Menu Planning for the back and front country

Overview Cooking Gear Foods: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Desserts, and Snacks ResourcesCleaningQuestions

Cooking Gear Stoves Pots Mess Kits Bear Bags Water Filter/ Water Bucket Dining Fly

Breakfast Important Elements: Carbs Warmth Filling

Breakfast Examples Pancakes Oatmeal Eggs and bacon Biscuits and Gravy (gravy mix) Dutch Oven Donuts Bagels and jelly or cheese Hot drink

Lunch For lunch the ideal components include: Meat Cheese Fruit (dehydrated or in trail mixes) Plenty of water-based liquids

Lunch examples Any lunch meat, chicken, tuna, ham, or summer sausage String cheese, cream cheese, packaged/sealed cheeses Dehydrated apricots, apples, bananas, pineapple, fruit leather Drink mix

Dinner Dinner Components: Fat Warmth Lots of liquid

Dinner Examples Ramen and hot dogs = BAD! Pesto and pasta with chicken pieces Black beans & rice with bread Tuna helper and bread Dehydrated soups or stews

Desserts Pudding (added fruit) Apple Crisp Dehydrated cheesecake

Snacks Cookies Clif/Mojo Bars Luna Bars Trail mix Beef Jerky Dark Chocolate

Good Drinks WATER Gatorade Powerade Hot Chocolate Hot Apple Cider WATER Gatorade Powerade Hot Chocolate Hot Apple Cider

Bad Drinks Crystal Light Any Energy Drinks- Monster, Red Bull, Rockstar,24-Hour Energy

Resources

Cleaning Supplies Camp Suds Sponge Strainer Ziploc Garbage Bag

Cleaning Methods Soapy Water Human Sump Bury It Pack It Out

Crew Cookoffs

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