AlbertaPrepper,
Those sound like solid ideas for sure. I have not tried those exact combo's, but will explore them this summer.
When I go hiking/backpacking, I take the following for my evening meal, nicknamed "the cat food diet" by my uncle.
The Cat Food Diet
1x 85g "Rip'n Ready Pouch" of Clover Leaf Tuna Pieces
1/3 to 1/2 Cup of instant mashed potatoes
1 Tablespoon of Gravy Mix
Pinch of Salt
Boiling Water
I prepackage the instant mashed potatoes, salt and gravy mix in a zip-lock sandwich bag. 1 bag = 1 meal/serving. I then put all my potatoes in a larger zip-lock bag, odour control in bear country. I keep all the tuna in another large zip-lock bag.
I start by boiling a 1 litre pot of water, I put the potato mix in my bowl. Once the water is boiled I mix in enough water to get the mash potatoes to the right thickness, I mix in the tuna and cover, let stand about 5 minutes. I use the rest of the boiling water to make a mug of tea, and have a little left over to wash dishes.
I almost forgot, the package the tuna comes in, I burn that in the fire after doing my dishes. The package will be completely consumed by the fire. In fact if you use any canned goods in bear country I would recommend you burn the container as soon as possible to keep bears out of your campsite. Then before hiking out, collect all the burnt cans out of the ashes and pack it out with you.
In the mountains I don't worry about bottled water as I plan to boil before use.
Anyone else got some tried and true menu ideas??
Mountainman.
Ingredients
1 can Beefaroni
Directions
Heat (optional) & serve
Ingredients
1 can Beefaroni
Directions
Heat (optional) & serve
LOL...L.M.A.O...
Better to have it and not need it; then to need it and not have it...
Directions
Heat (optional) & serve
The directions are just the absolute best part of that!
Except I do recall being a silly college student and eating Chef BoyarRdee Raveloi cold. O what we do when young and foolish! 
I went to my local Costco and found some pre-packaged dried soups and decided to recreate them. They actually turned out very delicious;
Potato and Onion Dried Soup Mix
Peel and Cut to Dollar thick slices 1-2 Lbs of Potatoes, Steam (DO NOT BOIL) to 3/4 cooked. Blanch in ice water for 2-3 Seconds, shake, so they split apart. Layer 1 tray (about 15-20) of the whole chips; the rest cut into quarters. Slice onion into chunks big enough not to fall through your dehydrator rack and start the machine.
Once dehydrated; Take the whole loonie sized potatoes and put them in a food processor. We want the starch for thickening. In a bowl add;
1 Cup of Flour, 4 Cups of Powdered Milk, Chicken Stock Powder, Salt & Pepper, then mix the powdered potatoes from the processor (DO NOT USE SOY PRODUCT)
Mix 3 Cups of Dehydrated Potato quarters, 1 Cup of Dehydrated Onions.
The ratio is 1 Cup of Soup mix to 3 Cups of Water. It's a good recipe, it tasted great.
Red Hard Spring wheat is a good storage food. Briden carries it, or the UFA farm stores, or farm seed sellers in the spring.
Sprouted - sweet and tasty. Makes good sprouted wheat bread, good on salads, or on their own.
Ground - biscuits and pancakes so far, along with ground quinoa.
Grown - wheat grass! nuf said.
Soaked in thermos of hot water overnight - wheat berries for breakfast with a little water, powdered milk and brown sugar. Tasty.
I tried a couple of Mountain House MRE's this weekend and liked them.
I am adding Mrs. Dash and Montreal Steak Spice to the sugar, salt and pepper supply in the B.O.B.
I think it is important for us to be able to make our food more enjoyable. My guess is that if we have to go out and survive, all food will be comfort food.
Potatoe soup:
Canned potatoes boiled in their own juices with onion flakes and a 1/2 teaspoon or so of dill.
Add to an equal amount of very hot or still boiling water and stir in a sprinkle of salt & pepper.
Let stand covered for ten minutes then enjoy.
This will still be great the next day even if you can't reheat.
Boil 1.5 cups of water with a tablespoon of butter or margerine for each cup of rice.
Add 1 teaspoon of Mrs. Dash for each cup of rice.
Add canned fish or cut up hot dogs if you have.
Cook at medium temp with the lid part way open until the rice has absorbed all the water.
This will still be great the next day even if you can't reheat.
Hmmm, maybe I should rethink the quiet part...
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ive eaten dryer lint without ketchup. its ok. lots of fibre at least
(disclaimer: do not try that at home)
See you all after.
Does it work as a tube cleaner on the way out? 😮
Hmmm, maybe I should rethink the quiet part...
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eating lint at the laundromat is like a box of chocolates.
you never know what your gonna get
See you all after.
One of my very basic starters is
1 part celery
1 part carrots
2 parts onion
You can add just about anything after that - a can of this or a package of that, canned or dried meat and a big hand full of greens(kale, cabbage leaves, collards, mustard greens, spinach, amaranth leaves, plantain or dandelion leaves) of some sort. Makes a hearty and tasty balanced meal.
Red Hard Spring wheat is a good storage food. Briden carries it, or the UFA farm stores, or farm seed sellers in the spring.
Sprouted - sweet and tasty. Makes good sprouted wheat bread, good on salads, or on their own.
Ground - biscuits and pancakes so far, along with ground quinoa.
Grown - wheat grass! nuf said.
Soaked in thermos of hot water overnight - wheat berries for breakfast with a little water, powdered milk and brown sugar. Tasty.
Salix...do you happen to have a sprouted wheat bread recipe using red hard spring wheat? I would appreciate that!
I got my sprouted wheat bread recipes from the Net. The one I tried is called Essene Bread, and is just wheat.
Sprout the wheat 3-4 days, until the sprouts are about 1cm long.
Run it all through a meat grinder.
Form into long skinny loaves, bake for about 20-30 min at 450 (or so).
Make as much or as little, it's about as easy as it gets. The sprouts make it sweet, the sugars caramelize a bit, and the loaf is pretty dense and very moist.
I like it.