Hey Man,
When backpacking, my wife and I have used freeze dried food from Mountain House, Backpacker’s Pantry, and Mary Janes Organics, along with a few I’ve probably forgotten.
Each company makes entrees I like, and some I had to choke down and swore I would never touch again. I’d suggest buying a few sample meals and trying them before you stuff your pack and head out on your adventure.
What they all have in common is a tremendous amount of salt. Your blood pressure will go up just by looking at the nutrition labels on them. That’s been a real issue for me, because I don’t eat very much salt in my day to day diet, because we don’t eat much processed food, and add very little salt when we cook. When I consume a big bolus of salt, I usually feel pretty gross.
We’ve also used Zatarains beans and rice meals, oatmeal and instant macaroni and cheese, as “Just add water” meals.
We’ve also had good luck with summer sausages from Trader Joes keeping well, along with harder cheeses. We also like to pack tortillas, peanut better and pretty much anything from the Trader Joes aisle that has all the freeze dried fruit, chocolate covered pretzels and similar goodies.
