it does wholely depend on the trip.

if im out with the mrs on easy trails to enjoy our trip into the hills then ill throw the trailer on and take an MSR whisperlite , the camp kitchen, pots and do a curry with rice and naans. Ive even been known to take a flask of bailies and a bottle of wine on such excursions.

if im on my own and the objective is the ride rather than the sleeping part.

ill be using an 8gram stove , a 400ml ti mug some meths and a folding spork. - which means ill do curry supernoodles in two batches with a tin of tuna and some hot chocolate to finish.

co op do some nice own brand boil in the bag meals though which look interesting but alas i need a pot to do them and im not prepared to carry a pot when riding alone.

thenorthwind wrote:Having a nice wholesome trip in the great outdoors and then eating space food out of a plastic bag doesn't sit well with me, but I do it sometimes and to each their own.

I'm with you on this one. I don't mind a bit of extra weight to carry, or a bit of faffing about with stoves and washing up pans if I get a tasty hot meal at the end of the day.

Like this:-
http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... ock#p93456
You'll have to scroll down a bit, sorry, I don't know how to narrow it down any more.

Couscous with home grown and dehydrated vegetables.
And I've put the recipe together if you care to read. Takes 5 minutes to prepare and no dirty pots.
http://www.farawayvisions.com/bikepacke ... egetables/

A lot of good ideas in this thread, so consider this post a bookmark for viewing tomorrow on work's time.

*I also use the Decathlon meals previously mentioned - the vacuum-packed English breakfast is wonderfully trashy.

frogatthefarriers wrote: Like this:-
http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... ock#p93456
You'll have to scroll down a bit, sorry, I don't know how to narrow it down any more.

Like the idea of heating the sauce in the pot to save on washing up!

I uaslly have a wet expedition breakfast and a dehydrated meal, I eat the dehydrated meal if I have water when stopped if not il eat the wet breakfast.

If cooking il have smash, mattersons sausage and a small can of beans.
I heat the mash and throw the rest in cold and just have it mix together luke warm with a cup of hot cuppa soup. But I dont do this often.

I have cooked chicken faitas before on a trangia
And steak with tomatos and cocouses.

If I dont want to use a stove for more then a cuppa a wet expedition meal cold or my new fav thing olives from m&s in a packet, cheese, sliced pepperd beef, or salt beef, olive and black pepper crackers, I really enjoyed sitting there for a hour or so just grassing on it all.
A szechuan cuppa of soup really tops it all of for me especially as I dont drink tea or coffee

Decided to experiment at work with food..12 hr shift 3 meals.
Brekkie- porridge dried milk banana.
https://flic.kr/p/RNo27U

Snack - dried mac n cheese + salami
https://flic.kr/p/RRXevg

Tea - dried cheese n onion mash , sun dried tomatoes, salami and little cubes cheese.
https://flic.kr/p/RF5D1a

I made pot cozee's aswell to keep food cooking/warm ..
All in all it was good and it worked..and all with boiling water..no microwave or canteen much to the merryment of my work mates..

Whilst solo backpacking I used to look forward to the meals I’d prepared and dehydrated at home, to eat on the trail. Breakfast was generally home made porridge mix and 3:1 coffee, Lunch trail stacks and nuts. But dinner was a grand affair of multiple courses. Usually beef jerky as an appetiser followed by a curry or stew with rice and fruit leather and custard, finishing off with a hot chocolate sachet.
I’m looking forward to transferring those skills to longer backpacking trips but for shorter trips tasty wet meals are easy to transport.
Fresh water for rehydrating is potentially more difficult to find in our urban environment than in the “wilderness”.

Sorry, should have read longer Bikepacking trips