ones.
Thanks for this! I really like that you've explored a range of different options, especially including some of the nicer refrigerated items and reassuring they'll last a day or two if it's not too hot. As a bit of a 'foodie', I appreciate that. Also keen to check out the Radix meals as well!
Thanks mate. Yes it’s so nice to get some fresh food in there hey. Best of luck and sing out if you find any great combos. I’m always looking to improve the delicious food on the trail.
Loving your videos! Thank you, thank you for taking the time to share your discoveries. I need to plan food for an eight day stretch, and food weight is going to be my biggest concern. I have been taste testing commercial freeze dried and dehydrated meals and have narrowed it down to radix and strive (mushroom and thyme pasta,YUM) and I have to agree with your choices. I thoroughly enjoyed this discussion. There are probably many people out there like myself who have no seasoned hiking friends to go to for advice and gems of wisdom formed from trials and the benefit of hindsight. For me you are that friend. Keep the content coming, I look forward to each upload. Thanks again for what you do.
Amazing Kerri so good to hear. I love making and sharing them and love comments like yours even more, so thanks for letting me know. How good is the Radix! best of luck for your 8 day hike that's a solid carry. Happy hiking
Cutting cost and already Dehydrated, try Asian stores. Shitake Mushrooms, pork floss, seaweed etc but love the ideas and your enthusiastic delivery. Now, the wait for lockdown to lift.
Hi Kate great ideas , the Radix food bags look really good, I’m planning my hikes for this year so reckon they’ll be a treat on the larapinta trail. I love taking Stitch drip coffee on the trail as well for something different and making granola with coconut milk powder to up the calories. If you’re keen adding an egg to your noodles in the morning is pretty tasty as well, just crack it into the pot with the noodles when they first soften, and leave the pot lid on to let it all cook with the steam, I keep my eggs similar to how you pack your avo
Oh so cook thanks - ill have to give the Stich a crack. OMG the egg would be delish, thanks for the tips. Radix are so great, I even took them with me for a hospital visit to supplement the hospital food hahaha. Happy hiking and enjoy the larapinta
Big fan of the peanut butter clifbars and snake lollies also the coffee shots when you need a bit of a pick me up. Just getting into overnight hikes but have done a lot of bikepacking. Some great tips thank you 🙏
Oh so cool love bike backing. And yes I'll have to get back into the cliff bars. I used them a lot on my Shoalhaven paddle. Will have to try out the coffee shots. Cheers
Hi Kate, another great video, thank you! I tend to carry fresh food for my first dinner, dehy/freeze dried for the others. I freeze some of the fresh food to keep other things cool for longer. One item I go heavier for though is tomato paste, if I'm having eg a bolognese sauce on instant noodles. Tomato powder just doesn't have the same flavour, so I'll take a tube of tomato paste, one of those ones that's like a toothpaste tube. I mix and match freeze dried plain mince with dehy other ingredients, too. For lunches I often do a grazing plate with salami wrapped in waxed paper or a tin of sardines, waxed cheddar, olives in a foil pouch, dried tomatoes ... they all keep well. And I really enjoy having eggs for breakfast. Packed in the carton inside a billy they travel surprisingly well. I take ghee for frying because I like the buttery flavour, and too much vege oil tends to go straight through me. I tend to make my own desserts using freeze-dried fruit, since I find a lot of the packaged desserts too sweet for my taste. So I end up mixing quite a lot of meals out of bought single ingredients. Campers Pantry is good for freeze-dried single ingredients. One thing I'd like to find for a calorie bomb treat is chocolate flavoured peanut butter in a pouch, like Fuel10K available in the UK. If you know of an Aussie supplier of something similar I'd love to hear about it please! I'm still looking for an affordable source for lactose-free milk powder, too. The only brand I know of is imported from Finland and outrageously expensive.
Thanks so much. Sounds like you have got that dialed in nicely. Such great ideas. Love the sound of that chocolate peanut butter treat. sing out if you find a good place to get them. Happy hiking to you
I don’t like milk at all, so I use coconut milk powder as an alternative. This is good for cereal, but maybe not for tea/coffee which I have black. You can get it in the Asian section at most supermarkets.
What great tips for me. I'm lactose intolerant so was wondering how to get decent tasting milk powder and never thought if coconut powder. Also the peanut butter and chocolate goodies sound great. I have been keeping my home made honey and muesli bars stored under my water bladder as its the coolest part of inside my pack.
Some great meal ideas here and I look forward to getting out of lockdown and try a few so thanks for sharing. In the dark chocolate arena, I usually buy a block from the cooking aisle these days. Not sure if better or worse than the dark choc in the confectionary area, just seems a better option.
Great videos, I have only just recently gotten into hiking myself, only done a a few small trails with the longest being around 10kms, but I want to do more in futures and this video (as well as your other videos) have proven very useful in knowing what is required for those longer future hikes I will be going on, thank you
Oh how wonderful thanks for the comment. So happy it’s been helpful for you. Sounds like you are doing it right. Starting slow and building up to the lounger trails. Happy hiking
Slivers of lean steak.marinate in Worcestershire sauce over night. Then in the dehydrator or v low oven at 65C for 4 hrs. This jerky can become the base for any meat dish you want to cook. Keeps well when dried properly. Th
@@KateGrarock yep, start pretty much straight after packing up tents etc. Sometimes takes a little longer in the cold weather, especially if its raining :) Like to get away before 8am
Great stuff Kate! Voost make a caffeine/"berrocca" combo instead of coffee if you are looking to save weight but are still looking for that "up & at em" kick in the morning. I also like to go for those powdered coffee/hot choc powder sticks. Protein powder mixed with milk powder is under-rated as a morale boost.
Thanks mate. Wowzers where have these caffein/berroccas been all my life, will def have to try. Absolutely love the morale boost hey of a good protein shake. I remember on the Cape to Cape feeling absolutely tanked on a hot day and taking a little time out in the shade and having a shake and powering off to do another 10 km. happy hiking
A very interesting video Kate. Crikey you blokes are spoiled for choice in Oz these days, and yes Deb powered spuds came on the market back n the 70's and it appears is still there. Catering for quality nutrition whilst in the bush can be a problem. Here in Cambodia we have well stocked local and modern supermarkets, but things like those freeze dried meals are not available. However what I like to do is concentrate on dried foods and particularly Indian style with Lentils and Chick peas ( or garbanzo beans as the Yanks call'em) Dried Chick Peas have nearly double the nutritional value as tinned plus they very light. 100g of soaked dried ones are more than enough for me and are very versatile to prepare. In my pack I use a 1litre PET plastic (but don't use hot or cold water with it) container from Daiso and soak 100g in 1/2Lt cold water for 1 night and 1 day (about 18 hours) and they become very soft and quick to cook. I make most of my own camp gear and particularly cooking gear. I have a thin S/Steel $6 billy that I welded a 2mm thick S/S plate on the base so the heat is spread and no hot spots to burn the bum out of it. Its not very heavy. It has a small pan insert that I cut the bottom out of and pop riveted in a S/S strainer so I can steam vegies, carrots, spuds, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., and while their steaming cook my chick peas under. I like to eat whole chick peas mixed with crushed garlic and coriander and sprinkled with Aust extra virgin olive olive. Very filling, very nutritious and goes over the gums very nicely, morish actually. Also crush cooked chick peas and mix with egg, garlic, onion and a couple of chopped chilies and fry as an omelet with olive oil. Health food of a nation, competes with Vegemite :
Thanks mate, sounds like some very cool ideas there I'll have to go shopping and see if i can get some of those tings to try them out. thanks for taking the time to share. cheers
Another good vid, thanks Kate. Appreciate the discount on the Laughing Pug coffee too. We'll give their coffee and chokky a go soon at Blue Waterholes and surrounds. Cheers ;-D
For breakfast, I use the Go Native MRE style breakfast, they are not on their web site, you need to email them and ask. I get between 10 to 15 at a time and, with freight they work out to just under $4.00 each. For strive meals try Paddy Pallin, last lot I got a couple of weeks ago were about $9.50 each. The oat bars and tuna are my go to for lunch, I alternate these. Both the Strive and Radix chilli are very good as is the Strive minestrone soup.
Hi dear! I also love that mie goreng. The brand is indomie. Mie goreng is the variety as they also have noodle with soup. Mie means noodle, goreng means fried. It's the most known instant noodle in my country, so much so that it's called indomie for every instant noodle
Hi. I did the AAWT in 34 days. Lost 13kg. Oops. A few lessons here. Bring tasty food on a long hike so that you enjoy meals otherwise you may find that you don't want to eat after a long hard day walking with a heavy pack.
Oh wow. Yes. That’s a big drop. Amazing you were able to keep going. Food is certainly a tricky one. Hard to understand what you wanna eat in 2 months time hey.
Hey Kate, Thanks for the food advice. I just completed my first multiday hike here in Tasmania. We did 101km over eight days. It was fantastic. Your dahl recipe worked a treat, its so good I eat it dry during the day. Its also great with couscous. The Radix meals are awesome however the Chicken Brocolli Pesto Pasta from Strive was my favourite. Keen to see you capture the overland track sometime. Beware though the ultra light hikers from mainland Australia using the ZPack tents etc on the overland suffered from the cold on those icy mornings. Welcome to parenting and keep up the good work and advice.
I forgot to mention another Tassie brand. Forager freeze dried foods from woolworths. I added the mango and blue berry to my oates. They made my breakfasts way more interesting. But the best was the freeze died cheese. The Tasty Chedder Cheese is very nice. I couldnt find the cheese in woolworths, I had to get it from Salamance Fresh. I am happy to send some to you if you wish.
Amazing thanks so much for the comment. so glad you used it and enjoyed. Yes I'm so keen to get the zpacks out on the overland - perhaps at my peril haha. do you think id be mad in trail runners out there?
@@KateGrarock I saw plenty of people using sand shoes with bear type footprints printed in the sole. Pretty colours etc. Im assuming they are those trail runners you speak off, haha. From what I gathered, from more experienced hikers, the overland is pretty easy in terms of trail. Check the guidebook first. It says 63% is natural surface being boulders, tree roots, mud, Forest, Gravel and Schist. 21% double planking, 12%Duckboard and 4% Cordwood. Side trips include loads of scree and boulders. We walked in the driest time of the years so expect more mud and walking through water during the cooler and wetter months. I guese the duckboard double planking, yes I said planking and corwood in sensitive areas make the hiking so much easier when compared to 20 years ago. I am glad I didnt take the ferry and I walked tha last leg to Cynthia Bay. We walked from Bert Nichols Hut past Narcissus Hut through to Cynthia Bay. Its around 25km. Most people seemed to bypass the Bert Nichols Hut. Its a shame because it a great place to watch the sun set and rise over the Du Cane Range.
YT ate my comment. Let me try this again. I use a variation to the milk powder and use coconut milk powder for oatmeal, cereals, and my homemade dehydrated meals. That Radix brand seems great. You said it about the meat texture in some meals. That's why I don't like a lot of the dehydrated meals is because of the meat. Great suggestions here Kate. ~RVA~
Great video Kate. If you enjoy taking salami with you then I can recommend grilling it on your stove and having it with some cheese spread on Turkish bread.. mmmm.
Any suggestions for some protein powders that you liked? It’s hard to try them before you buy a big tub as I’ve found most places don’t have samples very often. Thanks Kate, great vid as usual. What’s the doggos name?
Thanks so much. Lupo is my little fluffy dog. Such a ratbag but I do love him. Alas I am not a pro on the protein I just do the musashi, I enjoy the vanilla or peppermint, but I am sure they are better ones out there.
Thanks mate good question. I’ve never had an issue. But I guess it’s possible. I found this link that may help nre.tas.gov.au/biosecurity-tasmania/biosecurity/travellers-guide-to-tasmanian-biosecurity-what-you-can-and-cant-bring-into-tasmania/guide-to-importing#:~:text=When%20travelling%20to%20Tasmania%20from,Freeze%20dried%20camping%20foods good luck.
Hey Petra I try to get it down to 700g per day but it’s more about calories. Google “calorie calculator woman” and there are calculators where you can put in your age height weight and exercise level and it will let you know how many calories per day you need to maintain weight. Eg I’m about 2500 cal a day. Then make sure you are packing enough food to cover that. I sometimes struggle to eat enough during the day as I’m not hungry when working hard. That’s why I’ve been a bit lazy lately and have Radix for breakfast and dinner as you can select the calorie size. But it’s not too hard to estimate calories in everyday products using a calorie counter from your country. Getting calories right or wrong can also be a bit of trial and error. But if it’s a long trail like over 4 days it really pays to get the calories right. Best of luck. Oh and radix gave me a 10% discount code if you are keen (KATEHIKE) I prefer the 600 cal meals over the 800 and the 800 feel a bit too heavy for me in one sitting. Full disclosure I get a couple of dollars if you make a purchase but it’s at no cost to you and i only recommend stuff I use and love. Sing out if you have any questions
Haha I hear ya. I swear if put on a couple not being able to do longer hikes over the last few years. But hey it makes me more prepared for those epic trails one day. Thanks for the comment
Radix saw my vid and have offered a 10% discount if anyone is keen - Cheers bit.ly/33VgynV
Hi Kate. I watched this video about 18 months ago when I had just started getting into hiking. Now that I've done a few trips, I've watched it as a refresher. I love your tips and your little side stories - thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks so much mate. So lovely to hear and nice that it’s been helpful. I’ll hopefully do a refresher sometime too. Happy hiking to you
Thanks Kate! Great tips. For a shorter hike, I would also consider where your water sources are. If I’m camping at a dry campsite, I would take heavier fresh food that doesn’t need rehydrating. Then I don’t have to carry in so much water. If there will be reliable water, go the lighter dehydrated meals knowing that I’ll have plenty of water to use.
Oh nice great point, to carry the water in or out side of the food. Love it, such a great point. Thanks.
Cheers for another grouse video. Have to say I'm a big fan of Strive meals, specially those butterscotch apples nom nom nom. A trick I like to use is cutting Lebanese bread into semi circles and then dump a dehy meal into it to make a pastie kind of thing, adds a few extra carbs for not much weight and the bread lasts quite a few days. For the milk and 2 sugars fans, try your local Asian supermarket, they're pretty much guaranteed to have a range of premixed coffees that are easy as to use, in varying strengths/sweetnesses, might even crack it for some instant tea (which can take a bit of getting your head around). Just don't go for the Nescafe varieties, they're all awful. Can recommend Old Town in the blue bag. Grab yourself some dried onions and roasted garlic while you're there, makes everything taste heaps better.
Haha so cool. Thanks for the tips. Will have to check some of these out. Happy hiking
My go to breaky - 60g GF cereal, 30g vanilla protein powder (instead of milk powder), tbs chia seeds, tsp greens powder, tsp instant coffee. Add 30g fruit/ nut mix if need to bump up calories. Pour into mug from snap lock so I’m left with dry bags and not soggy ones.
Sounds great! I'll have to give that a crack. Love the protein powder for milk trick. Cheers
Thanks for this! I really like that you've explored a range of different options, especially including some of the nicer refrigerated items and reassuring they'll last a day or two if it's not too hot. As a bit of a 'foodie', I appreciate that. Also keen to check out the Radix meals as well!
Thanks mate. Yes it’s so nice to get some fresh food in there hey. Best of luck and sing out if you find any great combos. I’m always looking to improve the delicious food on the trail.
Loving your videos! Thank you, thank you for taking the time to share your discoveries. I need to plan food for an eight day stretch, and food weight is going to be my biggest concern. I have been taste testing commercial freeze dried and dehydrated meals and have narrowed it down to radix and strive (mushroom and thyme pasta,YUM) and I have to agree with your choices.
I thoroughly enjoyed this discussion. There are probably many people out there like myself who have no seasoned hiking friends to go to for advice and gems of wisdom formed from trials and the benefit of hindsight. For me you are that friend.
Keep the content coming, I look forward to each upload. Thanks again for what you do.
Amazing Kerri so good to hear. I love making and sharing them and love comments like yours even more, so thanks for letting me know. How good is the Radix! best of luck for your 8 day hike that's a solid carry. Happy hiking
Cutting cost and already Dehydrated, try Asian stores. Shitake Mushrooms, pork floss, seaweed etc but love the ideas and your enthusiastic delivery. Now, the wait for lockdown to lift.
Thanks a lot. Yes I need to do some more digging at the local Asian store. Happy hiking when you get back out there
Hi Kate great ideas , the Radix food bags look really good, I’m planning my hikes for this year so reckon they’ll be a treat on the larapinta trail. I love taking Stitch drip coffee on the trail as well for something different and making granola with coconut milk powder to up the calories. If you’re keen adding an egg to your noodles in the morning is pretty tasty as well, just crack it into the pot with the noodles when they first soften, and leave the pot lid on to let it all cook with the steam, I keep my eggs similar to how you pack your avo
Oh so cook thanks - ill have to give the Stich a crack. OMG the egg would be delish, thanks for the tips. Radix are so great, I even took them with me for a hospital visit to supplement the hospital food hahaha. Happy hiking and enjoy the larapinta
Thanks Kate, great video as always and great content and advice.
Thanks so much, really appreciate the comment. Happy hiking
Big fan of the peanut butter clifbars and snake lollies also the coffee shots when you need a bit of a pick me up. Just getting into overnight hikes but have done a lot of bikepacking. Some great tips thank you 🙏
Oh so cool love bike backing. And yes I'll have to get back into the cliff bars. I used them a lot on my Shoalhaven paddle. Will have to try out the coffee shots. Cheers
Hi Kate, another great video, thank you! I tend to carry fresh food for my first dinner, dehy/freeze dried for the others. I freeze some of the fresh food to keep other things cool for longer. One item I go heavier for though is tomato paste, if I'm having eg a bolognese sauce on instant noodles. Tomato powder just doesn't have the same flavour, so I'll take a tube of tomato paste, one of those ones that's like a toothpaste tube. I mix and match freeze dried plain mince with dehy other ingredients, too. For lunches I often do a grazing plate with salami wrapped in waxed paper or a tin of sardines, waxed cheddar, olives in a foil pouch, dried tomatoes ... they all keep well. And I really enjoy having eggs for breakfast. Packed in the carton inside a billy they travel surprisingly well. I take ghee for frying because I like the buttery flavour, and too much vege oil tends to go straight through me. I tend to make my own desserts using freeze-dried fruit, since I find a lot of the packaged desserts too sweet for my taste. So I end up mixing quite a lot of meals out of bought single ingredients. Campers Pantry is good for freeze-dried single ingredients. One thing I'd like to find for a calorie bomb treat is chocolate flavoured peanut butter in a pouch, like Fuel10K available in the UK. If you know of an Aussie supplier of something similar I'd love to hear about it please! I'm still looking for an affordable source for lactose-free milk powder, too. The only brand I know of is imported from Finland and outrageously expensive.
Thanks so much. Sounds like you have got that dialed in nicely. Such great ideas. Love the sound of that chocolate peanut butter treat. sing out if you find a good place to get them. Happy hiking to you
I don’t like milk at all, so I use coconut milk powder as an alternative. This is good for cereal, but maybe not for tea/coffee which I have black. You can get it in the Asian section at most supermarkets.
What great tips for me. I'm lactose intolerant so was wondering how to get decent tasting milk powder and never thought if coconut powder.
Also the peanut butter and chocolate goodies sound great. I have been keeping my home made honey and muesli bars stored under my water bladder as its the coolest part of inside my pack.
Nice videos Kate.
Easy to listen to. Food is so important.
Thanks. I totally agree. It makes the experience
So many good ideas here! I’m gonna use some of these in the future for sure.
Thanks mate, welcome to the channel - happy hiking to you, love your vids
Nice one Kate! Going to try a few of these myself
Thanks mate. Hope you enjoy. thanks for watching
Some great meal ideas here and I look forward to getting out of lockdown and try a few so thanks for sharing. In the dark chocolate arena, I usually buy a block from the cooking aisle these days. Not sure if better or worse than the dark choc in the confectionary area, just seems a better option.
Thanks. Yes how good is some dark choc at the end of the night. will check out the cooking aisle, possibly a little less sweet which could be great.
Great videos, I have only just recently gotten into hiking myself, only done a a few small trails with the longest being around 10kms, but I want to do more in futures and this video (as well as your other videos) have proven very useful in knowing what is required for those longer future hikes I will be going on, thank you
Oh how wonderful thanks for the comment. So happy it’s been helpful for you. Sounds like you are doing it right. Starting slow and building up to the lounger trails. Happy hiking
@@KateGrarock thanks, hi from across the ditch ^_^
@@saylesh hi
My 10 year old son and I love your videos, Kate. Thanks for another great one 😊
So cool. Thanks. Hi to you and your son.
Noodles for breakfast! Absolute genius mate! I'm totally switching from the gruel!
hahaha mate its bonkers good. haha
Great stuff Kate very comprehensive, Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it! I hope to do a new one someday so sing out if you have any gems.
Awesome Kate, another great video choc full of info.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and the lovely comment. I appreciate it
Fresh eggs (FR) last for ages if you pack them correctly and they don't crack.
Oh wow cool. And a delicious treat id imagine
Great tips. Thanks for creating this video.
Thanks for watching 😀
Slivers of lean steak.marinate in Worcestershire sauce over night. Then in the dehydrator or v low oven at 65C for 4 hrs.
This jerky can become the base for any meat dish you want to cook.
Keeps well when dried properly.
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Love a bit of Worcestershire
Thank you! I've been looking for a video like this. 😊👍
Thanks mate hope it helps. Happy hiking
@@KateGrarock You too! 😊
Thanks for another great video.
My breakfast go to is an oat slice and a coffee and then while walking a nut bar or similar.
Sounds great! Love a nice easy start to the day. Do you normally start hiking early?
@@KateGrarock yep, start pretty much straight after packing up tents etc. Sometimes takes a little longer in the cold weather, especially if its raining :) Like to get away before 8am
Dried Mango slices are a great lightweight snack/pick me up, sugar and salts can't go wrong :)
Oh yesssss love them, got to get them back in the pack. Cheers
Great stuff Kate! Voost make a caffeine/"berrocca" combo instead of coffee if you are looking to save weight but are still looking for that "up & at em" kick in the morning. I also like to go for those powdered coffee/hot choc powder sticks. Protein powder mixed with milk powder is under-rated as a morale boost.
Thanks mate. Wowzers where have these caffein/berroccas been all my life, will def have to try. Absolutely love the morale boost hey of a good protein shake. I remember on the Cape to Cape feeling absolutely tanked on a hot day and taking a little time out in the shade and having a shake and powering off to do another 10 km. happy hiking
A very interesting video Kate. Crikey you blokes are spoiled for choice in Oz these days, and yes Deb powered spuds came on the market back n the 70's and it appears is still there. Catering for quality nutrition whilst in the bush can be a problem. Here in Cambodia we have well stocked local and modern supermarkets, but things like those freeze dried meals are not available. However what I like to do is concentrate on dried foods and particularly Indian style with Lentils and Chick peas ( or garbanzo beans as the Yanks call'em) Dried Chick Peas have nearly double the nutritional value as tinned plus they very light. 100g of soaked dried ones are more than enough for me and are very versatile to prepare. In my pack I use a 1litre PET plastic (but don't use hot or cold water with it) container from Daiso and soak 100g in 1/2Lt cold water for 1 night and 1 day (about 18 hours) and they become very soft and quick to cook. I make most of my own camp gear and particularly cooking gear. I have a thin S/Steel $6 billy that I welded a 2mm thick S/S plate on the base so the heat is spread and no hot spots to burn the bum out of it. Its not very heavy. It has a small pan insert that I cut the bottom out of and pop riveted in a S/S strainer so I can steam vegies, carrots, spuds, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., and while their steaming cook my chick peas under. I like to eat whole chick peas mixed with crushed garlic and coriander and sprinkled with Aust extra virgin olive olive. Very filling, very nutritious and goes over the gums very nicely, morish actually. Also crush cooked chick peas and mix with egg, garlic, onion and a couple of chopped chilies and fry as an omelet with olive oil. Health food of a nation, competes with Vegemite :
Thanks mate, sounds like some very cool ideas there I'll have to go shopping and see if i can get some of those tings to try them out. thanks for taking the time to share. cheers
Another good vid, thanks Kate. Appreciate the discount on the Laughing Pug coffee too. We'll give their coffee and chokky a go soon at Blue Waterholes and surrounds. Cheers ;-D
Brilliant thanks mate. Hope you enjoy
Thank you Kate
Some really helpful information here
Thanks for watching hope to do a revamp of this vid someday soon.
For breakfast, I use the Go Native MRE style breakfast, they are not on their web site, you need to email them and ask. I get between 10 to 15 at a time and, with freight they work out to just under $4.00 each. For strive meals try Paddy Pallin, last lot I got a couple of weeks ago were about $9.50 each. The oat bars and tuna are my go to for lunch, I alternate these. Both the Strive and Radix chilli are very good as is the Strive minestrone soup.
Nice one thanks for the info, sounds like some good tips. Happy hiking to you
This is great, thanks so much Kate!
Thanks for watching.
So useful! Thx Kate.
Thanks mate :)
If you add some gravy powder to your Deb it works really really well
So cool I want to try this
@@KateGrarock it’ll bump the calories up without any extra weight, and it tastes so damn good!!! Doesn’t look pretty though 😂
@@danboutdoors4584haha. Like kfc potato and gravy
Hi dear! I also love that mie goreng. The brand is indomie. Mie goreng is the variety as they also have noodle with soup. Mie means noodle, goreng means fried.
It's the most known instant noodle in my country, so much so that it's called indomie for every instant noodle
So cool. It’s delicious
My favourite breakfast: 2 min noodles with a can of sardines.
Wowzers. You had me till the sardines 😂 but great calories
Some brilliant ideas!
Thank you! 😊 Happy hiking
Hi. I did the AAWT in 34 days. Lost 13kg.
Oops. A few lessons here. Bring tasty food on a long hike so that you enjoy meals otherwise you may find that you don't want to eat after a long hard day walking with a heavy pack.
Oh wow. Yes. That’s a big drop. Amazing you were able to keep going. Food is certainly a tricky one. Hard to understand what you wanna eat in 2 months time hey.
Hey Kate, Thanks for the food advice. I just completed my first multiday hike here in Tasmania. We did 101km over eight days. It was fantastic. Your dahl recipe worked a treat, its so good I eat it dry during the day. Its also great with couscous. The Radix meals are awesome however the Chicken Brocolli Pesto Pasta from Strive was my favourite. Keen to see you capture the overland track sometime. Beware though the ultra light hikers from mainland Australia using the ZPack tents etc on the overland suffered from the cold on those icy mornings. Welcome to parenting and keep up the good work and advice.
I forgot to mention another Tassie brand. Forager freeze dried foods from woolworths. I added the mango and blue berry to my oates. They made my breakfasts way more interesting. But the best was the freeze died cheese. The Tasty Chedder Cheese is very nice. I couldnt find the cheese in woolworths, I had to get it from Salamance Fresh. I am happy to send some to you if you wish.
Amazing thanks so much for the comment. so glad you used it and enjoyed. Yes I'm so keen to get the zpacks out on the overland - perhaps at my peril haha. do you think id be mad in trail runners out there?
Wow will have to try that out, thanks for the inspo. shoot me an email this cheese sounds brilliant
@@KateGrarock I saw plenty of people using sand shoes with bear type footprints printed in the sole. Pretty colours etc. Im assuming they are those trail runners you speak off, haha. From what I gathered, from more experienced hikers, the overland is pretty easy in terms of trail. Check the guidebook first. It says 63% is natural surface being boulders, tree roots, mud, Forest, Gravel and Schist. 21% double planking, 12%Duckboard and 4% Cordwood. Side trips include loads of scree and boulders. We walked in the driest time of the years so expect more mud and walking through water during the cooler and wetter months. I guese the duckboard double planking, yes I said planking and corwood in sensitive areas make the hiking so much easier when compared to 20 years ago. I am glad I didnt take the ferry and I walked tha last leg to Cynthia Bay. We walked from Bert Nichols Hut past Narcissus Hut through to Cynthia Bay. Its around 25km. Most people seemed to bypass the Bert Nichols Hut. Its a shame because it a great place to watch the sun set and rise over the Du Cane Range.
@@KateGrarock My apologies. Do you want the died cheese or the dried cheese? I expect the later tastes better. Will do.
Awesome mate 🙏helped me a lot 👍
Glad it helped. Thanks a lot.
YT ate my comment. Let me try this again. I use a variation to the milk powder and use coconut milk powder for oatmeal, cereals, and my homemade dehydrated meals. That Radix brand seems great. You said it about the meat texture in some meals. That's why I don't like a lot of the dehydrated meals is because of the meat. Great suggestions here Kate. ~RVA~
Haha totally meat sponges suck haha. Oh nice one re the coconut milk powder, I'll have to give that a crack. Hope you are well mate. Loving your vids.
Great video Kate. If you enjoy taking salami with you then I can recommend grilling it on your stove and having it with some cheese spread on Turkish bread.. mmmm.
Fantastic information thanks Kate! Are you still doing these videos?
Thanks Rachel. Yes I hope to put out a whole series sometime about gear, skills and food. Just gotta find time to work on them. Cheers
Mi Goreng is the bomb!
Cute dog 🙂
Haha it is isn’t it. Thanks. Lupo loves to get in the vids. Cheers
Any suggestions for some protein powders that you liked? It’s hard to try them before you buy a big tub as I’ve found most places don’t have samples very often. Thanks Kate, great vid as usual. What’s the doggos name?
Thanks so much. Lupo is my little fluffy dog. Such a ratbag but I do love him. Alas I am not a pro on the protein I just do the musashi, I enjoy the vanilla or peppermint, but I am sure they are better ones out there.
Hi Kaye, great video, thank you. Do you know if you can take your own dehydrated food into Tassie ?
Kate! Sorry- Siri!!!
Thanks mate good question. I’ve never had an issue. But I guess it’s possible. I found this link that may help nre.tas.gov.au/biosecurity-tasmania/biosecurity/travellers-guide-to-tasmanian-biosecurity-what-you-can-and-cant-bring-into-tasmania/guide-to-importing#:~:text=When%20travelling%20to%20Tasmania%20from,Freeze%20dried%20camping%20foods good luck.
@kate do you still have that discoint code for the drip coffee? Im about to go for a hiking and planning to buy sone
Yeah mate I believe KATEHIKE will get ya 10% at laughing pug.
Hi there Kate, I’m wondering what weight of food per day you would recommend on a 5-6 day hike? Thanks so much as I really trust your advice.
Hey Petra I try to get it down to 700g per day but it’s more about calories. Google “calorie calculator woman” and there are calculators where you can put in your age height weight and exercise level and it will let you know how many calories per day you need to maintain weight. Eg I’m about 2500 cal a day. Then make sure you are packing enough food to cover that. I sometimes struggle to eat enough during the day as I’m not hungry when working hard. That’s why I’ve been a bit lazy lately and have Radix for breakfast and dinner as you can select the calorie size. But it’s not too hard to estimate calories in everyday products using a calorie counter from your country. Getting calories right or wrong can also be a bit of trial and error. But if it’s a long trail like over 4 days it really pays to get the calories right. Best of luck. Oh and radix gave me a 10% discount code if you are keen (KATEHIKE) I prefer the 600 cal meals over the 800 and the 800 feel a bit too heavy for me in one sitting. Full disclosure I get a couple of dollars if you make a purchase but it’s at no cost to you and i only recommend stuff I use and love. Sing out if you have any questions
How open you are with kickbacks is amazing.
Didn't know hiking food could be so delicious
Haha thanks mate. Happy hiking to you
What about the other end? Is there enough fibre to keep the bowels happy and your poo soft! Maybe some Metamucil in a ziploc?
I find the radix is great on fiber. But yep could be helpful on a long hike
I don't like all those highly processed ready meals. I cook stuff like red lentils, cous cous, Chinese noodles, oats etc
Yeah totally home cooked is so delicious. Have you seen my dehydrated food one where I make a few recipes
I can afford to lose a kilo each week on a long hike! 🤣🤣🤣 In all seriousness great vid and awesome tips. Thanks Kate!
Haha I hear ya. I swear if put on a couple not being able to do longer hikes over the last few years. But hey it makes me more prepared for those epic trails one day. Thanks for the comment
Wowww... Indomie mie goreng from my country (Indonesia) :)
ITS GOOD STUFF
indomie 😍
Delicious
forgot the beer and steak 😅😂
Haha I do love a good beer.
@@KateGrarock about to do the overland track, I'm a bit worried about not having a beer all week lol 🤠🤣
@@TasHikingAdventures haha surely it’s cold enough to take one for the first couple of nights hahaha
@@KateGrarock always cold down here yeah was thinking a 4 pack easy lol
@@TasHikingAdventures nice. Yes. This is the main reason I went ultralight 😝
Okay, did you just say that you make mie goreng as a "big soupy meal?'
You realise you're supposed to drain the water after cooking the noodles?
haha yeah I know I just love the warm water in the morning.
Indomie 😂
😀👍👍👍
Indomie is the best food for hiking 😂😂😂😂,
It’s so good. I keep trying to get a healthier breakfast but I just crave it. Haha
in my country, it's available on many taste 😂