Howdy internet,

I'm going backpacking in a few weeks and thought I'd see if anyone had any tips for vegan foods to bring? I'm gluten free but my partner isn't.

To be more specific, it's 3 days and two nights of hiking to a remote site and back. We have to bring everything we need and I will use a bear barrel because it's hard to find suitable trees (the rodents are fucking CRAFTY).

I haven't gone for years, but in the before times I would buy a few commercially available freeze dried meals that you just add water to, as well as some home dehydrated rice and chilli. The commercial stuff was mostly to keep us alive if I fucked up with making the other stuff dense enough or failed to bring enough. I'm going to try to stay away from the commercial stuff this year because it's crazy expensive and I don't need it to be shelf stable for years, just a few days.

Here is what I am thinking:

• The chilli I'll make is tvp, pinto beans, tomato sauce, frozen veggies mix, spices.
• I'm thinking of a curry, maybe with chickpeas, frozen veggie mix, spices. Maybe I'll bring some coconut milk powder to make it creamy. Or add soy milk powder and some sugar when rehydrating?
• I just dehydrate whatever rice I have on hand, will likely bring some vermicelli noodles too.
• I'll bring quick oats with some nuts and cinnamon for breakfast
• instant coffee and soy milk powder, plus sugar

I will be using a camp stove that is intended for boiling water rapidly, so I'm not looking to cook things in it. It hasn't gone well for me in the past lol. We are likely under a fire ban.

I haven't thought too much about snacks, I'll probably stick to high calorie options like nuts.

Love to hear what you all do!

I'm eating a bowl of frozen veg medley that I microwaved until it was sufficiently warm and then put a giant glob of hummus on it. It fucking rules. As a bonus, I'm going to feel less ashamed about eating a giant bowl of rice and hot sauce later because I have eaten my veggies.

This experience made me realize that I've got to be missing out on some galaxy brain snacks. Vegan stoners, give me your secrets!

I had a bottle of the good store bought pad thai sauce, so I just added a little chilli garlic paste to make it spicy.

Basic ingredients:

• Vegan "Steak Tips"
• Great Northern Beans
• Garlic
• Coconut Milk
• Red Curry Paste
• Tahini
• Sweet Potato
• Nutritional Yeast
• Dry Spices
• Jasmine Rice

Made the curry while the rice was cooking and everything finished at the same time. Time to eat! 🤤

We've come a long way from brunch at hipster restaurants in Liberty Village but I love our life ❤️

Oat waffles (oats, water, baking soda, salt) with apple butter from our own trees, and maple syrup.

Saffron rice, glazed tofu and frozen veg

I fucking love these noodles.

The potatoes were steamed then sliced and coated with vegan margarine mixed with onion soup mix. My partner had memories of making this before but I'd never heard of it! I wouldn't call it healthy but it's very tasty.

I was in the mood for some yellow rice but didn't have anything in particular in mind to top it with. While the rice was cooking I steamed some cauliflower and butternut squash and went on a walk through the garden to see what caught my eye. The finished dish ended up as-

• yellow rice
• cauliflower
• butternut squash
• garlic
• chives
• apple mint
• orange mint
• spearmint
• pineapple sage
• dill
• dry spices
• coconut milk

It was such a satisfying meal to eat. The mint really does wonders to bring a new twist to some familiar flavors.

Steamed some brussel sprouts in the microwave and reheated some leftover rice. Added rice seasoning and some dry spices, gave it a bit of a drizzle with toasted sesame oil and low sodium soy sauce.

I love brussel sprouts 🤤

Quickly threw together some canned/jarred goods and pasta to make something filling but not boring.

• Radiatori pasta
• Tomato Paste
• Tomato Sauce
• Fire Roasted Tomatoes
• Pepperoncini Peppers
• Artichoke Hearts
• Dry spices

Took as long as it takes noodles to boil to prep/cook and get to the fun part. 🍽️

My spouse and I weren't sure what we wanted to have for Sunday dinner, but I knew I wanted to make some baked tofu.

We were going to make sandwiches but couldn't figure out a side dish so we just decided to make some fresh rolls with stuff we have at home.

We used the baked tofu, vermicelli, cilantro, mint, and lettuce. I made a sauce with veg oyster sauce, rice vinegar and a chilli paste.

They were so good 🤤

I guess I'll break the ice here 🥶.

Most of my day was spent away from home and I came home starving. I actually made two of these and the first one barely made it on the plate before it was devoured. There isn't much of a recipe, just a bunch of stuff I had on hand and went a little overboard with...

• Tostada shells
• Refried beans
• Vegan taco filling
• Shredded iceberg lettuce
• Fire roasted tomatoes
• Green chilies
• Vegan cheese

It's a fiesta for your mouth.

Edit: formatting