Hindsight -- packing for a six day backpacking trip

This seems like an incredible quantity of food. Is this really what two people eat? I guess on a normal day I don’t exert as much physical effort as our calorie plan is anticipating.

Dinner

Clockwise from top left

Tuna alfredo

• Basil garlic linguine
• Alfredo sauce powder (substitute dry ingredients)
• Tuna fish (the REI smoked salmon is awesome in this, if it’s in stock)

Take 3/4 of a package of the Trader Joe’s linguine, and roughly half the quantity of alfredo sauce powder.

Chili

Basically, just dehydrated chili. Substituted tofu for ground beef, not sure if that was necessary to make it shelf-stable. Needed more kimchi.

• Dehydrated chili
• Cheddar cheese (not pictured)

This recipe produced a good quantity when roughly tripled or so. Enough to eat when you make it and enough for the two of us later.

Za’atar mashed potatoes and beans

• Potato flakes
• Egg powder
• Milk powder
• Dehydrated onions
• Dehydrated black beans
• Dehydrated spinach
• Boullioun cube
• Olive oil
• Salt, pepper, and za’atar

Two bags of mashed potatoes was too much. Onions added a nice crunch. Two cups of black beans was a bit much but pretty close.

Egg burritos and beans

• Mountain House breakfast skillet
• Dehydrated spinach
• Dehydrated black beans
• Tortillas (not pictured)

This was a good amount of food.

Ramen peanut noodles

• Ramen (2 packs)
• Peanut butter
• Soy sauce
• Seasoned rice wine vinegar
• Sesame oil
• Green onions
• Peanuts
• Broccoli (not pictured)
• Bell pepper (not pictured)

This was a good amount of food.

Snacks / lunch

• Costco nut clusters (too much by 1/2)
• Costco pork jerky (too much (would have been about right without salami) by 1/2)
• Peanuts (too much by 1/2)
• CLIF bars (unknown quantity) (too much by 2)
• Dried bananas (too much by 1)
• Dried apples (good)
• Dried blueberries (good)
• Dried persimmons (good)
• Dried kiwifruit (good)
• Dried apricots (good)
• Dried ginger (good)
• Dried cranberries (good)
• Dried mango (good)
• Peanut butter (not pictured) (too much by 1)
• Raspberry jam (not pictured) (too much by 1)
• Tortillas (not pictured) (good - 4)
• Salami (not pictured) (too much by 1)
• Cheddar cheese (not pictured) (too much by 3)
• Manchego cheese (not picture) (good)
• Gatorade powder (not pictured) (good)

Breakfast

Left to right

• Mountain House breakfast skillet (Too much)
• Granola (a bit too much)
• Za’atar pancakes w/ sesame oil (good)
• Oatmeal (2 days) (good)
• Instant coffee (not pictured) (not enough)