Collection of recipes for breakfast while backpacking
and for all your backpacking food items, check out the Wilderness Dining!
Breakfast Cereal
2 cups Quaker Oatmeal Squares cereal
1/2 cup Grapenut cereal
1 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup dried blueberries
1 cup raw almonds
1 cup hazelnuts
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
1/2 cup dehydrated banana slices
3 Tbsp milk powder of your choice
At home: combine all ingredients into a quart size freezer bag.
In camp: combine the 3 Tbsp of your choice of milk powder, e.g. soy, rice, plain, vanilla, and 1 cup cold water into a separate bag. Mix and pour over your not-gorp trail mix.
Hangdog Oatmeal
2 1/2 cups Oatmeal
2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Dried Bananas, powdered
3/4 cup Chocolate chips
At home: mix ingredients in zip-lock bag and tape it shut.
In camp: boil 4 cups of water, add contents of bag, stir, reboil, remove from stove and set aside until cool enough to eat.
Cranberry Orange Rice
1/4 cup instant rice
1 Tbsp dried cranberries
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 packet True Orange�
1 tbsp powdered milk
1 tsp brown sugar
At home: combine everything except the honey in a zip lock bag. Carry honey separately.
In camp: add enough hot water to cover mix. Let stand until rice is tender. Top with honey. Makes 1 serving.
Chocolate Banana Oatmeal
1/3 cup quick cooking oatmeal
1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tbsp powdered milk
2 tsp brown sugar
1/4 cup freeze-dried banana, broken up
chocolate cookies, crumbled (optional)
At home: combine everything except the cookies in a zip locking plastic bag. If you are
bringing the cookies, package them separately.
In camp: bring 1 cup of water to a boil, add the oatmeal and stir. Simmer until the oatmeal is cooked through. Serve topped with the cookies. Makes 1 serving.
Note: Don�t try this with regular dried bananas, they are too hard. Look for the freeze-dried ones instead which you can get them from Just Tomatoes.com or in the cereal aisle as 'cereal toppers.' You can also try the same thing with freeze dried strawberries or raspberries.
Trail Pancakes
1 cup Biscuit mix
1 Tbsp dry milk
1 Tbsp sugar
2/3 cup water
1 Tbsp squeeze margarine
At home: Add mix, milk, and sugar into a quart size zip lock bag. Seal and shake well.
In camp: Add water and margarine to bag, seal and squish bag with hands to mix it and remove air and lumps. Cut hole in the corner of the bag and squeeze onto a hot pan. Cook until bubbles form, flip, and cook till they are golden brown!
Note: Instead of squeeze margarine, you may substitute vegetable oil. If you do, keep 1 Tbsp of oil in a seperate container and pour onto pan before cooking pancakes. Syrup and jam can be used and individual packets can be found at local food diners, or you can pack your own. Makes approximately 6 pancakes.
Omelette Supreme
Crack 2 eggs into a quart freezer bag. Add in whatever you would like with them into the bag.
Ideas:
Ham, chicken, sausage, etc.....
Dried bell peppers you have soaked in a snack bag.
Onion flakes done the same way.
Shredded or cubed cheese.
At home: add the ingredients and any salt/pepper/herbs you want, seal well, getting the air out. Squish around carefully to mix up.
In camp: bring a pot of water to boil. You want the pot about half full of water. When it boils turn it down to a simmer. Pop the sealed bag in and let it simmer in the water, flipping over carefully every once in awhile. You will want to take the bag out of the water periodically and carefully squish the contents so that uncooked egg inside gets to the outer. After a couple minutes you eggs are done-and are nonstick also.
WARNING: Eggs can go bad quickly, so only use eggs on the beginning of your trek.
Strawberry Sensation
1 cup Strawberry Frosted Mini-Wheats
1/2 cup dried strawberries
1/4 cup yogurt covered raisins
1/4 cup chocolate chips, milk or dark
At home: combine all ingredients into zip-lock bag.
In camp: eat as breakfast or a snack. Makes 1 serving.
