GROCERY STORE BACKPACKING FOOD | Cheap & Easy Dinner Ideas

GROCERY STORE BACKPACKING FOOD | Cheap & Easy Dinner Ideas // 10 cheap & easy backpacking food dinner options you can find at the grocery store, most of them under $5 per serving.

Some of these options include a delicious variation of ramen that can easily be made on trail and two different variations of the infamous Ramen Bomb.

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0:58 Instant Mashed Potatoes
1:40 One Pot Thanksgiving Dinner
1:58 Knorr Rice & Pasta Sides
3:20 Idahoan Hearty Soup Mix
4:04 Bear Creek Darn Good Chili
5:35 Tasty Bite Prepared Indian Entrees
6:33 Instant Ramen
7:16 Mushroom Sesame Ramen
8:18 Seasoning Packet Ideas
8:57 Ramen Bombs
9:14 Ramen Bomb Variation Number One
9:42 Ramen Bomb Variation Number Two
10:57 Bloopers

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[andrewfidel]

One tip, a McDonalds straw holds just over 1.5 teaspoons and can easily be sealed with a lighter so for ingredients like soy sauce and sesame oil you can fill a few straws and have an ultralight and compact storage container. Also works for spices though they're harder to fill the straw with!

[rachel]

I'm so glad you mention calories. I made the mistake of bringing food that was healthy but not calorically dense my first time and I was hungry the entire trip.

[stephenhilliker]

Thank you for showing how you cook the meals on trail! No other channels I’ve seen show that part

[queenanne]

Here’s another hack for measuring water: use a Sharpie and mark your plastic water bottle at 1/2 cup intervals, that way you can pour/measure straight from the bottle. Super convenient. Thanks for the fun food ideas! Happy trails. 🗺⛰🪵🌿🏕

[macdaddy]

Would love a low carb version of this video. Thanks for posting it. Now I’m hungry. lol

[vidadvocate]

Everything about this is helpful: The price, the idea combos, the calorie count and clear concise info and editing. Thank you so much !

[sfmarckx]

Thank you for these great ideas! Here's one for you. If you ever want to pre-soak something to save fuel, or cold soak, just add a thin piece of food grade silicone sheeting between your pot and lid and hold the pot and lid together with rubber bands from the produce section or an x-band. The little red lentils will cook pretty quickly if you pre-soak them.
Once I surprised my cousin and his three boys with ice cream about 6 miles in at about 5:30 p.m. after hiding it in a peanut butter jar inside a very beefed up cozy inside my bear canister. I kept the whole thing in our chest freezer until about 9:00 a.m. when we left. The ice cream was perfect and they still talk about their surprise!
All the best, Scott

[christopherrozar]

I work in a grocery store and amazed at the stuff we sell and never thought to use this back packing.. Wow. Next time you cook ramen noodles add a slice of American cheese to it.. What a difference.. Learned this from Korean lady while serving in the Army . 😊

[PDXborn]

I've been hiking and camping since I was a teen. I've never eaten a freeze dried meal. All of my meals have been just like this. I'd add tuna in the foil pouch to your list. That's an easy get at stores too. Great in mac n cheese. Once in a while I splurge on cubed chicken breast in a foil pouch as well. I can't recall the brand I get, but natural and organic with a weight penalty so a good first night or two meal I like with rice and beans. I like to take a few meals that have some pack weight to eat at the beginning of the trip. Really makes the pack feel light after you eat them. Vacuum sealed frozen steaks when I can have an open fire. They usually last a couple days in the middle of my pack depending on weather. My typical night two meal. Then kick ass on mileage day three.

[chronicawareness]

just want to say the zatarains red bean and rice, and black bean and rice mix they sell is so good i can eat it by its self.. super easy to make just need to boil it in water... so good

[baron]

I'm just getting into overnight camping. In one video you've answered almost all my questions about food, calories and prep. Can't thank you enough. Well done.

[MAVNX]

Love this content and the zero nonsense presentation of info.... definitely taking away some new ideas for the next Backcountry trip. Cheers!

[jstephenf]

Great ideas. A few staples i keep handy for backpacking trips are velveta cheese packets, tomato sauce packets, and chata chilorio, my best description of it is a Mexican pork BBQ. It’s generally available at Walmart, but it’s in the international foods isle not with the other prepackaged meat.
A cheese packet added to a Knorr pasta sides packet, plus a packet or two of chicken tastes a lot like the cheesy lasagna freeze dried meals.
The tomato sauce packet+ tortilla shell, pepperoni, bacon bits, and cheese makes for a tasty trail side pizza wrap.
The Chata Chilorio is heavy, therefore generally a lunch or supper the first day on trail. But it’s almost a meal on its own, it’ll make two or three burritos.

[debbiethomas]

Hungry Hiker I am a boy scout merit badge counselor and I teach the cooking merit badge, I would love to teach my scouts to make the stove cozy. You link teaches the pouch and cup one. Could you please make a video for the stove.

[Rexy_Machete]

love how available these items are and how flexible these recipes are. thanks for these ideas and hacks!

[goofinOff]

Perfect, I am going to be camping at Yellowstone and Grand Teton for 14 days by myself. This is perfect.

[jackpumkinhead]

love that your adding gravy packets to instant mashed potato. been doing it for years and it really helps with the bland mealy potatoe texture.

[JamiesCaniacManiac]

I do a stuffing, mashed, gravy trail dinner too.
Glad someone has made an official video on it

[dananorth]

The stores are carrying a incredible selection of fast fix meals, at good prices. Love Knorrs, and Bear creek soups are delicious.

[mukkaar]

People really need to look into buying freeze dried vegetables in bulk. It's pretty cheap actually, and just excellent way to get your veggies on trail.