It is essential to have sufficient, nutritional and spare
food and drink to ensure the tramp is enjoyed and people keep up their energy
levels.
Below is the daily menu I use with some suggested variations which will give
you 2716 calories for a weight of 620g/day.
Breakfast
One serve Back Country Square meal (90g/400cal) and a Moconna Cappuccino
sachet with 2 sugar cubes (25g/115cal) or a cuppa soup (25g/75cal).
Total 115g/575cal (max).
Alternatives
1. 2 x Oaties Servings with powdered milk and brown sugar (100g/375cal).
(I take a shaker for mixing the milk and use it for instant noodles as
well.)
2. Museli with powdered milk (180g/500cal).
Morning Tea Snack
2 x Museli bars one each break Mother Earth - Choc Chip, Afghan, Apricot
and Peanut Brownie my favourites (40g/180cal/bar).
Total 80g/360cal.
Alternatives
Beef jerky, biltong, scroggin, dried fruit etc.
Lunches
Energy Bar or Bumper Bar or one Square meal Bar (70g/420cal), a small
Cadbury Crunchie Bar (50g/243cal), 2 x beef jerky sticks (30g/100cal).
Total 150g/763cal.
Alternatives
1. Two One Square Meal bars.
2. Half of a One Square Meal pack (1 bar), a 250ml Up & Go Liquid
Breakfast & 1 x Cadbury Crunchie Bar.
3. Tuna and creamed rice. Good for you weigh a bit and not much
energy.
Afternoon Tea Snack
2 x Museli bars one each break Mother Earth - Choc Chip, Afghan, Apricot
and Peanut Brownie my favourites (40g/180cal/bar).
Total 80g/360cal.
Alternatives
Beef jerky, biltong, scroggin, dried fruit etc.
Evening Meal
Back Country Dehydrated Meal.
Total 175g/750cal.
Alternatives
1. 4 serve Rice risotto (200g/300cal) with an added flavoured instant noodles
(100g/400cal) made up in my shaker bottle .
2. 6 serve Continental Pasta (130g /780cal)
Supper
Moconna Cappuccino sachet with 2 cubes of sugar (25g/115cal) and a Cadbury
Crunchie Bar (50g/243cal).
Total 70g/343cal.
Alternatives
A cuppa soup (75cal) or hot chocolate for supper (200cal) or a small canned
fruit, rehydrated fruit, biscuits, instant puddings, rice etc.
Hot Drinks
Coffee with sugar (100cal). You can make a dry coffee mix of 1 tspn coffee,
2 tspns sugar and 1.5 heaped tspns of milk powder times the number of coffees
you will have on the tramp. More simpler is to use sachets. My preference
is Moconna Cappuccino sachet with 2 cubes of sugar (25g/115cal).
Alternatives
Hot Chocolate, Milo, Tea, cup of soup.
Cold drinks
Water which I would strongly suggest you supplement with Electrolytes to
aid with cramp prevention etc.
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Special Notes
1. Always pack one complete spare day's
food in case of emergencies. A good way of
doing this is to use a 995g Back Country
Cuisine Ration Pack which includes the three
main meals, hot and cold drinks and snacks alongs the way.
2. Re-pack food into plastic bags to reduce
waste and weight but remember to keep instructions.
3. Ensure you have suffiicient gas for cooking
and always cook in a ventilated area. A
standard gas cartridge will last 90min or 3-4
days of cooking and boiling water for the menu at left. |