[pct-l] Non-Cooked Food - Share Your Recipes!

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I wasn't a 100% cookless backpacker, but here's what I liked:

1. Cold cereal. Specifically, grapenuts with walnuts or pecans, nido  
and just fruits raspberries.
2. Hummus and wheathins or other hearty crackers.
3. Cous-cous reconstituted in my backpack for a while. The cous-cous  
has been doctored in advance with curry powder, raisins, pecans and  
possibly garlic powder. It's doctored afterwards with foil pouch tuna  
or chicken breast and 2-3 packets of mayonnaise.
4. Instant pudding. I swear sometimes it was the only thing that  
would calm my hunger. I liked butterscotch, banana and lemon the  
best. Goes well with butter cookies or just by itself.

I was not able to eat tortillas on the trail, but there are a lot of  
delicious sandwiches you can make with mustard and mayo packets, tuna  
or chicken or other pouched meats and whatever else. Probably the  
hummus would be good in a tuna wrap. Maybe the refried beans in a  
chicken wrap with some cheese. Certain vegetables pack well. I often  
carried a small onion or a small piece of broccoli. I found swiss  
chard lasts well if you tear it up and put it in a ziplock with a  
little bit of water. You could probably do the same with other greens  
easier to eat cold.


> So, if you'all could share what you take/make/concoct when it comes to
> non-cooked food, for the rest of us just getting started in this,  
> that would
> be awesome!!