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Sample Menu Plans


Four Day Sample Menu Plan for One-Burner Stove Cooking

If you are going on a trip of four days or less, menu planning is a more suitable option than ration planning. To review the different menu planning options, click here.

Recommended steps for menu planning:

1. Create a meal plan for the appropriate number of days.
You can split the meals up between group members to make it easier.
2. Create a shopping list from your menu plan.
The amounts of food will vary, depending on how much calories you want to intake and how many people are going on your trip.
3.
Organize and re-package your food.
Measure out the amounts you need for each meal and re-package into complete meal bags, getting rid of any unnecessary packaging.

Here is an example of what a four day menu plan might look like.

Day One
Breakfast At home
Snacks Energy bar
Piece of fruit
Trail mix
Lunch Pre-made sandwich from home
Almonds
Dinner Curried vegetable stir fry with baked tofu and rice noodles (option: add or substitute pre-cooked chicken for tofu)
Trail Cookies

Day Two

Breakfast Eggels (scrambled eggs on a bagel with cheese, avocado and tomato)
Oranges
Coffee/tea 
Snacks Energy bar
Cheese and crackers
Lunch Pitas with hummus, tomato, avocado and cheese
Cherries
Dinner Pasta with pre-made tomato sauce with ground beef, mushrooms, onion and peppers
Dark chocolate

Day Three

Breakfast Pancakes with bacon, dried blueberries and maple syrup
Coffee/tea
Snacks Energy bar
Beef Jerkey
Lunch Bagel with nut butter and jam
Trail mix
Dinner Tacos with pre-cooked chicken or pork, cheese, dehydrated salsa, green pepper and onion
Hot chocolate

Day Four

Breakfast Granola with stewed fruit
Coffee/tea with sweetened condensed milk
Snacks Energy bar
Gummies
Lunch Crackers, cheese, hummus, salami
Trail mix
Beef Jerkey
Dinner Couscous with tempeh, nuts, carrots, onion and peppers in a peanut soy sauce
Trail Cookies

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