mmmmm cold brew coffee. super good.
A lot of people seem to be pretty put off by the idea of stoveless backpacking. I personally love it.
It makes life simpler. I'm not carrying nearly as much weight.
In this video, I'm going to take you guys through an entire day of stoveless backpacking.
All right you guys I've been hiking around all morning here. I usually hike
until I get really hungry, not really hungry but a little hungry.
Then I make my breakfast. This is my breakfast/midday snack here.
It's a blend of oats, chia seeds, hemp seeds, cacao nibs, dried mulberries, & walnuts.
Super delicious & very nutritious. You know it's funny on
these longer trips sometimes I bring Clif bars too. In the beginning
my body wants the sugar in the Clif Bar. As I hike a bunch
my body craves this more healthy food.
Still have a little coffee in my jar. That's okay it gives it a little extra flavor.
You can see here it's almost like a chia pudding. what I like about
this is, you don't have to wait for it to hydrate all the way.
I almost prefer the texture of this just slightly hydrated.
I can snack on this all day since I have my re-sealable lid here.
I can just throw that in my backpack and continue on. Just kind of eat when
I'm hungry. It's usually the second thing I eat as I start my day.
I find it gives me a lot of energy and its really good.
I'm going to hike around some more. I'll see you at lunch.
It's lunch time here. I found myself a nice
little shaded spot here. We're gonna make one of my favorite stoveless backpacking meals.
That meal is hummus and chips. I love me some hummus.
I've got this powdered hummus right here. Really love this stuff.
It's lemon flavored & I added some salt & pepper to the mix. A little bit of sriracha,
some olive oil, & water.
That's a pretty good hummus consistency.
After I get that mixed up I add a little bit of olive oil.
These Nalgene bottles hold olive oil really well. I really love these things.
Alright so there we go. that's a batch of fresh hummus.
My chips usually get pretty smashed up on these trips.
I just throw handfuls of crumbled up chips into my jar.
mmmm. Wow. That's really good.
I've been eating this every day for this whole backpacking season so far.
I love it.
Wow. What a beautiful area.
I'm going to finish my lunch here, and I'll catch up with you guys.
Hey what's up you guys. We just made it to camp here. had an awesome day of hiking.
That's my buddy Gabe. I just got set up here and I'm getting ready to make
myself a dinner. If you haven't figured it out yet, I really like to move
I like to hike all day. I like to keep things simple. That's my favorite thing about
cold soaked meals. Here is my dinner. I prepared this ahead of time at home.
It's a blend of lentils, brown rice, tri-colored quinoa, assorted vegetables
butter, cheese, salt, pepper and some taco seasoning.
It's kind of a healthy, just really really good dinner.
I'm going to show you guys how I make it here.
As far as water goes I usually just estimate. I don't know if
you've heard of "the first knuckle finger trick" for cooking rice.
I pretty much do kind of the same thing.
Something like that. Depending on how you like the consistency,
you can add less or more water.
I obviously have a slight addiction to sriracha.
Let's throw some of that in there.
I'll let this sit for about an hour. I'm actually gonna throw this in my
backpack here. I'm gonna hike around and see if I can find some
cool photos to take in this river valley. I'll catch up with you
guys as soon as my cold soaked meal is hydrated all the way. I cooked
and dehydrated all of that rice, quinoa and lentils myself.
I'll prep 50-60 dinners at once at home. Before any trip, I just throw my meals
together real quick. It's super easy. I don't have to go to R.E.I. I don't have to
go to the store. It's worked out really well for me. I try to spend as
much time as I can out here and that's one of the ways I do it.
I could be cooking right now. I could be boiling water. Nope.
I get to hike more. That makes me happy. I love to hike. I know cold soaking
isn't for everybody but personally I just really enjoy it.
When I get home hot food it's just that much better.
I am on day six of a seven-day trip. We're headed back to the car tomorrow.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to a hot meal.
It's been an awesome trip. It's been about an hour since we
started our dinner here. Let's see how it turned out.
I've literally eaten hundreds of meals out of this peanut butter jar.
You can see here.
Everything is hydrated alright.
Dinner's all done here. You can see it looks just like a cooked meal.
That's super, super good.
That's my trail taco meal dinners. One of my all-time favorites. Super easy to make.
That's a pretty typical day of food that I eat out on the trail.
I switch it up from time to time. Stoked you guys are here
and I'll catch you guys later. Peace.