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!