3 Day Gluten Free, Grain Free & Dairy Free Backpack Menu

A 3 Day Backpack Menu

I don't like packaged freeze-dried prepared foods and they generally don't work anyway for someone with allergies or sensitivities so I'm not putting these kinds of ideas on the blog (there are tons of those kinds of meals for sale just google freeze-dried backpacking foods or head over to REI).  I will however, make some dried foods pre-trip or bring freeze-dried veggies to create a meal.

I also don't eat peanuts or peanut butter, soy products (I may do some in chocolates that have soy lecithin), grains of any type, corn, dairy, and sadly coffee :(

Other Important Items:  I use Ultima orange or lemonade as my electrolyte drink - no sugar, gluten free and vegan, Mint Tea/herbal teas

Day 1 - Assuming you are hitting the trail prior to eating breakfast

• Breakfast - Kind Bar/Larabar with Cashew or Almond Butter, Fruit
• Snacks - GoRaw crackers and cashew or almond butter, celery sticks, apple, nuts/dried fruits
• Lunch - Turkey "sandwich" without any bread - make this in a lettuce wrap and fill it with lots of sliced veggies and avocado
• Dinner - Stir fry fresh veggies that you have pre-cut and have in a baggie (onions, pepper, broccoli, basil), lots of curry powder, chopped fresh basil, and 2 chopped chicken sausages (pre-cooked and packaged as 4 in a pack).  If you can eat quinoa - make this and add the veggies to this with several spoonfuls of almond or cashew butter.  Tastes like a fine Thai meal when you are out there.
• Desert - Chocolate bar (dark)

Day 2 - 

• Breakfast - Dried eggs with any leftover fresh veggies and the 2 extra sausages or coconut pancakes  (I'll post my recipe in a later blog but for now go to Nom Nom Paleo for a great coconut pancake recipe)
• Lunch - GoRaw crackers (these are made with sesame and coconut), dried fruits/nuts, homemade jerky
• Dinner - Dried Veggies with homemade jerky.  Use a vegan bouillon cube, soak dried sweet potatoes, dried spinach, sundried tomatoes and any other dried veggies (you can buy a package of peppers, corn and peas if you can eat these veggies).  For the sweet potatoes they need to soak for about 45 minutes to really fluff up.  Bring to boil and simmer until everything is super soft.  Add whatever spicing you like - italian seasoning works great, dried basil as well.  Add the jerky in the last 15 minutes.

Day 3 - 

• Breakfast - Larabar with cashew butter or almond butter OR GoRaw Simple Seed Mix or Granola (which is gluten and grain free)
• Lunch - Jerky, dried fruits, nuts
• Snacks - whatever you have left!

When you come off the trail - make sure you have some Terra Chips Taro Chips and salsa waiting for you!