What’s one of the most talked about topics on a canoe trip? Food, of course. The kinds of meals and snacks you decide to bring along can make or break a trip – or at least general well-being and morale. Armed with a decent hydrator and some good pre-planning, you don’t have to survive on army rations. Your imagination is the only limit.

 

Food List Suggestion for Two People for one Week

Breakfast

Pancakes
bacon and eggs
huevos racheros
scrambled egg wraps
Bacon Lettuce Tomato sandwiches (lettuce optional, use cucumber or grow alphalfa sprouts on river)
Grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches
French toast

eggs – 3 cartons of egg whites
bacon – 24 slices
pancake mix – 1 cup
maple syrup – 250 ml
salsa – 8 Tb spns
hot sauce – 75 ml
coffee – 24 Tb spns – 6/day
coffee whitener – 24 Tb spns
sugar – 24 Tb spns
jam – 50 gms
olive oil – 1 cup
apples – 7
oranges – 7
peanut butter – 1 small jar
tortilla wraps 
rye bread – 1 loaf
maple syrup – small plastic container
mayonnaise – small plastic container

 

Lunch

variations of sandwiches

light rye bread – 36 slices
tortilla wraps – 10 slices
noodles – 4 packs (2 as backup)
salami sausage – 3 medium
tuna – 2 tins (pack tins out – don’t burn in fire!)
cheese – 1 ½ blocks
cucumbers – 2
tomatoes – 4
onions – 2
Italian dressing – sml bottle
mustard
salt and pepper
banana chips – 1 bag
trail mix – 1 bag (600 gms raisins added to PC container mixed nuts
trail bars – 24 bars (½ choc, ½  plain)
butterscotch candies – 1 bag
chocolate bars – 7 small
fig newton cookies – 1 bag

 

Dinner

spaghetti
nasi goreng (Malyasian)
pesto fettucini
chili
sausage pasta
beef curry

spaghettini – 2 meals = 4 servings
egg noodles – 1 meal = 2 servings
rice – 2 meals = 4servings (3/4 cups per serving)
Parmasen cheese
– 3 meals (4 Tb spns/meal)
chutneysmall jar
spices – chili powder, garlic, salt, pepper pack for 2
wine – 3 litres
Bailey’s cream liqueur – 40 ounces

 

Dehydrated Foods

spaghetti sauce – 2 meals = 2 servings
brown beans  – 1 meal = 2 servings
kidney beans – 1 meal = 2 servings
beef curry – 1 meal = 2 servings
nasi goreng – 1 meal = 2 servings
pesto – 1 meal = servings (all-inclusive)
sausage pasta – 1 meal = 2 servings
hamburger – ½ pound

 

Ralph Plath
http://canoetripper.com
canadacanoetripper@gmail.com