What food do y’all carry on the field?

[MDurham]

Been trying to perfect what I eat in the field for meals, since snacks are really nuts for me, I’ve bounced around from dehydrated stuff, mre, ramen and stews, and just eating snacks and beef jerky.

I prefer to carry just a cup and stove to boil water so that lends to the ramen and the dehydrated food, but the ramen doesn’t pack nearly as good as the dehydrated food does, but it’s also much cheaper.

 

[robby denning]

on the snack side: My wife made a Gorp recipe that is super filling, sorta healthy: equal parts (chopped dates), honey roasted peanuts, chocolate chips (semisweet or milk chocolate).

A ziplock snackbag full is over 600 calories by my calculation

Also, adding Idahoan dried potatoes to just about any Mtn House meal makes them go longer, and adds some variety.

 

[MDurham]

on the snack side: My wife made a Gorp recipe that is super filling, sorta healthy: equal parts (chopped dates), honey roasted peanuts, chocolate chips (semisweet or milk chocolate).

A ziplock snackbag full is over 600 calories by my calculation

Also, adding Idahoan dried potatoes to just about any Mtn House meal makes them go longer, and adds some variety.

How’s that mix keep? Not sure the chocolate or the dates would do great in ga where I live, we get 100+ degree days, may have to try it when I’m up in tn for 7-10 days.

I’ll have to try the potatoes too, I just add tuna and hot sauce to basically everything, can even make mre rice appetizing

 

[robby denning]

How’s that mix keep? Not sure the chocolate or the dates would do great in ga where I live, we get 100+ degree days, may have to try it when I’m up in tn for 7-10 days.

I’ll have to try the potatoes too, I just add tuna and hot sauce to basically everything, can even make mre rice appetizing

Well, that’s a good point, but I hunt in 90° temperatures during archery season and the chocolate melts and glues everything together in a big ball. So other than it can be messy, it’s still taste really good.

And for longevity , I find that the flavor doesn’t decrease for a couple of weeks. I usually make a few batches throughout the fall and then just keep them in the freezer until it’s time to go.

 

[girlwithagun]

I’ve been on the search for a while to find good food for the trail. Avocados are high on my list and I found these and they are amazing!

 

[Block]

I like to carry a bunch of the Starkist flavored tuna packets. I’ll boil the cheap rice or pasta packets and add the tuna. It turns into a $2-3 meal vs the fancy ones and lower fat/better macros. Tho I realize most people add extra fats and cals for the weight benefits haha. The no sugar added Kirkland dried mangos are usually always a favorite of mine too. And tho I eat super clean 98% of the time,, the OG gold bears are always in my pack on hunts haha

 

[TXAggie11]

Kodiak oatmeal packets for breakfast. Snack on cliff bars, snickers, reeces, stroopwaffles, salame, laughing cow cheese, nuts, thats it fruit bars throughout the day and peak meal for dinner. Also depends on the weather. Some foods do better in hot weather and some do better frozen. I usually have 1 ziplock per day to ration it out and force myself to eat.

And 2nd the dried mangos!

 

[eli425]

Peax has been my go to after trying out a ton of various brands, MRE's and other stuff. Lightweight, high calories, and tastes good to me. Usually 1 of those along with plenty of snacks.

For snacks, Dried meats is my #1. Diy or just get the cleanest/most simple ones you can find (not the mainstream jerky's sold at stores, look for stuff like Ayoba foods) Light weight and lasts a while. Nuts are good too in terms of weight to calories and very snackable. Check out the Keto brick as well (hit or miss on depending on what you're used to in terms of flavor texture but lots of good calories)

I try to carry as little sugar as possible so most of the common bars/snacks are not on my list as they are packed with sugar and don't give you much ROI nutritionally. But i do bring little honey sticks. Its like a pixie stick but filled with honey. Great thing for that fix but also don't feel so bad about it.

 

[clarkbnd]

I do a mix of the following packed in gallon ziplock bags. I really like the idea of honey sticks mentioned above.

Breakfast- Poptarts, Meal Replacement shake, cereal bar-nutragrain bar, oatmeal
Lunch- vac packed crossaint w/ cheddar cheese and salami, tortilla w/ honey, nut butter, tortilla w/ tuna packet
Dinner- freeze dried meal- my favorite is Heathers Choice chili and spaghetti
Snacks- trailmix, snickers, energy chews, honey stingers, hyd&recover & Energy drink mix, jerky,

 

[COJoe]

For a treat, I recently picked up a bag of dried tangerines from Costco, very tasty and covers the need for something sweet and I too like the dried mango. My go to snack is the cashew clusters almonds and pumpkin seeds and honey from Costco. Only five nuggets of them are 160 calories I think so they are quick and filling while on the go. And you can still eat them if they are frozen unlike the honey zinger bars that will break your teeth if they get too cold, lol.

 

[justinspicher]

I do mostly day trips so I have extra coffe, hard candy and trail mix for snack items. I’ll pack a couple ramen packets or a MH meal just in case. Usually I have a sandwich and some chips.

 

[westonhoma]

An easy quick lunch I have done for awhile is.. granola, dried raisins and banana chips, scoop or two of vanilla whey protein, and some nuts. Can get this to close to 700 cal. And i like to just add water. Quick , healthy, and just adding some cold water saves me from packing around my stove during the day.