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Pack spices. Take a lightweight container of 5 or 6 common spices to add
flavor to meals - salt, cayenne pepper, garlic, cinnamon, chili powder, onion,
or whatever you like.
If you expect cold mornings, or aren't eager to start hiking bright and early,
have oatmeal and hot chocolate. On long treks, I prefer packing up and
moving right away with a break for Pop-tart, granola bar, or trail mix after an
hour or so. This saves a lot of time heating water and clean up. It also means
less fuel to carry.
The ultimate lightweight meal packaging is to just take your credit card. When
thru-hiking a long trail that goes through towns, it's a lot lighter to eat at a
restaurant or buy fresh food at a grocery store than to carry your meals.
Preparing food menu before hike can safe our time - oatmeal for breakfast,
peanut butter for lunch, and pasta with tuna for dinner - now that's a good
outdoors menu. But, not five days in a row. It's not that hard, and certainly not
expensive, to create a tasty, easy, nutritious, diverse menu for any length
hiking trip. Use your menu planner to plug in your food items, figure the
calories, and even print a shopping list.