Pack it gourmet is amazing ! They also have a “grocery “ section where you can buy freeze dried ingredients to make your own recipes. I buy freeze dried chicken , freeze dried blueberries, and some mozzarella cheese from them. Good prices too
I'm probably the only person who does this but I've been cold soaking tortellini all week for dinner... in my house 😂 I hate waiting for water to boil and pasta to cook so I cold soak it from morning until dinner time then when I'm ready to eat I throw it on the stove with butter, sauce and seasonings for just a couple minutes. Not exactly on theme but I love the idea that cold soaking can be more efficient at home too!
While I need my hot meal at night for morale, I think these are fabulous ideas for lunch when you want to keep moving. Always love your videos Jupiter! These are great ideas.
You can also secure the jar in a mesh bag on top of your backpack for a solar soak. In sunny weather, the food could easily get to a temperature at which we’d call it a hot meal.
Love it! Another of my favorites with ramen is hiker trash peanut noodles: cold soak the ramen with the seasoning pack, add a packet of siracha or other hot sauce, some peanut butter and a few crushed nuts for crunch. This hits the spot every time.
Thanks Jupiter! It's not much but I've learned so much over the years watching your videos, and this stoveless stuff is really next level for me. Have a good year.
Something I recently tried and really enjoyed was cereal. 90g of chocolate cereal + 30g of hazelnut/roasted (unsalted) peanuts + 30g of powered milk; add 300ml of water when you eat, and boom instant cereal. 648 kcal for 150g and tastes just like home!
Wonderful! Lots of ideas I hadn’t thought of. Once I saw a guy on trail pull out a tortilla, smear on cream cheese, then slice on half an avacado, roll it up and eat it while walking away!
Made the mistake of using a few of the instant ice coffee packets before realizing there was aspartame in them. So I gave the regular instant coffee another try and it works great when I shake it up really really good. Big fuel and time saver. Almost every morning I have crunchy peanut butter on tortillas with sunflower seed kernals. Makes life simpler and it's probably the best bang for the buck how it holds me over until lunch. Gotta try the pb&b recipe..my kid is going to love that one! Someone else mentioned gearskeptic youtube channel and one thing I learned from him was the simple meat sticks + cup of gatorade (from powder) as a snack before dinner to boost protein which helps muscle recovery. Sounds like nothing but since I've started doing this, I do not get overwhelmed with fatigue like I used to.
You got me into cold soaking. And last year spending 2 months on the road with my horse it was so easy. Even cold coffee did not bother me! I would buy Müesli with dried fruit and nuts and put my instant coffee in the bowl. Took some time to get use to it. But now I sometimes make it at home because I love the tate and it brings me back to my dream trip. Thanks jupiter!
A meal I had once was dehydrated spaghetti. A friend had a dehydrator and dehydrated spaghetti sauce and wrapped it in wax paper. Then he took a box of spaghetti noodles and put them into a gallon ziplock. The more broken they were the better. When it was time, we added the noodles and sauce to our plastic jars, added some water and let everything rehydrate.
I bring apples, oranges, cucumber in lieu of carrying water for the first day out of town. Znatural foods has dried cashew milk. Total game changer for making meals creamy and for coffee and tea. They have all kinds of bulk powders. I would make banana berry smoothies.
It works done it but always carry a stove and I grew up in Jupiter Farms too, I wrestle weight always a thang but live out here every day comfort Items are a plus
Beef, chicken or vegetable Bouillon cubes, crushed up and added to a rice or couscous cold soak works well to add some flavor. Knorr stock pots (if you can find them).
I like to bring a bag of spinach, just take the air out of the bag. Even if it gets wilted, they’re still ok especially if you plan to mix it with rice or even mashed potatoes. They’re great for wraps with cheese and pepperoni.
OH NO Thanks, I enjoy a hot meal at the end of the day and hot coffee in the morning. Having an ultra light pack is not as important to me as the enjoyment of the hike. I dehydrate my own food and do cold soak my oats over night, and sometimes a delicious cold soak salad for lunch. I love to hear what other people do, thanks for sharing your experience.
Headed out to Ireland for my son and I's first threw hike. Coast to coast, and around about. Didnt know about this style of food prep. We will be using what i learned today. Thanks!
I only cook two meals in the evening and don't have some of the "problems" described and it's very efficient. Once for the evening and the second meal for the morning of the following day and two bars in between. But I also live in a region where it's cool and it's important to give the body some energy in the cool down phase.
Great video and guide. And yes town food! Here' are some things I do. Liquid breakfast Mocha = two packets of chocolate carnation instant breakfast, Nido whole milk powder and instant coffee. Maltodextrin + electrolytes for liquid fuel during the day. For diners Andrew Skurka's recipes are an excellent resource and my go to.
Thanks. That helps a lot. I'm still on the fence. I have a jar ready but I really enjoy hot coffee/tea lol. I've been trying out the LiteSmith jar which you can pour hot water in. So used it as a mug and as a cold soaking jar. Nice to have the option to cold soak to save fuel and have a leftover container.
It’s not for everyone, but pemmican. One of the most calorically dense foods. Weight to calorie ratio is excellent. Weight to protein ratio is excellent. And there’s no weird ingredients.
Doritos ....... crush up an 8 oz bag of Doritos ( or Chex Mix) - eat dry and delicious. Carbs, fats, salts - all goodesness for hikers. No cook, no fuss - no mess. Yes - you need a quart sized freeser bag for this to work!! Hike Strong !!
👍 Absolutely fantastic Jupiter - thanks for sharing those great food ideas. I haven’t done the Ramen Bomb yet (!) but can definitely recommend bananas and Nutella on a wrap 😎
Nice video. Good, informative content. For me the thing is, I just have a hot cup of coffee in the am and after dinner in the pm. I could probably do without. An empty jar of peanut butter, a plastic spoon, and a trip to Walmart seems like an affordable and nutritious way to go.
We've used some of your recipes before. They're great! If it is really hot and sunny outside I could imagine that your "cold" meal could be warm if you could set your peanut butter jar in the sun on your pack or sitting on a sunny rock.
@@JupiterHikes last night he had couscous and some summer sausage then I saw him eat a couple sausages with some avocado he packed out. The real innovation tho he has a coffee pod filter that fits in his jar he fills it with coffee every night and makes cold brew for the morning.
I just watched your last video and in that, you hinted this video. Going backpacking tomorrow, what a convenience Im able to watch it beforehand. Thank you!
Alright! You make it sound tasty and fun. I already dehydrate food for my suppers; it looks like your recipes can add more variety. Always good. I’ll have to give it a try for warm season hiking.
I am curious to try this now, and I'm confident I could manage on this diet for an extended period. Man, when I hike long stretches I'm so hungry everything tastes like a five -star meal anyways! For many though, you're spot on, the morale boost of a warm/hot meal is crucial to making it through a long journey. I'm guessing you transfer food from the bulky store containers into something lighter or that packs down better?
Great video! I very much appreciate the recipes. I think, even if someone loves cooking their mountain house, having alternatives is a great idea. Sometimes I get to camp and the last thing I want to do is cook. I'm more likely to skip on those nights which is doing no one any favors.
I have so many allergies that i have to make my own food and cold-soakable dehydrated food is a total game changer for travel even outside of backpacking because i don't have to play a very risky game of "will i be able to eat" crossed with "will i have a bad reaction"
One meal I haven't seen mentioned: chia seed pudding. 50g powdered coconut milk, brown sugar to taste, 40g chia seeds. Make sure to mix a little water into the coconut milk *first* to reconstitute because otherwise it will be lumpy
Amen to trail pizza. I use a tortilla, the boboli sauce packets (or sometimes you can find tomato paste in packets or even a tube which is less messy) and string cheese. The flatbread or naan is a great idea instead of a tortilla! I'll have to try that.
Really great ideas and recipes! I'd add olive oil, nuts, chocolate and cocos cream wherever I can to get my food above 500 kcal/100g. Ultralight here means taking as much fat as possible having that higher caloric density. Sadly, in Europe, there are usually not so many options available (e.g. no instant beans). At least couscous supply is good in France
I had sharp cheddar block cheese last a week easy (60-70F day temp, upper 20s-upper 30sF night). Sure, gets a bit greasy late in the week but who cares when added to beans and rice.
I am a "soaker". It is so easy. One of my go to meals is a daily mix of nuts, seeds, etc. For the weight they provide needed fats, high calories, and high nutrition.
Freeze-drying is very different (and superior) to dehydrating for many things where texture matters! Unfortunately they're pretty expensive, serious machines. Dehydrators are still great though within their limits!
I like to do plain oatmeal and add half to 3/4 scoop of flavored protein powder (vanilla, peanut butter, etc...) and water. I personally prefer the ones sweetened with Stevia or other non sugar sweeteners, but that's what works for me. Add raisins or other dried/freeze dried fruit, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, crushed nuts, and so on. Also, the protien powder and milk powder with store bought granola premixed into individual servings, then just add water. Enjoy your hike!
I like milk & cereal for breakfast, 3/4 cup Grape Nuts + 1/4 cup Unsweetened Coconut Shavings (for fat & calories) + 1/4 cup NIDO (Powdered Milk), add water, shake, instant milk & cereal. Another is Instant Grits + Real Bacon Pieces from condiment section; Bacon pieces go well with mash potatoes, grits, or Ramen. This probably sounds weird but Tortillas + Peanut Butter + Sliced Salami taste great. I also bring Sausage, BBQ Brisket, BBQ Pulled Pork, Precooked Bacon, Tuna + Mayo, and SPAM on Tortillas. I can eat everything cold but I bring a BBQ fork to cook SPAM & Sausage over fire, just taste better cooked. Those precooked Chicken or Steak Fajitas will keep for a day (longer if cold weather), good on tortillas.
I have started going stove less not because I’m a thru but, because I’m a 77 year old backpacker and looking for ways to reduce weight and not spend big buck to do it.
the only cold soaking i do is strawberry granola. i get up, have a breakfast bar. hike for a couple of hours, coffee and bigger breakfast on the trail. tuna or chicken packs for lunch, hot meal for dinner. i eat dinner on the trail. takes me less than half hour from start to finish for dinner. sometimes i take a nap. then i hike till dark. i routinely do 30+ mile days so this meal plan doesn't really slow me down.
Another category of people who would definitely benefit from cold-soaking is those going out in less than ideal conditions. Are there gonna be 35mph gusts the whole time? Is it gonna rain for 2 days straight and your tent is your only shelter? Cold-soaking saves you a lot of hassle in poor weather, even just for short trips.
Haven't found any generic mashed potatoes that stand up to Idahoan. My favorites are the Baby Red and the Golden Yellow, but I have had my eye on that cheddar and sour cream one as well.
The best meal I've had on the trail was dubbed SPAM-cous by my hiking buddy. Recipe: dehydrated onions, dehydrated bell peppers, fresh jalapeno, SPAM and couscous. Admittedly, what made this the best trail meal I've had was the fact that after a few tought days of hiking around Yosemite, we made the meal and ate it at the base of El Cap while watching the ants (climbers that looked like ants from our vantage point) crawl up the rock face. It was our first time there and it made all the difference.
It seals great! Never once had a leak. Typically I buy the peter pan brand and use that. Also super common are talenti jars as they're slightly larger and easier to clean. As for cleaning I just put some water in it, shake it all around and then drink it, or spread it. If a water source is nearby I'll clean it in that instead
i completely get the idea for cold soaking but personally speaking i just have a preferance for hot meals, and i when backpacking or camping pack a lightweight twig stove yes it requires stopping and gathering twigs and lighting a fire but i also tend to make homemade fire disks that will light a small twig fire almost near instantly. i also tend to make most of my meals for backpacking using dehydrator method and over the next year while preparing for my 2026 thru hike of the AT will be making up 15 -25 resupply boxes for the trip. on days i go into town i also plan to carry back a couple eggs and a couple slices of bacon for the breakfast or even a "breakfast for dinner" meal as a lets get back out there and do this shit boost for myself my stove is a little under 1 pound and to cover for that extra weight i am using a lightweight pad and a tarp tent setup.
MAKE your own dehydrator but use the sun to do the work its a plan ahead thing to do but just get 5 photo frames with glass or plastic and wire wrap the frames together then put back the plastic or glass in the frames this allows air movement to take place but leave the bottom off so you can get a black garbage bag and add sand in it now when your out side cooking your food in something you made you will feel butter
Great video! I started cold soaking last year during the summer - and I actually enjoyed it. Another brand I'll recommend is Outdoor Herbivore ... especially their mango mojo bowl and pacific crest vinaigrette, and open sky yasi! My mom really liked the PackIt Gourmet salads too 😀 Instead of a jar ... could you use one of those stasher silicone bag (since they fold basically flat when empty)?
I take 3ish oz of beans, 1+oz of rice, some seasoning, and put it in a Ziploc bag while in town. I'll prepare a bunch of these ziplocs. While on trail I take that Ziploc, dump it's contents into my jar, and add water. After about 30-60 minutes of hiking further I stop and add the olive oil, mix around, and then add the Fritos on top of that, and I eat!
The majority of them are readily available, one that might be tricky is the dehydrated beans though I did find those in tehachapi around mile 500. Still it's a hit or miss, can order on Amazon and have delivered though if you really want them and can't find
packitgourmet.com/ and use code "jupiterhikes15" for 15% off your order! This is valid until 4/26/24, thank you packit!!
Ima try'm out. Bought 1 of each
Just ordered two meals, the cajun chicken ranch and the tortilla soup. Thanks for the tip and the discount!
Pack it gourmet is amazing ! They also have a “grocery “ section where you can buy freeze dried ingredients to make your own recipes. I buy freeze dried chicken , freeze dried blueberries, and some mozzarella cheese from them. Good prices too
I'm probably the only person who does this but I've been cold soaking tortellini all week for dinner... in my house 😂 I hate waiting for water to boil and pasta to cook so I cold soak it from morning until dinner time then when I'm ready to eat I throw it on the stove with butter, sauce and seasonings for just a couple minutes. Not exactly on theme but I love the idea that cold soaking can be more efficient at home too!
You got me hooked on cold soaking a few years ago and now I'm "that guy" on trail with my friends 😂
While I need my hot meal at night for morale, I think these are fabulous ideas for lunch when you want to keep moving. Always love your videos Jupiter! These are great ideas.
I wonder if you could put the jar in a sunny place and have a hot meal instead. Maybe paint your jar black.
Minute rice + dried refried beans + Salsa Queen freeze-dried salsa + home dehydrate veg = 10/10 meal
- potato flakes, nutritional yeast, onion, garlic, pepper, salt
- couscous, soy curls, basil, lemon powder, pepper, salt
- minute rice, black bean flakes, pinto beans flakes, chili seasoning
- quick oats, coconut shreds, chia seeds, dehydrated strawberries, dehydrated bananas
- dates, peanut butter powder, ground flaxseed, cacao nibs
- salted walnuts, dried apricots, dried mango, dried pineapple
Thanks for vegetarian ideas
Thank you for recipes that don’t require harming innocent animals! 🌱💚✌🏽
You can also secure the jar in a mesh bag on top of your backpack for a solar soak. In sunny weather, the food could easily get to a temperature at which we’d call it a hot meal.
As long as you eat it as soon as it gets that warm so you don't accidentally give yourself food poisoning.
i'm not doing that with a plastic pot!
Yeah, No. bad idea. When he said add extra fixins to your meal, he wasn’t referring to bacterial growth
Protein powder with instant coffee was a great hot coffee replacement for my mornings. Mix, pack-up, hike and sip.
Love it! Another of my favorites with ramen is hiker trash peanut noodles: cold soak the ramen with the seasoning pack, add a packet of siracha or other hot sauce, some peanut butter and a few crushed nuts for crunch. This hits the spot every time.
Thanks Jupiter! It's not much but I've learned so much over the years watching your videos, and this stoveless stuff is really next level for me. Have a good year.
Something I recently tried and really enjoyed was cereal. 90g of chocolate cereal + 30g of hazelnut/roasted (unsalted) peanuts + 30g of powered milk; add 300ml of water when you eat, and boom instant cereal. 648 kcal for 150g and tastes just like home!
Wonderful! Lots of ideas I hadn’t thought of. Once I saw a guy on trail pull out a tortilla, smear on cream cheese, then slice on half an avacado, roll it up and eat it while walking away!
Made the mistake of using a few of the instant ice coffee packets before realizing there was aspartame in them. So I gave the regular instant coffee another try and it works great when I shake it up really really good. Big fuel and time saver.
Almost every morning I have crunchy peanut butter on tortillas with sunflower seed kernals. Makes life simpler and it's probably the best bang for the buck how it holds me over until lunch. Gotta try the pb&b recipe..my kid is going to love that one!
Someone else mentioned gearskeptic youtube channel and one thing I learned from him was the simple meat sticks + cup of gatorade (from powder) as a snack before dinner to boost protein which helps muscle recovery. Sounds like nothing but since I've started doing this, I do not get overwhelmed with fatigue like I used to.
Awesome comment. I have found this true, too. Protein quickly during recovery really seems to help! I was amazed when I tested it.
Love the Beans and rice recipe. Had to learn not to cold soak the Fritos. Soggy! 😅. I call it simply “Jupiter’s Beans and Rice”.
Yeah, Jupe. You gotta look into making your own brand of cold soak!
@@JacobSupertramp That is a great idea. I hope he does exactly that
@@jhonyermo it’d suit his style haha
Except... it's skurkas beans and rice
@@lutze5086 call the cops
You got me into cold soaking. And last year spending 2 months on the road with my horse it was so easy. Even cold coffee did not bother me! I would buy Müesli with dried fruit and nuts and put my instant coffee in the bowl. Took some time to get use to it. But now I sometimes make it at home because I love the tate and it brings me back to my dream trip. Thanks jupiter!
A meal I had once was dehydrated spaghetti. A friend had a dehydrator and dehydrated spaghetti sauce and wrapped it in wax paper. Then he took a box of spaghetti noodles and put them into a gallon ziplock. The more broken they were the better. When it was time, we added the noodles and sauce to our plastic jars, added some water and let everything rehydrate.
I bring apples, oranges, cucumber in lieu of carrying water for the first day out of town. Znatural foods has dried cashew milk. Total game changer for making meals creamy and for coffee and tea. They have all kinds of bulk powders. I would make banana berry smoothies.
Carrying a variety of spices will help give you variety with the same meal. Also green onion packs out well for several days.
It works done it but always carry a stove and I grew up in Jupiter Farms too, I wrestle weight always a thang but live out here every day comfort Items are a plus
Beef, chicken or vegetable Bouillon cubes, crushed up and added to a rice or couscous cold soak works well to add some flavor. Knorr stock pots (if you can find them).
I like to bring a bag of spinach, just take the air out of the bag. Even if it gets wilted, they’re still ok especially if you plan to mix it with rice or even mashed potatoes. They’re great for wraps with cheese and pepperoni.
OH NO Thanks, I enjoy a hot meal at the end of the day and hot coffee in the morning. Having an ultra light pack is not as important to me as the enjoyment of the hike. I dehydrate my own food and do cold soak my oats over night, and sometimes a delicious cold soak salad for lunch. I love to hear what other people do, thanks for sharing your experience.
Really enjoying your approach, videos and vibe. Much appreciated!
Headed out to Ireland for my son and I's first threw hike. Coast to coast, and around about. Didnt know about this style of food prep. We will be using what i learned today. Thanks!
Great video as always, Jupiter. Thumbs up for Packit Gourmet. I have enjoyed their cook and cook-less meals for years.
I only cook two meals in the evening and don't have some of the "problems" described and it's very efficient. Once for the evening and the second meal for the morning of the following day and two bars in between. But I also live in a region where it's cool and it's important to give the body some energy in the cool down phase.
Great video and guide. And yes town food! Here' are some things I do. Liquid breakfast Mocha = two packets of chocolate carnation instant breakfast, Nido whole milk powder and instant coffee. Maltodextrin + electrolytes for liquid fuel during the day. For diners Andrew Skurka's recipes are an excellent resource and my go to.
Fillos Walking Tomales! Just discovered them hiking PCT. The are perfect hiking/ dry camping meal!
Excited to try these!
A splash of honey on that peanut butter banana tortilla…yum
Great idea!!!
Thanks. That helps a lot. I'm still on the fence. I have a jar ready but I really enjoy hot coffee/tea lol. I've been trying out the LiteSmith jar which you can pour hot water in. So used it as a mug and as a cold soaking jar. Nice to have the option to cold soak to save fuel and have a leftover container.
Dude you gotta add beans to the ramen bomb, it’s dope, especially the green chili beans
This is indeed next level, we would be fast friends
I also add curry to couscous.
It’s not for everyone, but pemmican. One of the most calorically dense foods. Weight to calorie ratio is excellent. Weight to protein ratio is excellent. And there’s no weird ingredients.
Doritos ....... crush up an 8 oz bag of Doritos ( or Chex Mix) - eat dry and delicious. Carbs, fats, salts - all goodesness for hikers. No cook, no fuss - no mess. Yes - you need a quart sized freeser bag for this to work!! Hike Strong !!
Thanks for this video full of ideas. I fell in love with cold soaking when I hiked the TRT last year. These ideas just made it even better!
👍 Absolutely fantastic Jupiter - thanks for sharing those great food ideas. I haven’t done the Ramen Bomb yet (!) but can definitely recommend bananas and Nutella on a wrap 😎
For many years I was scared of the ramen bomb, but have definitely come around! It's a lot better than expected
Nice video. Good, informative content. For me the thing is, I just have a hot cup of coffee in the am and after dinner in the pm. I could probably do without. An empty jar of peanut butter, a plastic spoon, and a trip to Walmart seems like an affordable and nutritious way to go.
We've used some of your recipes before. They're great!
If it is really hot and sunny outside I could imagine that your "cold" meal could be warm if you could set your peanut butter jar in the sun on your pack or sitting on a sunny rock.
On the AT right now and I think my one friend who's cold soaking is eating the best out of all of us
That's cool!! What are they eating out there?
@@JupiterHikes last night he had couscous and some summer sausage then I saw him eat a couple sausages with some avocado he packed out. The real innovation tho he has a coffee pod filter that fits in his jar he fills it with coffee every night and makes cold brew for the morning.
@@User123456767 i love that idea with the coffee pod. have to try that! thx
I just watched your last video and in that, you hinted this video. Going backpacking tomorrow, what a convenience Im able to watch it beforehand. Thank you!
Alright! You make it sound tasty and fun. I already dehydrate food for my suppers; it looks like your recipes can add more variety. Always good. I’ll have to give it a try for warm season hiking.
I am curious to try this now, and I'm confident I could manage on this diet for an extended period. Man, when I hike long stretches I'm so hungry everything tastes like a five -star meal anyways! For many though, you're spot on, the morale boost of a warm/hot meal is crucial to making it through a long journey. I'm guessing you transfer food from the bulky store containers into something lighter or that packs down better?
Good to see someone not starving themselves and realizing that on very long hikes, vitamins are essential.
It is always good to have options, in my opinion. Most people are not even aware that cold soaking is an option. 👍
Great video! I very much appreciate the recipes. I think, even if someone loves cooking their mountain house, having alternatives is a great idea. Sometimes I get to camp and the last thing I want to do is cook. I'm more likely to skip on those nights which is doing no one any favors.
I personally like those green belly meal to go bars. Really good and filling.
I have so many allergies that i have to make my own food and cold-soakable dehydrated food is a total game changer for travel even outside of backpacking because i don't have to play a very risky game of "will i be able to eat" crossed with "will i have a bad reaction"
One meal I haven't seen mentioned: chia seed pudding. 50g powdered coconut milk, brown sugar to taste, 40g chia seeds. Make sure to mix a little water into the coconut milk *first* to reconstitute because otherwise it will be lumpy
Always good, Jupiter. Enjoy the Hayduke.
Good luck on your trail. Will be thinking about how fun it would be at work today.
Amen to trail pizza. I use a tortilla, the boboli sauce packets (or sometimes you can find tomato paste in packets or even a tube which is less messy) and string cheese. The flatbread or naan is a great idea instead of a tortilla! I'll have to try that.
Really great ideas and recipes! I'd add olive oil, nuts, chocolate and cocos cream wherever I can to get my food above 500 kcal/100g. Ultralight here means taking as much fat as possible having that higher caloric density. Sadly, in Europe, there are usually not so many options available (e.g. no instant beans). At least couscous supply is good in France
We don’t have minute rice and dehydrated beans in Australia. I do a lot of dehydrating myself. Love your videos Jupiter.
Great video and ideas and even though I’m in UK 🇬🇧 it has still given me a lot of information I can use whilst grocery shopping. 👍
I had sharp cheddar block cheese last a week easy (60-70F day temp, upper 20s-upper 30sF night). Sure, gets a bit greasy late in the week but who cares when added to beans and rice.
I thought there'd be some Hayduke footage by now, hope you're alright out there.
I’m leaving to hike the PCT in a week and this video actually made me excited to cold soak! I was pretty much dreading it before lol
I am a "soaker". It is so easy. One of my go to meals is a daily mix of nuts, seeds, etc. For the weight they provide needed fats, high calories, and high nutrition.
I cold soak in a toaks. Sometimes I want a hot meal, or need to boil some water.
Freeze-drying is very different (and superior) to dehydrating for many things where texture matters! Unfortunately they're pretty expensive, serious machines. Dehydrators are still great though within their limits!
Have a nice hike! ….I’ll be following with anticipation!👍😃
I like to do plain oatmeal and add half to 3/4 scoop of flavored protein powder (vanilla, peanut butter, etc...) and water. I personally prefer the ones sweetened with Stevia or other non sugar sweeteners, but that's what works for me. Add raisins or other dried/freeze dried fruit, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, crushed nuts, and so on. Also, the protien powder and milk powder with store bought granola premixed into individual servings, then just add water. Enjoy your hike!
FANSTASTIC, thanks Jupiter!
I like milk & cereal for breakfast, 3/4 cup Grape Nuts + 1/4 cup Unsweetened Coconut Shavings (for fat & calories) + 1/4 cup NIDO (Powdered Milk), add water, shake, instant milk & cereal. Another is Instant Grits + Real Bacon Pieces from condiment section; Bacon pieces go well with mash potatoes, grits, or Ramen. This probably sounds weird but Tortillas + Peanut Butter + Sliced Salami taste great. I also bring Sausage, BBQ Brisket, BBQ Pulled Pork, Precooked Bacon, Tuna + Mayo, and SPAM on Tortillas. I can eat everything cold but I bring a BBQ fork to cook SPAM & Sausage over fire, just taste better cooked. Those precooked Chicken or Steak Fajitas will keep for a day (longer if cold weather), good on tortillas.
I have started going stove less not because I’m a thru but, because I’m a 77 year old backpacker and looking for ways to reduce weight and not spend big buck to do it.
the only cold soaking i do is strawberry granola. i get up, have a breakfast bar. hike for a couple of hours, coffee and bigger breakfast on the trail. tuna or chicken packs for lunch, hot meal for dinner. i eat dinner on the trail. takes me less than half hour from start to finish for dinner. sometimes i take a nap. then i hike till dark. i routinely do 30+ mile days so this meal plan doesn't really slow me down.
You should consider using stasher bags. Might be easier to store than the plastic tub.
LOVED my fast, no canisters waste cold soak SOBO!
Another category of people who would definitely benefit from cold-soaking is those going out in less than ideal conditions. Are there gonna be 35mph gusts the whole time? Is it gonna rain for 2 days straight and your tent is your only shelter? Cold-soaking saves you a lot of hassle in poor weather, even just for short trips.
Packit Gourmet y'all....sooooo good. If you have the dolla.
Haven't found any generic mashed potatoes that stand up to Idahoan. My favorites are the Baby Red and the Golden Yellow, but I have had my eye on that cheddar and sour cream one as well.
Beans and Rice are my favs too
my favorite stoveless meal is a tortilla with marshmallow puff & nutella
The best meal I've had on the trail was dubbed SPAM-cous by my hiking buddy. Recipe: dehydrated onions, dehydrated bell peppers, fresh jalapeno, SPAM and couscous. Admittedly, what made this the best trail meal I've had was the fact that after a few tought days of hiking around Yosemite, we made the meal and ate it at the base of El Cap while watching the ants (climbers that looked like ants from our vantage point) crawl up the rock face. It was our first time there and it made all the difference.
IT HAS ARRIVED, THE CHOSEN VIDEO
Simply Salad with tuna, mayo, avocado, dried cranberries...yum😅
Thank you and enjoy your hike !
Th8s is awesome but we don’t have minute rice, instant beans or other products in Europe. + I’m coeliac so my only option is oatmeal
Hey Jupe, what do you use to clean out the PB jar? Do you replace it after trips? Does it seal well?
It seals great! Never once had a leak. Typically I buy the peter pan brand and use that. Also super common are talenti jars as they're slightly larger and easier to clean.
As for cleaning I just put some water in it, shake it all around and then drink it, or spread it. If a water source is nearby I'll clean it in that instead
Thanks for the tips! Loved that!
I think they freeze dry their food, not dehydrate, at Packit Gourmet. Love their food!
i completely get the idea for cold soaking but personally speaking i just have a preferance for hot meals, and i when backpacking or camping pack a lightweight twig stove yes it requires stopping and gathering twigs and lighting a fire but i also tend to make homemade fire disks that will light a small twig fire almost near instantly.
i also tend to make most of my meals for backpacking using dehydrator method and over the next year while preparing for my 2026 thru hike of the AT will be making up 15 -25 resupply boxes for the trip.
on days i go into town i also plan to carry back a couple eggs and a couple slices of bacon for the breakfast or even a "breakfast for dinner" meal as a lets get back out there and do this shit boost for myself
my stove is a little under 1 pound and to cover for that extra weight i am using a lightweight pad and a tarp tent setup.
MAKE your own dehydrator but use the sun to do the work its a plan ahead thing to do but just get 5 photo frames with glass or plastic and wire wrap the frames together then put back the plastic or glass in the frames this allows air movement to take place but leave the bottom off so you can get a black garbage bag and add sand in it now when your out side cooking your food in something you made you will feel butter
Bit late- different time zone . Anyway Recomnd Nescafe cappuccinos - with milk powder included. White chocolate is sweetened And caramel less sweet.
Great video! I started cold soaking last year during the summer - and I actually enjoyed it. Another brand I'll recommend is Outdoor Herbivore ... especially their mango mojo bowl and pacific crest vinaigrette, and open sky yasi! My mom really liked the PackIt Gourmet salads too 😀 Instead of a jar ... could you use one of those stasher silicone bag (since they fold basically flat when empty)?
@jupiterhikes are you adding and soaking the olive oil into the beans and rice inside the ziploc bag for resupply boxes or adding on trail?
I take 3ish oz of beans, 1+oz of rice, some seasoning, and put it in a Ziploc bag while in town. I'll prepare a bunch of these ziplocs.
While on trail I take that Ziploc, dump it's contents into my jar, and add water. After about 30-60 minutes of hiking further I stop and add the olive oil, mix around, and then add the Fritos on top of that, and I eat!
Too bad that so many of these things are not available in Europe.
Awesome location and great video. Thanks for the tips. Enjoy the Hayduke trail. I guess you are starting soon?
Very soon 🙂
Are you going to repackage yor dehydrated meals to save on space
Yes!! Always always always
How many days does pizza last in a backpack?
I had never seen tuna in a cat food packet like that
Don't forget foraging for food too. Learn what is safe to eat and keep an eye out for natures' tasty snacks.
So the big pressing question is, how much water are you adding to these meals for them to soak?
Nothing against cold soaking, but tell me how you hike 5 miles in 15 minutes? I've never spent 30 minutes cooking my meals.
Jupiter! Love you
Are those whiten shoes?
They are! Just my daily normal life shoes, wouldn't wear them on a big hike or anything but very much enjoy as a slipper kind of thing
What size is the old Peanut butter had your using? I have been thinking of trying this process.
thanks so much 😊
How accessible are most of these ingredients along the PCT? Great video, made me rethink how I’m going to do food on thru hikes
The majority of them are readily available, one that might be tricky is the dehydrated beans though I did find those in tehachapi around mile 500. Still it's a hit or miss, can order on Amazon and have delivered though if you really want them and can't find
Doesn’t cheese go bad though if you don’t keep it cold?
May I ask…. You always talk about base weight (everybody does) but what is your actual weight when you going on a lets say 4 nights? (Without water)