Dole fruit now comes in plastic re-closeable jars. Mandarin oranges, pineaple chunks...mmm. Have some after buying at the store, then save some for dessert after supper. Toss 'em on top of that half pint of ice cream you "have to eat now"-or it will melt..., then have the rest with your oatmeal in the morning.

For pasta variety check out the Barrila brand tortalini, shelf stable-dried+stuffed (cheese, mushroom others). If you don't want to mess up your cook pot with tomato sauce, use a bit of olive oil on the drained pasta+add cheese.

For a pot cleaning (and in camp water conservation) tip, save pasta/rice drain water+use it to clean your cook pot-its also allready warm. Saves slogging off to get more water if none is close at hand.

If you are really hard up for carbohydrates/calories-DRINK the pasta drain water-it has lots of "good" carbs (as opposed to simple fast metabolizing sugars). I've done this a bit on long backpacking trips, where re-supply is too far off+made my evening cocoa with it (I call it my super energy dessert drink). Shouldn't be required cycle touring unless you are a week away from re-supply. However it ("bonus carbs") may come in handy if you know you have an all day climb the next day.

[edit] Powdered chocolate pudding mix is a pretty darned tasty option instead of hot cocoa. Ends up kind of a gel as it cools (not quite pudding)-a great drink/dessert.

If you have time before you leave, check out how I make a "cozy" (see thread). These save fuel by allowing pasta/rice/oatmeal to continue to "cook" off the flame, or just to keep hot meals and drinks hot. With a "cozy", my morning coffee(in a nalgene) and oatmeal(in a bowl) are still nice and toasty while I let them sit+break down+clean up camp-then eat. In fact my coffee is usually still too hot to drink. These are really easy to make (litterally minutes with scissors), once you can get the insulation. They are also pretty durable, I still have one that I used for a month long backpack trip 3 summers ago. One got a bit randy from food spillage-so I simply tossed it when I got home.

Disclaimer/credits: I picked up the "cozy" idea from one of the lightweight backpacking sites alla Ray Jardine etc.