Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: Meal Planning
|
Author | Message Text | ||
Savage Voyageur |
Look in the camping recipes forum here, lots of meals and ideas there. Also try the search button here at the top of the page for meal planning. |
||
fishnfreak |
Then I form a menu off of last past trips. What worked what didn't. I then send out the menu for all to view and give feedback on. Breakfast: instant oatmeal, grits, bagels, breakfast bars, coffee * we like breakfast to be fast and only require heating water to make* Lunch: if we catch fish then fish is for lunch, if not it's just snacks like gorp, jerky, peanut butter sandwhich on bagel bread. Easy stuff Dinner: We usually do a hearty dinner example: Day 1 steaks/sweet potatoes/ green beans Day 2 Chicken tortilla soup/ crackers/ cornbread Day 3 Pre made and frozen, Okra Gumbo with crackers Day 4 Wild rice soup/ green beans/ jello mold oven desert if we catch fish any one of these days after day 1, then we eat fish and save the chicken tortilla soup for another day since it doesn't go bad. Sometimes we just add a fish or two to the nights meal plan and split it. Everyone is responsible for their own personal snacks. You bring it/ you carry it. |
||
billconner |
|
||
Michwall2 |
1. More food may mean that you will need bigger pans and/or 2 stoves for cooking. More food in a pan may mean that you need to adjust cooking times and: a. certainly will mean that you will need more fuel to cook the meal. 2. Some recipes can be doubled with no problems. Others cannot. 3. Getting all the food ready to eat for 6 people at the same time will be trickier. You might consider something easier like a Walking Taco. Dehydrated ground beef, taco mix, small bags of Fritos, a couple of bags of shredded cheese and a plastic container of salsa. Breakfast cookies are a staple of my food bag. - Search the web for "Camping Breakfast Cookies". There are lots of recipes for cookies or bars that make breakfast very easy. Heat hot water for drinks and break out the breakfast cookies. Easy clean up and you are on the water to travel or fish much faster. An easy alternative for these are Cliff Bars. I like the flavor of my own better than Cliff Bars but, if you don't want to do the baking, they work. I make them up to 2 weeks before the trip and drop them in the freezer until time to leave. In the store there are bags of pre-made soups (Bear Creek is a local brand here.) . You boil 8 cups of water and add the soup mix and a few minutes later you have soup. Given the nature of the heat source in the BW, I would stay away from the thicker soups as they probably would scorch. My frustration with these is that they always come in bags of 8 servings. I have never had more than 4 people on a trip. But with 6 people, these would be economical. You may need to add meat to some, but others are stand alone. Hope these ideas help. |
||
scotttimm |
HappyPaddle22: "I have a trip coming up with 6 people. I have never done more than a 3 person trip, and I am in charge of almost everything including the meals. I'm wondering how some of you plan a 4 day 3 night trip for 6 or more people. Thanks in advance. Yes to all above. Especially in stove and pot considerations. I bring a lightweight 2-burner and a jetboil. Each meal's components goes into a separate gallon ziplock bag that is labeled. Hashbrowns sold in the cardboard cartons, along with shelf-stable bacon is a breakfast favorite. OvaEasy Eggs and bacon bits for stuffed hashbrowns. Lunches are a ziplock bag with a wide variety of snacks, sausages, crackers, and goodies from Trader Joes. +1 on the soups for backup if you don't catch fish, or for a meal when it is wet and rainy. I'll attach a pic of one of our favorite dinner meals from LipSmackin' Backpackin' - Brower's Baco Spuds. If you are in charge of all the meals and planning - I hope they are chipping in $$ for food. If so I'd buy some freeze-dried veggies and protein to save yourself dehydrating time - freeze-dried components of the Baco Spuds make it fantastic - I skip the powdered milk and herbs and use Idahoan instant mash Loaded. North Bay Trading Co online is my favorite. Have fun with it - you'll be a camp hero! |
||
HappyPaddle22 |
|
||
bobbernumber3 |
Plan one meal of fish. Breakfasts – various combinations of coffee, oatmeal, eggs and coffee Lunches – various combinations of PB&J, sausage, cheese, snacks, and leftovers. |
||
Bannock |
Do you want simple breakfasts like oatmeal and coffee? Or do you want cooked breakfasts like eggs or pancakes? On a stove or over the fire? Suppers do you want one pot meals like spaghetti . Or multi course like meat and potatoes. Again, fire or stove? For lunches and snacks, I like to supply a wide variety of open-and-eat foods and let everyone fend for themselves. |
||
HappyPaddle22 |
|
||
x2jmorris |
Lunch is pb and j along with other snacks like granola bars. Dinner is usually pretty plain. Fish, pesto pasta, soups, insta mashed potatos, grilled cheese. That kind of stuff. I just bring enough for however many are going. |
||
Frenchy |
|