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stickat04
04-02-2008, 17:00
I am looking for some more ideas for a power breakfast. While on trail, I am drinking 2 servings of carnations with powdered milk. I also eat a Balance bar about 30 minutes later. That is about 600 calories.
What are you eating for breakfast?
Looks like you're more about a quick breakfast, but on a cold morning nothing warms me up like some nice hot oatmeal with powdered milk and raisins!
Alligator
04-02-2008, 17:24
Throw a fried pie on top of that and you'd be over 1000 calories:D. Most Little Debbies can get you to that point.
gold bond
04-02-2008, 17:38
Looks like you're more about a quick breakfast, but on a cold morning nothing warms me up like some nice hot oatmeal with powdered milk and raisins!
Amen to that! I eat that as well and add some honey to it. I get those small tubes of differant flavored honey and pour that over the top of my oatmeal. I like to put sliced almonds and brown sugar as well.
Old Hillwalker
04-02-2008, 17:44
Amen to that! I eat that as well and add some honey to it. I get those small tubes of differant flavored honey and pour that over the top of my oatmeal. I like to put sliced almonds and brown sugar as well.
Where do you buy those individual servings of honey? I make pancakes (one big thick one) in my Bakepacker lite, but haven't found a source of syrup packets yet.
Alligator
04-02-2008, 17:50
Syrup packets. (http://www.minimus.biz/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=syrup)
Honey. (http://www.minimus.biz/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=honey)
Todd Heyn
04-02-2008, 17:56
Where do you buy those individual servings of honey? I make pancakes (one big thick one) in my Bakepacker lite, but haven't found a source of syrup packets yet.
www.minimus.biz (http://www.minimus.biz) has all kinds of singl serve packets. They have syrup in cups but none that I could find in just packets. Their honey can be found here http://www.minimus.biz/detail.aspx?ID=7477
Mrs Baggins
04-02-2008, 17:58
I open one or two packets of instant oatmeal, add powdered milk, boiling water and top with a mix of dried fruit and nuts. mmmmmmmmm! Of course there's coffee with that.
muesli with craisins and pecans! you can eat it warm or cold i suppose? i just throw the mixture into the grease pot with the boiling water that is leftover after pouring a big cup of hot tea. it doesn't take much water to hydrate the muesli and it turns it into an oatmeal like consistency. you can also add some powdered milk or those little packets of coffee creamer or even peanut butter.
Honey buns. 2 fer a dollar, 900 calories.
Appalachian Tater
04-02-2008, 19:53
I sometimes carry a small "travel bottle" of honey. Some grocery stores also have honey "straws".
aaroniguana
04-02-2008, 20:05
I mix it up. Cream of rice with honey, milk and dried fruit. Oatmeal with honey and dried fruit. Bagels toasted over the last nights coals if there are any. Grits with lots of butter and cheese. Eggs, pancakes and sausage if I've been in town or am fresh on the trail. Even in summer I'm going to make coffee, I might as well have a hot breakfast. My biggest issue used to be 5 days of oatmeal. I get bored with it and start tearing into my gorp supply or lunch stuff. I try not to eat the same meal twice in a week.
aaroniguana
04-02-2008, 20:05
PS- Honey packets at Popeye's Chicken. I get a few everytime I stop there.
Blissful
04-02-2008, 20:17
Oatmeal and hot cocoa.
Homemade granola bars
If there's time and my hubby is cooking - cheesy quesadillas
for me, it's mostly oatmeal with powdered milk... i added some olive oil once, in an attempt to put back some of the fat that the powdered milk lacked... it was 'just ok'... usually i just eat it with nothing added. you can also get that packaged pre-cooked bacon and eat it cold... not quite as good without the scrambled eggs and cheese, but still, good protein... i've also eaten granola bars, but i like something warmer.
my daughter prefers pop tarts.
take-a-knee
04-02-2008, 22:41
Looks like you're more about a quick breakfast, but on a cold morning nothing warms me up like some nice hot oatmeal with powdered milk and raisins!
On a cold morning I like to eat something cold like granola and milk and start moving, then walk myself warm and stop and brew a hot drink.
Honey packets? Starbucks, on the counter with straws and napkins.
mkmangold
04-02-2008, 23:09
I have powdered milk, dry cereal, dehydrated milk, beef and turkey jerky, raisins, craisins, ramen noodles, and now powdered peanut butter. Is there a powdered honey? I hate lugging around water.
Gosh, I wish I liked oatmeal, I have tried and tried and can't stand it.It is so good for you, filling, nutritional, but I just hate it. I did not grow up with it, I grew up with grits. Sooo, for me a luxury hot breakfast is instant grits with velveeta cheese, cubed, but the usual is a Luna Bar with my coffee. Like everyone else, I collect packets from places....honey, taco sause,mayo, relish.
Is there really powdered peanut butter? I love peanut butter but it is heavy.
Is there really powdered peanut butter? I love peanut butter but it is heavy.
Clickit
PPB (http://beprepared.com/product.asp?pn=FS%20D140&SID=GOOGLE&EID=GLFS200712025&gclid=CMbr9aKqvpICFRciFQodlWGsbA&bhcd2=1207206367)
Clif Bar with Peanut Butter on top, and coffee--and then I eat through out the day, rather than relying on one big wallop of calories at breakfast. I keep snacks handy in a little pouch attached to my waist belt.
budforester
04-03-2008, 07:08
I have powdered milk, dry cereal, dehydrated milk, beef and turkey jerky, raisins, craisins, ramen noodles, and now powdered peanut butter. Is there a powdered honey? I hate lugging around water.
Yes, there is a powdered honey available in the food industry as an ingredient. I have not used it, but have seen advertisements. I do not know about availability in consumer sizes; a pallet of 55- gallon drums would be more than I need.
If it's no oats, IT'S CRAP! :)
(add honey and/or raisins for more calories)
(cinnamon and/or nutmeg for a wee bit of flavour)
(add butter and/or almonds if you're an enviously lean mean hiking machine)
Mrs Baggins
04-03-2008, 07:48
Gosh, I wish I liked oatmeal, I have tried and tried and can't stand it.It is so good for you, filling, nutritional, but I just hate it. I did not grow up with it, I grew up with grits. Sooo, for me a luxury hot breakfast is instant grits with velveeta cheese, cubed, but the usual is a Luna Bar with my coffee. Like everyone else, I collect packets from places....honey, taco sause,mayo, relish.
Is there really powdered peanut butter? I love peanut butter but it is heavy.
Yeah, I feel that way about grits - - just can't choke that down. I was raised on oatmeal. I had my son in a tiny hospital in southeastern Georgia. They brought me grits for breakfast. I still remember 21 years later the stunned and confused look on the nurse's face when I said "no way am I eating that" :eek: . They found some eggs and bacon :D
If it's no oats, IT'S CRAP! :)
Are you of Scottish descent? :-?
Just wonderin'...:-?
Are you of Scottish descent? :-?
Just wonderin'...:-?Yeah, but I'm definitely going to try the grits thing first chance I get. Like Mrs. Baggins I grew up on oatmeal porridge, and I couldn't stand cream of wheat when I tried them but don't mind them so much now. From the grits thread I now understand that cream of wheat ain't grits and there are many ways to try grits. The butter sounds very appealing and have since tried oats with butter and really liked it. To bad I'm not lean enough to have it that way more often.
gold bond
04-03-2008, 08:40
Where do you buy those individual servings of honey? I make pancakes (one big thick one) in my Bakepacker lite, but haven't found a source of syrup packets yet.
I usually find them in Cracker Barrell resturuants or at those small road side fruit and vegetable stands.
gold bond
04-03-2008, 08:46
Yeah, I feel that way about grits - - just can't choke that down. I was raised on oatmeal. I had my son in a tiny hospital in southeastern Georgia. They brought me grits for breakfast. I still remember 21 years later the stunned and confused look on the nurse's face when I said "no way am I eating that" :eek: . They found some eggs and bacon :D
Hey Ms. Baggins....I just noticed that your from Aiken. I am less than twenty minutes from you....I'm right outside of Leesville! Small world!
Yeah, but I'm definitely going to try the grits thing first chance I get. Like Mrs. Baggins I grew up on oatmeal porridge, and I couldn't stand cream of wheat when I tried them but don't mind them so much now. From the grits thread I now understand that cream of wheat ain't grits and there are many ways to try grits. The butter sounds very appealing and have since tried oats with butter and really liked it. To bad I'm not lean enough to have it that way more often.
Go with Breakfast Tacos. Grits is CRAP! ;):D
Powdered honey? Sure you can get it in stores now! It comes in bags similar to sugar. Only thing is...I have never seen it outside of mega Asian grocery stores - yet it is made here in the US, in the southwest!
This has tremendous gross-out possibilities: Scrapple! When the weather is cool to cold, I carry the stuff with me for a couple of days. It's fully cooked, so it keeps. I just brown it in my pot. Scrapple is available in PA near most of the AT. I grew up with the stuff, and even those of us who grew up with it are divided on whether or not it's any good. But I love it. It smells great, and if anyone else is around, it's fun to scare them by telling them what's actually in scrapple.
Alligator
04-03-2008, 09:36
This has tremendous gross-out possibilities: Scrapple! When the weather is cool to cold, I carry the stuff with me for a couple of days. It's fully cooked, so it keeps. I just brown it in my pot. Scrapple is available in PA near most of the AT. I grew up with the stuff, and even those of us who grew up with it are divided on whether or not it's any good. But I love it. It smells great, and if anyone else is around, it's fun to scare them by telling them what's actually in scrapple.You get the downright nasty award of the day:eek:. I'm starting a new thread to see if anyone can top that:D.
budforester
04-03-2008, 10:06
Powdered honey? Sure you can get it in stores now! It comes in bags similar to sugar. Only thing is...I have never seen it outside of mega Asian grocery stores - yet it is made here in the US, in the southwest!
Thanks Sarbar, you are amazing; I'll be shopping for powered honey. Enjoying your "movies" BTW.
Hikes in Rain
04-03-2008, 14:00
Quick: slice a bagel, add some of the packaged pre-cooked bacon or some summer sausage, peel and slcie a hard-boiled egg (keeps a long time and won't break), slice some cheese. Breakfast sandwich. You can even eat while hiking.
Not so quick, but warming: Cheese grits with bacon bits, fresh-grated pepper, and a little shaved cheese.
another source of honey packs - my local farmers market always has a honey booth where they sell the single serving "straws." I like them better than the normal sauce packs because they're not as messy.
And Trader Joes carries boxes of the honey straws as well :)
I'm all for honey, but I carry 250ml minimum. You can get PET bottles that small. Its easier to just buy a 350ml or 500ml container and put back on the shelf what you don't use. It's just too valuable a hiking comodity to mess around with small packs. In addition to using it as a sweetener and to adding extra calories to stuff like oatmeal that is rather filling, it is perhaps the best way to carry extra calories in case of emergency. Reason being, most of us have enough body fat, it is carbs we might run out of, and honey is perhaps the densest form of carbs volume wise, and as good as any other carbs weight wise. So I just put back on the shelf what I don't use and call it my emergency food.
Other great things about honey, from a thread at Hiking HQ or someplace:
1. Contains natural preservatives. Designed by bees to keep well.
2. Good for chapped lips and minor cuts, burns, blisters, and abrasions.
3. Could be packed with other food to help them keep and pack denser.
4. Contains yeast. Maybe you could make some mead while hiking.
I drank some skim milk and honey that got pretty warm and I think I got a buzz maybe???
envirodiver
04-03-2008, 17:41
Cheese grits, add more cheddar cheese, add 2-3 slices of pre-cooked bacon cut up, dice some jalapeno pepper and drop in the grits. Mix well and eat.
Tastes good, but I usually have to choke down almost anything that I eat in the mornings cause I'm just not hungry. Got to have coffee though. I love bagels, but man they seem to expand in my mouth in the mornings.
1. Contains natural preservatives. Designed by bees to keep well.
it may be an urban legend, but I read online that an archaeologist found honey in an Egyptian tomb that was still good after 3,000 years. I wonder what poor grad student had to taste the honey! :-?
sometimes people freak out and throw away honey when it crystallizes, but it's still good. You can heat it up to re-melt it. I like the crystallized form because it spreads nicely like peanut butter.
astrogirl
04-03-2008, 23:50
Not so quick, but warming: Cheese grits with bacon bits, fresh-grated pepper, and a little shaved cheese.
Instant cheese grits with bacon bits are my staple breakfast. I often can't face anything sweet in the morning, otherwise, I'd carry oatmeal.
I do carry ProBars for the days I do want something sweet or when two packets of grits leave me wanting more or when I need a snack at 10:30 after a big climb. ProBars are the only food bar I've eaten that tastes good and does not cause me to have a sugar crash 90 minutes later.
mkmangold
04-04-2008, 01:13
Forced to put my money where my mouth is, I found this: http://www.hunyhunks.com/default.htm.
However, I will check my new local Trader Joe's and see what's up.
Can I just say that your not going to save much weight with powdered honey.
Honey is pretty much perfect just as it is. Bees developed it specifically for us hikers.
It's a fact.
More on honey powder. IT'S CRAP.
Crystalized honey is OK. That's natural. It's just missing a little water.
Honey powder ain't honey. Less calories per gram. Less calories per volume.
http://www.bulkfoods.com/honey_powder.htm
Case in point:
HunyCrap:
http://www.hunyhunks.com/
Density = 6g/15 ml = 0.40 kg/litre
11kcal per 6g = 1.83 kcal/gram
11kcal per 15 ml = 733 kcal/litre
Real Honey (at 18% moisture):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey
Density: 1.36 kg/litre
3.00 kcal/gram
4080 kcal/litre
Real Honey (at 18% moisture):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey
Density: 1.36 kg/litre
3.00 kcal/gram
4080 kcal/litre
Real Honey (at 18% moisture):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey
Density: 1.36 kg/litre
3.00 kcal/gram
4080 kcal/litre
Honey is hygroscopic, meaning it absorbs moisture, which is why its a great preservative. It will keep indefinitely below 60% relative humidity. Above 60% relative humidity it will absorb up to 18.3% moisture, fermentation can be a problem. Honey with less than 18% moisture would be denser in both volume wise and calorie wise. Partial granulation releases moisture and could lead to fermentation also. A little fermentation won't hurt mind you, but it would be better to start with liquid honey with less moisture than 18%. The thicker the better. It will keep better and have more calories for its weight and volume. To re-liquify partially crystalized honey don't add water. Just reheat it. I am not sure how easy it might be to dehydrate down to 15% or 10% moisture. Worth a shot. Heating it in an open container outdoors in winter would be a good start. You can tell how much moisture it contains by its density. The more dense it is the less moisture it contains.
Technical information on honey:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w0076e/w0076e04.htm
Oops. I meant to show honey at 12% and 15% moisture. Ah well.
Perhaps an exercise best left for the student. ;)
hopefulhiker
04-04-2008, 09:30
I used to have power breakfasts all the time on the trail..
I would have a cup of Carnation Chocolate breakfast mixed with a little instant coffee.. then I would have a special homemade oatmeal that varied on what my wife mixed up for that mail drop.... A typical oatmeal woud have flax seed, bran, crasins, walnuts, and posslibly blueberries or strawberries.. Also I would have some seperate dehydrated fruit, like fresh pinapple that had been dehydrated, or some pieces of homemade strawberry/apple fruit roll ups.. For meat I had a little stick of homemade beef jerky... Of course I would have to get up early before the other hikers and boil water and then rehydrate this... But I pretty much always had a big breakfast..
This strategy allowed me to keep walking, slowly, all day. I would just eat handfuls of gorp off and on all day untill I settled in for another of my wife's gourmet backpacking dinners in the evening!
budforester
04-04-2008, 11:01
More on honey powder. IT'S CRAP.
Crystalized honey is OK. That's natural. It's just missing a little water.
Honey powder ain't honey. Less calories per gram. Less calories per volume.
http://www.bulkfoods.com/honey_powder.htm
Thanks for the link JAK. With 70% honey as the highest concentration, I'll just keep my squeeze- bottle.
riverroyer
04-04-2008, 15:27
I just bought and tried Powdered Soy Milk, yummy, mixed 3 tbls in with Quick Oats in a zip lock, poured in my hot water right into the bag and bingo. Will add Crasins on my trip. Great site for PPB. Soy milk is a great source of protein.
I just bought and tried Powdered Soy Milk, yummy, mixed 3 tbls in with Quick Oats in a zip lock, poured in my hot water right into the bag and bingo. Will add Crasins on my trip. Great site for PPB. Soy milk is a great source of protein.
where did you get the powdered soy milk??
I don't know what brand powdered honey you have seen, but the brands I have tried out here are the real stuff and work great added to baked goods.
As for powdered soy milk, look for it in large grocery stores in the soy milk aisle. A good brand is Better Thank Milk.
I don't know what brand powdered honey you have seen, but the brands I have tried out here are the real stuff and work great added to baked goods.
As for powdered soy milk, look for it in large grocery stores in the soy milk aisle. A good brand is Better Thank Milk.
Cool! Thanks Sarbar!! :)
riverroyer
04-04-2008, 16:59
Health Food Store, I could not find a quality Dry Milk and the guy I know in the Health Food Store said I would like this better, I do.
wpbucher
04-04-2008, 17:39
Fried scrapple ....topped with Apple Butter....yum!!!
And some natural food stores sell powdered soy in bulk as well :) To see what it looks like, take a look at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_4_1?ie=UTF8&rs=119344011&rh=n%3A16310101%2Cn%3A16310231%2Cn%3A119343011%2Cn %3A119344011%2Cp%5F4%3ABetter%20Than%20Milk). For cereal you would want vanilla, cooking with plain :)
budforester
04-04-2008, 17:42
I don't know what brand powdered honey you have seen, but the brands I have tried out here are the real stuff and work great added to baked goods.
Thanks for the tip Sarbar; I was referring to this link (http://www.bulkfoods.com/honey_powder.htm) from JAK. Maybe I can click some keys and find pure honey powder.
bud...I'll have to take a look next week and get the brand names. One was made in Arizona and it was really good.
Philippe
04-04-2008, 18:31
with fried eggs
Right! I start off with a dozen in a carrier, I'd take more if they weren't so heavy. That and some of that pre-cooked bacon. The bacon comes in 15 strip boxes. That works out to 3 - 3 egg and 5 bacon strip breakfasts, 1 two boiled egg lunch and 1 ramen egg-drop soup. Mmmmmmmmm.
aaroniguana
04-04-2008, 18:39
Fried scrapple ....topped with Apple Butter....yum!!!
Damn straight! That stuff is so evil delish it should keep without refrigeration for at least a week.
Bartek21
04-04-2008, 19:00
This weekend I will be trying out Mountain House's "Granola with Bananas & Milk" according to a couple buddies it is really good
This weekend I will be trying out Mountain House's "Granola with Bananas & Milk" according to a couple buddies it is really good
You do realize you could make it yourself with Nido full fat (26%) milk, freeze dried bananas and bulk granola from the store? And make like 10-15 servings easily for the price of 2 bags of MH?:banana
I like PopTarts in the summer.
Panzer
take-a-knee
04-04-2008, 22:28
You do realize you could make it yourself with Nido full fat (26%) milk, freeze dried bananas and bulk granola from the store? And make like 10-15 servings easily for the price of 2 bags of MH?:banana
Go first class and get the Kashi brand granola, you can't tell it from the Mountain House with the Nido in it and you can put whatever fruit you want in it.
mkmangold
04-04-2008, 23:06
I was thinking of using honey powder like I do the powdered peanut butter: certainly not as a substitute for the real thing but rather to add interest, taste, and variety to regular pack foods.
Before we get all ga-ga over soy milk, wander over here: http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=459861 and do some research.
Right! I start off with a dozen in a carrier, I'd take more if they weren't so heavy. That and some of that pre-cooked bacon. The bacon comes in 15 strip boxes. That works out to 3 - 3 egg and 5 bacon strip breakfasts, 1 two boiled egg lunch and 1 ramen egg-drop soup. Mmmmmmmmm.
Egg drop soup sounds great. You just stir in an egg?
TACKLE
skinny minnie
05-09-2008, 08:43
oatmeal with flax seed and a little bit of protein powder, powdered milk (I'm obsessed with the brand Peak - can buy it at caribbean grocers, tastes amazing in coffee as well)
add dried cinnamon apples and walnuts
or dried cherries and dried apples and almonds
or dried coconut and almonds
or dried apricots
or dried bananas
or pretty much all of the above for everything oatmeal!
breakfast couscous is good too - use instant couscous, add any of the above ingredients
StarLyte
05-09-2008, 09:02
Looks like you're more about a quick breakfast, but on a cold morning nothing warms me up like some nice hot oatmeal with powdered milk and raisins!
I also throw in a handful of shelled sunflower seeds. Lots of protein goin on.
StarLyte
05-09-2008, 09:04
oatmeal with flax seed and a little bit of protein powder, powdered milk (I'm obsessed with the brand Peak - can buy it at caribbean grocers, tastes amazing in coffee as well)
add dried cinnamon apples and walnuts
or dried cherries and dried apples and almonds
or dried coconut and almonds
or dried apricots
or dried bananas
or pretty much all of the above for everything oatmeal!
breakfast couscous is good too - use instant couscous, add any of the above ingredients
Make sure your flax seed is cracked/hulled/ground ahead of time in order to get the total nutritional value from it. I use flax a lot. :)
DesertMTB
05-09-2008, 09:06
Honey buns. 2 fer a dollar, 900 calories.
Sure, eat that if you want to crash and burn. That's all simple, quick burning carbs. Ideally, you want to eat complex carbs like oatmeal for real hiking energy.
Wise Old Owl
05-11-2008, 19:48
PS- Honey packets at Popeye's Chicken. I get a few everytime I stop there.
It came to my attention most places are now writing on their packets "Honey Flavor" Its mostly simple syrup.
sofaking
05-11-2008, 19:51
Make sure your flax seed is cracked/hulled/ground ahead of time in order to get the total nutritional value from it. I use flax a lot. :)
milled flax seed, good stuff.
this is my breakfast every morning (whether on the trail or not)
http://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2935923
although something like this would probably be better for longer hikes:
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=178766&catid=13817&aid=337953&aparam=gnc_pro_performance_weig&CAWELAID=107673528
heheh 2200 calories and 74 grams of protein
Bear Cables
05-27-2008, 18:21
Where do you buy those individual servings of honey? I make pancakes (one big thick one) in my Bakepacker lite, but haven't found a source of syrup packets yet.
The Chick-fil-a in our area carries the honey packets.
Bear Cables
05-27-2008, 18:37
I like PopTarts in the summer.
Panzer
I use to have a pop tart breakfast but crashed to soon. I'm trying to make all my calories count this trek. Going with Oatmeal to Go bars, instant oatmeal and a ziplock of shredded wheat squares mixed with walnuts, splenda and powered milk. Add water mix and eat.
ShelterLeopard
06-05-2008, 18:25
Oatmeal with hot cocoa powder on top!