Cheap vegetarian camping food?
Posted: September 27th, 2010 | Author: Mitch | Filed under: Camping Recipes | Tags: canned food, grand canyon, lunch, oatmeal, vegetarian foods | 6 Comments »I am going for quite a long hike that involves going down and up the grand canyon. We will be camping there for 3 days as well, so I will need plenty of food. I don’t want canned food bc that can become very heavy. What are some cheap vegetarian foods I can bring? Like cheap freeze dried or other light weight ideas that are vegetarian? I will have oatmeal for breakfast, but I still need 3 days worth of lunch and dinner. Thank you!
Camping vegetarian takes planning. Before you dice potatoes (at least partially cooked) and put those and carrots in Ziploc bags. Take along some salt, the potatoes and carrots are good starts for meals.
Haystacks are another vegetarian option that is easy to take. My friend who didn’t know what haystacks were called them "Texas Nachos". No you don’t have to use beef, you can use beans. That is chips, lettuce, tomato, cheese, salsa, beans, olives, etc. Again to make things easier, cut the lettuce before you go.
Dried fruit, like dried apples, or dried magos or dried kiwi are also good options.
Although this is not a full menu plan I hope this helps!
carrots, fruits, cabbage,
go with dried fruits, trail mix, rice cakes, I don’t know the water situation but with water you can do pasta (incl. oriental/chili ramen) and rice, bring dried beans (they’re lighter and can be rehydrated). And roasting apples over a camp fire is fun
If I think of anymore I’ll update
Health bars of any kind are very good and light, like Cliff Bars, Luna Bars, or Lara Bars. Also, dried fruit (dried mangoes are really good!) and nuts. Nuts will keep up your energy during the hike, especially almonds which are full of protein. Crackers are a good snack too.
yayy!! go vegetarians!! well i’d just pack lots of good granola bars like kashi ones (the pumpkin pie ones are really good!!). granola’s good too. freeze dried apples are WONDERFUL and very light. crackers and cheese sandwiches are great too. hope i helped, and if you need more suggestions you could just browse your market. (:
Peanut butter. It’s cheap, it’s good energy, it goes on almost anything and now you can get it in little individual pouches. Put it on crackers, smear it on an apple, add some to your oatmeal. Primal Strips makes some vegetarian jerky. The spicy shitake one is really good. Dried fruits and nuts are great but you already know that. Kraft mac and cheese is lightweight and easily made on a camping stove. I make myself a really nice fresh decadent heavy sandwich and eat it the first day for lunch. That way I get rid of the weight and it takes longer for me to get sick of camping food.
Since it’s the grand canyon it’s probably going to be hot. I always like to take some sweet or sour hard candy to suck on (jolly ranchers). Things that make you salivate can be surprisingly refreshing when you’ve been hiking in the heat for miles.
I almost forgot- you can take packages of asian noodles (not ramen because they aren’t veg, but many are- read the label). They are super super cheap, lightweight, compact, and simple to make.
Have fun! I’m a little jealous.