This option doesn't qualify as non-cook, however I've always admired the recipe:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...ckpacking-Food
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This option doesn't qualify as non-cook, however I've always admired the recipe:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...ckpacking-Food
Been using these for a few years now. Easy to digest, filling, tasty. They're even organic and all that crap ;)
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Bull! Protein, Fat and carbs are all essential. About 100% of carbs becomes the sugar that the body needs for energy, while only about 10% of fat becomes sugar. The key is that one needs a balanced diet of carbs, protein and fats and too much of one over the other isnt good.
The term "essential" in nutrition means your body can't make it so you have to eat it. You can not synthesize half of your amino acids so proteins are essential, although the amount of protein you need is highly debatable. A couple of fatty acids are also essential, but even smaller amounts are needed. Carbohydrates are not essential in that you can make them from most amino acid (and the 10% of the fat molecule). But carbs are "essential" (in the more common definition of the word) in that you must always have a minimum amount of glucose in the blood. If you are not eating carbs, you have to make glucose. This requires a lot of energy, which is good if you are trying to loose weight, but not if you are energy deficient. Since 100% of diet carbs are available for blood sugar, this is much more efficient. Any time there is a fad diet claiming that one food best and nothing else is necessary, you can bet that in a year or two, it will be something else. A balanced diet never goes out of fashion and makes good biological sense.
Odd Man Out,I love Oats,I mean I love em,do you think that a person could live on the stuff for an extented time,maybe like oh I don't know,a year,or longer.What might one expect of the body,and level of energy,I'm really curious on this.Thanks
Except for the fact that I've always advocated a balance diet, oats seem to be a pretty good food to build around. It's higher in protein and fat than other grains. It has a better amino acid balance too. I have made some excellent oatmeal based beer too (must mash with malted barley).
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...d-pasta/5707/2
Try my uncooked oatmeal recipe for breakfast:
1 serving of quick oats (however much you want to eat). Season with a good dash of cinnamon, a decent slug of real maple syrup (no fake stuff), a dab of butter (more if you are thru hiking), a dash of salt, a splash of milk (can use dry milk if hiking). Throw in some dried fruit (MI cherries are my favorite) and/or nuts. Then add boiling water while stirring to get the desired consistency (you can go a little thin as it will set as it cools).
I like the texture of this more than cooked oatmeal (instant oatmeal is evil). Cooking dissolves the starch and just makes it gummy. Plus with this method you don't get the pan dirty and the bowl is easy to clean as the dissolved starch doesn't set up like glue.
Alright thanks.Yep,again just curious about the oatmeal thing,and it sounds like you sure know alot about food.Perhaps on one trip I'll take nothing more than some oats and a feed bag,so I don't have to stop hiking...just kidding,I have to stop....often.Oh,and some apple,they clean the teeth real nice,and cut the slim a little.thanks again Odd Man Out.:)
ps I like those steel cut oats as well,there good eatin! And thanks for the link!
I'll second that. I go through cases of Superfood Slam faster than I probably should, because I'll often eat one for lunch at the office instead of going out or bringing a salad or whatever. Always puts a smile on my face since it reminds of better times outdoors -vs- the office. Surprisingly filling and delicious - not a big fan of most other bars but these are great.
If you have a proper bagel shop nearby, you are fortunate. If not, it is easy and cheap to make your own bagels. A stand mixer helps a lot. Ask the Google for a recipe. (Boiling is an essential step.) Infinitely better than the pathetic imitations in grocery stores.
Everybody's idea's are great and i have tried them all, but i like this,take a block of cheddar chesse shred as much as needed ( with pocket knife ) then some summer sausage wrap it, in a whole wheat tortila wrap add pepper and salt and some mustard if you got it. Two makes a perfect meal for on the go thru-hiker. i never had much luck packing snickers bar, melt to fast. or take some tuna any choice and summer sausage mix with chesse put on tortila wrap. enjoy. Nuttella is great on bagels. RED-DOG ( Flip-Flop 96 & GA-ME 06 and again this year ) Happy Hiking:dance
I developed an inability to swallow tortillas while hiking. I also could not physically swallow fig newtons. Peanut butter was really difficult to swallow, too.
I carried one large packet of instant pudding and enough Nido to make it with each resupply on the PCT. When nothing else would turn off the hunger, I would drop a pudding bomb in my stomach and that would put a stop to the hunger for quite a while. My favorite flavors were butterscotch, banana, lemon and vanilla. Didn't much like chocolate or pistachio.
The thread says Light & Most Filling Food with no cooking, not tastiest and most nutritious. Tough to beat instant oatmeal with added whatever.
The only foods that I find filling are those that I can't eat a lot of because it's not that tasty or it's tedious to eat, or that digests slowly. Meat, especially tuna, and also the peanut butter that you mentioned, plus oatmeal and quinoa. Feeling filled is not ideal on the trail. I don't want to feel filled, or I'll eat less, and I need to be eating a lot more. Filling food is what I want at home when I need to restrict calories.
Oatmeal mixed with peanut butter or almond butter has always been my warming winter go-to - I've done without cooking it - - better hot though
I'm still confused about the Purina Monkey chow ....
I prefer tuna packs, a few crackers, and a Clif bar.