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Most
backpacking recipes focus on lunches and dinners. But a
good breakfast is a great way to start a day of hiking. Here
are a few ideas for keeping it simple and easy.
Cereal
If you are used to eating cereal with
milk, you might think you have to skip this when
backpacking. Fortunately there are at least two good ways to
still have your morning bowl of cereal. The first is to
simply bring powdered milk. Add a little to the cereal and
pour a half cup of water into the mix.
Some of us don't like the taste of
powdered milk much. The alternative for us is to just add
water. This may sound too plain, but there are some
ingredients you can add that will make you hardly notice the
missing milk. One is shredded coconut. In fact, if you let
the coconut flakes soak for a few minutes before you add the
cereal, the water will have more flavor and a better
consistency. Coconut goes especially well with granola
cereals, but works with almost any of them.
Adding dried fruit makes the lack of milk
less noticeable as well. Raisins or dried strawberries can
be used. It may help to soak the fruit for a few minutes
before adding the cereal.
A fourth option is to use freeze-dried ice
cream. Having just recently tried this for the first time, I
was surprised by how tasty it is. It's great by itself, but
you can also soak it in water and mash it up until it
liquefies to use it with cereal. You'll have to experiment
at home to see which cereals go best with the ice cream
flavor.
Cold Weather Backpacking Recipes
If you are backpacking in cold weather you
may need recipes for hot foods. You can still keep breakfast
relatively simple though. Instead of foods that need longer
cook times, bring simple cereals that can be eaten as hot
mush. All you need to do then is get the water near boiling
and pour it into the bowl of cereal. Add raisins or other
dried fruits for a healthier start to the day.
Not having to actually boil the food or
cook it for a long time, will save you stove fuel and
therefore pack weight. But what if you are out in the cold
and like myself you still prefer not to bring a stove at
all? In that case you will want some fatty foods to start
the morning. Fats create heat as they digest, warming you up
from the inside.
I have no fancy backpacking recipes for
this purpose, and there is no need for them. easy and fast
is my own preference. A piece of bread covered in butter
will do the trick. Bring cinnamon raisin bread if you have a
sweet tooth. In cold weather you can also bring bagels and
cream cheese. And if you really aren't picky about what you
eat in the morning, plain corn chips have a lot of oil to
warm you up.
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