Breakfast Alternatives

[doc holiday13]

Pho is easy to make and it's considered a breakfast food

 

[GunsAreFun]

I struggle as well.

At base camp, I eat a pop tart and drink a Core Power Elite Vanilla shake.

This year, I cooked a couple pounds of bacon and would grab a few strips and eat them cold to mix things up.

I have done cereal with powdered milk before when backpacking and have also done regular milk in a cooler out of base camp. Those are fine, but do take longer. In the mornings, I’m usually cold and just want to get moving as soon as possible.

 

[limpet]

I don’t like oatmeal or bars and I’m too cheap to buy freeze dried breakfast. I’ve been alternating between granola with nido powdered milk with dried fruits and chocolate chips and instant grits with Parmesan cheese and either dried ham, venison breakfast sausage, or bacon bits. I like these options because I can shake up the mix and they’re easy to make, you can get different granola flavors and dried fruits to change the flavors and the grits are similar with different meats and seasonings I add. I’m going to try sweet mixes for my grits this year just for extra variety.

 

[HiMtnHntr]

Coffee and some oatmeal. Just pour the hot water right into the packet. Doubles as a hand warmer.

 

[bowkill]

Another vote for cereal and powdered milk in a baggie! I usually just eat granola cereal. It seems to be more filling and last longer through the morning. I have also just done the Carnation Instant Breakfast powder with powdered milk. Super easy and seems to be filling.

 

[Hunterrancher15]

I take oatmeal packets, can eat it dry/cold, or warm up some water

 

[Seeknelk]

It's crazy how well the food industry has marketed breakfast food as a whole. If it doesn't fit in certain definitions people think they can't eat it. I'm no different. But I love biscuits n gravy from peak.

 

[SixteenG]

Granola with dried blue berries and hemp hearts. Heavy cream powder for the extra calories and it goes good in instant coffee.

This year I took some shelf stable bacon and pancake mix into a bear spot. Shot a bear at first light from camp and then had a great breakfast of blueberry pancakes and bacon before going to retrieve the animal.

 

[Jstumbaugh]

I usually get a cliff bar and coffee to start the morning and then do a meal around 10am while glassing. Peak Sausage and biscuits is my favorite but it can sit pretty heavy. Had their sweet pork for breakfast one morning on our elk hunt this fall. Don't be afraid to mix it up and not just eat "breakfast" meals.

 

[noKnees]

When its warmer I do Ganola with powdered milk, when its colder I bring bagels ( they hold up very well below freezing) and sliced cheese singles or single serving cream cheese packets.

 

[nnmarcher]

I love mixing up granola/cereal in a ziploc with powdered milk. I have two recipes I alternate between. I usually don't eat breakfast at camp, so I bring the bag and sit down for a break sometime mid-morning and add water before eating.

 

[kylem]

My go to lately is 1/4 cup instant mashed potatoes, dehydrated eggs(since I don’t have a freeze dryer…) run through a blender and turned to powder, and bacon bits. If I don’t feel like making something I’ll eat a homemade peanut butter based bar I like.

 

[Tmcgarrigle]

I'm shocked nobody has mentioned the tried and true black coffee and Marlboro Red breakfast yet. It also is considered ultralight if you use instant coffee

 

[JD Jones]

I put a hurt on fruit leather/real fruit/thats it bars and Kodiak granola protein for breakfast. But where I refuse to skimp - coffee. I get bougie with it. I grind a big bag and bring an aero press or do a pour over

 

[diamond10x]

I also struggle with breakfast food. I do really like the taste of Angry Pika granola. When it's early season I eat it cold and late season I'll add hot water and easy while I'm glassing. The Carmel apple is my favorite and reminds me a bit like apple pie. https://angrypikafood.com/
The monster cookies are the best and have a lot of calories. I usually split the package into two days

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Are the cookies like an actual cookie or are they more along the lines of a bar? Looking at them, they have good cal/oz cal/g numbers and would be another option for things to mix in.

 

[BreechFace]

Pre-hunt assembled breakfast burritos, rolled in tin foil to heat up, or eat cold.

 

[BreechFace]

It's crazy how well the food industry has marketed breakfast food as a whole. If it doesn't fit in certain definitions people think they can't eat it. I'm no different. But I love biscuits n gravy from peak.

As far as freeze dried breakfasts, if I'm not eating what I mentioned above it's Peak B&G, they are good.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I know this is not for all, and maybe disgusting to some, but a vacuum sealed can of sardines seems to lift me up. Then you get to burp and taste them half the day.

 

[elliottw]

Cereal causes way too much of a crash for me to be eating it on the mountain - my body just does a lot better with slower-burn foods, and a mix of them, in order to have a steady energy supply up to lunch.

Something I picked up overseas, is a mix of simple things for breakfast that we don't typically think of as breakfast foods. Some slices of denser breads or flatbread types of things, with cheeses, dipped in a little honey, with different kinds of sausage links or types of salami slices, can be pretty good for getting you going and keeping you going. At least it does for me. Not really a cereal replacement, but offering it up as rando info that might be useful at some point.

I'm the same way, but found this:

Organic Grain Free Granola | Bulk Toasted Coconut Almond

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It's the cheapest grain free granola i could find at 26g F, 23g C, 6g P, so no carb crash. I pair that with a protein shake from Transparent Labs (not sure if grass fed matters, but I get it because of the texture), and I'm good to go.

 

[Jon Boy]

Honey stinger sandwich.. around 500 calories and weighs nothing and about as easy to choke down as anything I’ve done as I don’t like eating breakfast on the Mtn either for some reason. Two honey stingers and a Justin’s nut butter in between.