What are your favorite lightweight backpacking foods?

Question

I usually go with oatmeal, ramen, and trail mix as my staples, but I am doing a 7 day backpacking trip with my friends, and I can't live off of that stuff for that long.

What are some of your favorite (lightweight) backpacking foods?

Answer 1

I have friends who do bike rides for charity and they were telling me about those packets called "goo" that contain concentrated protein and sugar for energy. They said they are a powerful punch for quick energy when you need it.

Of course, Vegemite is good, also!

Answer 2

indexed right here are a number of my favourite snacks to manage a backpacking trip: ~path mixture ~Granola bars ~Fruit & vegetables ~Raisins ~Crackers or chips ~Chex mixture (recipe under) chuffed Trails Chex mixture (that is marvelous!!!!): 6 TB Butter 2 TB Worcestershire Sauce a million a million/2 Tsp. pro Salt a million/2 Tsp. Onion Salt 3/4 Tsp. Garlic Salt mixture mutually and pour over 3 c. Corn Chex, 3 c. Rice Chex, 3 c. Wheat Chex, a million c. mixed Nuts, a million c. Small Pretzels, a million c. Garlic Flavored Bagel Chips. mixture and bake at 250 stages for a million hr. stirring each and every quarter-hour. retains nicely. :)

Answer 3

we have packs of nuts ---different types and dried fruit lots of variety and very nourishing. Have just had dried cranberries very nice. Also pumkin and sunflower seed. Use the packs during the day when walking -----at night cook up a meal dried meal packs from the camping store.

Answer 4

Hit Cabelas and get some MRE's, they are light weight and nutritionally sound.

Answer 5

beef jerky! unless you are a vegetarian...then I'd say peanuts or granola.

`

Answer 6

apples, raisins, carrot sticks

Answer 7

i like rice cakes, bagels, bananas, stuff like that