My food plan for our trip this year goes something like this-
Breakfast- homemade granola,protein powder and powdered milk in baggies. Add water, shake- good cold or hot.
Larabar,jerky.
Lunches-ortilla with PB, bacon and honey.
Larabars, or pemmican(homemade) with honey or almond butter. Trail mix snack throughout day.
snack on trial mix,larabars, or homemade energy bars,I'll take small packets of almond butter, honey etc. A fe bagels early on.
Dinners- Mountain House or backpacker pantry FD meals. Fast, easy, filling at night when tired.
Water- we each carry a 100oz bladder. I have a pump filter, as well as AquaMira purification drops. Theyre faster than the tablets.
Hopefully supplement with some sage grouse and a few trout.
Addinga little olive oil or some spices to the MH meals dresses the plavor up, and adds some calories.
Instant Idahoan mashes potatoes, spam singles, boxed meals such as Zatarains jambalaya etc divided in half are good too, but take a little longer to prepare.
Food for backpacking should be a minimum of 100 calories per oz. I figure on 2500-3000 calories per day.
The tuna or salmon packets are good, but not enough calories per oz, so I dont take but a few ofthose.
My trail mix xonsists of almonds,walnuts, cashews, dried currants, raising, sunflower seeds,raw pumkin seeds,shredded coconut and choc chips.