Where I try to challenge myself with food while backpacking especially with just an overnighter is attempting to cook a genuinely good meal and doing it over a fire. There's a lot more satisfaction to meal like that. When I talked my wife into an overnight backpacking trip on the Charles Deam Penninsula Trail I wanted to make sure she absolutely had to best meal possible to better my odds of ever getting her to go with me again. This is where I made steaks, green beans and Italian wine (in the smart water bottle). Doing this over a fire was not quick and easy, but she enjoyed the trip.
The other 3 pictures are from a big lunch we made while backpacking in Alaska. We cooked steaks and mushrooms over a fire, boiled potatoes with onions, and had an awesome meal next to a river while looking at a glacier. The food wasn't the most amazing, but the view and atmosphere made it a lunch I'll never forget.
Don't get me wrong, I love mountain house for some multi day trips and getting ultra light, but anymore part of the fun for me is trying to figure out a nutritious meal over a fire while out there.
The other 3 pictures are from a big lunch we made while backpacking in Alaska. We cooked steaks and mushrooms over a fire, boiled potatoes with onions, and had an awesome meal next to a river while looking at a glacier. The food wasn't the most amazing, but the view and atmosphere made it a lunch I'll never forget.
Don't get me wrong, I love mountain house for some multi day trips and getting ultra light, but anymore part of the fun for me is trying to figure out a nutritious meal over a fire while out there.