Anyone looking for some mountain house alternative for dinner should check some of Andrew skurka recipes. Cheaper and they digest way better. I like the beans and rice, and the peanut noodles.
After 15 years of sheep hunting I think I finally have the food figured out for me. This year for a 14 day trip we took:
-one MH granola with blueberries for breakfast
-one Greenbelly meal bar package for lunch
-one MH meal for dinner.
My brother ate just these three (just over 1 lb/day) and never felt like he needed more.
We always carry calcium with magnesium tablets for leg cramps, works great.
I also took 3/8 oz packets of olive oil that I found at Outdoor Herbivore. I added one packet to the breakfast and one packet to the dinner. I also added one clif bar per day and one small 28g package of Oberto beef jerky from Costco.
There was enough fats that I never had any distracting hunger problems and I probably would have been fine without the Clif bar and jerky. The clif bar I just had as a feel good treat after dinner even though I didn’t feel I needed it, and the jerky was a really nice addition to lunch even though the Greenbelly meal bars are filling.
This is the simplest, lightest, most hunger satisfying meal plan we have had yet.
In our early years of eating instant oatmeal, sidekicks, pita bread, chocolate bars, etc, hunger was a constant battle and distraction.
Most of the food I normally eat is vegetables, so I know it would be better to get into dehydrating home cooked meals, but for now I’m just not willing to spend the extra time cooking and dehydrating.
I may get into dehydrating veggies to add to MH meals to start with though.
I'm going to try to word this in such a way as to not breach advertising rules....but if anyone's looking to buy a bunch of MH meals, there's a certain warehouse's US site that current has a great deal on (if you can get it shipped to a US address). Mine arrives on Wednesday. Works out to roughly $6 CAD/pouch. Pretty good price.
Doing some sheep spread sheeting. Not even eating the food yet and I'm looking for a little more variety. I do have a dehydrator I gotta get going again. I'll be experimenting with that soon enough. But here's what I've got so far...
Day 1 (1.85 pounds, 3924 calories or 132 cal/oz)
POP TART - 52grams - 190calories
ALMONDS - 100grams - 576Calories
TWIZZLERS - 100grams - 356calories
MR. NOODLE - 84grams - 380calories
JERKY - 28grams - 80calories
90% DARK CHOCOLATE - 100grams - 600calories
AVOCADO OIL - 25ml - 221calories (to be poured in Mountain House)
PARMESAN CHEESE - 100grams - 431calories (to be added to instant potatoes)
IDAHOAN INSTANT POTATOES - 114grams - 440calories
MH BEEF STROGANOFF - 136grams - 650calories
Day 2 (1.85 pounds, 4015 calories or 135 cal/oz)
POP TART - 52grams - 190calories
PEANUT M&M -100grams - 504calories
MR. NOODLE - 84grams - 380calories
JERKY - 28grams - 80calories
BUTTER -100grams - 717calories (added to instant potatoes)
PARMESAN CHEESE - 100grams - 431calories (added to mountain house)
IDAHOAN INSTANT POTATOES - 114grams - 440calories
DRIED BANANA CHIPS - 34grams - 170calories
MtnH SPAGHETTI - 128grams - 575calories
PURE PROTEIN CHOC BAR - 50grams - 200calories
SNICKERS - 52grams - 254calories
REESE PB CUPS - 51grams - 264calories
GOLDFISH CRACKERS - 100grams - 504calories
Day 3 (1.92lbs 3939calories or 128cal/oz)
ALMONDS - 100grams - 576Calories
TWIZZLERS - 100grams - 356calories
MR. NOODLE - 84grams - 380calories
JERKY - 28grams - 80calories
AVOCADO OIL - 25ml - 221calories (into mountain house)
PARMESAN CHEESE - 100grams - 431calories (into instant potatoes)
IDAHOAN INSTANT POTATOES - 114grams - 440calories
DRIED BANANA CHIPS - 34grams - 170calories
RITTER SPORT BAR - 100grams - 560calories
MtnH PASTA PRIMIVERA - 136grams - 525calories
PURE PROTEIN CHOC BAR - 50grams - 200calories
Day 4 (1.88lbs, 3947calories or 131cal/oz)
TWIZZLERS - 100grams - 356calories
MR. NOODLE - 84grams - 380calories
JERKY - 28grams - 80calories
90% DARK CHOCOLATE - 100grams - 600calories
BUTTER -100grams - 717calories (added to potatoes)
BABYBEL CHEESE - 20grams - 45calories
IDAHOAN INSTANT POTATOES - 114grams - 440calories
DRIED BANANA CHIPS - 34grams - 170calories
GOLDFISH CRACKERS - 100grams - 504calories
PURE PROTEIN CHOC BAR - 50grams - 200calories
MtnH BEEF STEW - 122grams - 475calories
Baby food, interesting. Based on the diaper changing days I don’t think I want to try that! I started making my own dehydrated meals a couple years ago and it is a game changer. I have a 12 day sheep hunt coming and we likely not have to eat the same menu item twice for dinner. You can cook whatever you want and adjust the portion size to accommodate individual appetites .